“End of another year and once again hydrogen is top of the periodic table. I don’t know why the others bother.”
— Simon Blackwell, tweeting"Leaves are for tourists..."
“…I’ve got work to do.”
Stratos 4 Advance
One of the things I discovered on my recent trip was that there were ten OVA episodes for Stratos 4, continuing the story. They were subbed by SS-Eclipse, whose torrent is still seeded, but since I discovered this by finding the DVD box set at a decent price, I only needed the softsubs, which were also floating around out there.
Hills on fire
I’ve been trying to space out the insane-fall-colors pictures, because it’s so easy to overdose. And this was on a cloudy day.
I think if you set your camera to “vivid”, you’d crack the lens after a while.
Life on the river
As always, the boatmen on the Hozugawa Kudari river-boat ride are cheerful and funny. I just wish I could keep up with their jokes.
Moats aren't just for duckies
They bought crackers
Play space
Just in case the kids don’t have the patience for a lengthy visit to the Kyoto Botanical Garden.
Beyond the obvious
One of my goals for this trip was to revisit places without the time pressure of a tour group. The tours are worth doing once, especially if you’re short on time, but you miss more than you see.
