tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16272917063971399262024-03-09T16:47:45.326-10:00photographer's diaryimages mostly from the Pacific Rim by photographer bruce behnkeBruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comBlogger835125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-9619722876561652782024-03-06T08:49:00.000-10:002024-03-06T08:49:59.164-10:00why we are happy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGt7V-MN1v4wNdZTMPg_M1XbpP730eQvDmWYAgXoeShpKMhtTGqVPSEw-RbQ5Jl2014OfiBwRL6cfzfcq3ecqRxDTsjnqeaI3XJQnD1RjjGY7c7I2LI7FbjeBE0YL5YjMcm1ggj9qfxAMPA9fJhMnY8voQ4nrZ8ycz3pa2G3ZnlAG6T-2JbQIOAUyxRSn/s4048/PearlHarborfromBicycleTrail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGt7V-MN1v4wNdZTMPg_M1XbpP730eQvDmWYAgXoeShpKMhtTGqVPSEw-RbQ5Jl2014OfiBwRL6cfzfcq3ecqRxDTsjnqeaI3XJQnD1RjjGY7c7I2LI7FbjeBE0YL5YjMcm1ggj9qfxAMPA9fJhMnY8voQ4nrZ8ycz3pa2G3ZnlAG6T-2JbQIOAUyxRSn/w640-h480/PearlHarborfromBicycleTrail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">A recent article on CNBC's website listed Honolulu and Pearl City in the top ten happiest cities in the United States. </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"> The reasons cited included factors such as health status, employment, etc. But, reflecting on my own community, Pearl City, </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">I believe a community's happiness is more related to the values of its people.</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">In 1986, the State of Hawaii formalized its values in state statutes:</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">"Aloha Spirit" is the coordination of mind and heart within each person. It brings each person to the self. Each person must think and emote good feelings to others. In the contemplation and presence of the life force, "Aloha", the following unuhi laula loa may be used:</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"> "Akahai", meaning kindness to be expressed with tenderness;</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"> "Lokahi", meaning unity, to be expressed with harmony;</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"> "Oluolu", meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness;</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"> "Haahaa", meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty;</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"> "Ahonui", meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance.</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"> "These are traits of character that express the charm, warmth and sincerity of Hawaii's people. It was the working philosophy of native Hawaiians and was presented as a gift to the people of Hawaii. "Aloha" is more than a word of greeting or farewell or a salutation. "Aloha" means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return. "Aloha" is the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence. "Aloha" means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen and to know the unknowable."</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe these values are well embraced in our community and bear a stronger</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.6px;"> relationship with our happiness than most other variables.</span></span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">photo: Pearl Harbor from Pearl City bicycle trail.</span></p><p class="RegularParagraphs" style="margin: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(c) bruce behnke</span></p>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-18834116396849221182024-02-26T11:12:00.000-10:002024-02-26T11:12:03.347-10:00Spring is for everyone<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRdLw76fzbM7O6O4UbNvKUNKiqFnyp91zWHBNrRtJELO5idnZu8qM-4wHF1d_q6AM5Xsn65o-5Cd5Dq6QnDGIyX_Zfj_r0Ob_m2Pul-yhaP-Ii4zjJanpdAQXq3xOClbtMVPmNoo1fIiFBjWiuVx1KTGYU5rus4mQJ9ZyweLDIprLvGzeyGt5Yw0vzDoH/s4064/PXL_20230504_142439560.dng" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="4064" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRdLw76fzbM7O6O4UbNvKUNKiqFnyp91zWHBNrRtJELO5idnZu8qM-4wHF1d_q6AM5Xsn65o-5Cd5Dq6QnDGIyX_Zfj_r0Ob_m2Pul-yhaP-Ii4zjJanpdAQXq3xOClbtMVPmNoo1fIiFBjWiuVx1KTGYU5rus4mQJ9ZyweLDIprLvGzeyGt5Yw0vzDoH/w640-h482/PXL_20230504_142439560.dng" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: #fef6f6; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">in my province</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: start;">grass blooms too...</span></div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: right;">cherry blossoms</div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: verdana; text-align: start;">我国は草さへさきぬさくら花</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: #fef6f6; color: #999999; font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">~Kobayashi Issa</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: verdana; text-align: start;">1820</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #707070; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kobayashi Issa was a poet and a Buddhist Jodoshinshu priest living and writing in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This is one of Issa’s cherry blossom haiku with a hint of satire and social commentary. In it, the sakura stands for rich nobles, while the grass represents ordinary people.