The X Block

In Palm Springs, part of my block expedition happened in a pretty nice, air-conditioned beamer with a handsome driver and two friends to witness and verify the new discoveries. Maybe when I become a block-hunting celebrity and have my own design show, I'll always have this entourage. Usually, I am by myself making U-turns and parking illegally.

The Dot Block

My weekend scientific block collecting visit to Palm Springs was very productive. The Dot Block is a new specimen, that to the untrained eye, would be mistaken for the Cartoon Block (last seen in Anaheim).

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block hunter

Most of the concrete blocks I find occur all over town but so far this one has only been spotted in La Mesa. So it's herby named the "La Mesa Block".

The Diamond Block

I love the color scheme and signage font on this apartment building. I look at this photo and see circles, then look again and see diamonds, then look again...and?

{song for the evening: Daft Punk - Aerodynamic}

It's a good day when I find a new block.

The Prarie Block, collected in La Jolla on my way to the Museum of
Contemporary Art San Diego to see the work of Vik Muniz.

The Cartoon Block

Since I collected this block in Anaheim less than a mile from Disneyland I'm calling it the cartoon block.

The Flower Block

the cosmic block

the church block

On previous meetings with Architect B (creative, modern, residential designer), I've passed this church in the dark and felt outright cheated. Finally, with daylight savings, I could pull over after a meeting and at last collect the erstwhile-sought-after block.

Note: You can see this block in many, many cement walls in Palm Springs.

the view from 3 ft

On my weekend hike around Fortuna I met my first snake. Prior to going my boss had mentioned that it's Rattle Snake season so Saturday morning the first thing I did was research the local venomous snake population. Apparently it's very rare to actually die from a Rattlesnake bite but it's sounds like it hurts like h*ll if it happens. So wouldn't you know about 10 min into my hike I was startled by the hasty departure of a snake into the brush but I'm 100% positive it was not a Rattlesnake. I also tried a different, easier trail on Saturday which exited onto the park road via very "rustic" wide and chunky stairs. A dad and his 3 ft. tall son were walking up as I was going down. The little boy was using his hands to get up the taller steps and as part of his effort he vigorously stated the question, "Dad! Why are these stairs so messy!". What a great observation!

On my bike ride today I came to a screeching halt because I found a new cement-screen-block that I haven't seen before. I've driven past the turn onto this street many times never noticing the building. You can get away with so much more 'seeing' on a bicycle. You can ride up onto the sidewalks, pull U-turns with no consequences and park practically anywhere! It's an indespensable part of an urban explorer's activities.