Yolanda ~ Pilates Warrior

Yolanda is a Pilates Warrior, my trainer for 17 years at the Body Center in Claremont, Southern California. The background photo is of the manicured pebbles of the Zen garden at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino.

Halloween Leftovers

 Clearing the shelves the day after Halloween at the Target store in La Verne, Southern California.

Ugly? 'fraid so!

 

There's nothing like it on  the road. Driving through the small town of Claremont, Southern California, the Cybertruck attracts quite a bit of attention. It frightens little children, and me!

It looks a lot better from the front!

Haunted

 

He Follows Me Everywhere

My Name Is Jack

Rest In Peace Dear Jack

Midnight Burger

In-N-Out Burgers in La Verne, Southern California, is open until 1 a.m.

 Sudden midnight cravings for one of the best burgers on Planet Earth can be accommodated! 

Intersection

A little more than a bent fender.

 An accident in the small Southern California city of Claremont. 9-19-24

The Bridge Fire

 

A view from Claremont of smoke from the Bridge Fire (9-10-24), which sparked Sunday (9-8-24) in Angeles National Forest, exhibiting “extreme fire behavior,” jumping in size from 4,000 acres early Tuesday (9-10-24) to 46,000 acres by evening, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). The blaze expanded from Los Angeles County into San Bernardino County. As of Wednesday morning (9-11-24) it spans nearly 48,000 acres and is 0% contained. (NBC report)

Welcome To My World!

     What climate change? I like this hot weather just fine!

Extermination Paradise

 

This exterminator must have found some pretty fierce pests!

SoCal Mall

 Montclair Place shopping mall. Yes, people still go to the mall,

especially when it's hotter than a corn dog in hell.

Three Ladies at the Art Museum

A Pilgrim Place retirement home lady (photo by Russ) keeps watch over this little girl. The Southern California community art exhibit was held at the Claremont Lewis Art Museum, August 24, 2024.

Selfie Stick 1963

    Russ unwittingly invents a selfie stick in 1963, pushing down the shutter

      release lever on his grandfather's1940s Polaroid camera with a long stick!

 

Fire Clouds

One of my last photos taken with a 35mm film camera.

Fire smoke making unusual colors in the hills above Claremont, Southern California.

Tesla Truck

There's nothing like it on  the road. Driving through the small town of Claremont, Southern California, the Cybertruck attracts quite a bit of attention. It frightens little children, and me! 

Sunny Sara

Sara Is a professional dancer, choreographer, dance studio owner and Pilates instructor. She has a dog named Sunny. Sara is almost always smiling!

 

Cop Stop

Police activity on Foothill Boulevard in Pomona, California, where growing numbers of the homeless congregate.

Speed Demon Bites The Dust!

This Audi R8 has about 600 horsepower and can go 0-62 in three seconds, with a top speed of 204 mph. This driver was on the Santa Ana Freeway (5) near Newport Beach, California, home to many rich folks with exotic vehicles. The CHP's most powerful 2023 Ford Interceptor has about 400 horsepower with a top speed of 136 mph.

Trump Verdict on CNN ~ photo of TV screen

Actions do have consequences after all.

Graduating In Style!

Kassey, a Southern California high school senior, is just a few days away from graduating.

Shopping Cart Life

 Three friends take a break on busy Foothill Boulevard in La Verne, Southern California.

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,

Healthy, free, the world before me,

The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

~ Walt Whitman

The Protestors Are Gone

 Protestors deserted the Pomona College campus after college officials

  moved graduation ceremonies to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Dogs

They are not like other dogs he knows.

Gotcha Shoplifta

La Verne police take a shoplifter into custody outside the local Target store in Southern California.

Wild Poppies

 On the Thompson Creek Trail in Claremont, California. 

La Verne SoCal Cops

 After a pursuit.

La Verne SoCal Cops

 

After a pursuit.

La Verne SoCal Cop Cars

 After a pursuit.

Crime and Injury

After A Pursuit

When The Rain Comes

 Two homeless men shelter from the rain in Pasadena, Southern California.

The man on the right holds his cellphone while the man on the left shoots up. Grim.

Banana Sun

The 4-8-24 eclipse nears its maximum.

Seen from Claremont, Southern California, shot through the lens of eclipse glasses.

Military Transport

 

The driver, towing three Humvees from Southern California to Salt Lake City,

stopped to buy a soft drink from an Upland, California, drug store. He had to park in the back.

National Twinkies Day

Little did I know that National Twinkies Day was on my April 6 birthday

until I stumbled across this Vons market display today.

The snack cake was invented on April 6, 1930. Despite this dubious honor,

 I must confess I prefer Hostess CupCakes.

Guitar Man

Ronnie waits for a bus in Pomona, Southern California.

He lost a lot when he became homeless but would not give up his guitar.

Levels

This is what sound looks like.

Old Folks At Home

I have measured out my life not with coffee spoons, but with pills and potions.

It takes more than a spoon to consume enough coffee to reach consciousness each morning.

Police And Paramedics

A large sheriff's presence in San Dimas California arresting a transient then taking the man,

in handcuffs and a spit shield, strapped to a gurney, to the hospital. It looks like he was Tased.

SoCal Parking Lot

 

A warning, primarily to homeless folks who often use shopping carts

to carry their belongings around town.

 It's a losing battle.

Valentine Lovers

They Were Made For Each Other

Out Of Order

 Where your money goes!

Winter Shadows

Trees are people too, only too slow for us to witness their writhings.

From a poem by Russ Allison Loar

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Holiday Lights ~ 1/1/24

Mortality Never Sleeps

Bye Bye!

So long Halloween.