Simply Spectacular Cycling Sunrise

I’ve got nothing to write about, other than being extraordinarily lucky to get consecutive days of glorious sunrises over the Tama River.

I’d take a decent camera to get better photos except it’s still hot and the sweat would destroy the DSLR’s parts as happened with my other cameras.

So I have to be satisfied with just the mobile phone, which doesn’t take good shots, so what’s visible here is not a patch on what I get to see with my own eyes.

Cop A Gander At These Rippers Too...

  • ブルラマカンカって、いったいどこまで遠いの？

    How Far Out Is Bullamakanka, Really? Bullamakanka is a Strine name for an imaginary place deep in the Australian outback. 日本語の意味 Bullamakanka はオーストラリアの「とてつもなく遠い場所」を表す架空の地名です。 Explanation It’s the Aussie equivalent of saying “the middle of nowhere.” 日本語での解説 日本語なら「ど田舎」や「辺ぴな場所」に近い表現です。 Example “He lives out in Bullamakanka somewhere.” 日本語訳 「彼はど田舎のどこかに住んでいるよ。」 Strine Culcha Australians love inventing funny names for places that don’t exist. オージー文化メモ 存在しない地名で「遠すぎる場所」を表すのは、オージーらしいユーモアです。 Related Terms

  • Waking Up Early Helps Dreams Come True

    I don’t want to sound like I’m virtue signaling or anything like that, but my experience has been that the more active I am in the early morning, the greater the likelihood that I’ll gee myself up into being a decent person and go about making the most of the day. It’s helped a lot in the past few days that we have had simply astounding weather in Tokyo, with glorious sunrises (and sunsets), creating spectacular views. And I’m aslo blessed today because Mrs. Kangaeroo has kicked me out of the kitchen and is cooking up a storm for us to dine with a group of former co-workers for lunch…

  • | |

    Big Red Bike Tour Stage 5: Beating Around The Bush

    Considering the Big Red is made to go pretty much anywhere, I shouldn’t have been beating around the bush about going off road. But I have: until today, when we hit the dirt. I can’t go far from home as I need to look after Dino the rosy faced lovebird. But that was fine as my regular route along the Tama River also has many off-road tracks. I can’t say the idea of rough riding is enticing, but I figured I’d give it a try today. I almost immediately regretted it, though, as just minutes into hitting the dirt track, I looked down to my computer device only to discover…

  • |

    「やばいリンガル」 Thongs

    　今、オーストラリアは真夏に向かっているので、町の中では多くのオージーがthong姿を見せてくれるようになる。しかし、それを他の英語圏の人に言ったら、彼らは顔を赤らめるだろう。何でだろう？オーストラリアでのThong姿は、全然恥ずかしくないのに。 It’s approaching midsummer in Australia and many Aussies would now be getting about in thongs. Tell that to someone from another English-speaking country and they may assume it would be a time for red faces. Why thongs? And why so embarrassing?

  • A Monster Mashup In Western Tokyo

    Given the gift of an afternoon off, I got on my bike and rode somewhat familiar paths to get reacquainted with old monster “mates” I’d encountered in days gone by. First, I met green Godzilla, a topiary treat from Toho, before heading toward Chofu to see a collection of the yokai spirits created by Shigeru Mizuki. A little bit of a roundabout journey followed, dropping by the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka and then onto the Kokubunji Totoro before racing back to pick up a new phone bought because the battery in my old one conks out within a couple of hours of using it. Unfortunately, performance on the new phone…