Memorial Weekend antics

Kim and I spent the weekend in Lake Havasu, AZ or Needles, CA (same thing) with the river gang. The temperature was hot and the company grand. It was nice to get away for a little bit and enjoy the sun and air.

Sara, Jeannie, Anne, Kim and myself



On the river...


"Midnight Heat"


The duette

Flora of the Angeles National Forrest

Yesterday, whilst driving a different route home, I found these beautiful local wildflowers and got some great shots with my new Cannon SX110IS digital camera. The Angeles National Forrest surrounds the tiny communities of Elizabeth Lake, Lake Hughes, Green Valley, Leona Valley and Three Point.


Clarkia unguiculata or Woodland Clarkia on Bouquet Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forrest near Saugus.


Diplacus aurantiacus or Sticky Monkey Flower on Bouquet Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forrest near Saugus.


Campanula Medium or Canterbury Bells on Spunky Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forrest near Green Valley.


Cirsium neomexicanum or New Mexico Thistle on Spunky Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forrest near Green Valley.

Local flora of Elizabeth Lake

On the way home from an assignment, I decided to stop and smell the roses, so to speak. Here is what I encountered...

Blue Elderberry or Sambucus mexicana
Sandrock Drive, Elizabeth Lake, CA


California Poppy or Eschscholzia californica
Sandrock Drive, Elizabeth Lake, CA


Scarlet Larkspur or Delphinium cardinale
Lake Elizabeth Road, Green Valley, CA


Desert Candle or Yucca whipplei
San Francisquito Road, Green Valley, CA














Purple Nightshade or Solanum xanti
Sandrock Drive, Elizabeth Lake, CA

Do I really have to work?

I just finished working the Spring semester at CSU Northridge and I have a few more weeks to go teaching at Antelope Valley College. I just started training at Sorenson Communications and will be working there in no time, but I have vacation on the brain. I am having one of those, wouldn't-life-be-grand-if-I-was-independently-wealthy moments. I really wouldn't mind not working for a while and not having to be someplace, somewhere at sometime. I'm sure this is what everyone must be feeling and I am thankful to have a career that is still in high demand, but today I'm just not feeling it. So I'll stomp my feet on the ground, act like a big baby and be on my way to work. I need to learn how to say no for a change.