Color My Life

We started shooting today with a bunch of fun lovin' young actors in bright costumes against white backgrounds. The result was a pop of color.

Huge Rag

We are working in North Hollywood this week and our small stage saw the biggest rag ever hung on it's premises. The 80X50 full grid cloth is positioned just below my 32 spacelights. With only a 17' tall ceiling, space is a premium on this shoot.

280SE

The new car hanging out behind the electric truck on a job last week.

Room With A View

Sunset

Eaton Canyon

Along with the majority of LA County, Jake, Shawn and I decided to hike up to the waterfalls of Eaton Canyon today.Even though it was crowded, it's nice know there is water close to us that is not surrounded by concrete. And afterwards, we rehydrated with a margarita at Arco Iris.

Snow and Sage

The cold rain brought the snow level down to 3000' making for a nice display in the foothills. The sun today is making for a nice display out front. The fuchsia hummingbird sage is in full bloom and after two years the western lilac is blooming along with the butterfly bush. WL found a huge aerodynamic moth perched in the about to blossom lavender.

Dinner Time

Breath

The Breath Of Heaven has been enjoying the sun.

Kubrick

We went over to the LACMA today to see the Stanley Kubrick exhibit. A great way to see how he made his films. From the low light lenses of "Barry Lyndon" to the Axes from "The Shining" and a model of the bedroom in "2001", there's way too much information and a second trip seems worthy.

Squeeze

The wax flowers in the front are in full bloom now but are being squeezed on one side by rampant rosemary and on another by about to bloom pride of madeira. They supposedly still have another 12"-18" to growth so hopefully soon they will be able to hold their own.

Trim

Wl has started to polish the anodized aluminum trim on the 280SE. I thought it was impossible to do but he found a kit online. The stuff is cleaning up really well as the foreground of the the picture proves.

Waiting

Ice Plants

The cheapest, showiest, easiest flowers in the garden are in full bloom. Pink ice plants spread like weeds but are very bright and this year, the orange variety has begun to spring up as well.

Red Tail

Some better pictures of our big bird in the neighborhood. It's very impressive seeing him fly around.

Jello Flowers

Tasty works of art from our local Hispanic panaderia

Bird Bath Bully

Everyone was enjoying a drink this morning when a big blue jay decided he wanted the bird bath to himself.

Red Tail

A squawking coming from a neighbor's palm tree caused us to gaze up to the top and see a large bird perched there. From the different calls, we are guessing we have some more red tailed hawks and chicks in residence. I can only hope that our bird bath does not become a buffet for the predators.

Below is what the bird looks like when not photographed on the long end of a crappy digital camera

Euro Style

WL installed the euro headlights into the 280SE yesterday after taking them apart and cleaning the lenses and reflectors. I found some new bulbs for them and everything looks great. We took it out for a drive last night and adjusted the beam heights.

Old and New

I got the 280SE back from the upholsters today and the seats are back to their former glory. No more lumps, no more dried foam dust. We ripped off the ugly and warped plastic dash cover and had the shop make a carpet cover. WL found a set of euro headlights out east of here and we collected them this afternoon. We will take them apart, clean them and hopefully slide them into place this weekend.