John Willis πŸ”°

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Apple nerd, photog, tinkerer, cyclist, English teacher. Former San Diego Mac-tech living in Japan.πŸ›  If you broke something, maybe I can fix it.πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Still figuring this out πŸ”°

Reaching the saddle, I was greeted by a great sunset!

They say Japan is the land of the rising sun, but in Gunma, it all about the sunsets. πŸŒ„ #羀馬県

Follow-up photo from further up the draw:
The cherry blossoms have already come to Tokyo, now they are showing up in the rural hillsides too!
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My friend Susie and her mother were featured in several interviews about their new picture book about Nowruz (and the state of the world) - Susie is a great artist, and besides her popular books & artwork, she has also illustrated books written by her mother about connecting to their heritage & traditions as Iranians who moved to the US long ago.

Here is one of the interviews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oY-iZCiRog

Nowruz traditions in San Diego carry on amid grief and hope

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Light and dark.

The real heads appreciate how much weird English Comedy history touches this one extraordinary episode.

The Young Ones - "Bambi" (May 8, 1984)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZPZC12t7Yg

The Young Ones Bambi

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A Timelapse of the creel boats unloading at Shieldaig's jetty yesterday afternoon.

Gas at Costco Japan was at 134y/l a month ago, and was 170y last weekend.

Today, 156y/l at Costco Meiwa. I wonder how much of the cost Costco is eating, if any - but they must be lowering the price now compared to their normal margin percentages.

πŸš΄πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸŒΌRiding on top f the Tone River levee, the wild mustard is so colorful on this grey drizzly day.