Mission Bell

Shangri La Hotel, Santa Monica CA

Urban Cabin, Mar Vista, CA

Old House

LiPo on the Sofa

Flowers in the City

New Table & Chairs

Hibiscus

1426 Edgemont

St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church

Happy All Hallows' Eve Eve

Men on the Street

Photos by Rich Seeley (Leica D-LUX 4)

A Man and His Dog

Photo by Rich Seeley (Leica D-LUX 4)

Hollywood Crosswalk of Fame

Photo by Rich Seeley (Leica D-LUX 4)

Ananda's Great Fall or the Case of the Missing Stud

We were in the process of covering Ananda's cage for the night with a bed sheet when the bottom fell out of our canary's world.

Ananda, his cage, and the bracket that was holding it up on the wall all came crashing down onto the floor.

Ananda ended up at the bottom of the cage with a plastic food dish on his head.

Peggy thought he was dead.

But he is a tough little dude and like the football players he watches on TV, he shook it off.

Then he spent the night in his cage on the counter in the bathroom while we tried to figure out what happened.

Our thorough-going accident investigation revealed that in our exhausted and brain dead state when we moved here two months ago, we failed to hit a wall stud when we drilled the holes for the bracket that holds Ananda's cage.

Two short screws in 80-year-old plaster were all that kept Ananda from disaster.

After two months, the added weight of a single bed sheet was enough to bring the whole contraption down.

Not being real do-it-yourselfers, we Googled the question "How do you locate wall studs?"

Basically, in a place built circa 1920, who knows?

So we proceeded to probe for wall studs by driving in a nail and seeing if we hit wood. (Who knew it would be so hard to find a stud in Hollywood.)

Our hit or miss method transformed several feet of wall into a dart board before we finally found a stud. (The studs turn out to be the standard 16-inches, so the long dead carpenters who built this place were following some standards, maybe better standards than they use today, since this building has survived three major L.A. earthquakes.)

Anyway, Ananda's cage bracket is now secured into an 80-year-old two-by-four and he is back doing what he does best: singing and eating, as shown in this snapshot.

They all belong ... on Hollywood Boulevard

Photo by Rich Seeley (Leica D-LUX 4)

This photo is also posted on the Los Angeles Times Your Scene site.

Fifth Church of Christ Scientist, Hollywood CA

Going His Own Way

Household Shrine for Holy Mother

Sunrise Clearing Skies

Recycling Aluminum & Plastic

Li Po the Cat

I live in the other world
one that lies beyond the human.
— Li Po the Taoist poet

“Whatever He says to you, do it.” John 2:5

Billboard on Sunset Blvd. and Formosa Ave., Hollywood, CA

Carnival at Blessed Sacrament, Hollywood CA

Caution

A version of this photo is also posted on the Los Angeles Times Website.

Chee on the lookout

Waiting

On Break

Vintage Cadillac, Sunset Blvd., Hollywood CA

Crossing La Brea

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood CA

First National Building, Hollywood & Highland

TGIF Mel's Drive-in, Highland and Hollywood

Rainforest, Hollywood CA

Vintage Hollywood Apartments

Liberal & Household Arts Building, Hollywood High

From Roswell to Hollywood

First Methodist Church, Hollywood CA

Hollywood Walk of Fame

TGIF Hollywood CA

Tourists, Hollywood Walk of Fame

Waiting for the Bus, Highland near Sunset, Hollywood CA

Bicyclist on LaBrea, Hollywood CA

Zoom Room, Hollywood CA

Hope Lutheran Church, Hollywood CA

American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Hollywood CA

California Girls, Hollywood CA