back home

Stuff just as I left em in the old bedroom... it's hard coming home sometimes. A good trip is a good vacation.

kinetic sculpture

1960's kinetic sculpture at Goleta beach near the airport off Sandspit Road. Shortly before leaving on a jet plane back to pdx.

california aqueduct

 The population of southern california could/would not exist, as it does, without this supply of water from Northern California. It boggles my mind...

Driving back to Santa Barbara from Las Vegas. Palmdale, CA in the background.  

Nevada style backyard shrubbery

 Taking a break from watching the Rose Bowl at Liz and Dan's.   

Mandy

Sweetest, most best dog ever. She's a quiet, giant. Half german shepherd and half rottweiler. Liz and Dan rescued her from a woman in the Nevada desert who has a dog shelter run out of her 2-wide home. 

Valencia?

Driving from Santa Barbara to Las Vegas with Liz and Dan caravan-style.

Liz and Dan are picking up fresh fruits and vegetables behind me.

santa barbara zoo

inspired by cute overload
and therefore, (probably, maybe) rhonda for showing it to me... proper respect. But I mean come on? Who's to say I wouldn't have found it on my own?

a: Jackass Penguin going by the name "Brown"

b: Hila Monster name unknown