Your Mother Swims After Troop Ships

...and other obscure, and obscene, rugby songs.  The July 4th weekend at the ranch inspired much debauchery and abuse of inebriants, particularly of the agave variety.

There was the holiday patriotic theme, including a new flag site and dye job.

Many of the usual suspects showed up for a long weekend of camping and partying.

And of course there was music...  day and night...

A new generation of singer songwriters made an appearance, and got some hints from a pro...

Food and drink was plentiful...  tons of bacon, a surprise tempura snack, and a Bloody Mary morning with the bar bitches before the giant wok scrambled freakout...

A new feature of the camp site was a tribute to fallen friends...

We held Sunday Services with appropriate, and inappropriate, religious tunes...

Everyone gathered around for the music and Sunday Sacrement...

Thanks again to Bill and Julie for hosting the long weekend.   And welcome to Vinnie, the new Prince of the Ranch.

Hot Days and Hot Cars

Summer days bring out the best from the local car culture.  I'm glad I caught a blurb about this show.

I never realized that the local scene was so extensive.  Besides the cars, I was amazed at the collection of people who came out for this show:  older gear heads, lowriders, bikers, 50's retro JD's, neo-hippies, and a couple old farts (us).  But then cars sort of define what it is to be an American.  Enjoy the pics (click on 'em to get a bigger view).

Thanks to the Bonnevillains and all the others who helped put this show together.

The Wild West

Explosion on 11th Ave.

A number of years ago I redid the front yard on 11th Ave.  Hell, I had no idea what I was doing, and along with Jeffrey's contributions, chaos was the very possible result.  And every year about this time (early June), I find out that chaos in landscaping is not bad.  Especially when the cactus bloom...

Where's Sunset Magazine exploring western urban desert landscaping?

Classic Jag

Ran across this classic Jaguar in a residential area of Irvine, Orange County.  Very, very cool.

We Are the World

A sidewalk chalk drawing from outside the Avenues Sweet Library...

(Click on pic for a larger image)

He's Running!

In a brazen attempt to overthrow local Salt Lake City government, Sherm Clow on Tuesday announced his intentions to run for City Council District 3 (Avenues and Capitol Hill).

Here's the candidate and staff finishing the documentation.  Stay tuned for a new campaign site and blog.

FREE THE METERS!