I’ve shared this through the years now. You are in for a treat if you haven’t done this before — you should check out the the Washington DC fireworks on PBS Television on the Fourth of July! The last three years were just AWESOME!! PBS TV runs the program live and then re-runs it again for those who missed it! It just keeps on getting better and better. The 31st annual broadcast of the Washington DC fireworks will air live in HD on PBS Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings). The facebook page is here!
Grandpa Ron and I went for a long walk in Long Beach last Saturday. We spent quite a while watching the dredging operation scooping mud up from the bottom of the Alamitos Bay onto a waiting barge for use in a new Long Beach container complex. The Long Beach Press Telegram reported that 63,000 cubic yards of sediment are to be cleared with two-thirds of it going to the Port of Long Beach. Here’s an article I found from the Contra Costa Times written by Long Beach Press-Telegram Staff Writer Joe Segura. Here’s my short video – complete with a child’s expressed delight in getting a huge splosh of mud flying everywhere! The operator was obviously having his own fun with us! 🙂
Last Saturday we had a wonderful evening at the Aquarium of the Pacific Ocean Conservation Awards which honored Magellanic Penguin expert P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D. and the City of Long Beach. We had lovely conversation with humans and fun interaction with some of the aquarium residents. Here are some photos from the evening. Enjoy!
Grandpa Ron and I visited the Aquarium of the Pacific to get a change of scenery for getting my steps in for today. The Pacific Islander Festival was going full swing. We had a great time! Watched a few hula performances as well as the sea otters, seadragons, jellies, crabs and penguins!
All the hula dancers did great!!
All of the sea otters were very active this afternoon!
I love how graceful the Leafy Seadragons are!
My favorite jellies! West Coast Sea Nettles
He looks hungry!
The penguins swim really fast! It is hard to get a good still photo of them swimming by!
The lone dolphin is no longer in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands – according to the latest post I found at ABC7. I hope it is safe! The Orange County Register article just notes that it hasn’t been seen since Friday….
While we were zipping up and down Pacific Coast Highway on the way to work-out and back, Grandpa Ron and I wondered what all the people were doing standing around the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. So I googled “What are people looking at in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands?” AND Google told me! How sad that other dolphins might be bullying this poor dolphin! This link has several videos about the dolphins.
Indian Country Today had a nice article on the Lyrid Fireball over the Sierra Nevada. Darn! We missed it! Seems like the main burnout spot was along the western side of the Sierras about midway between Sacramento and Fresno. The Watchers had this article, too!
Happy Earth Day! I spent it cleaning house with soap & water and vinegar and such! Such fun! It would be more fun with my husband, or my sisters, or even the grandchildren! Ah, well. It’s looking good! 🙂
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