So far it seems like judges make rulings but nothing changes so… until someone enforces the rulings it’s just more words.
Looking for the bright spots, but don’t wear rose-colored glasses. Morning walks with the best dog ever keep me sane(-ish). Words to live by: Do no harm and take no shit.
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So far it seems like judges make rulings but nothing changes so… until someone enforces the rulings it’s just more words.
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Early morning walk to start the day. Wishing you all peace. #lookingforthebrightspots #clouds #california #photography
Good luck with enforcement on that. Love, LA
About to take a pic of the reeds along the edge of the water, the morning sun hitting them just so. Dino yanked hard on his leash and simultaneously my thumb shifted to portrait and took the photo. I was irritated and took more in focus but now I love this one best. #photography #nature
Not to mention access to mental healthcare… shouldn’t be easier and cheaper to get guns and ammo than it is to get an appointment or hospitalization and insurance coverage for mental illness. We are failing all the way around.
This is what happens when some wild parakeets discover your bird feeder and then tell the WHOLE FLOCK. Too many birds, not enough seeds. (A problem I’m delighted to have.) #birds 🪶 #parakeets #lookingforthebrightspots #california
Morning walk with sycamores. #trees #californiasycamore #lookingforthebrightspots
A lot going on in the clouds over the San Gabriel Mountains today. My daughter says when I’m dead and gone she’ll always hear my voice commanding her to “Oh my god stop and look at those clouds!” I believe my legacy is secure, I have accomplished much. #clouds #stunday #photography #california
If we can’t find the humor, I give up. Satire is absolutely necessary in times like this. (Well, IMHO, at all time. But especially right now!)
Not-so-subtle display at my favorite local bookstore. And a reminder that all the so-called Christians going to church today are all immigrants too. Amen. #Vromans #books #NoICE #lookingforthebrightspots #california
Parker was shot in the head with a flashbang in LA. Her skull was fractured and she had bleeding on her brain. She’s now back out there protesting and documenting. Because she says we have to. That’s bravery.
Dog days of summer… It’s been HOT. You know it’s bad when you ask the dog if he wants to go out back and he won’t even consider it. #dogs #dogdays #lookingforthebrightspots
Random bone on a fence post from my morning walk. Because why not? Art is where you find it? Circle of life? Stay safe out there, friends. (Unless you’re complicit with the MAGA authoritarians. You all can choke on a bone.) #morningwalk #lookingforthebrightspots #circleoflife
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Crack of dawn. I know it’s a lousy photo but I was excited to see Mars and Venus so clearly early this morning. #lookingforthebrightspots #morningsky #california
Mortified. Ashamed. Disgusted. Horrified. Enraged.
Went to church this Sunday morning. This guy joined us for a while. Church is where you find it. (Hint: Best when found outside and without a pastor…) #lookingforthebrightspots #california #birds 🪶
Morning walk with more roses. Yellow this time. Indeed it’s the little things. #roses #bloomscrolling #lookingforthebrightspots
Morning walk. One of my favorite views. Pretty sure they have stories to tell. (I trust you see it too.) #morningwalk #lookingforthebrightspots #california
From this morning’s walk. More roses because they are the happiest thing out there blooming in the August heat. Personally, too damn hot. I am not happily blooming. Take care and stay cool, y’all. #roses #bloomscrolling #lookingforthebrightspots
Morning walk. Wishing you all peace. #lookingforthebrightspots #california #takeawalk
Morning walk with the early sun hitting just right. Something pretty for a break from all the ugly. #roses #bloomscrolling #lookingforthebrightspots
Monday morning. Waking up to this sky helps. Shout out to our dog who doesn’t let me sleep in and miss the sunrise. #lookingforthebrightspots #clouds #california
My agave plant that first bloomed well over a year ago (and that I expected to have died by now) continues to send out new blooms and has lots of small offshoots growing up its stalk. Just watching to see what happens… #bloomscrolling #lookingforthebrightspots #succulents
Every day there’s some new bullshit. This is where our best archivists, historians, and librarians can do the most important work of their careers: Make sure this stuff doesn’t disappear.
