Reward for Dog
Long Beach mural. Long Beach Marina.Banning Park with peacocks. Table with Elissa book display, by Kori. Dinner with Ian, Laura and Kori; liights from Belmont Pier. Ron birthday party at Maureen’s. About town. Spider at night. LA River with Ian.
But First, Coffee
“Les Anges! Les Anges!” – downtown LA from the freeway. Visit with Ron in Pasadena. Sunday brunch with Nico, David, Ara, Ian, Larry, Gayle. El Cholo with BJ and Gayle. Visit with Maureen in Camarillo w/Rosalie and Allyne; lunch at Ventura Pier. LA Opera with Gayle; dinner at Taylor’s Steak House. My garden with sunflower, black phoebes. Punka, Anna and Ramsey, Kori, Laura, Stubby, Ian. July 4th fireworks.
Fortune House
Whale watching cruise with Ian and Laura; we saw dolphins. Cats (Albie, Punka) and dogs (Stubby, Ema). My garden with cactus flowers. About town; Apple Store at The Grove; lunch with Gayle, Judy and Sue at We Ho. Gayle’s garden at its spring magnificense. Lunch with Herschel (first visit since pandemic).
Easy Avenue
Lunch w/David, Nico and Leo. Long Beach neighborhood Wrigley with Easy Avenue, giant Saguaro, Broadway Theatre. My garden with Amani. Crescent Heights between Pico and Olympic with Gayle. Korean Friendship Bell, San Pedro, w/Larry and Laura. High Park, Signal Hill, with Laura, hummingbird. Bluff Park with Laura. Exquisite Wilmington mural about the Mexican Independencia, 1810-1821. My neighborhood, including LA River. Dogs and cats.