I don’t own this by any means but I AM in it.

I’m in the Ratt Video at the end.

Search for huge ratted out blonde hair & a black leather bustier.

I bend down & blow a kiss to the camera!

Hooray for the 80′s!

Double click the video for full screen…

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On days when I’m feeling pensive I like to go down to Hollywood Forever, gather my thoughts, take in the peaceful beauty & photograph the scenery.

As one of my dearest loves, Ben Graves, put it “It’s so peaceful here, but it really does remind you of how precious life truly is.”
I couldn’t agree more, and that day it’s exactly what I needed.

My last visit was 4-26-2010.
Enjoy my visions…

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I just now finished watching “Forgiving Dr. Mengele.”
I suspect it will not surprise you that I cried throughout it’s entirety.
What will surprise you is the reason I was crying.

I was not crying over the atrocities that Eva Kor endured as one of the Mengele Twins.
Everyone is more than familiar with many of those stories.
What I was crying over was this woman’s astounding strength, courage & power to overcome all that she had.
She is, by leaps and bounds, one of the most inspiring human beings that I have ever had the honor to learn about.

If every single one of us had even an ounce of this woman’s wisdom, strength and bravery this would be a far different, far better world.

I won’t downplay the fact that it’s so heavy & intense that I had trouble executing a single deep breath the entire time I was watching.
But you will learn and you will be inspired.
And you’ll come out of it a better human being.

If you can, please watch it.

It’s currently on Netflix Streaming.

“We May Not Live In The Past, But The Past Lives In Us. ~Samuel Pisar Holocaust Survivor

Here’s the trailer…

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Or you can purchase it by clicking the link below…

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The kitties and I had been lying back, reading about Ultra Violet, Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali while relaxing at Griffith Park all morning.
As would be expected after all my coffee & water consumption I had to use the restroom.

What are the chances that the exact stall I chose out of all the options, just happened to have a little baby bird, it’s eyes not even open yet, on the bare cement floor, kicking it’s tiny legs, struggling for life, after it had fallen from the nest embedded in the ceiling?

If you know me at all you know I couldn’t leave it there.

I grabbed a bit of paper from the roll & scooped the little muffin up into my safe, warm hand.
I then walked to the first building I saw where the lady instructed me to go to the ranger station.
When I arrived the nice ladies there told me that if they called animal rescue they would just put my little sugarpop to sleep, but there were a couple places that would take it & nurse it back to health if I were willing to drive it over.

You know I was!

So they called “Karen” from Los Feliz.
She answered, which the ranger said was very unusual as she generally had to leave a message.
I told her it must be fate…she agreed.
And Yay! “Karen” would save my lil cutie pie.
So I drove to this large, beautiful yet, unique home in gorgeous Los Feliz.
As I was driving the lil bird muffin started chirping in my hand!
It was SO Amazing!
I got there and had to be let in, as with most homes, especially large homes in fancy neighborhoods it was all fenced & gated off.

As the gated slowly opened I saw no one so I began walking up the driveway.
Luckily, this eccentric, very sweet woman dressed in what I can only describe as old time western wear, long, blue & white print, ruffled dress, white cowboy boots with long blonde ringlets in her hair walked out of the house & towards me.

She started rubbing it’s little head, took a look & said they all look like the same breed at this age.
Then she called to “Ralph” and said “The Baby Bird Is Here!”
I told her I hadn’t known if I should touch it or not so I wrapped in in the paper.

She called me a “Good Soldier” and said “It Feels Good To Save A Life, Doesn’t It.”

It did, of course, and still does.

Good Luck & Life my tiny, feathered cutie-pie. <3

On the 17th I went on one of my many stress melting, spirit lifting hikes through Griffith Park.

Griffith Park Through My Eyes…

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On The 18th I headed out to Griffith Park once again.
This time in search of the infamous Bat Cave!
I had done quite a bit of research before heading out and had prepared for a relatively long, somewhat rough hike into Bronson Canyon.
Much to my shock it was beyond cake getting there, even in the blazing sun & heat of a Los Angeles Summer Afternoon.

This was my second attempt at this particular little adventure.
The day before I had ventured out as well, only to find the trail cordoned off by police cars for the entire day.
In my mind I immediately pictured bloody corpses strewn about the trail & into the cave, as some mass murder or even a mass suicide had taken place.
As my logical mind persisted & finally took over I came to realize the less exciting but more realistic scenario of it being used as a filming location.

I’m not going to lie, it was a bit anti-climactic once I arrived but it was a beautiful day for a hike & it ended up taking me closer to the Hollywood Sign that I’d previously been.
So although my expectations were not met by the caves it was still an amazing experience on a beautiful day in my favorite park.

