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WPC Walls 2: National Steinbeck Center Walls from Exhibit “Filipino Voices”
My second entry for the WordPress Photo Challenge theme…WALL (first entry, here). Ever since I posted photos of John Steinbeck’s hometown for the WordPress Photo Challenge topic “Reward”, it seems he...
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Who to call if you see sick sea lion pups on the beach (in Monterey Bay or...
Sea lion mother and her pup (photo via Wikipedia commons) You may have heard about the sick sea lion pups washing up on California beaches… If you see one here on our Central Coast beach, you can call...
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Some visitors unknowingly redirected to ads!
I just found out that some of LolaKo’s visitors may have been redirected to ads due to a widget I had on my site. I apologize if this happened to you. After some research I learned it was caused by...
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WPC: Fresh flowers and plants for the 1st day of Spring
Today is the first day of spring in our part of the world — my favorite season! It is also Friday and WordPress photo challenge time. Bright orange California poppies — a symbol of spring. Photo taken...
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Evolution of Man
Another great cartoon from Bizarro. More at www.bizarrocomics.com with the tagline “A daily blog by Dan Piraro, creator of the syndicated newspaper cartoon, Bizarro. It has cartoons, art, photos,...
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Unless…Earth-Friendly Friday – Pulse of the Salinas River (and about...
This post continues on the WordPress weekly Earth-Friendly challenge with the theme of water. For the first week we learned about our watersheds. In Monterey County and the Central Coast, our...
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WPC: Blur of wildlife and reeds at Locke-Paddon Wetland Community Park
I was waiting for a phone call from my younger sister and decided to walk around Locke-Paddon park in Marina (Monterey County, California). Waiting…waiting…and little camera in hand, I walked near the...
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WPC 2 – Blur of Baile Folklorico dresses (community performance for Cesar...
A second entry for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme blur from Michelle W: This week, share a photo that’s a blur. You could keep your camera out of focus to achieve a blurry photo, or take a...
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On to Monterey’s Fishermans Wharf for this month’s Changing Season WordPress...
During March, I photographed buildings and gardens in the old downtown, historic part of Monterey, California. For the April “Changing Seasons” WordPress Photo Challenge, I continued my walk from the...
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WPC: Paddles and Spirit Afloat
This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme is “Afloat” — a theme that can be interpreted in a myriad of ways (as is usually the case for these challenges, and what makes it so fun to...
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WPC2: San Francisco “Afloat” at Sunset
My second entry for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge theme is “Afloat”. I took this photo with my phone camera (then an HTC Evo 3D) from Treasure Island — a man-made island in the San Francisco...
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Unless…Water is a Precious Resource (an Earth-Friendly Friday Challenge) From...
I heard my niece, Stephanie, calling out for me from the bathroom of my mother’s house. She is 15, and it is her first visit to the Philippines… Rice Fields and Coconut Trees — Verdant Philippines —...
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Immigrant Terms and New Americans: Are you first, second or “1.5” generation?
Above the California coast and the blue Pacific ocean Are you “first-generation” or “second-generation”? If your family immigrated to the United States, you have most likely been asked this question....
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WPC: Early Bird – Sunrise and Philippine pandan leaf sellers
My favorite time of the day is right after sunset — the twilight (“takip-silim” in the Philippine Tagalog language, takip meaning to cover, and silim means dusk). I am definitely not a morning person....
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Forest Man: A film about how one person CAN make a difference
The year 2015 is designated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations as the International Year of Soils, with the aim to increase awareness and understanding of the...
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Giant Sequoia and Coast Redwoods — Earth’s tallest trees, and about one that...
I could barely move my legs the next day…let alone my entire body, after our first hike in a redwood forest… We had just moved to San Francisco from Germany, and decided to visit Tilden Park in the...
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Interconnected: Happy Earth Day 2015!
Seventy percent of the planet Earth is covered by ocean water. Do you think it is a coincidence that our bodies are composed of about the same percentage of water too? For Earth Day, let’s remember how...
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WPC: Vernal pond wildlife in motion
There is something about watching wildlife that can totally put one at ease…even if it is a quick visit to a local vernal pond to see common birds like mallard ducks or American coots… I recently...
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WPC Motion 2: Always in motion
Kids seem to be always in motion… Photos from the box…scanned and now digitized :). A favorite set of photos from when my daughter was around 8, and now she has 2 sons, one of whom is now also 8 years...
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8th Annual Asian Festival – Salinas Chinatown Saturday, April 25th
Opening ceremonies for the 8th Annual Asian Festival will be held at the Filipino Community of Salinas Valley Center – 250 Calle Cebu at 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 25th. The festival runs from 11:00 AM...
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