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Post by sailor on Jul 5, 2009 20:21:58 GMT -5
I thought that the other photo thread might be getting a little over used so I decided to start a new one just for vacation and travel pictures.
Regards, Mike
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Post by sailor on Jul 5, 2009 20:24:42 GMT -5
My 3 day 4th of July weekend on Izu peninsula: Part 1 First stop is one of the beaches in Shimoda. As one can see, it was a very hazy day. I stopped by here to write "Wish I was here" in the sand and sign it "JoeW". Here I am by the ocean a little later in the day. Here I am being eaten by a shark. I survived the shark attack and tonight's seaside hotel is in sight (it's still a very hazy day). We're checked in and it's time to eat. Next morning we go for a walk around town. The town is bordered by a river. We discover a nice walking path along the river and also a picturesque bridge. When we return from the walk I discover that kayaks are available for rental on the beach side of the hotel. This is a view of them from my room. End of part 1. Regards, Mike
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Post by liriodendron on Jul 5, 2009 21:14:49 GMT -5
So did you rent one? Inquiring minds want to know!
LOVE the photos!
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Post by gailkate on Jul 5, 2009 23:01:18 GMT -5
We also want to know about the food. Is that a green onion dyed red? Please explain everything on the plates.
I like the haziness. Sometimes greenery can look more lush on a cloudy day than in bright sun.
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Post by gailkate on Jul 5, 2009 23:02:08 GMT -5
Lirio - this is where you could post all those boston pics I'm sure you've been taking.
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Post by sailor on Jul 5, 2009 23:54:19 GMT -5
So did you rent one? Inquiring minds want to know! LOVE the photos! Thank you for the kind remark, Lirio, and, no, I did not go kayaking. Mike
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Post by sailor on Jul 5, 2009 23:58:10 GMT -5
We also want to know about the food. Is that a green onion dyed red? Please explain everything on the plates. I like the haziness. Sometimes greenery can look more lush on a cloudy day than in bright sun. Hi Gail, the first dish is "Ise Ebi" or better known in the English language as Spiny lobster. Emi and I had one each. The meat is removed and sliced thin and served raw (sashimi) on the back of the lobster. One dips it in soy sauce with wasabi which is a green style of horse radish and then eats it; goes great with sake (rice wine). After we finished eating the lobster we let the waitress know and she returned the shells to the kitchen where the chef used them to make a delicious miso soup for us. The second dish is a fresh water fish the Japanese call Aiyu. It's a somewhat sweet tasting trout. It was lightly encrusted in salt and broiled to perfection in an oven. The meat is tender and easily pulled off with chop sticks. The reddish item lying over the fish is a ginger sprout; very tasty and pairs well with the fish. The other things on the plate are a lemon slice to squeeze over the fish and a piece of grilled eggplant with miso paste on it. I full agree with you about the "greenery can look more lush on a cloudy day" too! Mike
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Post by sailor on Jul 6, 2009 0:01:58 GMT -5
Lirio - this is where you could post all those boston pics I'm sure you've been taking. Yes, Lirio, please post some pictures from Boston. Sharing photos is such terrific fun when others do it too! Mike
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Post by sailor on Jul 6, 2009 17:32:57 GMT -5
The trip, part 2 Checked out of the hotel and we're back on the road. A combination of greenery and coastal vistas abound as we head north on the west side of Izu peninsula. Even Mt. Fuji pokes its head out of the clouds for us. As the evening approaches we check into our room at the Nanzanso Inn. It's an old Inn that has had many extensions over the years. To get to the hot bath I have to cross this covered bridge. After the bath and diner (and drinks ) it's time to pass out! Next morning we had a simple breakfast and headed home. Nanzanso Inn website: www.nanzanso.jp/eng/index.htmlEnd of part 2 and end of the trip. All the best, Mike
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Post by doctork on Jul 6, 2009 20:11:43 GMT -5
It looks like a wonderful trip Mike. And I love your photos!
I really will have to start taking pictures, and then figure out how to upload them and post them. I used to know how to do this, but I Forgot. How could this happen? Amber says it is because I am old, and old people don't know how to do that kind of thing!
But today I received an email photo from a friend - it was a picture of him and his wife taken at their 65th wedding anniversary. I really need to try harder, but I just spent about 2 hours trying (but failing) to make my smartphone serve as a modem for my laptop. Enough electronics for one evening! I am not smarter than a 5th grader, much less my smartphone.
Sigh - at least I can enjoy your photos Mike!
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Post by sailor on Jul 7, 2009 17:20:29 GMT -5
Doc, I cherish your kind remarks. You must have a terrific bedside manner; you seem to instinctively know the right thing to say at all times.
