215/365 - Memorial Day

I actually took time in the morning to reflect, and remember, those who have fought and died, as well as those whom I have loved, and have died.
I went out and spent some time with my aunt, grandma & grandpa. It was lovely; a big line of cars going into the cemetery, but it's such a big place, no one was around where I was.

214/365

Snapped very quickly as of course the light turned green just as I got the camera out: skateboarders (and some spectators) on the underpass as I was waiting to get back on the freeway after my first venture to the Hazardous Waste Collection Center in San Pedro. I gathered from their reaction, they didn't have a lot of private parties dropping off 5 gallon cans of asbestos from god knows what year.

213/365 - found the Christmas lights!

And they WORK!Check out these vintage boxes! Not to mention the lights themselves, which I can't believe most of them still worked great!

212/365 - Happy Christmas

3 big boxes of mostly tattered, faded decorations and ornaments. More than half went in the recycle bin. But a lot of icicles left over!

211/365

New goodies! Er... necessities.

210/365

Someone in my chair.

What is up with flies that don't want to move? This guy had to be nudged more than once to get him away. Blech.

209/365

New baby ficus in my home office.

208/365

Back to cleaning out the garage today... oh, I hope it ends soon! If I didn't keep coming across items like this:Oh, grandpa, WHAT were you saving all these nails for?!?!
(note: the 'therapy putty' container, is plastic, shallow, and empty. WHY was it being saved, WHY?!?)

But how handy to have a sharpener in the garage. I guess grandpa did a bit of work out there. *sniff*

207/365

I've never seen an iris this color! She was hidden away among roses and small lilies ... must clear out that corner of the garden. What a beauty!

206/365

More veggies! More herbs! Only a couple of casualties, but overall, everyone seems quite happy!

205/365

I can't wait to get an iPhone!
I took loads, and they all turned out crap.
But...
this is my hero, Steve Martin, playing banjo with a Bluegrass band at the new Club Nokia in Downtown LA, to promote his new cd of (songs HE wrote) bluegrass music. It was so much fun!

204/365

Trees! I have trees now! In the background, a peppermint tree; in the foreground, a baby orange tree!

202/365

Talking to my friend Paul on iChat.

203/365

Playing with indoor lighting and my new toy, a light diffuser.

201/365 Cinco de Mayo!

Went to a lovely golf club for dinner and sat outdoors having dinner while the mariachis played.

200/365

My new veggie/herb garden!

199/365

My new Buddha! To welcome you! (in the doorbell cove)