July 31, 2018
Something happens to the light around here in summer as the sun dips down just so and the Santa Monica Mountains have a moment.
July 30, 2018
The very last of the wildflowers.
July 29, 2018
The geometry of the Pepperdine lawn.
July 28, 2018
July 27, 2018
I'm not sure so here it is (perhaps) again, clouds and the Malibu coast.
July 26, 2018
OK, so this pineapple upside down cake wasn't actually made with a Betty Crocker mix, but the era sure seems right. There's a splash of bourbon in the batter, and cardamom as well, so it's taken a bit of a detour. Now the challenge is to keep the thing intact, free from predators of the two-and four-footed variety, for another eight hours.
Wish me luck.
July 25, 2018
Today, just as the heat was gathering momentum, a fog bank rolled through, everything cooler, everything quenched, even the colors. Thank goodness it's Puppy Wednesday!
Here's Daisy, just about a year ago.
July 24, 2018
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July 22, 2018
July 21, 2018
OK, official vanity plate envy here. Well done, fellow 90265-er.
July 20, 2018
It was the 4th of July and this group was walking back to their car with huge bouquets of balloons, red, white and blue, for a party, no doubt, and here's the moment when, as they looked into the back seat, reality sank in.
July 19, 2018
Throwback Thursday: Zuma Beach shot on December 1, 2015
July 18, 2018
Let's visit some puppies of the past, the sweet little Maisie and her magnificent partner, Jake.
July 17, 2018
Lord knows we could all use something to calm our nerves right about now.
July 16, 2018
Bluffs Park on a recent morning walk, where a sudden baby boom of bunnies makes you wonder where the coyotes are hanging out these days.
July 15, 2018
July 14, 2018
A kindred spirit.
July 13, 2018
One of the few spots on the coast with a breeze these days is Solstice Canyon so at the end of each weirdly hot and humid day the dogs and I head out there to see and feel and hear the sycamores telling tales.
July 12, 2018
It's two years now since I left the little cottage and boy do I still miss it. Yes, Casa de LOUD! is spacious and gracious in that mid-'50s beach bungalow kind of way, and yes, it is nice to have room for (most) of my furniture and lots more art. Even so, I'd go back to being neighbors with this guy (I know, you've seen him before, maybe even more than once, but omg he's just magnificent) in a heartbeat.
Throwback Thursday: Bobcat shot on November 30, 2015 in the hills above Zuma
July 11, 2018
Let's celebrate with five seconds of dogs going crazy in the forest.
July 10, 2018
They're blooming all over the mountains right now, tiny, tidy, so beautiful.
July 9, 2018
This is Bluffs Park, the last remaining bit of untouched coastal bluffs that's open to the public in Malibu. The city wants to turn it into baseball diamonds.
July 8, 2018
Or focus.
July 7, 2018
Malibu Lake edition.
July 6, 2018
That's right, 118 at the library this afternoon where I was so sun struck, the only photo I could even think to take was of the thermometer.
And this is how it turned out.
July 5, 2018
It's a lot easier to be sentimental behind a strong 12-foot fence.
tbt: behind the Malibu Park cottage, shot on November 1, 2015
July 4, 2018
Walter looks wistful? Check. Daisy looks goofy? Check. No one's in focus? Check and check again. Happy 4th of July!
July 3, 2018
Everywhere you look in Solstice Canyon, the 2003 wildfire that tore through the oak woodlands continues to leave its mark.
July 2, 2018
Even when you know from experience what the green sprigs in the flimsy nursery six-pack will look like when they mature, the sheer drama and weirdness of the foxglove catches you (well, me) unawares every time.
July 1, 2018
If the window's open and we're doing less than 50, you can count on seeing this face in the side-view mirror.
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