Day 22 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Road, suggested by @jomalo

An old road maybe, running through the fields above the cliffs near to Ho’okipa, Maui

An old road maybe, running through the fields above the cliffs near to Ho’okipa, Maui

Day 21 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Fall, suggested by @pcora

A Horse Chestnut leaves start to change colour as Fall approaches. Bristol, England.

Fall colours as the leaves change on a Horse Chestnut tree in Bristol

Jet lag sucks, and I find that there is something settling about sitting quietly while the world outside sleeps.

🥱 Up early, did I go to sleep(?), for a jet lag informed breakfast.

🥱 Up early, did I go to sleep(?), for a jet lag informed breakfast.

Day 20 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Disruption, suggested by me, @crossingthethreshold

I had no idea what I would post when I suggested this subject for a photo, but settled for snow in Portland from when we lived there in 2013.

Snow on the streets of Portland, Oregon in 2013

🌧️ It’s pouring in southern England right now. On my way down to Bristol from Heathrow airport.

🌧️ It’s pouring in southern England right now. On my way down to Bristol from Heathrow airport.

Celebrating 60 years orbiting the sun. This time in a hotel at San Francisco airport. On my way to England this evening.

Birthday cards beside my bed at a San Francisco airport hotel

Day 19 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Edge, suggested by @rnv

Two edges. The horizon and the west coast of the United States last night, just south of San Francisco.

Looking towards the horizon as I approach and see the US west coast, just south of San Francisco, flying in from Maui

We safely arrived at the Grand Hyatt Hotel at SFO, and there were two bottles of Prosecco and a box of chocolate biscuits waiting for me. Tomorrow is my birthday. Thank you Hyatt Hotel for recognizing tomorrow and celebrating with me on the road.

Tomorrow onto the UK to visit my mother, a visit that I had to cancel back in June as I was so ill.

Day 18 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Fabric, suggested by @adam

Rolls of indigo fabric. Chikugo, Japan.

Rolls of indigo fabric. Chikugo, Japan

Day 17 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: intense, suggested by @rori

The noise from these mechanical looms was intense, as in loud. They were weaving indigo cloth. Hirokawa, Japan.

A small factory of mechanical looms, weaving indigo cloth, in Hirokawa, Japan

Here is the full video of me leaning against the wind in the Isle of Skye. Yesterday, as a part of the September Photoblogging Challenge, I posted a still from this video.

Day 16 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: oof!, suggested by @bkryer

Being held up by the strong winds on the Isle of Skye.

Me leaning into the strong winds on the Isle of Skye

😰 It is so humid outside right now, that it just saps my energy.

😰 It is so humid outside right now, that it just saps my energy.

Day 15 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Red, suggested by @chiawase

A red bicycle in Florence, Italy.

A red bicycle leaning against a wall in Florence, Italy

With the release of the new iPhones, I suddenly realise that my iPhone 13 Mini is already two years old. I have no plans to buy a new model, but boy, time flies.

The Trash Collectors

It’s Thursday evening. Time for the weekly ritual of putting the trash bins out for their collection on Friday morning. Tomorrow as I am waking up and making the first cup of coffee of the day, I will be greeted by the roar and grind of the truck carrying the trash collectors. It is a part of the weekly ritual marking the ticking of the weekly clock and the approaching week’s end.

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