Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Tuesday Night Lights

Long Beach, like most cities in California, is currently in pretty desperate financial straits. The local paper recently ran a feature about the city budget, inviting readers to submit their suggestions. One reader offered that the city streets are too brightly lit, and that money could be saved by turning the wattage down.



I don't know a lot about city planning, but I'm thinking that when you're relying on the benevolence of the local gas station to light the area, you've got that wattage down as far as it goes.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

For the birds...

Yesterday, it felt like we were in the Hitchcock movie:





Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Anyone have any idea what this is?



Whatever it is, it’s moving with the current.



I think we’ll stay out of the water for a while.

No, really, it *is* a bird...

We really never know what we're going to see outside our windows...



The birdwatcher in the house has informed me that it's a "he" and a "kestrel," also known as a "sparrow hawk" (because he eats them, along with big bugs, lizards, and mice). Luckily, he's not big enough to be here for the cats.

The water is sparkly today…