More pictures of after my move to Santa Monica (2002-2003)
including a road trip to Oklahoma
The Japanese pavillion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Inside the pavillion
Downtown LA: marriages and divorces in the same shop, doing them on the same day saves $4 parking fee.
Mural, also downtown
One side of the Grand Central Market
Inside the Grand Central Market
Skateboarding on the Venice Beach Boardwalk
Sailing and canooing at Venice
Fake snakes for sale on the Boardwalk
The new Disney concert hall for the LA Phylharmonic being built
It is all ready and polished now
The 2002 Gay Pride Parade
LA style
Looks like he doesn't get a lot to eat
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Later in the year, later on the day, same location: Halloween
My favorite, Medusa, who regretfully didn't win the contest
Time for a break from the scares
Thomas licking his lips
Against the war on Iraq before it started
A mixed crowd, seemed to look like everybody, and as yet I have not spoken with many who were in favor of this war, making me wonder about these polls
Yes, the were really in LA this time
On the way to San Francisco again: peaceful nature at Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur
Also nature
But do you do if you don't have the buck for a classy restaurant to eat your game?
The Golden Gate Bridge
Under the Bridge
Next to the Bridge
Sea lions at Pier 39
San Diego zoo, all legs up
One leg up
Time for my close-up Mr DeMille
Late sun on the Palisades
And on the beach
Your photographer in the Angeles Forest
Topanga Canyon opinion
A day on a hotel coupon in Indian Springs near Palm Springs
Hotel with pool and snowy mountains in the background (have to say that here because they don't really appear on the scanned picture)
Dreamy mountains in the Angeles Forest
It is a bit of a sparse forest though
Oil well halfway
Layered structure due to sedimentary nature, lifted up and tilted
No alcoholic beverages, drugs (including marihuana!)
A visit to Thomas' brother just before he left for Iraq from Oklahoma (He is back by now)
Buffalos in the Oklahoma buffalo preserve
On the road to Oklahoma
An armadillo
Town square in Taos, NM
Their famous adobe (= built from mud) church
Trading post near Taos
Sunset near Taos
Dear dance in San Juan Pueblo
Spectators of the Dear Dance
Original adobe architecture in the San Juan Pueblo
Adobe style hotel in Santa Fe
Santa Fe Opera building
Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Park
Crow in flight
Crow in guard
The petrified tree trunks in the National Park are older than the dinosaurs but they found some skeletons in the Park as well
Petroglyphs
Though pronghorn are frequently called antelope, they are actually the sole living survivor of an ancient family of animals, Antilocapradae. The fastest mammal in North America, elegant pronghorn can sprint up to 60 miles per hour.
California poppies in Antelope Valley
Japanese Garden in Huntington Garden
Coy in Huntington Garden
Cactus in Huntington Garden
Late sun on Laguna Beach