Thanksgiving week

Thanksgiving is always great, but it always goes by too fast.

Thanksgiving day I hang out with the boys - turkey, pies & movies. The Friday after T-day I volunteer at Operation Gratitude - they send care packages to soldiers overseas. There are hundreds of people at the Armory in Van Nuys - manning the packing assembly line, taping, labeling, and filling out custom forms (my traditional job).

The roses are from my front yard ("Mr. Lincoln" and "Alec's Red"). And the other photos are from the commute. Quite a variety of pics this week, don't you think?

Bonus post - pics from 11/30/2009

Here are my photos from Thanksgiving week last year - November 30, 2009. Hope you enjoy them.

Around Ashdod and Birthday Boy

This is the view from my kitchen window...

Sunset over the Mediterranean

Shlomo Yedidya and his Abba at first birthday party.

Getting chilly - and it's only November!

Well, it finally feels like fall - SoCal style that is. 40's (F) at night, around 60 (F) during the day. Break out the sweaters!

This week's photos are a mix of macro and scenic - and a bit in between. But I think the unifying theme is texture. What do you think?

Happy Thanksgiving to you all - my favorite non-religious holiday. Even though a lot of people don't really think about the meaning of the holiday, I like that it requires you to say the word "thanks"!

Enjoy your time with your family and/or friends. I'm sure I'll have a photo or two to share next week.

SoCal Architecture

Los Angeles and its environs has a lot of different types of architecture - from high-rises to bungalows to sci-fi gas stations.

Here is a small sample of this variety that I saw in the past week.

Bonus post - pics from 11/23/2009

Once again, here are photos from last year. It doesn't seem that long ago! Hope you like them.

View around town

Last week was the last huzzah of summer - it was above 90F (32C) for most of the week! Finally, though, the temperature is back to normal - and the trees in my neighborhood are turning colors and losing their leaves, especially the pomegranate by the front porch.

This week's photos are scenics from around town - Beverly Hills, Inglewood, Westwood, and Los Angeles.

Bonus post - pics from 11/16/2009

As I mentioned in my first post, my nephew David and I started sending photos back and forth starting last November, about 4 months before we started this blog. I was looking through the pics this evening and thought I would start posting last years pics as "bonus posts".
So, here are my photos from the week of Nov 16, 2009. Hope you enjoy them.