Enjoy my visions…

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Bronson Canyon

Bronson Canyon, or Bronson Caves, is a section of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California that has become famous as a filming location for a very large number of movies and TV shows, especially westerns and science fiction, from the early days of motion pictures to the present. Its craggy and remote-looking setting, but easily accessible location, has made it a prime choice for filmmakers, particularly of low-budget films, who want to place scenes in a lonely wilderness.

Location and History

Bronson Canyon is located in the southwest section of Griffith Park and is thus easily accessible from Hollywood. From Franklin Avenue, go north on Canyon Drive until the road ends for vehicular traffic at the parking lot for “Camp Hollywoodland.” At the right (east) side of the road is a small concrete bridge painted red. Cross the bridge and walk around the vehicle barrier, and follow the unpaved road, keeping left, for the short walk into Bronson Canyon.

In 1903, the Union Rock Company founded a quarry, originally named Brush Canyon, for excavation of crushed rock used in the construction of city streets. The quarry ceased operation in the late 1920s, leaving the caves behind. The caves became known as the Bronson Caves after a nearby street, giving the area its more popular name of Bronson Canyon. (The same street indirectly provided the stage name for actor Charles Bronson, who chose the name of the Bronson Gate at Hollywood’s Paramount Studios, which in turn derived its name from Bronson Street.)

Scenes of the main cave entrance are normally filmed in a manner that shows the entrance at an angle. This is because the cave is actually a very short tunnel through the hill, with the rear opening easily visible in a direct shot. The most well known appearance of the tunnel entrance is likely as the entrance to the Batcave in the Batman television series of the 1960s.

Partial list of motion pictures filmed in Bronson Canyon
The West Portal

(This list includes films with one or more scenes filmed in Bronson Canyon, including many serials filmed on location.)

* Lightning Bryce (1919)
* Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
* The Lightning Warrior (1931)
* Hurricane Express (1932)
* I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
* The Three Musketeers (1933)
* The Vampire Bat (1933)
* Mystery Mountain (1934)
* The Phantom Empire (1935)
* Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)
* Zorro Rides Again (1937)
* Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
* Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)
* The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
* The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
* Call of the Canyon (1942)
* Leather Burners (1943)
* Pirates of Monterey (1947)
* Silver River (1948)
* Atom Man vs. Superman (1949)
* Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
* Flame of Araby (1951)
* Carson City (1952)
* Robot Monster (1953)
* Killers from Space (1954)
* The Day the World Ended (1955)
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
* The Searchers (1956)[1]
* Night of the Blood Beast (1957)
* The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
* Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
* Teenage Caveman (1958)
* The Jayhawkers! (1959)
* Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
* The Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960)
* Eegah (1962)
* Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
* Ride the High Country (1962)
* The Gun Hawk (1963)
* They Saved Hitler’s Brain (Madmen of Mandoras) (1963)
* The Human Duplicators (1965)
* Flaming Frontier (1968)
* Head (1968)
* The Mighty Gorga (1969)
* Equinox (1970)
* Octaman (1971)
* Lost Horizon (1973)
* Mrs. Sundance (1974)
* Flesh Gordon (1974)
* The Choirboys (1977)
* Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
* The Return (1980)
* The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
* The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
* The Evil That Men Do (1984)
* Thrashin’ (1986)
* The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989)
* Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
* The Roller Blade Seven (1991)
* Army of Darkness (1993)
* Guns of El Chupacabra (1997)
* The End of Violence (1997)
* The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
* The Scorpion King (2002)
* Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2003)
* Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003)
* Cabin Fever (2003)
* Vampire Blvd. (2004)
* Diabolical Tales (2007)
* D-War (2007)

TV series filmed in Bronson Canyon

* Alias Smith and Jones (The Man Who Murdered Himself)
* Batman
* Gunsmoke
* The Lone Ranger
* Rawhide
* Bonanza
* The Virginian
* The Monkees
* Little House on the Prairie
* Have Gun, Will Travel
* Bat Masterson
* The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
* Star Trek: The Original Series
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Star Trek: Voyager
* Star Trek: Enterprise
* Twin Peaks
* Wonder Woman
* The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
* Salute Your Shorts (The Cursed Skull)
* Combat!
* Beauty and the Geek
* V
* The Outer Limits (1960s)
* The A Team

~ Wikipedia

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On June 8th I took yet another hike within my current natural, geographical, obsession.

On this particular day I accidentally happened upon the ruins of the old L.A. Zoo.
Amusingly I came upon it from behind, seeing the abandoned shack, then the cages from the back first so I had no idea what it actually was.
It was puzzling and mysterious because it was smack-dab in the middle of the woods.

The curiosity & magic of childhood discovery washed over me in dizzying bliss.
As I wandered further I found the original asphalt path then the front where most people begin the journey.

If you’re as big a fan of “Anchorman” as I am you’ll recognize some of the photos as locations from the “San Diego Zoo” Scene.

The trains are from “Travel Town,” which is a Transportation Museum within Griffith Park.

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Anchorman Zoo Scene...

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