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Entries from June 1, 2006 - June 30, 2006

Homeless sweet homeless

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Patricia Prather, 53, who hails from Los Vegas, pushes her carts carrying her belongings along the  Santa Monica boardwalk on Friday, June 23, 2006. Prather has been homeless for 9 months due to an eviction, were she was paying $400.00 per month for her room. Prathers receives assistance from a Santa Monica women's program, but no lodging is provided. She sleeps along the beach. "Its damp and cold out here," she says.  Prathers is a vary lovely soft-spoken women, who keeps her self and her belongings extremely clean and tightly. May she find a home soon.
Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 06:36AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Soccer fever at Muscle Beach

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 A group gathers for an impromptu game of soccer at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach on Friday June 23, 2006
Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 09:49PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Close-up

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A man looks north through a telescope from the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, June 23, 2006.
Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 09:21PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Team work

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A couple of kids play in the sand along the Santa Monica shore just North of the Pier on Friday, June 23, 2006.

Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 08:08PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Through the Centuries

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A group of Agava plants,  also known as a Century plant,  grow along Bay Street on Friday, June, 23, 2006

Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 07:51PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Pomp and Circumstance

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Santa Monica High School Principle, Dr. Ilene Straus, (in red) congratulates the graduating class of 2006 on Thursday, June, 22, 2006. There were 664 graduating seniors in this class.
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 09:30PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Hummingbird break

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A hummingbird pauses briefly on a hanging branch along Ocean Avenue on Thursday June 22, 2006.
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 01:16PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

As the day is long

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Beachgoers greet the first day of summer at the  Venice jetty on June 21, 2006, which also marked summer solstice - the longest day of the year.
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 08:04PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | References1 Reference | EmailEmail | PrintPrint