murals: July 2010 Archives
A friend and I took the Metro rail into downtown Los Angeles where we walked around Olvera Street this past weekend.
I was struck by all the sweetly drawn animals on Leo Politi's Olvera Street mural depicting the popular Blessing of the Animals event held there each year (by the way, there's a blessing service coming up locally -- at 10 a.m. July 18 -- at Wayfarer's Chapel, but there will be more on that from us later, or just click the link).
I especially liked this girl's basket of cats. Los Gatos.
![olvera street 1[1].jpg](http://www.insidesocal.com/pets/olvera%20street%201%5B1%5D.jpg)
![olvera street new[1].jpg](http://www.insidesocal.com/pets/olvera%20street%20new%5B1%5D.jpg)
A tortilla chip please?
Last but not least, here's Lola. She's quite real -- and very hungry. She was waiting for her mistress, in the foreground in the blue shirt at the far right, or anyone else to take pity and hand her a bit of that authentic Mexican food.
![olvera street dog[1].jpg](http://www.insidesocal.com/pets/olvera%20street%20dog%5B1%5D.jpg)
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.