Sunday, January 12, 2025

Pacific Palisades

overlooking (northwest) the beach at Santa Monica (December 1986)
click on the image to enlarge and find the bird
Catherine and I were in Los Angeles at the end of 1986 for the Jerry Slocum puzzle party. At the top-right of my photo (above) would be the location of Pacific Palisades. It was there that Fabian Lewkowicz of Santa Monica Closeup captured the devastating aftermath of the fire:

Thursday, January 09, 2025

Takedown

I love the ease with which Owen Morgan inserts his deconstructions.

Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Bridgewater canal breach aftermath

One week after the collapse of a Bridgewater canal embankment section northwest of Little Bollington (just south of where the River Bollin crosses the canal), Josh Taylor continues to provide daily updates on the situation as the family's moored narrowboat is trapped nearby.

The Elon