John Jones Music

Spotted in Burbank. For sale in front of the shop:

It looks like a blend between Samhain, All Saints, and All Souls. The masks are from the Celtic Samhain celebration of the harvest. One of my neighbors had a blow up cat with a moving head in the cemetery in his front yard. Why?

21st Century Schizoid Cat

It’s hard to imagine that it was 110 degrees last week, and today we had more than an inch of rain. It never got above 68/20 all day. Records were set all over LA County for rainfall on this date in history. It’s early for heavy rain in these parts. But we do have seasons for anyone that still thinks we don’t.

I missed photographing the big puddles because I was busy trying to avoid them! I only have an exhaust driven defroster so I almost have to drive with my head out the window in this kind of weather.

October rain in Hancock Park

The paddock at Del Mar. If you close your eyes you can still hear Bing!

Crosby with the Fourth Estaters in 1937

Now that’s a close finish!

Rancho Santa Fe, California

John Jones on the 9th hole at Pebble Beach with Carmel behind

John Jones and Neal Hotelling at the Lodge at Pebble Beach

Paradise Cove was a really great place for brunch on Kim’s birthday. It’s at the northern end of Malibu. It’s a really bad place for a swim at many times of the year. It’s located at the mouth of the Ramirez Creek just off PCH (the old Roosevelt highway) Much of Malibu is on septic tank. Not so good for the ocean…

But wow is it beautiful. And it’s only 20 miles from home.

Looking north to Point Dume from Paradise Cove - photo by j jones

My brother Dr Charles Jones paid a visit to the southland this past week from Canada where he is Graduate Program Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.

Here we are at El Pueblo’s Olvera Street. This was where the City of Los Angeles was founded in 1781.

La Golondrina used to be a favourite hangout for movie stars in the 1930’s.