I recently found myself the subject of my “curbside treasures.” Ramona, known in these adjacents as my mother and “the butcher of memories” decided that maintaining documentation of my early existence was taking up space. Without warning I was to discover myself uncerimoniously tossed out; not even separated into recyclables. I dove, I retrieved, I [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Poppy Peak; Garvanza’s Northern Edge
March 26, 2010
Spanish sailors off the California coast noted that during the late afternoon on a spring day, when the sun’s rays shone at a slant, the hills were afire with the glow of orange poppies. The 1080 foot high summit qualifies Poppy Peak as the dominant hilltop within the Garvanza’s section of Rancho San Rafael. The poppies [...]
Trash Tuesday #59: Where Getting it Cheap is Part of the Esthetic
March 23, 2010
This handcrafted headboard was found curbside on Pinecrest Drive near the start of the Mount Wilson Toll Road. (adjacent to one of my“terminal envy tour” homes.)Horse shoes courtesy of the Hiker. It reminds me of the hand hewn woodwork found in the interior of the journalist Charles F Lummis’ home El Alisal (Place of the Sycamores) located [...]
