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The Sun Rests After a Longer Day —
Today we started Daylight Saving Time in the US. Perhaps because of that, or maybe because it felt like early summer this weekend, there were hordes of people at the Santa Monica Pier waiting to bid farewell to the sun. It was a glorious sunset!
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Welcome to LAX!
I used to wonder what the “X” in LAX stood for. Eventually I found out that it doesn’t mean anything. Every airport must have a unique three-letter identifier to streamline the process of tracking the millions of items of airport data transmitted daily and Los Angeles chose to use an “X” as the third letter. Now, is it a coincidence that the word “lax” means, among other things, “not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful” or “relaxed”? Just saying… 🙂 I was there and snapped a few pics of the entrance, which is actually much prettier at night.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Orange
This week, Michele, of the Daily Post, invites us to “share a group of photos where orange is either the dominant color, or provides a bold highlight.” Easy!
Cutest cactus ever.
Orange sunset at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Orange wine glasses. Venice, Italy.
Several shades of orange, Beverly Hills, CA.
Just a lot of orange! Venice Beach, CA.
These men dressed in orange are everywhere in Rome, Italy.
Orange daisies. My garden, Los Angeles, CA.
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Los Angeles’ Official Trees Are Blooming!
No, not the Palm Trees! Believe it or not, the Palm Tree is not LA’s official tree, although its image is closely associated with the City of Angels. LA’s official tree is the “Coral Tree” (or Erythrina Caffra), a tree that can grow up to sixty feet in height, with impressive twisting limbs and spreading canopies. Coral trees start blooming late in the winter and their brilliant orange-scarlet blooms grow through much of the spring. A mature coral tree in full flower is quite a spectacular sight. So imagine what it’s like to drive the five-mile stretch of San Vicente Boulevard, on the West side of LA, when the 120 coral trees planted along its wide median are in full bloom! Too bad it’s quite a busy road so you can’t drive too leisurely, as other drivers may kill you! Well, not really… 🙂 San Vicente Boulevard happens to run just a block South of my house in Brentwood, so as I walked around looking for things to photograph for my daily post, I came upon these magnificent trees and decided they would be the subject of today’s post.
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Reflections
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The Little Bully Gets His Way — This little Broad-Tailed Hummingbird came for his usual bath at our garden fountain, only to find another bird there leisurely bathing. Hummingbirds are very territorial, so the little guy just wouldn’t have it. He hovered around the fountain for a few minutes making threatening moves, until the other bird, clearly intimidated, decided to leave. I took these photos from a window so the quality is not great, but this was such an interesting event, I decided to share them anyway.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reward
This week’s theme is Reward. Several reward images came to mind when I first read the challenge. Here they are.
1. Arriving at this paradise after a long trip…
Ravello, Italy.
2. Getting some “gelato” after hours of sightseeing anywhere in Italy.
Venice, Italy.
3. Getting lots of tips after playing the piano on the street all day.
Venice Beach boardwalk, Los Angeles, CA.
4. Getting a yummy treat for being a good dog!
5. Ordering a great sushi meal on a Sunday evening, when you don’t feel like cooking or going out to eat. 
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People Watching — This adorable pooch was sitting behind the screen door of a huge RV parked on Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica, quietly watching as people went by. I had to share this photo.
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Strength and Longevity This Rosewood tree (or Tipuana Tipu) is about seventy-five years old, according to tree experts. It’s in our backyard and today it got a thorough trimming in preparation for the spring and summer months. Come May and June, it will be full of tiny yellow flowers that make a real mess when they fall. By July they’ll be gone, and we’ll get to enjoy the tree’s wonderful shade during the hot days of summer. Without the excess branches we can see its massive trunk dwarfing everything around it, including our house…
Shoot 'N Go 