Author: Jim
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Golden Satay
Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora, Colorado. April 2026.
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Casper Echoes and Light
Late last year we visited my daughter and her husband twice in Casper, Wyoming, once at Thanksgiving and once just after Christmas. On the first trip, I heard about the Goose Egg Inn, which was about a 15-minute drive out of town. There are still lots of favorable reviews of the former bed & breakfast…
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A Bird’s Castle
Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora, Colorado. April 2026.
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Herons and Owls Aplenty
A few weeks ago I revisited Cherry Creek State Park specifically to photograph the nesting great blue herons. I did this two years ago, too, which is covered in a previous post. I approached the rookery from a different direction this time, which allowed me to get much closer to the nests. Last time I…
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Sky Light
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. October 2025.
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Japan Wrap-up
Sixteen posts on one trip is a lot, but it was a two-week trip, after all, in new places with lots of time to photograph lots of new things. I ended up with a little over 2,500 images and have now published 119 of them on this website. Of these, 102 were taken with my…
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Senga Spray
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. November 2025.
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Shosenkyo Gorge
My last full day in Japan was spent in the city of Kofu in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, and my daughter was back to work that day so I was on my own. I decided to take a 40-minute bus ride out to Shosenkyo Gorge. I knew that the bus left from bus stand…
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Sweeping View
Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. November 2025.
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Rural Aomori
There is always a big difference between urban and rural areas, but certainly in Japan, where Tokyo is on one side of the comparison, the difference is pretty extreme. I enjoyed seeing the this row of giant radishes hanging from a pole, which is definitely not something you would find in Shinjuku City. I’m not…