After being traded along the Silk Road for 500 years, Borax was discovered in Death Valley during the 1880s, and Borax magnate F.M. “Borax” Smith was quick to capitalize on the opportunity. Soon he had the iconic 20 Mule Wagon Teams hauling tons of Borax out of the desert to be used in thousands of products.
Link to Unites States Air Force AWACS Recon plane circling in for a landing at Anchorage Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson to the music of "Calm Wind:"
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"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
I took this during an early morning photo shoot, October 2019
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Me in the cab
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Local Car show today
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20 Mule Team of "20 Mule Team Borax?"
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After being traded along the Silk Road for 500 years, Borax was discovered in Death Valley during the 1880s, and Borax magnate F.M. “Borax” Smith was quick to capitalize on the opportunity. Soon he had the iconic 20 Mule Wagon Teams hauling tons of Borax out of the desert to be used in thousands of products.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
In further honor of April as National Poetry Month, here is a previously penned Haiku:
The morning mist lifts
Mirrored Reflections Emerge
My soul too awakens
Lake Kawaguchi located at the base of Mount Fuji:
WORLD'S MOST SCENIC MARATHON - Mount Fuji INTERNATIONAL MARATHON CIRCLES Lake Kawaguchi
Link to Video of Marathon at Lake Kawaguchi:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kk7afx2RaMg
SNOW CAPPED Mount Fuji AT SUNRISE FROM A Lake Kawaguchi RYOKAN ROOFTOP:
Link to Video of Snow Capped Mount Fuji at Sunrise accompanied by the music of"Calm Wind:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aVMO9yeclRE
A traditional Japanese meal offered at many Onsen Ryokan hotels in Japan is known as Kaiseki Ryori,
In this below video see the variety of dishes offered in a Kaiseki Ryori meal. Akin to a Western Sampling Menu, the chef decides the menu items.
Link to Video of Kaiseki Ryori Cuisine at the Ryokan:
Concurrently taken Photos:
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Wayte Raymond
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This show was great. Watched it whenever I could as a kid
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The day & night views of a vine growing on a light pole.
Funny and scarry too.
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"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Newest non numismatic acquisition:
Last night's road encounter on the return from the airport post office:
Sky and Sea Views from this week at the office:
Concurrently taken Music Videos:
Link to Video of the F-22 Raptor Coming Down Slowly to the sounds of "Let Me Down Slowly:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8JZR3Vv7S_g
Link to Video of Seabirds flying by with yet to erupt Mount Spurr Volcano in the distance:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sJBus75lu2c
Link to Unites States Air Force AWACS Recon plane circling in for a landing at Anchorage Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson to the music of "Calm Wind:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hl37QL2NsHo
Link to Alaska Tug Boat returning to its Cook Inlet harbor mooring where seabirds greet it:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UvHpYpysTms
1939:
(This was one of the last paintings by Alaska's most noted Landscape Artist, Sydney Laurence, who died in 1940 at the age of 75.)
2025:
(View from yesterday taken at the same Spenard and Fireweed Anchorage Alaska location.)
Concurrently taken video:
Link to Video of Yesterday's view of the Chugach Mountains from Spenard and Fireweed, Anchorage:
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"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"