Spent the day downtown doing my civic duty – jury duty. Luckily it gave me time to read a book, had a yummy lunch and did a little shopping in Little Tokyo. Also, luckily by 4pm my name had not been called and I was excused – phew! Finally outside, on the trek back to my car, right outside the court building, I spotted this downtown LA directory. After being in such an uninspiring atmosphere for 8 hours, I was anxious to find something interesting and this caught my eye – yikes! but kind of pretty…and a lot going on. (click images to enlarge)

directory

directory detail

7,000 – 10,000 people serve as jurors every day.

The Los Angeles court is the largest in the US.

3 pennies - end of a blue zip tie - action figure arm – broken glass – ivy leaf - shrimp tail – shrimp body – crawfish with draping claws – wood scrap - black trash bag – pine needles – dirt – had to take a photo. (click image to enlarge)

bottom feeders battle

Had to take my nephew to the ear clinic today for a routine check up. While in the waiting room, I enjoyed looking at these forms and colors. Some people might think these colors are gross but I found them sweet, especially in this displayed combination. Piggy pink, avocado green, teal green – and all a bit muted.

ear model

detail of color