so many choices! galstons, october 2012

aww! 

shaded tree house at the Berkeley rose garden. 

openmikeharper:

Joanna & her miniature kite. Portland, Oregon. June 2012. 

this video is so fun! 

ingrid michaelson - blood brothers

love in the hot afternoon by matt sweeney and bonnie “prince” billy

Friendly Faces of the Korean Friendship Bell! taken on a another beautiful day!

Here’s a little picture of the Watts Towers.  I think I’d first seen the towers on TV, either that or it was in my “Weird California” book.  I was finally able to visit them last year and they proved to be as amusing in person as in picture!  The Watts Towers were built by Simon Rodia over a period of 33 years, from 1921 to 1954. From the stories, he sounds like a very colorful character, which of course I love because well… most of us are colorful characters in our own way!

Taro and I took a little visit to grand central market for our 4.5 yr anniversary day!

What a great idea! With support from the Ahmanson Foundation and in partnership with the UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials, LACMA created an eight-week internship where three graduates of the UCLA/Getty Program are paired with two recent graduates of Verbum Dei High School. They spent the summer helping to conserve the Watts Towers! There should be more projects like this!

(Source: http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/high-school-interns-help-with-conservation-at-watts-towers/)

andrewharlow:

dessi terzieva

(Source: andrewharlow)

chris burden metropolis II at lacma

hello! this is my lovely POPO! 

Google’s start screen today is delightful! It’s in celebration of the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.