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2/22/2026 Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics, A blog post from Japan
Hello from Kobe, Japan, オリンピックの思い出 昨夜のミラノ–コルティナオリンピック女子1500mスピードスケートでの高木美帆選手の結果は残念でしたが、この二週間を締めくくるにあたり、私たちが目撃した多くのドラマチックで感動的な瞬間に感謝の意を表したいと思います。メダリストだけでなく、表彰台に立てなかった選手たちにも拍手を送りたいです。メダルの色はしばしば運に左右されると思います。もちろん、ノルウェーのクレーボのような「モンスター」アスリートがノルディックスキー競技で金メダルを獲得することは当然期待されますが、彼でさえも、良いタイミング、良いコンディション、そして良い運という三つの要素から恩恵を受けています。他の多くのアスリートは、タイミングのわずかな変化が結果を決定する競技で戦っています。 冬季オリンピックへの愛 私はいつも冬季オリンピックでのアルペンスキー、スキージャンプ、フィギュアスケートを見るのが大好きでした。海外で働いていたとき、いくつかのオリンピックスキージャンプを訪れました。冬ではなく、ヨーロッパスキージャンピ

Takeaki Iida


4/2/2023 Spring in Japan - Cherry Blossoms in Hikone Castle
It's bit strange to send the titled email when you are in Japan, but I feel like it's paired with my previous photos of “Weeping Cherry...

Takeaki Iida


3/29/2023 The Weeping Cherry Blossom in Maruyama Park in Kyoto
I went to see the weeping cherry blossom in Maruyama Park in Kyoto. The current large trees are the second generation, and the first...

Takeaki Iida


4/15/2022 Jet, My Beloved ... (from North Carolina)
Jet helping me in the garden put down landscape fabric. I don't get much done because he is always standing on top of and dropping his...

Susan Ayala


7/20/2021 Summer in Denver
Our garden is coming together. We installed new fences that keep out the deer. The weather is incredible. The flowers are really...

RGC


5/31/2021 Spring in our Santa Fe home and garden
We are still waiting for our roses to bloom in full but the weather has been lovely and the flowers have arrived!

Anne Chognard


5/21/2021 Colorado Opened in the Mountains
Colorado has opened in the mountains this week. It has been over a year that things may finally be heading in the right direction as far...

RGC


4/16/2021 Spring Storm in April in Colorado
Spring Storm in Colorado Today & Flowers are Blooming over the weekend

RGC


3/28/2021 "Inokashira Park" Spring in Full Bloom despite the Corona
Inokashira Park (井の頭恩賜公園, Inokashira Onshi Kōen) in Tokyo Inokashira Park (井の頭恩賜公園, Inokashira Onshi Kōen) in Tokyo Tama Cemetery (多磨霊園,...

Motoko K


3/27/2021 Spring has Sprung in North Carolina!
Such a beautiful season of hope!

Susan Ayala


3/17/2021 From Colorado after the Storm
After the big storm went through yesterday, this is one of the best days ever that I have seen for cross-country skiing! It was a perfect...

RGC


2/23/2021 In Gold Lacquer
Winter’s grasp has held tight to February with prodigious amounts of freezing rain and two ice storms. When not frozen, the grass is...

Susan Ayala


2/5/2021 "Morning Walk with Igor" By Susan Ayala
It is a beautiful, crisp morning and Igor and I are about to commence our daily routine of rousing him out of his crate, and after a...

Susan Ayala
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