Breathing Treatment

or 1858.  I found it at the Library of Congress while looking around. It looks like there's only one outflow at San Pedro, whereas m...

Tuesday's storm brought me 0.22" of rain in my back yard, bringing the season total to 9.11". That amount is just over the 3r...

I cringed when they got to "girls cream for greased lightning" but either the lyrics were opaque or they had changed them. Phew. ...

Specifically, coastal, north facing, hillsides.  That's not too specific, is it?  This list is for Juli's native garden so it's ...

Just a little rain last night as the storm finished moving through.  We have gorgeous blue skies now.

Just a little rain today.

This was supposed to be the big storm of the week but the rainfall as of about 4PM today isn't consistent with that supposition. 

This was a bigger storm than the last two. Parts of Long Beach and San Pedro reported 1.5" in an hour or so. We're doing quite we...

Today's storm brought 3/4 of an inch in my back yard.  It had cleared by mid afternoon and I was home early enough to pull some weeds an...

The first storn through in this stacked series of storms was good to us on the flat coastal region of the Los Angeles 'burbs: Though hea...

I got three packets of Payne Foundation "shade mixture" strewn on the north hillside next to Juli's garage one day before the ...

Juli and I visited the 22nd St park yesterday. The park was dedicated by mayor Villaraigosa just a few days ago, so it's an example o...

Juli has a back yard area that slopes to the north that she has designated the "native plant zone". I'm in charge of that part...

Emily Green has an article over on her blog on some iPhone apps useful for California wildflower and animal identification . Her pick, an...