May 3, 2025

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, 2025

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.)







April 28, 2025

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







April 27, 2025

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





Trendy AKASAKA




security-birds at a local bicycle parking area