I hope you will persevere and take and post some pictures of your new digs, workplace and surrounding countryside. Your posts have been fascinating; I think a few pictures to accompany them would be appreciated by everyone, especially me.
Best regards, Mike
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Post by doctork on Jul 7, 2009 19:29:29 GMT -5
Thanks Mike - I try. Patients who come to the doctor already feel uncomfortable, either because they are sick or because they want to discuss something "private" and it makes them nervous. So it's my job to make them feel at ease, or how else can I help them?
I will make an earnest effort to re-learn how to post my pictures here. IIRC, if I load them direct to the laptop, I can easily put them into a post without a third party website,
Today I went to the local drug store to get refills on some of my regular meds, and the pharmacist came over to say "Hi" because she had heard good things about me! It is a very small town, there are no secrets, and word gets around.... but the truth is, I am so happy to "be home" that I think it just spills over.
Yesterday morning I asked the nurse to check on an elderly patient I had seen on Thursday afternoon, and right off the bat she said "Oh Mrs. C is doing great! I saw her at church yesterday." Then today I was talking to the radiologist about the quality of MRI's at the local hospital, expressing some concern since I'd heard the waits in the ER could be long. He told me, "Oh no, your patient was seen right away because you called in advance to let them know it was a true emergency." He knew because he had been asked to read a follow-up X-ray on the same patient, so he appreciated getting "the rest of the story" from me, as it was more than a few words of "patient history" on the order form.
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Post by Jane on Jul 8, 2009 8:36:34 GMT -5
Mike, I'm really enjoying your photos. It's not likely I'll ever get to Japan, but if I do, I want a copy of your itinerary.
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Post by gailkate on Jul 8, 2009 9:41:28 GMT -5
I'm enjoying them, too, I think especially because they're not focused on the Japan brand, if I can call it that. I look at some of the scenery and it looks as if it might be right here in the Midwest. Craggy rock formations and beautiful trees that make me see the world as one giant geological story, not countries and borders. Of course, the trees and shrubs aren't exactly the same (in one shot I think that might be a gingko tree, which is not common in St. Paul ), but your life in Japan isn't "foreign." It's not just a place one visits to take lots of pics of temples and then get back on the plane. And, right this very minute there are people all over the world living their familiar and very human lives - Mike may be sipping a glass of wine before bed and DrK is smack in the middle of morning patients and Sergey might be reading analysis of Obama's trip to Russia. Me, I'm about to walk the dogs.
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Post by sailor on Jul 8, 2009 17:05:00 GMT -5
Mike, I'm really enjoying your photos. It's not likely I'll ever get to Japan, but if I do, I want a copy of your itinerary. Thank you, Jane, I wish I could give you a great big hug to show my appreciation for your kind remark. Mike
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Post by sailor on Jul 8, 2009 17:15:23 GMT -5
I'm enjoying them, too, I think especially because they're not focused on the Japan brand, if I can call it that. I look at some of the scenery and it looks as if it might be right here in the Midwest. Craggy rock formations and beautiful trees that make me see the world as one giant geological story, not countries and borders. Of course, the trees and shrubs aren't exactly the same (in one shot I think that might be a gingko tree, which is not common in St. Paul ), but your life in Japan isn't "foreign." It's not just a place one visits to take lots of pics of temples and then get back on the plane. And, right this very minute there are people all over the world living their familiar and very human lives - Mike may be sipping a glass of wine before bed and DrK is smack in the middle of morning patients and Sergey might be reading analysis of Obama's trip to Russia. Me, I'm about to walk the dogs. gk, very insightful, you're on to my game. I don't want to post up pictures of Kabuki actors and Shinto priests, I want to show my everyday life in as interesting a way as possible. Avoid pretentiousness and seek out extraordinary in an otherwise ordinary life. I remember a few weeks ago I posted a picture of myself eating breakfast in a restaurant and Jay noticed the bottle of Tabasco on the table behind me. I think a small detail like that, showing that the Japanese enjoy Tabasco on their eggs, is more interesting than if I were to post a picture of someone eating raw fish for breakfast. Anyway. thank you for your kind comments and I appreciate that you have been encouraging others to post pictures too. Sometimes I think that people forget how fascinating their lives are and how much others enjoy seeing pictures of their day-to-day world. All the best, Mike
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 14, 2009 8:40:37 GMT -5
I love the photos! And the commentary points out all sorts of things I missed or saw differently. Thanks so much, Mike. My Dahhlink figured out how to post pictures on another forum, so I am hoping for a lesson tonight. We just returned from a Wagonwheel with 30 boats. You might like to see it. And I'm really ready to learn how to post pictures!
