Jul 30, 2019
Fourth of July fireworks. Chapulines!!! About town (Long Beach) with Chris: Historic architecture, whale mural at the Pacific Ballroom, Long Beach Museum of Art, Steelcraft. Cochineal dye. Visits from Elissa and Xochi, Sara, Cornelius, Amani and Donovan. Garden with blooms: Rebutia, Epiphylum, Night-blooming Cereus, Copiapoa tenuissima Violet, Lobivia, Echinopsis, Mexican Firecracker, Parodia magnifica, Parodia horstii, Prickly Pear; Mother of Thousands with its brood. El Dorado Nature Center.
Jun 17, 2019
Garden with flowers and a grasshopper, beautiful Copiapoa tenuissima Violet bloom. Linda Vallejo, Brown Belongings, at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes.
Jun 1, 2019
US Mural, WordCamp Orange County, Marciano Arts Foundation with Geri and Chris, Polka Polish Cuisine with Marie, BJ, Sara and Graeme, Lola’s with Leo, David and Megan. Garden with hummingbird, flowers, Jasmine Crashing Wave.
Apr 25, 2019
Garden with Jim and Nilgun, Gnome Chomsky, lithos seedling, flowers. Wallet card I sometimes looks at. Family gathering at the Golden Dragon to remember Sammy and eat dim sum. CELEBRATING THE SOUTH BAY – Hand-carved tiles by Sherry Bullard at Kaiser South Bay Medical Center. Machado Lake.
Mar 14, 2019
About town. Alta Roma Terrace/High Tower walk with Larry and Robb. Regeneración – Three Generations of Revolutionary Ideology at the Vincent Price Art Museum. This is a great exhibition with interesting text, photos, and art that fleshes out and connects three political movements in LA – in the early 20th century, the 1970s and the 1990s – all using the name Regeneración. Visit with Dan. Garden with blooming Lampranthus and Graptopetalum.
