Little Wet Love Machines

It turns out that You-You is a water dog and she just loves to jump into her wading pool to "swim"...of course that can happen at any time of the day or evening and you have to be ready to play the "dry the puppy" game. If there's no pool available, not to worry, she can paddle her way through the water bowl much to the Kramer's chagrin.

My Last Father's Day

Father's Day 2008
"Grandpa" would have said it was a "good day", the weather was sunny and warm, some of his favorite foods laid out and an abundance of friends stopped by to honor him with their well wishes.

DADDY'S AND GRANDPA'S GIRLS NOW HAVE A SMALLER FAMILY

Hong Bew (Bill) Lee passed away at home on the morning of June 4, 2008 at the age of 96. We will be honoring him with a small celebration of life on Father's Day.

Hot Day in Old L.A,

It was forecast to be a cooler day than the previous 2 which had been in the 90-100 range and it was the Sunday of the Angelino Heights open house tour; something I had missed for years but was detemined to attend. Well, I'm now sporting 2 blisters on the top of my instep, a sunburned neck and am probably as salty as the Red Sea but it was great being a looky-lou! Many of the houses that were in disrepair in the past are restored or in the process, with a few up for sale without restoration completed. It takes a passionate soul to dedicate the time, energy and money required to restore the grand dames to their past glory but thank heavens there are those who want to preserve some of L.A.'S history. It was actually quite nostalgic since I had spent part of my childhood living in an old Victorian that had been split into 2 unit housing and there was a house that had the same kitchen/porch access as ours. It was odd because I could place exactly where the washing machine would have been, where I trained Peppy, where the chrome dining table was in the kitchen but I could not remember the layout of the counter or cabinets. I realized that my childhood memories were only as good as those things that I had experienced first hand and cooking or putting things away wasn't my role then, just tearing though the house on my tricycle!

Just Looking

SOMETIMES THINGS ARE NOT BLACK AND WHITE BUT SUBTLETIES OF GRAY; LIGHT DANCING ON THE SHEEN OF A SURFACE OR BITS OF LIGHT PEEKING FROM A SHADOW

Today is a visual day, tonight, a class discussion on contemporary versus traditional photographic concepts.

Just sharing a little morning sunshine. This is my You-You who happens to be the smallest dog I've ever had but she follows in Kramer's footsteps when it comes to smarts, as a matter of fact, he's learning to love her too! Don't ya just love the ears?! This was a while ago so she has grown into her ears.