I’ve been a little preoccupied this week with technology. I’m working on a new format for the Poetry Evolution e-letter that will be more professional (or should I say "poefessional"?), as well as setting up the blog so I can record and post audio (and even video) to the site. This is really exciting as I can read poems (mine, yours, the poems I love) and you can click and listen or even download them to your MP3 player to have available whenever you want. I’m in the middle stages of both of these processes and hope to have the audio up and running by the end of the week. The new Poetry Evolution email will launch at the first of the year.

With my head locked into these realms there hasn’t been too much right brain activity. Kinda quiet up in that quadrant. It did occur to me this morning that it might be fun to share with you one of the great parks near by where my husband and I take our dogs to walk. It’s a ten minute walk and three minute drive from our house and I think Yoshi & Ria think it’s a part of their backyard as much as they go there. There’s always a lot going on there (as you’ll see from the pictures) and even though it was kind of quiet when I cruised through this morning, yesterday it was wall to wall with soccer players, basketball, dog agility, joggers, boxers, yoga and dance classes, kids playing on the swingsets, picnicers and always people walking their dogs. So, here’s a taste of Rancho Park.

RAncho Park is on Pico Blvd., across from 20th Century Studios. 

The sidewalk next to the parking lot off of Motor Ave. 

Enough of this posing–can we go play now?  

There are a lot of beautiful trees. These are especially squirrel friendly, which Ria loves. 

The public golf course which runs alongside the park. 

Always soccer going on. Saturday was kids day and they ranged in size from peewee to teen. 

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Bleachers for softball and baseball. There are four or five diamonds. 

My favorite tree. 

A poodle party. Yoshi & Ria aren’t invited. 

The view of Century City on a clear day. 

Yoshi thinks this is his personal agility course. 

Love these little stepping stones at the picnic area. 

Buildings where basketball, volleball, dance, gymnastics, yoga and who knows what else happens. 

 Tennis Courts full of tennis balls, favorite fetch of many a dog.

The swimming pool is closed for the season. Looks good for skateboarding, though. 

The kiddie playground with all the cautionary signs. 

Yoshi ignoring the signs and digging. When the tail is curled it’s a happy thing!