We are what we see

Total Solar Eclipse. (courtesy of NASA)



This neighborhood is the home of murals. On block after block, artists of varying abilities have painted their visions on the walls of buildings.



Often, graffiti spray-painters deface the murals. Meanwhile, the plum trees are in bloom, and they dress up the streets next to the murals, defaced or not.



When storms hit here, like this weekend, these trees drop their petals all over our cars and sidewalks, coating everything in an aromatic pink carpet.



Sometimes here, you round a block and see a vision of a city that somehow seems sweeter than any in our real world.



When the rains stop, blossoms float on pools here like the candles floating on waters in China and Japan this Spring Festival.

Once again, Happy New Year!