Now that Steve Irwin is no longer a threat, Reggie seems comfortable with emerging from his hiding place. We thought his overdue emergence in 2005 ended this unusual story.
We were wrong.
Read about the sighting from the Daily Breeze:
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Satanic Hearses
Well it’s not actually a hearse — I was just kidding about that to make the headline sound like Salman Rushdie’s famous fatwa-worthy manuscript.
This ghastly paint job is actually on a black pickup truck seen in Trump’s parking lot last weekend. I can’t really make out if that is a shrunken head hanging from the real-view mirror or not. We didn’t wait around to see if the driver had “half of the tackle box pierced into his face” (to quote Dennis Miller), but it wouldn’t have surprised me. The whole burning-in-hell effect sorta creeps me out.
A California Brown Pelican
I took this shot last Saturday from the Point Vicente Interpretive Center. As we stood there on the cliffs watching the waves, this handsome pelican soared just overhead, as it rode the updrafts above the cliffs.
The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is 42-54 in (106-137 cm) in length, weighs from 6-12 lbs (2.75 to 5.5 kg) and has a wingspan from 6 to 8.2 ft. (1.83 to 2.5 m).
OMG! Somebody Call the Vatican!
. . . and see if they’re missing a fountain!
I took this photo of the elaborate fountain in front of the clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The sheer gaudiness made me think of the line from a movie where one of the principal characters made the remarks about the Vatican missing a fountain. Can you remember which movie?
Catch and Release Program
It’s springtime and the garden is sprouting – but there are those who would help themselves to our veggies-to-be. The answer to controlling pilferage isn’t always pesticides – especially when it comes to controlling cute little fuzzy squirrels. Our preferred method in this case is to catch and repatriate. A nearby park will provide shelter and a place for this particular squirrel to forage.
In the picture above – squirrel’s eye view of a Havahart trap – later at the park, the release and scamper up a convenient pine tree.
Psychedelic School Bus
During my lunchtime walk, I spotted this interesting-looking vehicle parked behind the mall. One side was an undersea scene and the other side was parrots in trees. I did not see or smell any hippies, however.
Cactus and Succulent Exhibition
Today, we went to the South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale at the South Coast Botanical Gardens in Palos Verdes. We try and get to this event each time it is held, and always are amazed at the beautiful flowers and exotic cactii and succulents.
We made a few acquisitions at the sales tables. We lost our stapelia (carrion plant) after a recent frost, and got a replacement today. We also picked up a ‘Fruhlingsgold’ Epyphylum which produces these wonderful blossoms.
