Posted in Creatures on Jun 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
I’m very concerned about the skunks I’ve seen all over Silver Lake the last two nights. I’m sure it’s because of the heat; think how they must feel in their heavy fur jackets. Please consider putting out pans of water for animals or birds; make a new friend. Even though I live in an apartment, […]
Posted in Silver Lake on Jun 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
Okay, that’s a little girly. But how else to explain why the DWP “forgot” that both Silver Lake and Ivanhoe Reservoirs are cultural landmarks? That before they drained a drop, or made a game out of throwing HDPE bird balls into it, they should have gotten permission from City Planning?
No, we don’t have […]
Posted in Meetings as Theatre on Jun 16th, 2008 38 Comments »
Okay, I think I can talk about it now.
This was soon after the Griffith Park fire a year ago. You might have heard about it: the one that burned 800 acres, 25% of the park, and almost burned many Los Feliz homes? Thousands of trees and animals and birds died.
Councilman Tom LaBonge was one of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2008 1 Comment »
I have talked many times before about the amazing Bernadette Soter and her amazing work to keep the park free from riff-raff commercialization like trams and other icky things that certain people (Councilman Tom LaBonge) want to see in the park.
Now’s the time to step forward.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THESE CANDIDATES:
Proven heavy-lifters who are […]
Posted in Creatures on Jun 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Who’s that knocking at my door? What creature of the night came THISclose to my place the other night?
Mysterious animal tracks in the snow not-snow. I think the curved lines on the left bottom might be a tail. Or claws…
I was so excited when I saw these paw prints on the floor of my carport! […]
Posted in Silver Lake, Important Stuff on Jun 11th, 2008 3 Comments »
The bird balls DWP dropped into Ivanhoe with much fanfare this week were tested by NSF for one condition only: whether or not they leach chemicals into water that is exactly 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit. These bird balls passed that test, but have not been tested (or they failed) for everything else!
Numbers, please. Photo from […]
Griffith Park, Interrupted
Griffith Park and Silver Lake blog, by Donna Barstow.