Morning walk. Lousy photo quality because I zoomed in… didn’t want to get too close to this cute thing. If I’m correct (pretty sure I am this time!) it’s a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron. Just sat and watched us, didn’t seem too concerned. #birds 🪶 #herons #california #wildbirds
Morning walk with roses. Mid-summer big blooms, maybe because (knock on wood) it’s been not as hot here as usual. Will take the wins where they come. #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling #roses #ilovela
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero - Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
From this morning’s walk… wish this could be my whole day but I’ll take the moment. Hope you find your own moments of peace and calm today. #lookingforthebrightspots #summervibes #california #photography
Agreed. Art by Tavares Strachan; Los Angeles County Museum of Art. #lookingforthebrightspots #ilovela #art
Morning walk… sunny instead of foggy this morning and the warm light was just perfect. A little bit of zen before the noise of the world creeps in. #lookingforthebrightspots #roses #bloomscrolling
Morning walk. Posting late enough that I think it’s safe to wish you all a good Wednesday… may it be peaceful and may you find little joys. (Or if you’re lucky, some big joy. More power to ya!) #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling
Thank you for telling these stories. We must share the truth far and wide. I appreciate the journalists who are not bowing down. Keep up this important work! 👏
When you run out of birdseed you get visits like this… #birds 🪶 #angrybirds
Went to church again this morning (aka lattes on the beach with my daughter who’s home just for the summer). This time the dolphins were close to shore and playing in the waves (2nd pic) but I was so intent on watching them that I didn’t focus the camera. #lookingforthebrightspots #iloveLA
Turns out these are actually Nanday Parakeets per the interweb.
The other day I posted the scattered feathers of a parrot who I presume was dinner for a bird of prey. So goes the circle of life and the feathers were beautiful. Yesterday these guys visited our yard so I thought I should give the live parrots equal time. #birds 🪶 #lookingforthebrightspots
From this morning but life is busy so posting after dinner with a glass of wine… Stood under these beauties this morning and just listened. Leaves moving in the breeze and a random assortment of birds making noise. Good way to start the day, highly recommend. #lookingforthebrightspots #trees
For the love of god—if you love god, I guess, I don’t, but the phrase makes a point—for the love of god, please make him stop saying “Thank you for your attention to this matter” because I’m losing my fucking mind over here. Make it stop!
May it be so!
I assume they’re very busy faking documents with names of their enemies, and when BS files are released, their gullible followers will praise them for it, believe whatever the fake files say, and a bunch of innocent people will be burned at the sake. Coming soon: The Epstein Witch Trials.
From this morning’s walk. A black-crowned night heron. He seemed annoyed with me. #lookingforthebrightspots #birds 🪶 #herons
don’t threaten us with a good time tammy
Morning walk. Maybe morbid or maybe just that beauty is where you find it. Looks like an owl or hawk got one of the wild parrots. When they’re flying all I see are the bright green and black feathers so it is a discovery to find so much blue and red mixed in. #lookingforthebrightspots #birds 🪶
Morning walk. Wishing you all as peaceful a day as possible. Take care of yourselves and each other. #morningwalk #lookingforthebrightspots #ilovecalifornia
Says he issued the order June 27 but we keep seeing new videos of warrantless ID-less self-proclaimed “agents” disappearing people. And only “if” LAPD is on scene, and since they rarely seem to be, I’m guessing this isn’t going to help much unless LAPD makes a proactive effort to enforce it.
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Morning walk and this beauty was decorating the trail. The little things matter even more when the big things are so very messed up. #lookingforthebrightspots #birds🪶
No fireworks, no hotdogs, no pretending that things are normal or okay. action.womensmarch.com/events/your-...
Lies and denials to try and wiggle out of the lawsuit. Business as usual.
