Photo Challenge
Day 30: 📷 hometown (@mattypenny) #mbApr
I am literally 9,788 kilometers from my hometown, but this community clinging to the side of the mountain at the northern tip of Taiwan is home to many, and a sight to behold! 😍
Day 29: 📷 drift (@SimonWoods) #mbApr
After days of rain and cloud on this #Taiwan trip, we got a perfectly clear 34ºC day with just this little wisp of cloud drifting above the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
Day 28: 📷 community (@stupendousman) #mbApr
Depiction of community festival at the Taiwan National History Museum. #Taiwan
Day 27: 📷 surprise (@Sdevore) #mbApr
One of the suprising things visiting the holy site of the Buddha tooth relic (see previous post) was finding… a DINOSAUR display!? Unexpected… but at least its a herbivore! 🌱🦕
Day 26: 📷 critter (@7robots) #mbApr
Some delicious critters at the night market from our first day in Taiwan.
Day 25: 📷 spine (@thedimpause) #mbApr
To the east of Osaka, floating above the tops of the buildings in the distance, is the Ikoma mountain range, the spine that runs up the middle of Kansai separating the Osaka Plain from the Nara Basin. This is my morning coffee view from the balcony. ☀️☕⛰️⛰️⛰️
Day 24: 📷 light (@eumrz) #mbApr
The cherry blossoms are long gone, so I have not held myself to that rule for the last couple of weeks, but I am glad to get you some cherry blossoms for tonight’s photo 💡🌸
Day 23: 📷 dreamy (@maique) #mbApr
Love this local flower shop overflowing with leaves and twigs of all shapes and sizes. It makes me think of James C Scott. It also makes me think of my wife, since I buy stuff 💐 for her here.
Store name translates as:
夢 - dream 挿 - to put into a vase 花 - flowers
Day 22: 📷 blue (@lzbth) #mbApr
A reclining Myaku-Myaku, official character of the Osaka Expo 2025.
(and yes, I know you are wondering but I can confirm he has an eye on his backside)
Day 21: 📷 mountain (@dejus) #mbApr
Pouring rain 🌧️ so couldn’t get you a pic of Ikoma mountains which look amazing from my apt… so I went to the Ancient Mexico exhibit and got this ziggurat. See more pics: www.flickr.com/photos/sa…
Day 20: 📷 ice (@the) #mbApr
25º in Osaka today. Tea, Waffles, and アイス
Day 19: 📷 birthday (@crossingthethreshold) #mbApr
In Japan orchids like this are usually presented as gifts to celebrate a new shop opening. Happy birthday! 🎈🥳
Day 18: 📷 mood (@agilelisa) #mbApr
Every time I ride my bike past this…
Day 17: 📷 transcendence (@drewbelf) #mbApr
You are connected to those in the past, in the present, and the future. You are transcendent.
(📸 This is my family altar 仏壇 🙏📿)
Day 16: 📷 flâneur (@chrisaldrich) #mbApr
Daughter got some new kicks and immediately decorated them in her style. She travels at her own pace. 🌈✌️
Day 15: 📷 small (@jmanes) #mbApr
Since I started this April photo challenge my 12 year old daughter has been inspired and has been participating with her iPhone. Today she took a better “small” photo than I did so I am posting hers in lieu of mine (with due credit!) 👏
Day 14: 📷 cactus (@christopherchelpka) #mbApr
Last Xmas my daughter gave me this little felt cactus to put on my desk so I would have some green around me that wouldn’t die 🌵
(In the background is a photo of my daughters in their kimono 👘🥹)
Day 13: 📷 page (@robj) #mbApr
After finishing off a 250 page notebook, I recently bought a new Leuchtturm1917 in Stone Blue. Also got a new Uni Jetstream Edge in a matching colour. More on journaling: chadkohalyk.com/2021/02/0…
Day 12: 📷 magic (@DaveyCraney) #mbApr
The cherry blossoms are almost done 🌸! Here are fortune slips that must not have told of the best future, so were left behind.
Check the Replies to see a gallery of other charms and magical items I captured on today’s ride.
#桜 #Japan
Day 11: 📷 sky (@jedda) #mbApr
Today was cloudy, so I decided to go shoot the Umeda Sky Building in the dark for you. Of course, I had to get some sakura 🌸 in there. Check the replies for some closeups of the hole that goes to the 40th F roof and daytime shots
