Palm Axis

Let Palm Axis Be Your Guide As We Take A Walk Up The "Old" Mount Wilson Trail

2008-06-09T21:13:00.000-07:00

THE FIRST COMMENT ON EACH POST PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR WHICH WE ARE CERTAIN, OUR "DEAR VIEWERS" WILL FIND RIVETING. ART WORK IS THE CREATION OF PALM AXIS.

2008-06-09T18:01:00.000-07:00

BEFORE CITRUS ORCHARDS FILLED THE VALLEY, VINEYARDS DID. OUR DEAR PASADENA WAS TO BE NAMED MUSCAT AFTER A WINE GRAPE THAT FLOURISHED IN OUR BASIN. BONITO WILSON, HIMSELF A VINTNER, REVAMPED THE ANCIENT TONGVA INDIAN TRAIL IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN THE TIMBER HE DESIRED FOR CREATING WINE BARRELS. ALAS, DISSATISFIED WITH THE LUMBER, HE SOON ABANDONED THE ENTERPRISE.

NEXT...THE TRAIL WAS USED TO HAUL UP THE MUCH ANTICIPATED 13" HARVARD TELESCOPE THIS ISN'T IT.

PASADENA REAL ESTATE INVESTORS FOLLOWED SUIT AND HARVARD LEFT, SIGHTING "AN ABUNDANCE OF HIKERS AND RATTLESNAKES". EVENTUALLY "YE OLE" LOG CABIN CASINO TOOK IT''S PLACE. "YE OLE" TONGVA NATION, COULD AN OPPORTUNITY BE KNOCKING ON LOGS?

Santa Anas Go Away, We're Much Too Dry To Play: Artist's Interpret The April Wild Fire Above Sierra Madre

2008-06-09T17:29:00.000-07:00

LOCAL ARTIST VIRGINIA HOGE DRAWS FIRE FROM HER BALCONY

PALM AXIS IMAGINES THE FIRE

SCORCHING SUBURBIA: FIRES EDGE...ILLUSTRATED BY PALM AXIS

FIRE MADE IT'S WAY UP TO "FIRST WATER" ON THE MOUNT WILSON TRAIL. A STREAM WHOSE WATER DON BONITO RECALLED AS "BEING THE BEST I EVER TASTED".

Cool Clean Water, H2O. Two Parts Hydrogen, One Part Oxygen. Oxygen To Fuel Fire, Water To Stop It's Advance.

2008-06-09T16:12:00.000-07:00

INTRODUCING OUR GROUND WATER

SADLY, YEARS OF DROUGHT HAVE LESSENED IT'S SUPPLY. OUR PRECIOUS GROUNDWATER IS BORDERED BY FAULT LINES GRACING THE SAN RAFAEL HILLS, THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND THE RAYMOND FAULT LINE. INTO THIS LAND OF SUNSHINE & WATER TANKS, OUR VERY OWN LITTLE KATHY FISCUS FELL...VICTIM.

A Collective Sigh Of Relief, As We Trudge The Road Of Happy Destiny

2008-06-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

TILE: COURTESY OF PALM AXIS AND L.A.COUNTY ARTS DIVISION

FLOWERS WILL RE-SEED, HOMES WERE SPARED, ANIMALS RETURNED

PALM AXIS & THE LOCAL DEER POPULATION CONTINUE TO TRESPASS

AND THE YUCCA IGNORED THE WHOLE THING

LATE SUN-RAYS FLICKER

THROUGH PINE AND OAK FOLIAGE...

MOUNT WILSON'S BEST HOUR

ONE INCH AT A TIME

IT SLIDES UP OUR GRASSY HILL

SIX O'CLOCK SHADOW.

HOW QUIETLY

AMID STILL AND MOVING LIGHTS

THIS DAY ALSO FADES.

ROBERT L. EKLUND

Come Walk Into The Wild With Palm Axis On A Search For Deeper Meaning As We Ponder All Things "Brown" pg. 1.

