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Bird Woman Falls

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Going-to-the-Sun Road view of Mt. Oberlin in Glacier National Park

Metal Monday

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Obituary’s John Tardy @ Roseland (December 2022)

Pac-Man inspiration?

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Vermilion Jomeimon (承明門) @ Kyoto Imperial Palace (2013)

Hoary marmot in Mount Rainier National Park

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Hoary Marmot (September 2022)

Calgary Skyline

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A few people that knew I went to Calgary told me they found Calgary to be ugly. I asked them if they’d seen it from Crescent Road or the connected parks (McHugh Bluff and Rosedale Park). The answer was “no” which explains why they never saw this view. We randomly ended up on Crescent Road on a bike ride or we would have missed it too.

Barber Asada

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Japan 1953 (likely Kokura 小倉市)

Today’s photo comes from my father’s slides from around 1953 Japan. Why post this today? Well, today is my dad’s birthday. If he were still alive, he’d be 95 years old today.

I converted these images from slides to digital about 12 years ago, shortly before he died. I showed them to him, but he couldn’t identify the people, places, or years anymore. Why did he take this photo? No idea–maybe that was his barber? Or the lumber was unusual? Or…?