Sun Going Down on the Peshtigo River.............   

I captued this shot today of a Storm coming , on a drive back to Wisconsin from  Minnosota ..... 

There was a county wide "Rapid Water Rescue" practice this morning. The weather was terrible, i.e., cloudy, drizzly, wet, etc. The same is being predicted for the next week or so.

Anyway, while at the practice I had casually mentioned that I had to take a picture at exactly 11:00 CDT. That was a mistake, as I kept hearing this same voice over and over saying, "Can I be in the picture? Please, please, oh please. Can I, can I, huh, can I? Pretty please?"

Well, being the kind sort that I am, I finally gave in and said, "Okay, I guess so."

So, here it is.

Synchronicity of Photographica

Was it just me, or was there a distinct drop of availabe light as I snapped the shutter. Almost as if light all over the world was being sucked up at that very instant.

Again it's back.
The feel of dread is back.
The feel of death is back.
Again it's BLACK

Once again I have been placed in a dark, almost coffin like box, and sent on my way. I look forward so to my adventures and visits with the friends of Tomitake, however the long trips in the black box are.....are...Wait! The box stopped moving and has been still for quite a while, and I hear footsteps approaching. Now the box and I are being gently lifted, then placed softly on a hard object. Now I hear the familiar sound of tape being cut. I am so excited, I can hardly stand it! The box starts to open and I see for the first time, the friendly eyes of Pyro43.

Hana arrived in Grafton, Wisconsin late Friday, May 5, 2006. Hana was greeted by weather in the 40s. It was a big change from the California weather. I was quite busy with yard work on Saturday so told Hana to play outdoors alone for a while, and I would catch up later.

Pyro was working in the yard Saturday, so I got to explore and play alone. Pyro has a couple apple trees in his yard so I went ahead and climbed one of them. I was really high. When I was up in the tree, guess what I saw. A swing hanging from one of the branches. This is a special swing. It's not too big. It's not too small. It's just right. Well about this time, I was so excited that I had to go real bad. So I went to the outhouse Ha, Ha! I fooled you! It's really a (snicker) wren house. Then I did a really cool thing. I climbed really high and sat in one of Pyro's tulips.  It was almost enough to make me sick when the wind made the tulip sway back and forth, but it was fun. When I got down, I saw some giant leaves and went over by them. I guess it's called rhubarb, but to me it's almost like atrampoline. Then I wandered back to the house and spotted something way up high. I shinnied up one board and walked along a skinny board and saw arobin's nest. Pyro says there's one there every year. I got tired of playing outside, so I went in the house and Pyro let me review my past visits on Photographica. . I even checked on Kazu. We haven't heard from him in a while I do hope Kazu is all right. Finally, Pyro got done working and we went to one of the parks in town just a few blocks from Pyro's house. I jumped out of Pyro's truck and I saw my family. I ran toward them with joy in my heart....

Oh dear. I feel terrible. Hana is lost. I think Hana got confused by the dandelions. Hana jumped from my truck and ran off only to be lost in a Sea of Yellow. Tomorrow the village crew will be cutting the grass here in the park. I hope I can find Hana before it's too late. I can't see Hana, can you?

Will Hana be lost forever? Will Hana be chewed up and spit out by a lawn mower? Will Hana drown in the Sea of Yellow? Will it snow again this spring? Will Pyro forever be plagued by hangnails? Does anyone really care?

For the answers to these and other questions, be sure to tune in next time for the further adventures of Hana and Pyro43.