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">photo: bruce behnke</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: 700px; position: absolute; top: 762.927px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-85268088399174480932024-02-10T09:49:00.001-10:002024-02-10T09:49:21.599-10:00my teacher<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr-JJzMPlvUdi4eddyLD-6CBmV2Bq11q6AdcLd-LLB1VweoksIfYJ4nhrykzBHTc3Juvi2a6TllZA__0fqrpla9ROsdfudSXCnDnYnD9RGawJ2elPLhU4umaE7vrNJKKn7BVgrlN0WFe835oSrgdmYU2ehXRDIbb2i-NfD_OkOY7R9pbVZFuiEZFQ-o0u/s4032/PXL_20221020_000227674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr-JJzMPlvUdi4eddyLD-6CBmV2Bq11q6AdcLd-LLB1VweoksIfYJ4nhrykzBHTc3Juvi2a6TllZA__0fqrpla9ROsdfudSXCnDnYnD9RGawJ2elPLhU4umaE7vrNJKKn7BVgrlN0WFe835oSrgdmYU2ehXRDIbb2i-NfD_OkOY7R9pbVZFuiEZFQ-o0u/w480-h640/PXL_20221020_000227674.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;">Study </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;">water flows in a valley stream,</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;"> smoothly and freely between the rocks. </span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;">Everything - </span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;">even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - </span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: verdana;">should be your teacher.</span></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">~Morihei Ueshiba </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">植芝 盛平</span></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">(founder of Aikido)</span></span></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">photo: bruce behnke</span></span></p>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-11734794088314694102023-12-21T10:22:00.000-10:002023-12-21T10:22:56.420-10:00winter solstice<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf0WSjQ56_nNd1MYgrimoRmlEoYPziAUUBoeFVC-zbVhAEAOpo4340HLP41wNDdPa84mE27W3lvdB1Lg6ydxbxdjdwBo1h-V0dL0UQqXfLZijd0De5N-Jh-_LMfRxm2dcOzq7dEwpxz6jxVd-RrPRwvUGvOZx8m3m1Aw6aKN5N8885_mKflFL8OovfZ4r/s658/sudden%20snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="469" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf0WSjQ56_nNd1MYgrimoRmlEoYPziAUUBoeFVC-zbVhAEAOpo4340HLP41wNDdPa84mE27W3lvdB1Lg6ydxbxdjdwBo1h-V0dL0UQqXfLZijd0De5N-Jh-_LMfRxm2dcOzq7dEwpxz6jxVd-RrPRwvUGvOZx8m3m1Aw6aKN5N8885_mKflFL8OovfZ4r/w456-h640/sudden%20snow.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">Today, the shortest day of the year, marks the end of autumn </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: verdana; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the beginning of winter.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">With all the warm weather and fall leaves images of Japan I've been posting I needed to rely on this wonderful woodblock print to remind me of the months ahead.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">Kazuyki Ohtsu ‘Sudden Snow’ Woodblock print</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">Japan, 1954</span></span></p>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-69672508547376628122023-12-14T08:49:00.000-10:002023-12-14T08:49:08.378-10:00an even later autumn in Japan 三溪園<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihU_3esJk0VoKsRt1qBQUHEZjovc0bBIEPtc6gs75yHF0ld5rDIMRsfdK1QwsCpVSa0gjOFZCQur06ymp7_RLvhYTiXm6uLn3VIA_x8HQCPsLDIvq4KagxW5r3AfaV8J8SYho25qAnh44KpO5cKCj-5Jk4e0ACbljHs6zIn3PikRz2Svh1AXot4w0N1DSn/s4080/PXL_20231213_013006076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihU_3esJk0VoKsRt1qBQUHEZjovc0bBIEPtc6gs75yHF0ld5rDIMRsfdK1QwsCpVSa0gjOFZCQur06ymp7_RLvhYTiXm6uLn3VIA_x8HQCPsLDIvq4KagxW5r3AfaV8J8SYho25qAnh44KpO5cKCj-5Jk4e0ACbljHs6zIn3PikRz2Svh1AXot4w0N1DSn/w301-h400/PXL_20231213_013006076.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">Togyokusen is a natural spring in Mito, Japan.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">This area has produced a large amount of spring water since ancient times. </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">The water here is said to be a remedy for vision problems, </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">but was also used during tea ceremonies.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">About 100 tons of water pour from this spring every day.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">photos: bruce behnke 2023</span></div>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-2621441643567216952023-09-13T19:44:00.000-10:002023-09-13T19:44:42.229-10:00taking a bath<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCnWHokddfL_fS0ot_O2sIplhjFk_Ykh1kybZL4o4JYNdKzdxRMMp8e1BoaU6__qgAXGjIjF__jDnlU029_u4vmwddc484JZViDXKCmpMqpE-rNZgNatJBWvkiv78DcoM0Q8ORzhQSB41QsKpb9FNBifPnusa_i6RQqdjmJo1IBVk8Gbd8EHduxi5jiUx/s4080/BathPXL_20230913_212205569.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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font-family: verdana;">view from my bath</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">Niigata Prefecture</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">photo: bruce behnke 2023</span></p><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: 168px; position: absolute; top: 1245.3px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-31541933640828925792023-09-13T19:38:00.006-10:002023-09-13T19:48:39.486-10:00in the country<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"> ...in the south of Toyama Prefecture <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">富山県</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: right;">One of many very old, well cared-for trees as reflected in a pond in the Kenroku-en Garden.