what a difference a day makes

28 hours difference

i should have been on my way back to LA from Philly and then over to Phoenix today but things did not go as planned yesterday. so, i had to take advantage of a beautiful sunny sunday morning and walk to the beach.

ahhh, that's what i forgot yesterday . . . my red galoshes

TP tree in full bloom

flower chalice

last night's rain this morning

the groucho marx seagull in flight.

sunday surfer

same photo as above but just a little cropped so you can see better the surfer inside the beautiful green wave

dew on grass (really)

the end of RAT beach looking north

yellowish-colored poppy

me trying to take a photo of a dandelion and it's shadow

14 hours later . . . still in LA

as so today's adventure begins

let's just say things did not go as planned. i am home. and if all goes as planned . . . i will be flying back east on tuesday. here are a few photos from my rainy saturday morning. and at 6pm, it had just began to rain heavily again. good sleepin' weather 2.

waiting on the bus at 440a

my car (the 232 bus) 520am Sepulveda and Century Boulevard. things are still going well. and i see some potential interesting rainy days photos . . .

colorful LAX at 525a

almost other worldly

good sleepin' weather

didn't get much sleep but i heard the rain start. oh well, i will be able to rest in Chester. where's my pink umbrella? the rain is really coming down now and the wind i really blowin'.

now at 345am

where i hope to be around 345p

is it that time already?

if all goes well (another snowstorm back east), i will be at the "commuter" hotel in Philly (actually Chester) this time tomorrow. i plan to be home at least by the evening of the 8th if not sooner. on the 9th is my next dental appointment. my 4-day trip (for work) doesn't start until sunday afternoon but the early early flight tomorrow morning has about 80 seats open, and that's a good thing. of course, that will mean catching the bus around...445a. time to start packing my suitcase. i did make it to the gym today but no walk to the beach. the clouds have returned and rain is expected. hopefully, it will either rain before or after my early morning walk to the bus stop. here are a few photos from today. i missed my bus by 30 seconds so i started walking. the first three photos were taken while walking to and waiting on the next bus to the gym.

me and Tan-chan

? (shopping cart)

not sure (why these were tied to the side of empty building)

hanagasa (flower umbrella)

back by popular demand . . . one of my favorite flower models, the tsuyukusa with friends

scare-dy cat. and yes, i tried to get close enough to take a photo with the tsuyukusa i was carrying.

first february beach walk?

i think this was my first walk to and on the beach and sunset viewing during the month of February. looking back thru my blog, i was in Japan from the 1st thru the 10th of Feb. at the gym on the 11th and 12th. i flew back east on the 13th and back to work on the 14th. i didn't return to LA until late on the 22nd. back to the gym on the 23rd and 24th. and to the dentist today. so, i guess this was my first walk to the beach in about a month. maybe i will go back tomorrow. here are a few images from my walk and after my nap after my dental appointment. oh, i did receive a new (old) Columbo in the mail today so that's what i will be enjoying with dinner.

after the rain and during my pain (not really)

last night's rain

leftover raindrops

on the way to the my dental appointment. blue sky, i should be on my way to the beach

my dentist. not. but, coinci-dental-ly i just watched this episode of Columbo last night which featured a dentist killer.

the sun returned . two drops left.

sunshine and shade

hanakage

ELT is not just an emergency locator transmitter

every once in awhile (actually maybe every day) something i see, hear, read and/or come across reminds me of something else. in a way it is all connected. well, on monday after flying back and forth across the country and sitting at the bus stop waiting for the bus to come and take me home, i looked up to see the LAX Pylon glowing purple and green and then blue in the night. and then i saw the moon. i thought of the song Azure Moon by Every Little Thing. i love the feeling of this song as well as Kaori Mochida's voice and Ichiro Ito's guitar. the feeling of looking up at the same moon that someone else is looking up and seeing. finally someone added this song to youtube about 10 days ago. thank you someone. and of course, the same moon idea reminded me of one of my favorite singers Kazumasa Oda and his Same Moon tour which i was fortunate to see two of his concerts on that tour. wow, that was 10 years ago.

another good workout at the gym today after finding out my excellent work schedule for April. i will officially be off from around the 14th of March thru the 15th of April . . . where to go, where to go . . .

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today's flowers

and then there was today and days before

today in my neighborhood

sunday in Tempe

last week in Chester