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Category Archives: Landscapes

Facing The Tracks

April 19, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

I was walking into Oppama, and was waiting for a train to pass… when I noticed the backsides of the buildings that line the tracks. They were asking to have […]

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2018, Architecture, Japan, Landscapes, photograph, Things Seen, Travel

Niwaki Has Stole My Heart

April 12, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

We arrived late in Japan, and went to bed not long aftewards. The next morning it was raining, but on rising early went for a walk anyway. The very first […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Gardening, Japan, Landscapes, photograph, Things Seen, Travel, trees

Stone Wall, Revisited and Crossed Over

April 10, 2018by tompostpile 6 Comments

Here is one photograph for you to consider. When I pressed the shutter for this picture, I thought, “Oh, I hope I got that.” With a little cropping, I think […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

Off on the Ridge Trail

April 9, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

When I was young, fields and woods started at the edge of our yard, and went southwest for miles, with hardly a house to be seen. In my short lifetime […]

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2018, Coquina, Essay, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury

Early Spring Opening.

March 31, 2018by tompostpile Leave a comment

Most of the tompostpile’s March has been “Japan”. I’m not done with Japan. I never will be. Sorting through the experience, and through the thousands of photos taken, will take […]

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2018, Birds, Black Point Beach, Coquina, Essay, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, Quansoo, South Beach, Words

Sakura!

March 30, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

“Sakura” was one of the first Japanese words I ever learned. Sakura = cherry blossom. Here’s a character for “sakura”. I wish I knew about ten thousand more ideograms. In […]

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2018, Color, Flowers, Gardening, Japan, Landscapes, Nature, photograph, Travel, Words

Through the Hills at Nightfall

March 16, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

  We left Mount Fuji behind us, and continued into the darkening land. Details reduced in the dimming light, and shapes took over. As we went through this place I’d […]

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2018, Abstracts, Color, Essay, Haiku, Japan, Landscapes, Nature, photograph

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