It is supposed to warm-up this weekend. Yeah!!
If you are going to the Coachella Festival: Coachella.com or
check out:
http://www.homebuyersfair.com/ Sat./Sun, April 18,-19, 09 Dozens of seminars and exhibitors. Did I mention, it’s free? Except for parking.
Earth Day events. Although Earth Day is officially April 22, there are events this weekend.
Topangacanyonearthday.org
Santa Monica Pier is having events Saturday and Sunday.
Heal the Bay is having a coastal clean-up near the pier.
Took Lola to the Marina to walk along Ballona Creek this morning. It was a beautiful morning and promised to be a gorgeous day. There was a man with a high-powered telescope just standing around. I asked if there was anything exciting happening. He pointed to two nests in the palm trees, two blue herons have nested in the palm trees. He was on assignment for an article on Ballona Creek in National Geographic. Many days you can see them fishing if you walk along the Lagoon. Other shore birds can be seen; snowy egrets, cormorants’, sand pipers, sea gulls, etc. There is also a wooden walkway where you can see the water flowing in and out from the creek. I have seen octopus, squid, small crabs. Once we saw what I think was a sea slug. It was lying on the shore around the rocks. At first glance it looked like a rock as the color was similar, but it was glistening, unlike the rocks. I shimmed my way down and picked him up and put him back in the water. He looked liked a loaf of brown bread. Slowly he began to unfurl his body. I am not sure if he got stuck when the tide went out or if he was dying.
Ballona Creek is a branch of the Los Angeles River that eventually reaches the Pacific Ocean. The river was contained in concrete many years ago to prevent flooding in Los Angeles. Many efforts have gone into changing the vision of the Creek and the River to a more naturalized state. The River has been used as a backdrop for many movies. Terminator is one that comes to mind.
I cannot wait to see the article in National Geographic.
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