Koi ponderings

In a koi pond,
it's an elaborate dreamscape.....



These golden swimmers careen around the cool waters










then colliding in bobbing motions....









Those of us from above


marvel and watch, eying
their artful and playful
positions.













































Koi were developed from common carp in Japan in the 1820s, and are still very popular there as they are a symbol of love and friendship.

Koi have prominent barbels on the lip that are not visible in goldfish.






Most koi live to thirty-five, but there was one in Japan
who lived to two hundred and twenty-three years.












It strikes me that they quite enjoy the dance.....











There is so much chasing tail, that this restaurant advertises for it...ha!













Wing span across the sky...airborne and aloft.






Other posers....








these pelicans work together too - landlubbers then bound for the sky.

Line 'em up - Move 'em out....

By the power vested in the state, we move our
most recent grads, into middle school...






Work's been turned in....











Leave behind more childish
pursuits, and
go onto well,








Oh, wait....

there's time for Goonies, right?!









And there will be another seat waiting for the....

















next lineup of grads...

Panorama Enthusiast Society and Bulgarian folk songs

Suddenly summer upon us, and another adventure downtown....


Nickel Diner is such a cool find and sumptuous
deserts -














the Ding Dong (you guessed it - made with mayo?!), the red velvet cake (yup, no substitute for red die #5), the Smores cake, the Cher - (you got to have *&^ to eat it....well, inside
humor from the proprietors)....Delish.


















I like their slogan...

This is the place
There is no place
Quite like this place
Anywhere near this place
So this must be the place



Obviously this is a place.....a step below
Hope, but still a place to burrow for the night.



Sometimes you rush by and see this....

street life is no life at all.























































Transition to the next phase of the night

The Union Theatre - Home of the Panorama Enthusiast
Society...










a sister to the
unusual and profane -
Museum of Jurassic Technology
http://www.mjt.org/













A unique offering of soulful songs from EA - Eva and Aurelia - channeling the joy and pain of Eastern European
music.







Part mix of artfully fragile crowd and vodka infused gadflies...this evening proved to be unique and compelling.












Wandering through to their garden of delight -
sumptuous smells of the Trumpet plants and
a gazebo to settle into
the night.
















































































Where would I have heard music sung in
Georgian, and eagerly translated by audience members....with lines like -


"I love you like the wheat that sticks to my pants leg....?"




Such adoration and fervor is refreshing.





























Inside the panorama itself - The Alabaster Isle of Penglai.









































Not be missed....

























































And this is Lakers country...




Guess what...they won!



Get your Escalades and Hummers downtown!