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SoCal Vignettes : Mentryville details

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SoCal Vignettes : driving Big Basin Way

{A special Northern California edition of SoCal Vignettes : the drive to and from Big Basin Redwoods State Park}

SoCal Vignettes : Elephant Seals

Elephant seals visit the coast [...]

SoCal Vignettes – Woods Humane Society

Another slice of Southern California living ….

The Humane Society chapter where my cousin works in San Luis Obispo …

{I wish we could have a cat}

SoCal Vignettes – Car Graveyard

From our trip along Route 66 to Las Vegas.

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SoCal Vignettes – chasing Hazel in the backyard

(I have so many pics like this. Chasing Hazel is one of Andrew’s favorite things about living here)

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SoCal Vignettes: springtime in SoCal

It is becoming springtime in Southern California ….

… I had no idea how much I missed this!

I haven’t experienced a SoCal spring season since 2002 … 7 years? The couple days of a Phoenix spring season don’t even compare.

Perfect weather. Cool enough that I still need a sweater. Warm enough [...]

SoCal Vignettes – the city

these are all downtown somewhere .. I forget. By the Walt Disney concert hall and Staples Center.

I love the city. I love the way some streets are so dark because the tall buildings block out direct sun. I love all the brick and concrete. I love it.

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SoCal Vignettes – Seal Beach Kite Festival

Waaaaay back, Oct 5th, we happened to go to Seal Beach on the day of a kite festival. It was pretty neat. I didn’t get a ton of photos cause we were hanging out w/ family … but still fun.

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SoCal Vignettes – Fall fall fall

images all taken within a couple blocks of home…

all pretty much straight out of the camera…

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SoCal Vignettes – Election year

Next-door neighbors.

We think they’re going to rumble in their shared suburban driveway.

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SoCal Vignettes – Bishop, CA Vintage Signs

Future personal photo project: On the way to Bishop are several small towns. Small small. Sometime, we’re going to take a trip up to Bishop and stop at all the small towns so I can take pics of the motel signs. There are a lot more than you would expect in a town that [...]

SoCal Vignettes – The Wave of Flags

Monday we made a special trip to Malibu to see the Wave of Flags on Pepperdine’s front lawn. I first heard about this 9/11 memorial here, on Sunday afternoon. One of the many reasons I love keeping up with blogs.

I don’t know why I hadn’t heard about this anywhere else. The only news [...]

SoCal Vignettes – Scuba divers

The other day, at Leo Carrillo beach, at Malibu, we saw scuba divers.

In full regalia.

Walking down the beach.

fantastic.

God bless California.

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SoCal Vignettes – Getty Museum

I love people watching.

Especially with my camera …

Really? His wife must not have seen him leave the house in those socks.

Ugg boots? In August? with that dress? I don’t understand fashion.

spot the pink purse:

And the giant in a kilt you (may) have been waiting for …

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