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September 30, 2016

Blowin' in the wind

Perhaps the only upside to the Santana winds that roared through here this week was the Tiny Labrador's ears, held aloft.

windblown

September 28, 2016

Egret v dragonfly

He caught it but couldn't quite figure out how to eat it.

egret v dragonfly


September 27, 2016

omg

102 in malibu today

It hit 102 in central Malibu yesterday, where Malibu Canyon acts like a giant bellows and funnels hot desert air down to the coast.

September 26, 2016

Monday morning heat wave blues

It's 80 degrees at 8 am, the air still, birds stilled, still more heat to come, so as antidote, some cool blues, plus a prickly pear as reminder of the true nature of the landscape here.

80 degrees at 8 am


desert meets the sea


monday morning blues

September 25, 2016

Heat wave

93 degrees at sunset in malibu

Weird enough that it's 93 degrees at sunset here at the coast, weirder still that 10 minutes later it's 95.

September 24, 2016

Signs of Saturday: Inquire within

um, inquiries is the word...

This place -- it's the former Beau Rivage -- just sold and the maddeningly misspelled sign is gone.

September 23, 2016

It's the first full day of fall

And Walter says:

joyful


walter at work


fleet feet


September 21, 2016

Solstice Canyon

solstice canyon

The creek is bone dry but the trees are still surprisingly green despite so many years of drought.

September 20, 2016

Miss Maisie does her happy dance

life is good


happy maisie


maisie joy

September 19, 2016

Gathering

gathering


the birds


Teeny tiny birds holding an important meeting in Bluffs Park.

September 18, 2016

Misty morning

Marine layer this morning, thick enough to alter light and sound.

ocean fog rolls in


morning marine layer

September 17, 2016

Signs of Saturday: PCH on PCH

pch on pch

September 16, 2016

Swept away

current

Currents and undercurrents near Surfrider Beach.

September 15, 2016

tbt: D tA=D tB/sqrt(1-vBA2/c2 )

tbt: archer on april 1 2007

Considering the space-time helix as we wish Archer a happy 11th (tempus fugit) birthday tomorrow.

tbt: April 1 2007 in Bluffs Park

September 14, 2016

Autumnal

california autumn

The seasons are shifting...

September 13, 2016

Clouds and raindrops

Yes, real clouds and actual drops of rain this morning:

morning bluffs


cloudy


it rained!

September 12, 2016

Ride along

This wasn't much of a surprise:

doggy in the driver's seat


But this was:

kitty in the driver's seat

September 11, 2016

Remembrance 15 years later

The flags in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11th attacks went up during the night on the Pepperdine lawn:

sept 11 memorial


One for every person killed that day.

pepperdine flags for 9.11


News crews showed up early:

memorial


And the lovely setting made all that has happened since even more solemn and poignant and sad.

9.11 memorial


Sept. 11 memorial at pepperdine

September 10, 2016

Signs of Saturday: No parking

About a month ago, prep began for Pepperdine's annual flag display to mark the 9/11 attacks. No parking tomorrow during the opening ceremonies.

no parking special event

September 9, 2016

Nonpartisan view

For anyone who has been following politics lately, a bit of refuge.

apolitical


September 8, 2016

tbt: Passing storm

lone oak

I remember this storm which moved so fast there was barely time to relish the rain and light and mood of it.

Throwback Thursday: Lone oak on Kanan Road on December 7, 2013

September 7, 2016

Homesick

Being homesick for a rental that was never yours to begin with just totally sucks is an interesting dilemma. I really miss the coyotes.

morning coyote

September 6, 2016

The between season

Labor Day said fall, the calendar still says summer, but if you've been paying attention the light has been changing for a while now.

falling

September 3, 2016

Signs of Saturday: Bu plate special

Bu plate special


Woof.

September 2, 2016

Hawk at Bluffs Park

hawk in bluffs park

A regular visitor for the last few weeks. Rodents beware.

September 1, 2016

tbt: Marine layer

Morning fog

Jake and baby Maisie in foggy Bluffs Park.

Throwback Thursday: September 5, 2006

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