On a trip to Japan, I went to visit a botanical and zoological garden. I met this incredible bird that looked me directly in the eyes, with its gaze it inspires respect and a certain fear, but in reality it is a harmless bird, in fact, it is in a very vulnerable state of conservation. This bird is the shoebill (Balaeniceps rex). It is native to Africa, measures between 1.50 and 2.0 meters tall, and is a worthy heir of the Mesozoic dinosaurs. Although time has passed since that tremendous experience, I am still impressed by his gaze. #birds#myphotos#exoticanimals#trips#memories#kobe#japan
RMs wine photo is now the thumbnail image on my #coffee playlist ( and clipped the wine out of sight!) I made this playlist 2 years ago and it completely tells that tale: the start of war in Ukraine, cats & kittens, BTS in the cinema ( when I fell in love with Home ), Covid quarantine, BTS song recommendations from Instagram, things I discovered, and I kept adding things until That That was released.
I just remembered that older (2G) phones use to cause a particular rhythmic sound in any nearby electronic speakers when a text message was about to come through. I thought that was pretty interesting.
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest in the world, but from time to time something wonderful happens, sporadic rain falls, and that arid soil is filled with life and color. #memories #chile#desert#nature#myphotograpy
When I was in grade four and living in Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, the librarian wouldn’t let me read fiction books they deemed above my reading level. At home, I was reading stuff like Robinson Crusoe, but at school I could only sign out stuff like Little Miss Sunshine or Mr Happy books. Little-kid picture books got old, fast. I wanted to read Dick Francis murder mysteries because they had horses on the cover. The librarian vetoed it. They told me I could sign out any nonfiction books, though. So I signed out a book on dog breeding. One day, two dogs were humping outside the classroom window. Until the teacher made us come back to our seats, I gave a graphic play-by-play telling all the other kids what was going on with dog penis and dog vagina when the dogs stood ass too ass. And that’s how I became a dog fuck expert at the age of nine. #librarian#dogs#fucking#ChildhoodMemories#memories
This was a good day. Saw a pile of cherry blossom petals on the ground and plopped down for a selfie. Nothing more. Just a moment of joy. Gotta celebrate the ones we’ve had.
Fidel Castro was still officially President, but his brother Raul was actually in charge.
We had to spend "Tourist money" at a great inflated exchange rate compared to "local money" (but it was still not an expensive place to be tourist).
A beautiful but struggling country, in a time of great change. There was a brief window under Obama when travel restrictions were relaxed, and it almost seemed like Cuba could really flourish. But it wasn't to last.