I'm pretty sure absolutely no one but me cares about this, but I can't let my sweetie go off to pasture without a good send-off on my blog.

This is the paddock at Hollywood Park.  I think it's lovely.  Too bad this will all be a parking lot soon, since they will be tearing it down as soon as the real estate market picks up again.  

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1.  Sleep in.

2.  Go to a really fun movie, in this case "Sherlock Holmes," which I really, really enjoyed to an insane degree.

3.  Dinner and a couple hours knocking around Disneyland.  Here are a few piccies:

The soaring, breathtaking spire of Sleeping Beauty's Castle...


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Because I had the day off, and because it was RAINING!  The best kind of day ever!



The plants are very happy.  I'd say the grass is happy, but there hasn't been any for years.  So, the dirt is happy, I suppose.  I hope it is, we're in for a week or more of this stuff. 

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One trembles to think how many versions of this fiendishly complicated setup failed to work properly before everything came together!

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You thought he was going to say "because it's there" didn't you?  But you're wrong!  It's because he's in LOVE!  You can never know the mind of Shatner.  Never.  So just give it up. 

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...I know no one cares about this subject but me, but I am compelled to take pictures and share them whenever I go! Lucky you!


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Not that I've been to all of them, but I bet I'm right.  :)


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...an ancient crossing guard out in the street with his sign, making the way safe for the little kids coming out of elementary school.  A chubby little boy stops and whips out a paper.  The crossing guard is walking very slowly back across the street, and the little kid is going very slowly also waving the paper and talking in an animated manner.  ( Read more... )

...and, right on schedule...


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