Category Archives: My travels

I am back in the land of the big cacti… part 2…

Posted on February 24, 2018 by pouringmyartout

So, I went out walking in the Arizona desert, just to prove that I really am here. There are no wild flowers or cactus flowers or any kind of flowers blooming. But there is still a kind of majestic beauty … Continue reading →

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I am back in the land of the big cacti…

Posted on February 24, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Yes, I know, that isn’t a picture of a big cactus… or big cacti. It is a picture of some cool rocks in the mountain range I had to cross to get from San Diego to Scottsdale, Arizona. I got … Continue reading →

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Well, I am back in the San Francisco Bay Area…

Posted on February 7, 2018 by pouringmyartout

My wife is helping my mom, who is 94, I remind you, with some computer and phone tech support. I am finishing up editing the 4th novel in my action humor science fiction novel series, so I can get it … Continue reading →

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No, that isn’t a camera angle trick… that margarita was really that big…

Posted on January 26, 2018 by pouringmyartout

But I am getting a little ahead of myself, as I finish up the last of my recent adventures in Los Angeles, where my wife and I went a few days ago, to see that comedy show. So, earlier that … Continue reading →

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More Hollywood adventures…

Posted on January 25, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Well, I still have a few photos left from the other day, when my wife and I drove down to Los Angeles from San Diego, to see that comedian perform. As I mentioned, I got up early the next morning, … Continue reading →

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Two completely unrelated stories from my life, done with alternating photos… because I have been busy… and it’s funny to do it this way…

Posted on January 25, 2018 by pouringmyartout

That is a very drunk me. It was taken by my wife, at that Western-themed restaurant near Hollywood, when we drove up there the other day to see a comedy show. That is a very sober me, a selfie I … Continue reading →

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Pancakes, the hooker with a tender, flaky, heart of gold… and man, is she stacked!!!

Posted on January 23, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Okay, it is a terrible title for a post, and has almost nothing to do with what I have been up too… but it still cracks me up. Yesterday, my wife and I drove up to Los Angeles… very near … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… the final chapter; Almost home…

Posted on January 16, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Back in Southern California… sun-drenched… palm trees swaying in the gentle sea breeze… I mean, yeah, a lot of those palm trees now look like burnt matchsticks… And, days after I took these photos, on my three-day adventure through California, … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 18; A detour within a detour, a brush with future disaster, and a blackened landscape…

Posted on January 15, 2018 by pouringmyartout

That is the sun beginning to set over the Pacific Ocean. I was on another detour… the last of this three-day, detour-strewn adventure from Northern California back to San Diego. I was firmly back in Southern California now. Traffic really … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 17; Now that’s a bathroom!!!

Posted on January 14, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Uh, no, that isn’t a photo of the actual bathroom… you are getting ahead of yourself… Then what, I hear you asking yourself, is this charming little building we are looking at? It is this place… the Madonna Inn, on … Continue reading →

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