Tallulah-Palooza Friday

Sunbathing elder dog en repose...

Garden Check

Today in my garden...

Bird on Cupola

This is just what the title says: mockingbird atop the cupola on the Gill Christian Science church.

Rooftop Equine

Because...why not? (This was not a business that had anything to do with horses, BTW--I guess they had the opportunity to acquire a big white fake horse and thought, "Let's put it on the roof!" As one does...)

OH San Diego

 On Saturday and Sunday, the San Diego Architectural Foundation organized the very first OH! [Open House] San Diego, which gave visitors the chance to visit 47 diverse buildings. Completely free and mostly self-guided--so fun! I only made it to two places...the first is the San Diego Opera Scenery Shop, where they construct opera sets and store props.

 Lots of things to see...

Then I went to the Banker's Hill area of SD to see the interior of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, designed in 1910 by Irving Gill, perhaps San Diego's most famous architect. The church was hideously "remodeled" and "modernized" in the 1950s, and it has since been restored to its former appearance.

So fun...I love to prowl around buildings, especially historic ones. Next year, I will endeavor to visit more than just two!

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

She poops rainbows, too! (Unicorn reference!)

Cloudy Drama

Clouds!

Purple Haze, 2017 Edition

 The annual wisteria bloom in the 'hood: this year is amazing (once again, we must credit the rain, I think). You can smell this from across the street.

 The bees love it too! In the past there have been bumble bees, but this year I've only seen honeybees. They dive down deep into the flower, so I suspect they are getting nectar, not pollen.

Simply glorious!

Flower-Palooza Friday

 This winter's rains mean FLOWER-GEDDON in the Anza-Borrego Desert! This is described as one of the best blooms in twenty years, so we had to go see it! (On Friday, hence the title of this post--I know it's Tuesday!)

This is the back road in...

 Ocotillo (a whole forest of them!)

 Desert sunflower.

 Yellow cup.

 Desert stars.

 Monkeyflower.

 Desert lily.

 Chollas.

 Wild buckwheat (I think).

 Palo verde.

 Cholla that jumped onto B.'s boot.

 Desert sage (?).

 Lupines.

 Caterpillar of the sphinx moth (BIG!).

 Chuparosa.

 Purple mat.

 Pincushion.

 Phacelia (?).

 Sculptures by Ricardo Breceda (there were a lot more).

 Barrel cactus.

 Parish's poppy.

Beavertail cactus.

 Desert chicory.

Even the side of the freeways are abloom.

Magnificent!