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There’s a sunken courtyard near the office where I work. It’s shaded on three sides by an office building, a hotel, and a parking structure. Trees soften the sunlight that does make it through. Three steps lead down from the edge to the brick floor, with a smattering of concrete benches and planters.
One day last winter, a rainstorm flooded the courtyard. Not very deep, maybe an inch or so (if that). Just enough to turn the bricks into a mirror, which really struck me as bizarre.
And here I thought Tony did his own repairs. #ironman
Sparkly mosaic
Not a drop to drink
#Bees that buzz…
Photo taken at: South Coast Botanic Garden
Star flower of some sort.
A few years back I saw a narrow hallway until you reached the right door.
The building dates to the 1920s, when offices had character and weren’t just boxes. The theater seems to be gone now, as it’s since been turned back into offices. Because apparently that’s something Los Angeles doesn’t have enough of?
todo: add more of this description to the live page.
I had a Sheridan/Delenn bumper sticker back in the day, though the one I actually put on my car featured Pinky and the Brain. Something like “Put a Brain in the White House.”
Smoke from the Sand Fire in Santa Clarita
Smoke cloud from the fire in Santa Clarita.
Distant smoke cloud from the fire in Santa Clarita, seen through backyard trees.
#Lamppost and clouds
Photo taken at: Proud Bird
Crenshaw Line Metro rail construction. Near LAX and The Proud Bird, the bridge spans 111th alongside Aviation Blvd. In the mirror (yes, I know I need to clean it) you can see the raised section that will connect the bridge from the existing Green Line Aviation Station over Imperial Hwy to this one. Just past the intersection, the track dives down below ground as it passes the end of the runway, after which it climbs up again to the future train station at Century Blvd.
Oh my god, dude I love this. It’s like a plot out of the silver age.
[Yeah, the Silver Age was definitely the inspiration for this story! There are plenty of winks and nods to it throughout the story, not the least of which is the dedication to John Broome. –Lia]
I really appreciate Morrison’s work on Flash and JLA because for him, bringing back the Silver Age didn’t mean just bringing back specific characters, it meant bringing back the creativity, the wild and madcap ideas, the storytelling sense that anything is possible.
Hawthorn hedges are flowering again.
Last September I visited Boston to attend a friend’s wedding. While there I took a guided walking tour of the Freedom Trail, and also wandered the city a bit on my own. I stumbled on this statue with a pair of unconventional partners: Edgar Allen Poe and a raven.
I particularly like how they’ve balanced it so that the raven appears to be flying out of the briefcase as the writer’s papers burst out. My photo album on Flickr has another angle of this statue, plus another 15-odd sightseeing shots.
