Biking Bag

Tote bags are great, but a tote bag that turns into a backpack is even better.  Especially when riding a bike.  The Trans//Porter is handmade in Brooklyn and available from Dargelos.

Found via Iva Jean.

Model

Sorry for the radio silence this week, but I am just emerging from the attic where I was building this scale model of a school for my landscape architecture class.   Now that I've gotten all of the crazy glue off of my fingers,  it's time to get back to living things!  A bug post is coming up later today.

Stormy flora

Went out tonight, and the weather caught us off guard.  The sky turned pink, then yellow, then dark.  We drove around looking for a high spot from which to view the oncoming storm, and I snapped some pics of the flora along the way.  It's hard to get black silhouettes without a cloudy backdrop behind, so tonight was perfect.  Too bad I couldn't catch some lightening in the shot too for the full effect of the evening.  No rain actually came, but I'm still crossing my fingers for an early autumn storm, a rarity in Los Angeles.

Stopped by fig central last night to gather some for a friend.  I made sure to leave enough for the other critters.  Looks like someone with a sharp beak or teeth was getting into this one.

Dispatch from the estate : evening

Just before we dashed off to dinner, the house was sparkling with light.

Visitors

Colonel Mustard on the back doorstep.

Modern Planters

Gorgeous new recycled planters by The Haskell Collection.  Sadly out of my price range, but lovely to look at online. 

Found via L.A.at Home.