This Friday Eve, here are some photos from my most recent travel to Japan before the current travel restrictions.
Featured are views in and above Kobe in the Arima Onsen village and various Japanese delicacies, which among others, include mochi strawberries, tempura, sashimi, and kabayaki (grilled unagi or eel).
Some random Akumal Mexico...family trip pre-pandemic.
I'm missing family people and traveling!
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"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
While it is still Friday, here are some photos of delicacies in Korea captured by my camera on recent travels there. Included are some type of crispy insects, squid, and a scene at the local fish market.
..... and with it being Sakura Season in Japan, here are some photos I took there just before the travel restrictions. The initial photos are at Himeji Castle from Spring 2019.
For the movie buffs here, Himeji Castle was the shooting location for the Ninja school featured in the James Bond Film, "You Only Live Twice" which was filmed in 1967. There were a number of exterior shots featuring Himeji Castle including the walkway that one takes to enter the castle and climb to its top. Included are photos I took from the top of the castle looking down over the tiled roofs to the cherry blossom trees seen below. To get to the top one climbs on hands and knees a series of steep vertical steps and ladders as there is no elevator and the designers of the castle purposely made it difficult for any intruders to have easy access to the upper floors.
(Additional scenes had been planned to be shot there but a local controversy erupted when a local newspaper erroneously reported that the Ninja Stars being thrown at an interior castle wall were causing damage to the historic structure. The producers responded that a fake wall had been erected for the scene, but the bad publicity had already done its damage and the producers went elsewhere in Japan to finish the shooting.)
And these are views of Sakura in Tokyo at Tokyo Tower, in Kanazawa at the Castle Gate with the cherry trees blooming along the castle's moat, and in Ise at the bridge to the Emperor's Shrine there. The final view is also in the Ise region.
Here's a project I've been working on...a She Shed (Covid project) for the Mrs. Found a good deal on some clear redwood that I made into some fancy facia boards for the She Shed and am installing them before I partake in any Bourbon or Rye!
It is not that life is short, but that you are dead for so very long.
I've been doing some wildlife photography from my balcony... was just putting the telephoto on when both these things happened... a hawk at about 150 feet away and then a dragonfly at about 40 feet away.
Snapshots really but such a cool moment...
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
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This Friday Eve, here are some photos from my most recent travel to Japan before the current travel restrictions.
Featured are views in and above Kobe in the Arima Onsen village and various Japanese delicacies, which among others, include mochi strawberries, tempura, sashimi, and kabayaki (grilled unagi or eel).
Counterfeit Bechtler that I saw yesterday:
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That was very instructive and proves the adage, there is always something new one can learn.
Also had no influence or idea this 56 was gonna be in my sight. ya, ya, I know get some sleep, right.
Here's my ride. Goodnight.
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Happy Friday!
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"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Skagit Valley, Washington State yesterday...
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Love those colors and most of all, love the "Artist ".
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Great pictures!
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- Jim
100 years Apart?
Found both today in CRH
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Some random Akumal Mexico...family trip pre-pandemic.
I'm missing family people and traveling!
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
While it is still Friday, here are some photos of delicacies in Korea captured by my camera on recent travels there. Included are some type of crispy insects, squid, and a scene at the local fish market.
As the clock ticks down to Friday midnight.....
..... and with it being Sakura Season in Japan, here are some photos I took there just before the travel restrictions. The initial photos are at Himeji Castle from Spring 2019.
For the movie buffs here, Himeji Castle was the shooting location for the Ninja school featured in the James Bond Film, "You Only Live Twice" which was filmed in 1967. There were a number of exterior shots featuring Himeji Castle including the walkway that one takes to enter the castle and climb to its top. Included are photos I took from the top of the castle looking down over the tiled roofs to the cherry blossom trees seen below. To get to the top one climbs on hands and knees a series of steep vertical steps and ladders as there is no elevator and the designers of the castle purposely made it difficult for any intruders to have easy access to the upper floors.
(Additional scenes had been planned to be shot there but a local controversy erupted when a local newspaper erroneously reported that the Ninja Stars being thrown at an interior castle wall were causing damage to the historic structure. The producers responded that a fake wall had been erected for the scene, but the bad publicity had already done its damage and the producers went elsewhere in Japan to finish the shooting.)
And these are views of Sakura in Tokyo at Tokyo Tower, in Kanazawa at the Castle Gate with the cherry trees blooming along the castle's moat, and in Ise at the bridge to the Emperor's Shrine there. The final view is also in the Ise region.
And to add some timeliness to my post above, here is a current photo from this year's Sakura Season as sent to me from Japan:
All 12 Districts
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.I’m thirsty.
Thrift shop score today!
London, 1959-60, retailed by Tiffany’s. $4.28!
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Thread telling more about the candlesticks:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1055882/great-day-today#latest
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From asheland's linked thread:
"The place I found these, a thrift store in Asheville ..."
That great find has got to have something to do with the karma of the two "ashes" colliding in a serendipitous dimension.
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Bugs or Dracula?
Ever see such a dramatic one as this?
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.I vote Bugs Bunny.
Makes a good companion for my "Goofy Head" California Fractional Gold Dollar:
Bostons are the best!
Summer arrives soon, and with it looking forward to hiking again to these day trip close locations.
Beautiful place!
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The Samoa W
will Always be my favorite W Quarter! The baby reminds me of my Morty!
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Mr_Spud
So, where can I buy a tie like that ?
I need a drink!
Is that a burger ?
Happy Friday!
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TGIF...decisions, decisions. I wonder how dry it really was in 1932! Probably not too much at all...lol.
Here's a project I've been working on...a She Shed (Covid project) for the Mrs. Found a good deal on some clear redwood that I made into some fancy facia boards for the She Shed and am installing them before I partake in any Bourbon or Rye!
Table top
Puffin Cafe Washougal, Washington
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
OK That's enough...time for some Sazerac Rye; as the Penny Lady says....yummy!
Barbados Cherry bonsai in training and in full bloom. Red cherries on it last week.
A few more Spring pics
Yard bunnies
Bald Cypress bonsai
Tiger Bark ficus bonsai
Godzilla
Plumeria cutting coming to life
I've been doing some wildlife photography from my balcony... was just putting the telephoto on when both these things happened... a hawk at about 150 feet away and then a dragonfly at about 40 feet away.
Snapshots really but such a cool moment...
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
Photos taken yesterday on Friday eve, during and after our neighborhood hike;
With our first flowers coming out and the birds returning, the signs of Spring were evident:
And here are photos from earlier in the week to include a view of the sun reflecting off the mountains and views from the office:
Awesome rabbit pic! How did you get so close?
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I like 1932!
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Pizza today!
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@asheland we’re bunny people, I guess they just like us
Here’s our inside bunny. Her name is appropriately “Bun”. Maybe she tells the outside bunnies that we are OK.