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Free Desktop Wallpaper for March 2012 – Daisies

March 3rd, 2012 No comments

Here is a selection of free wallpapers for your computer desktop or smartphone. Right-click and select Save Image As… to download them to your own computer.

Desktop Wallpaper – Plain

Daisy wallpaper

Desktop Wallpaper with March Calendar

Daisy wallpaper calendar

Smartphone (iPhone/Droid) Wallpaper

Daisy iphone wallpaper

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Event: March Full Moon Hikes, Various Locations, Santa Monica Mountains NRA

February 26th, 2012 No comments

From the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area OUTDOORS Calendar of Events

WED 3/7 6pm

Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa

Howl at the Moon

Join a ranger for a hike during the full moon to look and listen for nightlife in the park, including coyotes, owls, and scorpions! Bring a flashlight. Rain cancels. All ages welcome. Meet at parking lot. 2hrs NPS

THU 3/8 6pm

Charmlee Wilderness Park

Full Moon Hike

Enjoy the mountains, meadow, and an ocean overlook as the moon lights our way. Bring a flashlight and meet at upper parking lot. Rain cancels. Reservations required: 310-317-1364. $4 parking fee. 2hrs CMPR

FRI 3/9 6pm

Franklin Canyon - Sooky Goldman Nature Ctr

Nearly Full Moon Evening

Enjoy a moderately strenuous hike after the sun goes down. The moon, stars, and views add to the joy of being in nature under a full moon. 2hrs MRCA/SMM

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Historic Walking Tours in Downtown LA this weekend

February 23rd, 2012 No comments

Walt Disney Concert Hall and Downtown LALA Cowboy posted notice of these walks…

This Weekend’s Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles

The Last Bookstore Presents….

The Secret Lives of Historic Downtown Los Angeles

Saturdays will have the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101  tour and Sunday will have the HOW LOS ANGLES INVENTED THE WILD WEST (and why no one knows it) tour.

On Saturday February 25th and Sunday February 26th (and Saturday March 3rd and Sunday March 4th) will be two different guided walking tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles’s secret past, its present – and its future.

Read the entire blog post for more information

Event: Livin’ in the Sticks at King Gillette Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains NRA

February 18th, 2012 No comments

From the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area OUTDOORS Calendar of Events

SAT 2/25 3pm

King Gillette Ranch

Livin’ in the Sticks

Meet the dusky-footed woodrat on his own turf. Join a 1-mile easy walk with naturalist Tony as he takes you on a tour of the neighborhood where they build elaborate nests that are both a home and a time capsule. Meet at the parking lot to left of the pond. 2hrs MRCA/SMM

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Event: Winter Sky at Circle X Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains NRA

February 15th, 2012 No comments

From the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area OUTDOORS Calendar of Events

SUN 2/19 6pm

Circle X Ranch

Winter Sky

Join us for a ranger-led constellation tour followed by stargazing through telescopes. Bring your planisphere or telescope. All ages welcome. Rain cancels. Info: 805-370-2301. 4hrs NPS

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Storma a-comin’, Ma! Get to the cellar!

September 30th, 2011 No comments

Weather? In LA? Really, how silly do they think I am? Wait. What’s that? Thunder?!?! Here?!?

Screen Shot 2011 09 30 at 2 26 29 PM

Radar graphics courtesy of Weather Undergrounds WunderMap

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Event: Island Fox at Santa Barbara Zoo Science Day

September 21st, 2011 No comments

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Oct. 1, 2011 the Santa Barbara Zoo will be hosting a Science Day event. Friends of the Island Fox will be one of many community presenters with family-friendly science-based activities. The goal is to offer teachers a variety of science activities that can be replicated in the classroom. 

For more information see the website www.islandfox.org. Teachers and their families can get into the Zoo free with preregistration.

Friends of the Island Fox
islandfoxnews@gmail.com

Visit their website for current island fox information;
www.islandfox.org

Follow them on Facebook or on Twitter @ifoxtweet

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Event: NPS Movies by Moonlight: Beau Geste with hike to actual location – Sat, Sep 10

September 5th, 2011 No comments

Moonlight movie

National Park Service

Movies by Moonlight

Paramount Ranch

September 10, 2011 Saturday, 7:30pm – 9:30pm

Beau Geste (1939) Starring Gary cooper and directed by William Wellman, this melodramatic and high-adventure tale, with classic desert settings, was shot in part at Paramount Ranch. Join a ranger at 6pm for a short hike to the actual location. For more info: 805-370-230

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Photos: Practicing knife throwing with the local Altavia branch of the SCA

July 20th, 2011 No comments

Joe and I regularly practice archery and thrown weapons with our local Altavia members at Woodly Park in the Sepulveda Basin. These are a few pictures from last Sunday’s practice.

SCA Thrown Weapons - 01

See entire Flickr set of SCA pictures

 

 

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Free Youth Program – Encino Velodrome

July 9th, 2011 No comments

Free Youth Program – Encino Velodrome

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Looking into taking “the boy” to this free training program some Thursday night. Sounds interesting to him. Part of my “introduce him to as much as possible” child-rearing system. (LAUGH)

Youth & Junior
Riders 18 and under will learn how to ride the Velodrome and develop the skills and fitness needed to race – FOR FREE
Thursdays 5:30 – 7:30 PM
For more information, contactSteve Cohen

via Free Youth Program – Encino Velodrome.

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