Ugh, typo. Capitol. (Really wish there was a way to edit post here @bsky.app)
Very professional. Oh right. They pissed in the Capital too. I forgot that’s where these “ICE agents” got their training. #fuckICE #california ktla.com/news/local-n...
Been away for a bit, enjoying a short holiday… while Rome burns. Here are some lovely “common poppies” blooming in Dublin, a little bit of brightness if you need it. Am feeling a heavy sadness (mixed with rage) about returning home to the US. #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling #dublin
Another one to file under “WTAF”… I really can’t think of much more to say this point. patch.com/california/a...
Except we all know that’s not what is happening… or are you okay with the “throw the baby out with the bath water” approach? Also doesn’t explain the point you are trying to make if 2025 is just a continuation of a downward trend in crime here over the last two years.
I hope you’re not suggesting that fake federal agents now terrorizing people at work are the reason… we’ve already been trending down, didn’t need the “help.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
Morning walk… offering up a little moment of zen cuz I’m pretty sure we all need it. #clouds #morningwalk #lookingforthebrightspots
What’s the phrase? Chickens coming home to roost? Farmers are in their FAFO “karma’s a bitch” era. I hope this motivates them to rally together and fight back. We need every regretful Trump voter to STAND UP and at least TRY!
Canna lilies waking up for the summer. Just sharing something pretty to give you a little break if, like me, you’re overwhelmed by the daily horrors. Joy comes in small packages, usually from Mother Nature. Except baked goods, those human-made delights. #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling
If the person you are shoving into a van has any inkling that you are an officer of the law, you are doing it wrong. You should look like someone who is going to Home Depot because you forgot something (what you forgot was an arrest warrant for your next stop). www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Morning walk. Day got away from me so posting in the evening. So much in bloom right now, so much green. I’m soaking it in before the true summer heat begins and it all turns brown and gold. (Which is a different kind of beauty.) For now, this. #lookingforthebrightspots #roses #bloomscrolling
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 97 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
Morning walk, gray as is custom for the season. That one little swallow kept flying back and forth so I figured they should be included in the shot. Misty mornin’ can’t see no sun I know you’re out there somewhere having fun #morningwalk #birds 🪶 #lookingforthebrightspots #california
Came here to say that. The unidentified and warrant-less “maybe they’re ICE, maybe they’re not” literally abducting people (including citizens) from work and school and public transit and courthouses is some next-level BS.
Fact check: It was made a federal holiday in 2021 by Congress and President Biden.
Morning walk. A little break in the June Gloom, a little morning sun. So that’s nice. Keep on keepin’ on… #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling #morningwalk #ilovela
Morning walk. Summer is here, cue the magnolias. #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling
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For once it was not! I just posted link but see others have already too. They were busy trampling people with horses again here in LA. Though one older lady in a wheelchair was surrounded by police and had to be helped to safety by fellow protestors. So they did get that in.
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No Kings earlier in Santa Monica. Not sure head count but def in the 1000s. All peaceful until an illegal dance party broke out 😂 In all seriousness, I know downtown LA is getting hit… protests turning dangerous because the feds and WTF w/the cops on horses?! 🤬 Stay safe LA ❤️💪 #nokings #ilovela
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Morning walk. My favorite color of bougainvillea feels extra bright and lovely against our June Gloom morning skies… and the current state of affairs here in LA and California. Don’t let the bastards get you down. #lookingforthebrightspots #ilovela #bloomscrolling
The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
Morning walk. Visiting my favorite California Live Oak, my soul tree. She is older and wiser than any of us, obviously. Grateful to all who are standing peacefully, firmly, and loudly for what is right. Hope to see thousands out Saturday. #lookingforthebrightspots #ilovela #california #fdt
Yes. Everyone knows the only acceptable flags to use to beat police officers are the United States flag, a "back the blue" flag, or Trump flag!!
