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Collector’s car

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: cars, driving, interesting, los angeles, pictures

15 September 2010

Check out this old school car.

closeup of old school car driving in westwood

Is the license plate just sitting there or is it actually screwed in?

Huntington Gardens: Chinese & Japanese garden

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: animals, doc, flowers, huntington gardens, opti, pictures, plants

12 September 2010

A continuation of the last gallery of pictures from the Huntington Gardens. Click images for full size.

: Entering the Chinese garden, so of course there are lotuses!

: It’s good to walk barefoot on these to stimulate your feet and get some self-reflexology treatment.

: Enjoying a bit of massaging on my feet.

: A momma duck led her ducklings around to have some fun and enjoy the day.

: Enjoying my vantage point.

: It looks just like the Menchies logo!

: Using a dead stem as its platform.

: On one stem, a dead lotus. On the other, a dragonfly.

: Holding up the bridge, that one.

: I used my plate from lunch to attract koi that thought they’d get food.

: They blend in quite well to the floor of leaves.

: Having a little family outing/field trip.

: This is a duck herding her young.

: And plop, in they go to follow mom.

: There they go, off to the next adventure.

: Among the blur of the scenery is a dragonfly passing by.

: We enter the Japanese garden and find a bridge with the highest arch I’ve ever seen.

: I dub it “beta koi” because it’s a koi that wants to be a beta fish.

: Another blurry shot as I catch a dragonfly in action.

: So I’m guessing it’s a princess ant since it has wings.

: Check out how one pair of wings is flapping down while the other is flapping up!

: With the huge lotus leaves as a backdrop, a dragonfly rushes past.

: Captured both a dragonfly and a koi in this shot!

: This one had that “feed me” look, but I had nothing to offer.

: A smaller, cuter dragonfly with a head like a hammerhead shark’s.

: Using plants to create a canopy, now there is something I like! Definitely want to consider that for my future backyard.

: A mini bamboo forest greeted us at the top of the hill.

: The ripples of water are carefully raked into zen gardens.

: So small and delicate! There are these plastic pieces that kids use to make jewelry that look kind of like this when put together. You know what I’m talking about?

: I found a baby leaf yet to completely unfurl into its adult self.

: Off they go into the bamboo forest.

: Deeper and deeper they go… if there was a horizon or sunset, they’d disappear into it.

See the final part here.

Huntington Gardens: Shakespeare Garden & greenhouse

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: beauty, interesting, nature, panda, pictures, plants, pretty

06 September 2010

Part 1 of a 3-part series from pictures taken at the Huntington Library & Gardens. Click to see the whole image.

: Teeny little strawberry growing under the protection of the leaves.

: You don’t often see flowers so blue/purple.

: A huge bush with lots of flowers.

: Among those flowers was a giant black bee buzzing around.

: The bush was also teeming with bees pollinating.

: I spot two pomegranates in a tree!

: It’s a fuzzy plant that looks like it belongs in the lettuce or cabbage family.

: Hidden amongst all that fuzz was a grasshopper perfectly camouflaged.

: We went into the greenhouse and immediately came across these bean pods.

: Do the leaves turn this dark red when they get old?

: Funny how they dangle, yet their petals grow up and expose the stems (versus most plants where the petals protect them).

: I’m thinking these are plantains? Or do bananas grow upwards as well?

: These are for you to see how certain plants have seeds that will float along with the wind.

: Our friend Opti spun too hard and blew it all the way to the top, where it got stuck.

: I pose with these huge highlighter yellow flowers.

: I think this is a root of some sort.

: Well, now I’m not so sure it’s a root. What are they??

: In the kid’s garden, there was this sculpture of a tortoise that I decided to get a ride on.

: Trying to maintain my balance while being told by Panda to smile.

: It looks more like a vegetable than a fruit to me.

: The baby versions of that vegetable-looking plant.

: I love plants like these that eat bugs!

: It’s a quite a long way to the bottom. I think I see some bugs in there.

: These have quite the design on them.

: Now these are my favorite plants! The one and only Venus flytrap.

: Check out those little claws. So delicate yet so menacing.

: Here’s a magnified look.

: A little camera was available for taking a closer look.

: And here’s that plant with my camera’s zoom.

: Looking up to see what there is.

: This flower hadn’t opened yet, but I could get a peek inside.

Click here for the next part.

A macro meal

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: experiences, food, los angeles, pictures

03 September 2010

I attended a “Meet the Macro Experts” meal and info session one night at M Cafe. It was wonderful! I love the food and find the lifestyle intriguing, but I like my bad foods too much to follow it strictly. 😛 Take a look at what we had!

menu of 4-course macrobiotic meal at m cafe

The menu of delectable macrobiotic dishes!

Mmm, split pea and barley soup. Very tasty.

falafel, tabbouleh with quinoa, garlic hummus with chickpeas, crackers, and olives at m cafe

Mmm, a wonderful appetizer of tabbouleh with quinoa, falafel, garlic hummus with chickpeas, a few crackers, and some olives.

salmon on a skewer, zucchini noodles and rocket lettuce, brown rice pilaf at m cafe

I got the salmon for the main course. It came with zucchini noodles atop a bed of rocket lettuce and a big scoop of brown rice pilaf.

Strawberry kanten to finish off the meal! I have no idea what kanten is.

platter of macrobiotic desserts at m cafe

Mmm, so many dessert options!

They even gave us a t-shirt!

Ratio of bins

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: environment, observation, opinion, pictures, sustain, ucla

01 September 2010

two recycle bins, one compost, and one trash

I love that there are two recycle bins, but I think the ratio should be more like 2 compost, 1 recycle, and a half-size one for trash.

Friendly squirrel

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: animals, pictures

29 August 2010

A little squirrel crawling along a fence greeted me after dinner one night.

squirrel pauses to stare while climbing on top of fence

Cat prints

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: animals, cats, observation, pictures

24 August 2010

Look, I got a visitor! I can’t wait until I can get a cat of my own. 🙂

My dream plant

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: huntington gardens, interesting, pictures, plants

21 August 2010

I have always wanted to have my own Venus flytraps, but they are hard to come by. So instead I took time to admire the ones at the Huntington Gardens.