The 1930-built sail training ship Nippon Maru permanently docked at Yokohama, Japan. Wow, can’t believe that a couple of months after our last Japan trip, I’m still catching up on photos to post! Also can’t believe how much this area has been built up and transformed since I first visited decades ago. . .
Last weekend I attended the 2019 SEP Workshop in Nanaimo, BC. It’s held every two years, and offers a cornucopia of sessions ranging from fish biology to public advocacy. Thanks to all the volunteers, Pacific Streamkeepers Federation and DFO Salmonid Enhancement Program who made it a huge success!
I stayed at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park and enjoyed early and late walks on the beach.
Here’s a sunrise teaser from a few days ago with more to come as I get caught up on real life : – ).
UPDATE June 5: OK, here’s a whack more photos from Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park:
Had a couple of lovely ferry rides on my way to, and from, the SEP2019 streamkeeper workshop in Nanaimo, BC over the weekend.
As a slowly healing injured foot still has me sticking close to home, a bit of office cleaning has turned up some boxes with old computer backups.
In 2002, all of my digital photos could be backed up onto 5 CDs (there were 2 more in addition to the “1 of 3” shown below only for streamkeeper activities).
Heh. My current store of photos takes up over 3.4 TB of space, and I back up to HDs in an external USB3 “toaster” that can hot-swap SATA drives, plus another external 6TB drive.
It’s also about time I swapped a backup with the one in the safety deposit box — you also need offsite backup, eh?
The other day it was oodles of baby spiders, today it’s a Giant Crane Fly at our door. Cool!
My thumb for sizing
It’s baby spider season outside our front door again. Will have to remember to be careful coming and going until they are safely on their way.
That’s a centimeter ruler for sizing. They’re so tiny!
Collection of street photos shot over the course of ten days or so in Edinburgh a few weeks ago. What an amazing city!
Checking out the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh.
A few of the women on the tour found the elixirs proffered for tasting to be on the strong side, so I had to do some extra duty 
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The tastings of the day from the major producing regions.
So several guidebooks say to allow a couple of hours for Edinburgh Castle. Heh. . . we spent a whole day!
Field Marshal Lord Douglas Haig
Timing the 1 O’Clock Gun
St. Margaret’s Chapel, the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, dating to the 12th century
This fellow made a gruesome presentation on weapons and tactics surprisingly, er, enjoyable
This gorgeous cat greeted us in Edinburgh several times. We began looking forward to seeing it, and were disappointed if we didn’t encounter it heading out to, or coming back from, our explorations.