Went to church again, our Sunday ritual while my daughter’s home for the summer. It usually brings me peace but today we talked about the attack on our own city; she said we may look back on this as the “last Sunday before martial law…” Sobering. And I hope not. #ilovela #fdt #californiastrong
Morning walk. June Gloom has arrived on cue but the flowers are happy. And I’m not complaining because the “everything is on fire” season comes next so I’ll enjoy the fog, thank you very much. #morningwalk #bloomscrolling #lookingforthebrightspots #ilovecalifornia
Morning walk. This blue agave is taller than I am (which, granted, isn’t saying a lot) and its stalks (?) are so solid. Feels like an old and wise plant. #morningwalk #succulents #bloomscrolling #lookingforthebrightspots
In honor and support of all who have been discriminated against, shunned, harmed, or murdered for simply living their truth and loving who they love. May the future be brighter. #pride #allies #lovewins #lookingforthebrightspots
It happens every few generations: It’s what drove Confederate oligarchs to attempt succession in the 1860s; robber barons to murder union organizers at the turn of the 20th century; and it’s why wages have stagnated since the Reagan revolution. The rise of greedy oligarchs. https://trib.al/8h7BsDK
Went to church this fine Sunday morning… involved flip flops, a stop to pick up lattes and chocolate crème beignets, a good book, and a choral accompaniment of crashing waves. My kind of church. Blessed day, everyone. #lookingforthebrightspots #sundayvibes #ilovecalifornia
So… they used AI to write the report for them? Or they purposefully lied and made stuff up? Either way, what an inexcusable and abject failure.
Morning walk… well that was adorable. #birds 🪶 #canadiangeese #lookingforthebrightspots
Morning walk. May just smells good. #morningwalk #lookingforthebrightspots #jasmine #bloomscrolling
That caught my eye too, but it’s trillion so it’s even worse. (I looked it up, TBH.) His post are so insanely embarrassing… and today’s is no exception between the “mathing is hard” AND wishing a “Happy” Memorial Day with ZERO (there’s the real math) mention of the lives we honor. Classy.
Sounds cool, thank you!
Another heron out for a walk this morning. I know I’ve posted photos of herons before and I’ll keep doing it because I find them DELIGHTFUL and weird and elegant. Hopefully you do too… … because there will be more. #morningwalk #lookingforthebrightspots #greatblueheron #birdwatching
Morning walk. Sometimes I just can’t capture the color accurately so I’ll just take it out entirely… that works. #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling #roses
Morning walk. Just this. #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling
My heart breaks for her family. And I’m horrified by the ongoing erosion of women’s rights and bodily autonomy… don’t even have the right to die.
Sunday vibes… They never seem to carry over to Monday morning, no matter how hard I try. #morningwalk #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling
Somewhere in Oregon… just spent two days road tripping from Portland to LA, moving my new college grad home for the summer. Good snacks, good music, good conversations, good views. What more can you ask for? #westcoast #oregon #ilovecalifornia
Beautiful drive from Portland to the coast. It was cold and wet and gray and green and absolutely stunning. #lookingforthebrightspots #oregon
Today’s post is a celebration of my daughter’s college graduation. She has been through A LOT but never gave up, just grew more determined with every roadblock. It was never easy. 7 long years and I couldn’t be prouder. Next stop: Masters degree overseas. #braindrain #classof25 #bloomscrolling
Visiting my daughter’s college campus—for the last time cuz she finally graduated! (Woo hoo! Hallelujah! Amen!) This was at the entrance of the art building. I love that there is a protest sign lending library, and I hate that there is a need for it. #resist #protest
Just this, more spring, more bright spots, little gifts the earth offers to lighten things up. #lookingforthebrightspots #bloomscrolling
Morning walk. Wishing you a beautiful weekend ahead. #lookingforthebrightspots #succulents #bloomscrolling
Morning walk. Tis the season… Say it with me: Stop and smell the roses. #lookingforthebrightspots #roses #bloomscrolling