2008-04-14T19:46:00.001-07:00

Urus Horribilus BRN 1870

The Much Feared Sub Species of California Brown Bear is Better Known as the Grizzly Bear

2008-04-14T19:37:00.001-07:00

THE CALIFORNIA GRIZZLY WAS TRAPPED, SHOT & POISONED BEYOND RETURN WITH ONLY A SKULL AND PELT TO MARK IT"S PASSING OURS IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE UNION WHO BESTOWED THE HONOR OF STATE MASCOT ON AN ANIMAL WE GLADLY DROVE TO EXTINCTION

THE STATE FLAG WAS DESIGNED BY "BEAR FLAG REVOLT " INSURGENT WILLIAM S.TODD, NEPHEW OF MARY TODD LINCOLN. THE MEXICANS CALLED THE FLAG'S BEAR "COCHE" SPANISH FOR HOG SADLY, BOTH FLAG AND BEAR ARE ASHES AND DUST

Twas A Tale of Woe For A Vulnerable Foe

2008-04-14T18:54:00.000-07:00

SHEPHERDS KEPT SHEEP & MOUNTAIN DWELLERS KEPT HIVES

AND THE MONARCHS OF THE CHAPARRAL DEVELOPED AN APPETITE FOR BOTH

THE LAST GRIZZLY BEAR TO BE SHOT IN THE GREAT SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS OCCURRED IN THE YEAR 1916 BUT A NATIVE BEAR, SHE WAS NOT SHE WAS AN ESCAPEE FROM THE GRIFFITH PARK ZOO

In 1933, twenty seven non-native black bears, often referred to as cinnamon bears, thus brown, were introduced to Crystal Lake, high above Azuza

2008-04-14T17:35:00.001-07:00

THESE FOREIGNER BEARS BEGOT "SAMSON" HEBREW FOR "BRIGHT AS THE SUN", BUT SAMSON WASN'T ALL THAT BRIGHT, NOR WAS HE THE FIRST SAMSON GRIZZLY ADAMS RAISED AN ORPHANED GRIZZLY CUB HE NAMED SAMSON MR. ADAMS HAD SHOT HIS MOTHER

DIM WITTED TOOTHLESS SAMSON MOVED TO THE MONROVIA SUBURBS WHERE HE HUNG OUT IN A HOT TUB AND LATER BECAME ILL AFTER EATING A PLASTIC BAG

GIVEN A REPRIEVE OF EXECUTION FROM GOVERNOR PETE WILSON, SAMSON BECAME A CELEBRITY. HE LIVED OUT HIS LIFE IN RELATIVE SPLENDOR AT THE SANTA ANA ZOO. THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS ARE WHERE THE LAST NATIVE GRIZZLY BEAR OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS SHOT DEAD

Then There Were None

2008-04-14T14:18:00.000-07:00

CIAO CHUCK

Come Join Palm Axis On A Search For Deeper Meaning As We Conclude All Things "Brown" On This, The First Day Of April

2008-04-01T22:44:00.000-07:00

Trail Blazer SP 2150

High Above Pasadena Lies Brown Mountain. It's Named After Two Elderly Bachelor Brothers, Owen And Jason Brown

2008-04-01T22:09:00.000-07:00

THE GOOD & TRUE BROTHERS LIVED ISOLATED LIVES ATOP BROWN MOUNTAIN. OWEN BROWN IS BURIED ON A SMALL KNOLL. VISITING HIS GRAVE IS CONSIDERED A SACRED PILGRIMAGE FOR SOME. HIS STONE DISAPPEARED IN 2002.

The Brown Brothers Were The Sons Of The Great Abolitionist John Brown (Before & After)

2008-04-01T21:54:00.000-07:00

SONGS WERE WRITEN TO HONOR MR. BROWN: MEANWHILE THE SCAFFOLDING USED IN HIS EXECUTION WAS STOLEN

Like Father Like Son, Owen Brown's Stone Is Gone

2008-04-01T21:20:00.001-07:00

ALAS, LET US PONDER, COULD THAT WHICH HAD DISAPAPPEARED, HAVE BEEN RETURNED...ELSEWHERE...ON BROWN MOUNTAIN TRAIL?

Potato Bugs Are Brown, So Are April Fools & The Conclusion Of All Things "Brown"

2008-04-01T20:47:00.000-07:00

ALOHA KAKOU ELLENOR

T.G.I.(GOOD)F.

