"Garfield Park" - South Pasadena

"Garfield Park" - South Pasadena

Is one of the best parks in my area. The play area sits in the middle surrounded by large grassy hills. Beautiful Tall maintained trees have daily visits from clusters of wild parrots that are not too sure where to go and are always bickering.

The seating area has raise stage made out of concrete with fireplace with cook outs. Now if I could only learn to prepare food and have a party of my own. I am there every Thursday from 3-5 playing for the kids, for the the public and my own sanity.

It does get very cold around 4:30 and the trees cause shade and though they have lighting it does quickly get dark around 5pm.

Snow Near Flintridge, California

How wonderful it was today to see a clear day and the mountains covered in snow. I instantly knew I needed to get a close up view before they melt away. It was just a 10 minute drive from my house up the freeway to get these incredible pictures.

Cricket Resurrection

I found another large one of these floating in the pool. These are a very large creepy bugs that moves curiously slow. Reading up I find out that this (what my gardner calls "Potato Bug") is also called "Jerusalem Cricket".

Several hypotheses attempt to explain the origin of the term "Jerusalem cricket".^[8] John Stoffolano hypothesizes that the term originated from a mixing of Navajo and Christian terminology. He suggests that Franciscan priests had a strong connection with the Navajos, particularly in the development of the Navajo dictionary and vocabulary. These priests, Stoffolano contends, heard the Navajos speak of a "skull insect" and took this to be a reference to Skull Hill, the cliff outside Jerusalem near the place where Jesus was said to be crucified.

The Jerusalem cricket spends most of its life underground. Its large, almost humanoid head supports the necessary muscles that assist the jaws in digging in the soil and feeding on living and dead plant materials. Like most crickets, this insect also produces sound, called drumming, by hitting its spiny legs against its body.Common myths

Mahogany Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatusn. sp. "mahogany") next to a 2.4 cm quarter

As is true for other large, arthropods (e.g. solfugids), there are a number of folk tales regarding Jerusalem crickets which are simply untrue; first and foremost, they are not venomous. However, they can emit a foul smell and are capable of inflicting a painful bite - but neither is lethal, as some of the tales would suggest. They also do not cry like children, nor do they rub their legs together to make sounds.

Here is a photo of the crickets with wings and prickly legs that make a supposed violin sound. I remember them having a very powerful spring where they were caught and would try to get away. This looks nothing like the Disney Character. Maybe Jiminy was modeled after a wingless, foul smelling Potato Bug.

Golgotha

Exchange Mold for Jaccuzzi

This is the kind of outdoor spa I want. Imagine after a hard days work coming home to this everyday!

Making good progress on Jacuzzi area. All bricks were taken out of area ready to grade and make flat. Also 6 bushes in the area were removed and o tall tree cut.