Showing posts with label Miyagi Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miyagi Island. Show all posts

Monday, June 6, 2016

Miyagi Island Never Disappoints -- Just Remain Flexible

art, wooden,field, Miyagi Island, Okinawa

An Unexpected Discovery

 

 

Searching for works of art, wasn't in the plan for today but, look at what I found.

The reason we went out to that island, was to find a castle, we had never heard of before.

Map It Okinawa dude and, I love finding new, off-the-wall places, to tell you about.

We got real close to the castle today but, decided to postpone the excursion.

The next time we go castle hunting, we'll be better prepared and, getterdun.

Nobody warned us about, needing machetes, boots, jeans, snake and bug repellent, to get there.

Thunderstorms and hunger, came along while we were out exploring.

It's a good thing this artwork was spotted and a photo taken, earlier in the day.

A sign, posted nearby gave me some information about the masterpiece.

The work was done by an artist named Yasuto Hibi and, here's what it represents:

"Wood aiming to be a gigantic tree."

Is that cool or what ?

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Travel Photo: Santa's Already at Miyagi Island

Seen Today in Broad Daylight

 

 

It was a nice day to get some island-hopping done.

Good old Doc Graff and, I decided to search for some more of Okinawa's sacred trees.

Santa, ladder, Miyagi-jima

It was really surprising to run across this character, climbing a ladder.

The photo was taken with a Pentax K3, using burst mode.

Lens: Pentax 18-250 at 18mm.

Exposure: f/11   1/100   ISO 100  

Date and Time:  DEC 23 2014  12:23PM






Saturday, February 8, 2014

Flower Photos: Red Powderpuff


These photos were taken, yesterday on Miyagi Island.

The plant's scientific name is Calliandra haematocephala.


These bright red flowers are blooming not far from my office, on one of the back streets, too.

flowers, Red Powderpuff, leaves

The wife and I, spotted them on the way to the doctor, the other day.

It's always best to go somewhere else and shoot flowers in people's yards.

That's because, sometimes I have to climb fences or, lay on the ground to compose my shots.

People might think you're crazy when they see what you're doing.

It's alright, if you act like a nut someplace where nobody knows you.

But, you really shouldn't do crazy stuff in your hometown.

They should make that the 11th Commandment.  Dontcha think ?