Cali Finds

Just a smattering of finds from the most recent California trip to share – some creepy, some pretty and some that made me long for fall. It was chilly there and made we want to pull out sweaters and boots. Then I returned home to 100 degrees. Damn Phoenix in September!

These bubble gum looking creatures were washed up all over the beach in Summerland, CA. The short one couldn't stop touching them.

These bubble gum looking creatures were washed up all over the beach in Summerland, CA. The short one couldn't stop touching them.

Another bubble gum looking creature

Another bubble gum looking creature

View from Mannhattan Beach

View from Mannhattan Beach

View from Manhattan Beach

View from Manhattan Beach

A gate in Rancho Mirage

A gate in Rancho Mirage

A tree in Grover Beach Park in the fog

A tree in Grover Beach Park in the fog

Grover Beach Flowers

Grover Beach Flowers

Longing for fall - a leaf in Grover Beach Park

Longing for fall - a leaf in Grover Beach Park

Grover Beach Flowers in the fog - it was only 59 degrees

Grover Beach Flowers in the fog - it was only 59 degrees

Grover Beach Flowers

Grover Beach Flowers

Grover Beach Flowers

Grover Beach Flowers

Natural Beach Sculpture - found

Natural Beach Sculpture - found

Periodic Text Message Table

This Periodic Text Message Table is such a perfect find because at Laboratory5 Inc we love to bring together all elements of STEAM and tie them up into a package to promote the work each individual is doing in their fields to celebrate this work.  This image is from a school pocket folder bought it at Target in August 2009 and we scanned it for our viewers to look at on this blog.

A Periodic Text Message Table is the perfect collide between, Science, Art and Technology. We love this!

UPDATE: We have had so so many requests for this images in a larger version that we’ve updated this post as a PDF – until the owner of the design comes along and asks us to remove it as it is not our design and we do not have the right to distribute this image. TThanks!

Click Here for the High Res Text Message Table

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Thrift Store Discovery

A stop off at a thrift store the other day lead me to a fun little discovery. There was a white board for sale and amazingly no one who worked there read what was written and just left the words on or maybe they did read it and found it as amuzing as I did.

The center says “At one time I used to hate you – Now your just another problem to work through” The side says “like smoke you look like you’re there but when I need you you’re no where”

Here’s the proof in pictures:

The whole white board behind a stair railing for sale for $3.99

The whole white board behind a stair railing for sale for $3.99

center words

center words

words on right side

words on right side