Flag Waving
Although not usually prone to patriotic stirrings, the sight of backlit flags at LA’s City Hall this morning caused the orchestra to swell. Of course, it is 4th of July weekend, so there you go....
View ArticleNews of the Bazaar
NOTE: The sale has been postponed; please click to see post here. Faithful readers of this blog can now take away their own bit of Rancho style when they stop in at the first-ever RANCHO REUBIDOUX...
View ArticleHack-o-Lanterns
Monday's crop Whether or not you subscribe to the “We are the 99%!” message of the protesters camped out on the lawn surrounding LA’s City Hall, it’s easy to get drawn in … if only to get a closer look...
View ArticleNews of the Bazaar: Seller’s Preview!
A few of my favorite things Fun Sunday, today! The sellers for the first-ever RR Garden Bazaar got together here to get acquainted and stake their space claims. It was great having everyone in the same...
View ArticleGROWsters
This GROW MORE FLOWERS poster is based on an illustration I did for the cover of the LATimes HOME section a while back. My inspiration was posters from ’30s WPA, and ’40s Victory Garden, programs. My...
View ArticleThanksgiving!
Big crowd Even more than the crowd attending Easter sunrise service atop Mt. Rubidoux in this undated vintage postcard, Rancho Reubidoux celebrated another milestone overnight: We’ve had over 100,000...
View ArticleTherefore I Am
––––o–––– My original Thanksgiving plan was to give you all cookies. Sadly, that was not possible due to my current physical limitations. In its place I am presenting the above surrealistic still life...
View ArticleRecap, Resolve
The year’s end is just hours away, and it can’t come soon enough for me. This has been a banner — make that bummer — year! It began with big plans: I was going to make real a new scheme for the...
View Article2012 By the Numbers
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog … … and the numbers are pretty amazing! For an excerpt and the full report click below. 4,329 films were submitted to...
View ArticleBacon Bits
Bits and pieces The lovely details above owe their existence to one thing: A cast iron hog oiler, watermelon shape. The hog oiler in question was purchased locally at Old Glory after I fell in love...
View ArticleThe Best Part
There’s lots about summer I find irksome: The oppressive heat, our overreliance on air conditioning, the doughy public’s exposed flesh. But as crabby as those things make me, there is something about...
View ArticleWhere I’m @ now
Sunny boy: Backyard mural on Paul’s writing shed door. Don’t call it a comeback … call it gingerly dipping a toe back into the social media pond. After many months of friendly encouragement (Thanks,...
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