More pictures of after my move to Santa Monica (2001-2002)

Spring 2001 around Gorman: The orange is from the California poppies.

We were too late for the poppy reservation but at higher altitude the mountains were still covered with them.

The old Elk's building now converted in a hotel and fancy party place.

The grand entrance.

And more sculpture.

The old Goodyear site in Commerce, now converted into an outlet mall. The tires around the palms reminding of earlier times.

MacArthur park with a beatiful view on downtown LA and a lively trade in good and services that cannot be easily obtained in other places.

Mexican Chinese fastfood.

A characterful building downtown LA including characteristic 'mobile home' parked next to it.

Waterlillies in Echo park.

In China town.

A demonstration in Westwood against the war in Afghanistan.

Not everybody agreed.

Malibu pier.

Evening at Paradize cove restaurant.

A seagull at Paradize cove.

The windpower park near Palm Springs.

Christmas time in Las Vegas

Fremont street Las Vegas at night.

Artificial daylight and artificial outsite in Vegas.

Modern classical interior in Vegas.

More classical imitation.

Malibu around sunset.

Enough money to build what you like.

Malibu, earlier in the day.

On the parking lot of the Marina of Dana Point.

Thomas on our whale watching trip from Dana Point.

No whales but three dolphins around our boat.

Fellow sailboat.

More 'fellows'.

Musles on the beach near Santa Barbara.

Thomas in a contemplative mood on the pier of Santa Barbara.

Light of the sunset playing with the waves and the sand.

An anenome and a starfish.

Breaking waves.

A brown pelican in flight.