MAY 3: editorial retraction

 

And a couple other pics, now that we're back in the southeast US:

great egret, seen near a bicycle trail

a local shrimp-boat captain,

       recently installed lifelike replica 

reflected sun, setting at the boardwalk,
Ravenel Bridge in the background

MAY 2, state visit to Washington, DC

"state" = state of anxiety on re-entering the US at this time

Washington Monument

"bunny", obviously

 

at Yards Park

At the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944, plans evolved for the creation of the United Nations organization that would help manage  international relations after the end of World War 2.

tadpoles in an elegant pond 

at Reagan National Airport:
flight crew of Sparrow Air prepare for takeoff

(To view the final picture in brief video format, click on the central arrow, then immediately on the silver arrow at the upper left of the enlargement.)

MAY 1, spring in Vancouver: van Dusen Gardens

 

APR 30, sunset, Nanoose, BC

 

 

APR 29, Vancouver Island beach walks

 

APR 28, to Vancouver Island

 greeting committee with 'new' car

major "sakura", even  here in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia

edge of Rathtrevor Beach Park         

 

 phenomenal rhododendrons

American robin, a bird not found in Japan

APR 27, Japan Visit: Tokyo neighborhoods

Kappabashi Kitchenware Town in TAITO district

 

 

  

Fish market

For lunch, we again chose
 conveyor-belt sus

SHIBUYA district, exclusive designer shops and dense crowds 

  

an intrepid dog-walker guides 20 leashed canines through the crowded sidewalks 

Meiji-jingu, shrine at burial site of the westernizing Emperor Meili who reigned from 1867 to 1912.
 

mascot for the local pro-basketball team

an amateur rock-a-billy dance group
performs every Sunday in Yoyogi Park

Hibiya Park: Tokyo's first western park, located near the Imperial Palace

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security-birds at a local bicycle parking area