Train, part one

I love spending time with my parents, but I was still happy to take public transportation to the airport after visiting them. For $2.50 I could get from University Circle to the lower lever of the airport. Such a deal, plus it's a great way to see the city!

With a bit of imagination you can see the
toothbrush lights of the baseball stadium in the background.

I look forward to the day when I can take a train from the Inland Empire into an airport!

A few of my favorite trees

After posting the ground stumps of local trees I thought I would photograph a few of my favorite trees. Ha! It was like trying to photograph my favorite buckeye. There are just too many and I love them all. Here are a few.

My favorite oak tree

Not really my favorite but I thought I should have a palm tree

It isn't always one tree, but a group of trees that I love.

My favorite former tree!

Where the Sidewalk Starts

This collection takes up no room in the house!

Some things don't change

I have so much to be grateful for, including being able to walk over to the bookshelf and take down my childhood photo album.

I used to take lots of pictures of the sky. At least this picture had clouds. I don't think my parents were thrilled to develop my film and find nice blue rectangles!

I thought of my old album as I was taking this picture a couple days ago.  If I thought I could capture the sky I would still take nice blue rectangular pictures!

Almost, but not quite

I heard from a swim friend that the US national water polo team
would be playing at the pool on the Pomona College campus,
just a bike ride away. Sounded like fun so we headed over.

What the link on the national page neglected to mention was that it cost $20 at the door to see the game ($15 online or $10 with a coupon code, which we didn't have). I wasn't quite that excited since I can see great water polo for free in the fall and spring. You can read about the game here.

We have gone to a few basketball games this season. The most exciting was seeing the men beat the undefeated Whitman Blues (formerly the Whitman Missionaries). It was recently announced that in a few years we'll be watching the Sagehens compete in a new facility.

Chirp, chirp!

Fall colors

We had some cool nights and warm days, which may have led to a beautiful fall. Or maybe it always is and I wasn't paying attention?

In addition to all the trees and leaves, there are all sorts of other sources of color (not shown - roses).

More local losses

About 2.5 years ago I wrote about removal of trees in the neighborhood. At least I had a little warning. Just a few blocks away four trees were gone before I could take their picture.

I have taken several pictures of my favorite tree, but I am going to start taking more tree pictures.