favorite things: a new year's list.

In alphabetical order by file name.


feeding bat rays.


boot car parked on verdugo.


bubbles + beach + sunset.


huntington library.


unexpected lighthouse tour with my dad.


it took several trips to the zoo before we saw this sumatran rhino...he had pink eye.


bathroom in the santa barbara mission. the sign says: "If you need to leave a message... PLEASE USE CHALKBOARD --PLEASE-- do not DEFACE WALLS." there was no chalk.


defunct zoo.


sneaky socks.


tesla coil at griffith observatory. (I'm still not really sure what it is.)


huntington park water tower.


mist from bridal veil falls in yosemite.

no resolution.

Happy Birthday to me. This is my friend, the beluga whale who swam right to me. My childlike love of marine mammals brings me joy on a level that's almost too embarrassing to discuss.

happy halloween.

Today John and I spent a couple of hours at Boo at the Zoo, where we saw black bears batting pumpkins around like they weighed no more than styrofoam cups. John took a nice little video.

I also saw Superman screaming while being carried upside down by a man twice his size that, I'm sure, must have been wearing a kryptonite-lined sweater. We also overheard Captain Hook (whose hook, incidentally, was being worn by a Jedi standing next to him) incorrectly identify two large alligators as crocodiles, which seemed more than a little ironic.

This evening we carved our pumpkins. So our apartment smells funny. You can see pictures of our jack-o-lanterns here.

By the way, if you look at the pictures and don't know who Brak is by now, please learn. I love Brak.

the double wattled rain cloud.

It rained! It was cloudy almost all day, sprinkling off and on.

John and I went to the zoo. In the rain, yes. The animals come out more when it's not so hot and sunny. You know, when it isn't so "Southern California." The hippos especially were really active--one of them actually walked up the side of the pen with her front legs and stood there eating the plants beside us. It was pretty exciting.