2008-03-21T21:45:00.000-07:00

RELAX, TAKE YOUR SANDALS OFF AND COME JOIN PALM AXIS ON A TOUR OF ALL THINGS "JESUS"

2008-03-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

TYPE FACE: GOLGOTHA

2008-03-21T21:33:00.000-07:00

TENDING HIS FLOCK IN PALMDALE

2008-03-21T21:29:00.000-07:00

A FISHER OF MEN: CINDER BLOCK FISH

2008-03-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

SHALOM

My Glorious Garage Sale Acquisition

2008-03-21T17:12:00.001-07:00

Let the Mesmerizing Gaze of Korla Pandit Set the Mood For Exploring Visions in Concrete

2008-03-21T17:10:00.000-07:00

2008-03-21T17:04:00.000-07:00

SHEHERAZAD TO THE SULTAN, "BUT WHAT IS THIS COMPARED TO WHAT I SHALL TELL YOU TOMORROW IF I AM STILL ALIVE?"

Introducing The Jewel Of The San Gabriel Valley, The Saga Motor Inn

2008-03-21T17:02:00.000-07:00

WONDERS OF CAST CONCRETE

EXOTIC COURTYARD OF SWAYING PALMS

MID-CENTURY MYAN METAPHORS

THEN CAME THE CRUSADERS WHO BROKE UP THE PARTY

AND RUINED EVERYTHING

2008-03-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

open sesame from LJ Frezza on Vimeo.

SALAAM

2008-03-21T16:49:00.001-07:00

Come Join Palm Axis And Prepare To Be Enchanted

CANOEING DOWN THE LOS ANGELES RIVER from ROB ASHE on Vimeo.

2008-03-21T16:46:00.000-07:00

STORM DRAINS MORPH INTO CAT HEADS ON THE BANKS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER

LEAVING THE L.A. RIVER WHERE HERON & HOMELESS COMPETE FOR SPACE

BE A FRIEND TO OUR RIVER

2008-03-21T16:24:00.000-07:00

2008-03-21T16:21:00.001-07:00

CHEERIO

SECRET GARDEN

2008-03-21T11:52:00.000-07:00

WELCOME, COME STROLL THROUGH MY FAVORITE SECRET GARDEN

DISCOVER CREATIONS MADE FROM COLORED MUD

STROLL AMONG EXOTIC SUCCULENTS

THIS PASADENA ADJACENT GARDEN WAS ONCE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

SADLY, IT HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES THUS, TO PROTECT IT'S CONTENTS, IT MUST REMAIN A SECRET

2008-03-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

A Favorite Secret Garden

2008-03-21T11:30:00.000-07:00

MYSTERY ARTIST' STUDIO

A MUTANT STRAIN OF PERFECTION

HORSE

SMUDGE PEOPLE

BOOMERANG

2008-03-21T11:16:00.000-07:00

AU REVOIR

I Am Palm Axis, I Am Very Kind, This Is My Ankle

2008-03-20T22:10:00.000-07:00

2008-03-20T21:30:00.000-07:00

ENTER MY "BOUTIQUE OF SURREALISM" A TERM COINED BY ARTIST, INSTRUCTOR, ART CRITIC AND AUTHOR, PETER PLAGENS. HE MEANT IT UNKINDLY.

2008-03-20T20:42:00.000-07:00

ENTER AFTER YOU CLEAR THE LOCKED GATE

Boutique of Surrealism

2008-03-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

CHOPIN COMFORTS BEETHOVEN WHO IS PAINTED IN BLACK FACE

SAINT SIMON SAYS

HOOVER DAM - FLOATING MOSQUE - 8:59 . 52 A.M.

2008-03-20T20:39:00.001-07:00

SAYONARA

Lastly, Among Black Holes, Time Warps and Space Worms, Let Us End This Saga At The Guest House Of Jelaluddin Rumi

2008-03-20T15:24:00.000-07:00

COBRA Artist Guillaume Corneill

2008-03-20T15:23:00.000-07:00

The Guest House By Jelaluddin Rumi

2008-03-20T15:17:00.000-07:00

This being human is a guest house

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness

some momentary awareness comes

as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they are a crowd of sorrows

who violently sweep your house

empty of it's furniture

still, treat each guest honorably

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice.

meet them at the door laughing and invite

them in

Be grateful for whatever comes

because each has been sent

as a guide beyond.

We've Come To Our Journey's End, Come Sit and Relax On My Palm Stump

2008-03-20T14:47:00.000-07:00

Palm Axis Ends On The Longest Day Of The Year

2008-03-20T14:44:00.001-07:00