day 31 long beach alamitos bay marine stadiu

day 30 los angeles dodger stadium

"worthy of love" birthday party. i volunteered today giving out tshirts and hoodies. it was a cool event for the kids. i like working with this group. they have monthly birthday parties for children and their families living in shelters.

day 29 long beach gym day

i haven't been in a while and it felt good to go. there weren't too many people there when i took this picture which is what i wanted for the picture. not trying to invade privacy! by the time i left it was pretty full.

day 28 trabuco canyon

i don't know if this is tuffy or tucker but we see them both every time we walk out there in trabuco.

day 27 anaheim angel stadium

a work day with police on horses hanging around my booth. always a fun sight to see them patrolling the parking lots.

day 26 home

mushrooms are weird. kind of fascinating. but weird. so i was checking out this mushroom before throwing them all away and decided to take a picture or two. i'm posing the little guys. i'm snapping pics, and i cut the stem cuz it was a long stem...and then...worms...little white gross worms crawling around in the stem..*shudder*

day 25 long beach signal hill

looking out towards downtown los angeles

day 24 roses meant to last...wooden!

day 23 long beach

day 22 huntington beach rainy day surfers

day 21 west covina temple bar urban eats

day 20 anaheim stadium monster jam

behind the scenes. paramedics at the ready to jump into action if needed. mini trucks waiting to go out there and have some fun. zoom in and see velociraptor out there on the field in the muddy dirt on this rainy day.

day 19 seal beach

mine mine mine mine

day 18 long beach alamitos bay

day 17 home

my album collection. i bought them all back in the day and have had them ever since. so they are old. yes that's leif garrett and barry manilow.foreigner was my first concert. it was at the fabulous forum. i also have a bunch of 45s. my brother had a huge record collection. i miss him.

day 16 long beach belmont shore

i do not know any of these people. i was just walking by.

day 15 huntington beach bolsa chica wetlands

day 14 long beach alamitos bay

day 13 huntington beach overlooking wetlands

day 12 live oak canyon road in trabuco canyon

day 11 neighborhood

in the neighborhood we spent nearly an hour trying to catch this dog. we were in our driveway when this dog walked by us. we looked at each other like that's not good. and we set off on an adventure to catch her. in the process of driving around following her, stopping the car, getting out, having her run off, jumping back in the car to follow her some more, repeat over and over. along the way several other cars noticed the situation and joined the chase. i went up to many doors hoping someone would know whose dog this is. then a couple bikes joined in. we now had a team of several cars, a couple on bikes and a couple people on foot. we were all all over the neighborhood trying to catch this dog. one guy got some lunch meat and as he was luring the dog in the middle of the street, he was sitting in the middle of the street, a guy on a bike was approaching and it turned out to be the owner. the guy with the lunch meat grabbed the dogs collar and a couple minutes later the owner had his leash on the dog and i could let out a big sigh of relief. he said the dog has been a problem, jumping the fence, escaping in various ways. apparently she is an adventurer. we got the picture of the dog early in the chase so i could show people while trying to find out who is the owner. i asked him if i could take a picture of the dog tag so i can call him right away if there is a next time. after all that, brad pointed out that we forgot to ask what the dogs name is.

day 10 signal hill

walking up hill street is a work out i'm telling you! in the 4 minute steep incline walk at the beginning...whew...then up to the top of signal hill it's all worth it. i know i know only 4 minute incline? yeah go do it and come back and tell me it's nothing. at hill top park it's a good view and on a clear day it's a great view. taking a walk all the way around you can see expansive ocean views and out to catalina, palos verdes, pretty much all of long beach, to downtown los angeles, hollywood sign, san gabriel and san bernardino mountains and walk around towards long beach airport and see over to saddleback mountain and towards long beach marina, seal beach and beyond. especially on a clear day it's a must see! snow on the mountains is a plus!

day 9 long beach nature center

day 8 squirrel!

day 7 los angeles skidrow homeless encampment

day 6 anaheim supercross motorcycle racing

day 5 long beach el dorado park

day 4 naples island

day 3 book store long beach

day 2 small hidden gem in seal beach

day 1 between seal beach and long beach

this is on the bridge between seal beach and long beach over the san gabriel river at the jetty so i'm not sure if this is seal beach or long beach! the birds seemed to be enjoying the view.