Sep 19 2011
Someone was having a bad day. While harvesting some milkweed seeds in our backyard I heard some screeching tires coming from the I-5 in the canyon below. Didn’t think anything of it at first since I’d heard it before. But this one lasted a bit longer and then I heard some muffled crunching. Ran over …
Sep 19 2011
Since my mom and I, already being at Balboa Park, were right next door to the Zoo, I took her in to see the new Panda Trek entrance to the Giant Panda exhibit. After picking up an espresso for her and hot chocolate for me, we walked down through the Owens Aviary on our way …
Sep 19 2011
Took my mom down to Balboa Park to show her two giant Calotropis Gigantea (Crown plants) just outside of the Botanical Building. Learned about this plant from one of the Director of Entomology during Insect Mania Day at the Natural History Museum. It attracts Monarch Butterflies and Ladybugs at least as well as our milkweeds …
