A Mirage? at El Mirage (dry) Lake

Citabria on El Mirage dry lake bed (iPhone photo by Ian B.)

Our son flew his instructor's Citabria out from Torrance and landed on the dry lake bed, south-east of Edwards AFB.

The colors in the photo make me think of a vintage 60's post card.

Fall Sunset at Abalone Cove

Abalone Cove, 26 Oct 2012 (iPhone photo by Ian B.)

Our son drove along the PV Drive South last Friday and captured the sunset.

Final Farewell to Eddie Bertrand -- The Real Showman

Eddie Bertrand in concert (photo courtesy of Tim F.)

Eddie Bertrand (photo courtesy of Tim F.)

With sadness, I am posting this e-mail from Eddie's friend Tim to all of you. Eddie is a legendary local surf rock musician. From my half hour talk with Eddie, I was left with an impression of a kind, unassuming person.

"Back in Oct 2008 (Post link) you posted a blog about long time PV resident Eddie Bertrand. Unfortunately, Eddie has terminal cancer and only has a few has days left. I was hoping you could share this in your blog.

Those wishing to send their thoughts to Eddie may do so at eddieandtheshowmen@yahoo.com. All emails will be read to Eddie and placed in a book for the family.

Here is a link to one of Eddie's Last Live Performance."

A Wedge of Morning Sky



 From our patio, before sun peaked over the buildings



From our patio, a bit after

UFO

Untitled
a temporary arrangement by Tash, February 2012
from found broken pottery and tiles, Llano, CA

This is one of my Un-Finished Objects. Amazingly, a couple years ago, I was given a plate with the same pattern as the broken one shown in the photo. I have several more UFOs (sewing, knitting, drawing, ...) in hiding.

What kind of UFOs are waiting to pounce on you every time you open a storage closet?

Bank Holiday?

Malaga Bank, tented, February 2012

My branch of our local Malaga Bank was colorfully tented for fumigation earlier this year.
Looked to me as if the bank went off camping.

Chase with Mr. Sheets' Horsemen

Horsemen Mural, Millard Sheets, 1974
Glass mosaic inlaid in black granite
Chase bank (formerly Home Savings & Loan)

PV residents are so fortunate to have a Millard Sheets masterpiece available for daily viewing.

I've read that this work is called "50 Horsemen" although I count only 21 riders (?)

Fall Sunshine

Hi!

Greetings from a local resident