#not santa monica

[snowychicken]

AND WHEN YOU CHOKE I WILL BREAK YOUR RIBS JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALRIGHT

AND WHEN YOUR LUNGS GIVE IN I WILL SING YOUR WORDS OUT OF TIME

AND OUT OF KEY BUT THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME

YEAH THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME

SO I'LL JUST KEEP ON SINGING

[dec-jay13]

WILL WE ALWAYS WISH ON LIGHTS IN THE SKY? WILL WE ALWAYS KEEP THESE CROSSED HEARTS AND HOPES TO DIE?

[henk-heijmans]

Charis, Santa Monica, California, 1936 - by Edward Weston (1886 - 1958), American

[refinedstorage]

After sunset...

🦇 Murder on the Santa Monica Pier 🦇

[sundaybestla]

‘mirror’ photography + design by sunday best

[reasonsforhope]

"Construction of the “largest wildlife crossing in the world” passed a significant milestone in April placing the first girders over an 8-lane freeway near Los Angeles to preserve the local mountain lion population.

After years of tireless work, erecting the first horizontal section of the 210-foot-long crossing was an historic moment for the National Wildlife Federation, the Caltrans highway department, and many private and public partners.

“We all cheered when the crane lowered the first concrete beam across the freeway, as we truly saw the bridge starting to take shape,” said an excited Beth Pratt, the California Executive Director of National Wildlife Federation.

“This structure is a testament to us all wanting a future for wildlife and mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains.”

Moving forward, up to 82 additional concrete girders will be placed, with each beam weighing between 126 and 140 tons. As these critical horizontal supports are placed, the structure will ultimately reconnect two long fractured global biodiversity hotspots in the Southern California region—providing safe passage for not only the cougars, but bobcats, deer, lizards, and coyotes, as they move between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills of the Santa Susana mountain range.

[Note: The setting looks pretty rural in that rendering, but the wildlife crossing is actually only five minutes from the Los Angeles city border and the densely populated San Fernando Valley.]

For drivers on the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, the construction is interrupting traffic from 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM on one side of the highway each week (Northbound or Southbound). The FAQs can be found here.

CBS news estimates about 1,500 of these wildlife passages have been built both over and under major highways and rural roads across America.

Watch CBS’s recent feature that highlights crossings over America’s longest highway, US 90, which runs across the northern states, and how a new US grant program is paving the way for more crossings…"

-via Good News Network, May 9, 2024

-video via CBS Sunday Morning, April 21, 2024

[coolthingsguyslike]

[williammarksommer]

Diner Sunrise

Route 66 series

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[countlessofvoids]

"We need more complex female characters" you can't even handle them

[sarcasmgal-blog]

@todaysbird I am visiting a friend in L.A. and spent a couple hours out at Santa Monica Pier and met a snowy Egret! (I'm pretty sure it was a snowy and not a great)

I was just absolutely charmed! A lovely birb!!

[snowychicken]

AND WHEN YOU CHOKE I WILL BREAK YOUR RIBS JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALRIGHT

[thunderstruck9]

David Hockney (British, 1937), View from Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, 1970. Crayon and pancil, 17 x 13 7/8 in.

[theglitterdome]

Actress, and former ballerina, Cyd Charisse on Santa Monica Beach - 1945

[zegalba]

Bedroom in a Santa Monica house (1986)

[arkham-prisoner]

Kratos as The God of War

Kratos as The God of Hope

[archiveofaffinities]

Denise Scott Brown, Lincoln and Pico Boulevards, Santa Monica, California, 1967