The other day, I was at Pillar Point near Half-Moon Bay (California), trying to photograph seagulls. And then this harbor seal appeared, and I got a quick picture before it disappeared under water again. It had beautiful rosette-like spots.


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I'm in Tokyo. Towers of glass and concrete, narrow roads and tangles of double-decker expressways. Manicured street trees. Eclectic conformist fashions. And a snake.

I'd gone to a small park in Hiro-o opposite a grocery store.  It was long and narrow (the park, not the grocery store), and followed a water course of some kind, a stream or rivulet ( Read more... )

I'm in Tokyo. It  was spring when I arrived this morning; a few hours later, the temperature plummeted 25 degrees and it's winter again, with a cutting cold wind that makes it feel like it's below freezing. I still will post a bit more about India, though.


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