best things – Page 4 – Careful Now!

Back at Bolsa Chica…

It was a beautiful spring day.

Clear and breezy.

If you turn your back to the homes looming immediately behind you, you can almost forget that you’re in the midst of suburbia.

A small gift.

Walking out into the yard in the morning and being greeted with this sight…a gift is exactly what it is.

It’s a fossilpalooza!

They’ve even got that old-school style of mural that virtually every natural history museum has. I’ve never seen one I didn’t LOVE.

A mammoth molar. It’s also a totally mammoth molar.

An ex-whale.

He was a cute little fella.

Saber-tooth vs. horse. From the looks of it, they both lost.

Self portrait with megalodon.

Solid advice…

This hung in my grandma’s house for years and years. I think of her when I see it, which is all the time, since it’s in my room.

At the best park of all…

Alfie’s a big fan of Clark Regional Park…

I love big, tall, mature trees!

I always half expect something to pop out of the haunted looking log.

The beautiful yellow sandstone of the Los Coyotes Hills…

No superbloom yet. But really pretty and green anyway.

Black-crowned night heron.

It was a beautiful spring day!

Looking across the lake.

Like I said, she’s a big fan.

A day at the races…

The beautiful art deco clubhouse, sporting a lovely new coat of paint. There is no sporting venue like this one.

Old art deco style signage.

He looks…concerned.

I got a Lava Man poster signed by Corey Nakatani (his jockey) and trainer (Doug O’Niell). Lava Man had a glorious Hall of Fame career, then retired to work in his trainer’s barn coaching the young’uns in the proper behavior. He was so effective in communicating with his charges, that he did the job of 2 or 3 people. Unbelievably cool horse.

I love this statue of Zenyatta. She was (and is) magical.

My carefully considered choice. Yes, he was the favorite. Don’t judge me. I made enough money to not dip into my own wallet until the very end of the day.