</div></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">(below)</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">A tea house in the garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">Kenroku-en, in Kanazawa (Ishikawa Prefecture) is considered one of the three great gardens of Japan.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">photos: bruce behnke 2023</span></div><div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-64122220388313573432023-07-30T09:19:00.013-10:002023-07-30T09:36:17.989-10:00what next?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">photo:</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-2473635a-7fff-e8f6-4d81-1c78979e4a83" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Pearl City, Hawaii</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-2473635a-7fff-e8f6-4d81-1c78979e4a83" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">bruce Behnke 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-2473635a-7fff-e8f6-4d81-1c78979e4a83"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-2473635a-7fff-e8f6-4d81-1c78979e4a83"><br /></p></div>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-67287894747735685772023-07-13T05:15:00.002-10:002023-07-13T09:40:06.288-10:00where are you living?<p><span style="color: #3e4855; font-family: Averta, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQx_bxlqaV_bZ-QSlWxtKLmUIzz6hfwgDvoC5EPf54ynCOjjpon2BhWpTIr0AR4uzhTa6IuVJZGU_Hpn2ELCh_wrsGyYDSys2xmIMam_aRXS1lJovB41zF9VKLTkeo3HyJ_n1umUFTFi6824Ax--uToBAgYq4Wj5Xo4L2RNg6085BCAPKukgmgopbAqjX/s4000/NagoyaVendor-03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="4000" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQx_bxlqaV_bZ-QSlWxtKLmUIzz6hfwgDvoC5EPf54ynCOjjpon2BhWpTIr0AR4uzhTa6IuVJZGU_Hpn2ELCh_wrsGyYDSys2xmIMam_aRXS1lJovB41zF9VKLTkeo3HyJ_n1umUFTFi6824Ax--uToBAgYq4Wj5Xo4L2RNg6085BCAPKukgmgopbAqjX/w640-h466/NagoyaVendor-03.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #3e4855; font-family: Averta, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are depressed, you are living in the past. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are anxious, you are living in the future. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are at peace, you are living in the present. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">~Laozi</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">photo: Vintage Clothes Shop</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nagoya, Japan</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">November, 2011</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #3e4855;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bruce Behnke</span></span></p>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-51913955732113051512023-07-04T20:41:00.000-10:002023-07-04T20:41:47.702-10:00the moon and the tides<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSIbLNYzAnf1SfsCkmkMnIsahzW_rxTv-YYLsul9gG5HbZy-cyUhfmMbYnT76AoqfXG_8CSBG9wb-W2_vnQZiB18_OHQ2IOvl1XzBy_nGEqXkEGW5XRF5BL0VtDLCUd6G9UEA4NFXzGT_yAqoFL-0A7x9zqHex9mXWidRjGWSYnA1o4S81rd4KHSNu5gl/s800/Screenshot_20230703-225806~3-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSIbLNYzAnf1SfsCkmkMnIsahzW_rxTv-YYLsul9gG5HbZy-cyUhfmMbYnT76AoqfXG_8CSBG9wb-W2_vnQZiB18_OHQ2IOvl1XzBy_nGEqXkEGW5XRF5BL0VtDLCUd6G9UEA4NFXzGT_yAqoFL-0A7x9zqHex9mXWidRjGWSYnA1o4S81rd4KHSNu5gl/w492-h640/Screenshot_20230703-225806~3-01.jpeg" width="492"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">This is a view of the full moon as seen from my house in Hawaii last night. It is considered a "super moon" because it is closest to the earth in its elliptical orbit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These very high tides can flood low coastal areas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Pearl City and Aiea, Hawaii U.S.A.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">photos: (c) bruce behnke 2023</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br></div><p></p>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-51963481870851636722023-05-04T13:03:00.002-10:002023-05-04T13:03:38.277-10:00Michigan Spring<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">or sailed to an uncharted island, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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For anyone who has used the star identification app "Sky Tonight" you will understand how the constellations can come alive with a dance of animals and mythological characters across the universe. Add a few shooting stars streaming across the sky and it becomes difficult to turn your back and go inside.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">I do not have the proper equipment to photograph the constellations, but I post the two photographs above to show how much was visible to the naked eye.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">photos: bruce behnke 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">Pearl City, Hawaii</span></p>Bruce Behnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875074975889065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627291706397139926.post-55241923626521593722023-02-18T13:56:00.003-10:002023-02-18T14:29:38.041-10:00fish in rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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