dusk at Van Nuys, CA

Waiting for a busride at Van NUys Blvd, has become part of my daily routine. In waiting for my ride, I was able to witness dawn and the darkness of the night. I saw how the day ends and the night starts. It was a different kind of feeling to be part of  such change.

one night in Van Nuys Boulevard

twilight in Van Nuys

dawn in Roscoe

an old van needs repairs

crossroad

This is an intersection between vanNuys blvd and roscoe blvd in panorama city!

 One will be amazed at how scarce the cars are during the weekends but too densely trafficked during the weekdays.

 I live two blocks away only from this intersection and it only takes me a five-minute walk to the sidewalks in order to reach the intersection where almost all people from all walks of life and  with varied professions and callings in life meet everyday and depart in seconds to go in separate ways and different  directions.

debris

Debris is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

The singular form of debris is debris. Depending on context, debris can refer to a number of different things.

In geology, debris usually applies to the remains of geological activity including landslides, volcanic explosions, avalanches, mudflows or Glacial lake outburst floods (Jökulhlaups) and moraine, lahars, and lava eruptions. Geological debris sometimes moves in a stream called a debris flow.

In forests, coarse woody debris (CWD or CWH) refers to dead trees, left standing or fallen, and the remains of branches on the ground.

In streams and rivers, large woody debris (LWD) are the logs, sticks, branches, and other wood.
In mining, debris called attle usually consists of rock fragments which contain little or no ore.

toys...for the big boys

A car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor.

Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.

However, the term automobile is far from precise, because there are many types of vehicles that do similar tasks.

There are approximately 600 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one car per eleven people).

Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 1 billion m³ (260 billion US gallons) of petrol/gasoline and diesel fuel yearly.

The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India.

car key...

A car key or an automobile key is a key used to open and/or start an automobile. Modern key designs are usually symmetrical, and some use grooves on both sides, rather than a cut edge, to actuate the lock.

It has multiple uses for the automobile with which it was sold. A car key can open the doors, as well as start the ignition, open the glove compartment and also open the trunk (boot) of the car.

Some cars come with an additional key known as a valet key that starts the ignition and opens the drivers side door but prevents the valet from gaining access to valuables that are located in the trunk or the glove box.

Some valet keys, particularly those to high-performance vehicles, go so far as to restrict the engine's power output to prevent joyriding.

Recently, features such as coded immobilizers have been implemented in newer vehicles.

More sophisticated systems make ignition dependent on electronic devices, rather than the mechanical keyswitch.

driving amid a snowstorm

the real test

The real test of a car's agility and durability is based on the engine and chassis...