Are You Ready for Halloween? This year I decided to get some proper tools for pumpkin carving. I made a trip to Michaels and picked up a craving kit and a colossal carver. The carving kit comes with 16 patterns to create a scary Halloween pumpkin. They were 30% off too! Unfortunately, no dinosaur patterns! …
Month: October 2016
Metal Dinosaurs in the Desert – part 2 of 2
It’s time to head south on Borrego Springs Road from Palm Canyon Drive. The road will curve east after approximately 3 ¼ miles and on your right you will come across several Sabretooth Cats and Horses. You’ll have to decide if you wish to drive off road a bit or view them all on foot. …
Metal Dinosaurs in the Desert – part 1 of 2
I made the 200+ mile drive to Borrego Springs, California to see the famous metal sculptures of Ricardo Breceda. To arrive at sunrise, I had to leave home at 3:00 am. Sunrise provides great lighting for photographing these wonderful works of art. It also allowed me to avoid the rush hour traffic. There are 129…
Is your Metal Dinosaur a Cylon?
If you have seen the Universal Studio’s revisioned Battlestar Galactica created by David Eick & Ronald Moore 2004 – 2009, you may have concerns about your metal dinosaurs. If you haven’t yet experienced the series, I highly recommend it. I would give it a PG rating. If you have seen the series, it’s probably time…
LA Zoo – UnExtinct
I made a trip to the Los Angeles Zoo to visit the “DINOSAURS UNEXTINCT” exhibit. It was great! Outside the exhibit is a Spinosaurus enjoying a meal. As you enter you are greeted by a couple of Brachiosaurus. You continue on the path to be entertained by one dinosaur after another. I’ll provide you a…