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Post by gailkate on Jul 14, 2009 23:40:06 GMT -5
BB, have I told you about photobucket.com? I tend to rave about it regularly and ad infinitum, but it really is a treasure. Our own Thomas told me about it. Once you register (free) you will bring up a page with a box that says 'Upload Images and video." Then you click the "choose files" box and it takes you to your own pics in whatever picture software you have - it's where you upload the pics from your camera. I do one at a time, though there's supposed to be a way to do multiples all at once. You have to go through this exercise because proboards won't let you simply copy and paste from your own pic file. this is a step that assigns a url to each picture. If I see something I like on the web and can't get a direct url, I copy it to my picture file and then upload it to photobucket in order to get the url. Here's one I took from something I googled. First I click on the 'insert image' icon here (4th from the left above the smilies), then copy a url from photobucket and paste it between the insert brackets. Hiya, Babe!
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 15, 2009 8:52:08 GMT -5
Thanks, gk! That's exactly how Dahhlink does it: Photobucket. Except we got baseballized last night, so no pictures. I'll try again tonight.
I want to do what you do, 'cuz it is so fun for me to see your stuff.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 15, 2009 22:02:28 GMT -5
This is the inside of the Independence Day WagonWheel in Liberty Bay, from the aft deck of the Madeline R. Whooo Hoooo!
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 15, 2009 22:11:33 GMT -5
So, first let me apologize for misnaming our boat. Madeline R was our last boat. This boat is Rula M, and here is a photo we took from our dinghy while we were floating inside of the wagonwheel. The boat with the red-white-blue bunting is ours.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 15, 2009 22:17:22 GMT -5
This gentleman piped us through the dinghy parade. Very cool.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 15, 2009 22:22:27 GMT -5
And this is a the wagonwheel from the outside. Rula M is on the far right side with the teal canvas on the flybridge. Sorry these are so big. I'll figure it out some day.
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Post by gailkate on Jul 15, 2009 23:49:02 GMT -5
Well done! I like'em big, so there's no need to mess with that as far as I'm concerned. What a great way to spend the 4th! The Rula M is super yar (I learned that in an old Cary Grant/K. Hepburn movie). Do you name your boats after mothers and grandmothers?
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 16, 2009 0:48:57 GMT -5
Yup! Thom's mother's name is Madeline. My mother is Rula. Thus, Madeline R and now Rula M.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 16, 2009 0:53:16 GMT -5
Here is my mom, Rula, last year aboard for the renaming ceremony. EEEEeeewwww, this is fun.
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Post by gailkate on Jul 16, 2009 9:13:56 GMT -5
Your mom looks game for anything - but then I guess I would expect that. Didn't she raise you kids on her own? Mine did, a sweet, shy lady who was also strong and resilient.
Wasn't your mother in poor health there for awhile? It's great that she's able to have some fun and see herself immortalized on the Rula M. What a picture for her to take back to Montana!
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 17, 2009 9:07:35 GMT -5
You bet, gk. Mom is a firecracker and game for anything. She was a single mom before the term was coined, when being a divorced woman was a terrible thing.
Mom's health has improved tremendously after she finally discovered that her furnace was killing her: low-dosage carbon monoxide poisoning. She looked pretty darned good for 80, don't you think? She is a little older this year, and having some trouble getting around, but remains bright and engaged.
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Post by gailkate on Jul 17, 2009 9:27:48 GMT -5
You bet, gk. Mom is a firecracker and game for anything. She was a single mom before the term was coined, when being a divorced woman was a terrible thing. Yep. It was a tough time for women on their own. And we kids knew we were somewhat pitied, but we were so happy we didn't care. Mom's health has improved tremendously after she finally discovered that her furnace was killing her: low-dosage carbon monoxide poisoning. Good grief! we just had a little flurry in our house, trying to detect the source of beeping from all our various detectors. Turns out it was the CO2 back-up battery. I guess I won't be so impatient with all those warning devices.She looked pretty darned good for 80, don't you think? She is a little older this year, and having some trouble getting around, but remains bright and engaged. Heck, I'm having more trouble getting around, too. Good for her!
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Post by jspnrvr on Jul 17, 2009 11:31:41 GMT -5
Good for you bb, and good for your Mom. As I recall, for a renaming/rechristening ceremony you're not supposed to scrimp on the "offering" to the sea gods. I trust you had good booze. You folks are getting me all resolved to learn how to post pictures. I'll be taking a bunch so we'll see how I do when I get back.
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