Rainy Day Mood

The Richard H. Chambers Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Building, seen from the Lower Arroyo

It didn't rain all day yesterday, just all morning. Still, I was in a rainy day mood. I craved the cozy feeling of running the heater and drinking hot tea, and I indulged.

One cloudy day some time ago, PDP's resident geologist Becca and I took our dogs to the Lower Arroyo thinking it wasn't going to rain. It did, of course, as soon as we were as far from our cars as we could possibly get. We were the only non-wild creatures in the Arroyo between the Colorado Street Bridge and South Pasadena. Everyone else, wild or not, knew enough to find shelter.

It began to pour, rattling the leaves and forming puddles on the path. The stream ran full from north to south. Becca and I were soaking wet. We let the dogs run free and they were out of their minds with the joy of it.

Yesterday, Boz curled himself into the shape of a Lima bean and spent most of the day by the heater, with the exception of our neighborhood walk. Now that he's older he craves being cozy, too. Because I know the feeling I run the heater for him, but he turns up his nose at tea.


Here's another view of the Courthouse from the Arroyo, with Boz posing in the foreground.

Misty Morning Pair

Friday, Boz and I took a misty morning walk around the Rose Bowl Stadium with a good friend and her perky pooch. Walking, running, or biking around the Rose Bowl is something a lot of people do regularly. Even the mayor does it. But I had never done it before.

I take my camera everywhere I go, but it remained in its case for most of our walk. My friend and I were deeply involved in our conversation. Our dogs were deeply involved in the smells they discovered. The sky was gray. I didn't think of photos for a while.

Toward the end of our walk we crossed a bridge over the cement wash. Atlast I took out the camera. I liked the symmetry I saw. The top shot looks north; that's the western part of the Rose Bowl stands on the right. The bottom shot looks south. You'll have to enlarge it to see the Richard H. Chambers Court of Appeals building looming above the Arroyo out of the mist..

A walk around the Rose Bowl is great exercise. I recommend you do it with a friend.