We took a couple of friends and went to see the newly renovated Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades.
Last night I was talking to my sister and her husband, in Minnesota and they asked if fire was close to LA. I assured them the fire wasn’t bothering us as Santa Barbara is 2 hours northwest of us. A few hours after our conversation, things changed drastically.
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| Forrest Fire 40 Miles Darkens Sky |
The next morning I awoke to fire in the Angeles National Forrest. We were just up there a couple of months ago (see blog entry: Sacred Ground – September 13, 2008). At 3:30 PM when I went to leave the house, I found my car covered in soot and the sky grey with smoke. Above was the view looking North up Centre Street towards Los Angeles. It just looked like a dark overcast day, but…
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| Smoke Cloud Descending |
Then we went to the Korean Bell to view the Ocean. It was (or would have been) one of those unusually clear days were you could see the entire Catalina Island (23 miles away), but today the sky was filled with smoke.
After playing with the candy dish (see blog entry January 23, 2008) Tinky Winky has been wanting to do The Full Zebra (reverse of Full Monty).
Tinky Winky and I had an interesting discussion about holidays. We decided since there are 8 days to Hanukkah and the 12 days of Christmas why not have The 21 Days of Halloween…our favorite holiday!
From now to the 31st, TW will get to experience a costume a day.
This morning we drove up the Angeles Crest Highway to Mt. Wilson Road in La Canada to the Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center to spend the day celebrating the Fall Equinox with flute music of the Indigenous people of the Western Hemisphere.
I learned that the Indigenous people who lived in California when Columbus landed, currently own no land and are fighting the Government to be recognized as a legitimate tribe.
Tinky Winky got to meet a 5 foot Monitor Lizard…good thing she didn’t like eating Teletubbies.
I loved this man’s tattoos…like jewelry, they seemed decorative and appropriate...they wrapped all the way around depicting an arm ban including the string tied on the inside.
He told TW the center symbol stood for his wife and the feathers represented his two children.
