tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100575702024-03-13T14:41:06.066-07:00HippoBlogIn omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libroHippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.comBlogger585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-33584186883853388692023-11-04T13:58:00.001-07:002023-11-04T13:58:41.894-07:00she's back Restored at Port Townsend, WA, the Western Flyer has returned to the Monterey Bay. Steinbeck and Ricketts would have been excited and happy.
"A boat, above all other inanimate things, is personified in man’s mind. Man, building this greatest and most personal of all tools, has in turn received a boat-shaped mind, and the boat, a man-shaped soul." - John Steinbeck
Photos by A. Racca
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-2758943406799989392023-10-31T15:20:00.002-07:002023-10-31T15:20:20.863-07:00scary blown-ups
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-82660429867988758162023-10-14T22:43:00.002-07:002023-10-17T11:25:06.561-07:00s&n's day & evening
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-62052181717622190662023-10-14T09:25:00.029-07:002023-10-16T10:42:34.461-07:0070% solar eclipse
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-79960973320366889152023-10-12T23:07:00.002-07:002023-10-16T15:49:25.019-07:00aurora borealis and denaliAll photos by Tomelia and Co.
Denali National Park
Exit Glacier
Exit Glacier
Aurora Borealis in Healy, AK
St Elias Range and Jarvis Creek
Whitehorse, Yukon
Moose encounter, Kenai Fjords NP
Gang in Sequim
Rocket Scientits and ROV
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-2988871995674593042023-09-11T23:59:00.176-07:002023-10-13T16:02:38.403-07:00SaudadeSaudade - a Portuguese word that has no exact English translation. As expressed in the book Distant Music (Lee Langley),
"Saudade is a Portuguese condition that resists translation,
composed of an unspecified yearning; a sense of displacement and solitariness,
a longing for the familiar, with a knowledge of the immensity of distance and
the fragility of human bonds. It is an ecstacy of Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-22467148335991534402023-09-10T19:03:00.033-07:002023-09-20T16:26:28.038-07:00MadeiraAnother one off the bucket list.
Highlights:
Pico do Arieiro - dramatic peaks, howling winds, majestic, breathtaking, spectacular views of the Madeira central mountains. Literally blew the Hip away!
Levadas - water channels from the mountains to the farm irrigations. Easy walks, tranquil views, serene. Loved it!
Funchal Monte Palace Tropical garden - colorful terracota tiles Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-61243872634781586022023-07-15T20:01:00.000-07:002023-07-15T20:01:02.761-07:00ACGA Paly 2023Gorgeous new pieces:
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-4554499873107009522023-06-17T23:59:00.525-07:002023-07-21T10:48:48.498-07:00Açores - finally dream come trueAt 11 she received a postcard from her Azorean penpal. it showed a small square at the heart of Angra. Since then she knew she had to visit the islands.
so many years have gone by, finalmente one more off her bucket list.
Summary of the highlights:
• Comfort at the Star Inn just across from the Lisbon airport
Called them once arrived at the airport, and the hotel shuttle came to Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-48582056916769667892023-04-19T17:02:00.025-07:002023-04-24T17:13:57.827-07:00interlude
Monster at McCarran Gen Korean BBQ
Top Gun Strawberry DaiquiriEmperor explosion
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-19825738021303287002023-04-01T20:24:00.026-07:002023-04-06T16:00:54.519-07:00pier no moreSeacliff pier taken down by storm:
Photo by A Racca
Photo by TomasoHippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-78797269644579157042023-03-18T09:46:00.042-07:002023-03-20T10:00:46.377-07:00another bathdayCherry pie, tapas and paella at Barceloneta
lunch spread - truffle manchego, toscano soaked in Tempranillo, salmon, salame, samosas, homemade guacamole
Wind Blower spitted out ice Photo by A RaccaHippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-40701836985271805952023-03-14T10:10:00.027-07:002023-03-20T10:27:54.005-07:00floats to south atlanticOceanographic science floats to be flown to Cape Town, loading aboard the icebreaker Nathaniel B Palmer, to be deployed in the South Atlantic somewhere between Cape of Good Hope and Punta Arenas in May
Kids logos and floats
Artist Trinh decorating Jenny Do's float, Patty n Trinh in the Ocean Science Bldg at the U of Washington
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-40450078569777579142023-03-12T17:09:00.080-07:002023-03-20T10:29:01.269-07:00girls getawayViansa Winery
The Girl and the Fig - A's Flounder with capers, Hip's Duck Confit
The Lodge at Sonoma
Tasca Tasca - Queijo de São Jorge, Bolinhas de Bacalhau, Caldo Verde
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-69970240521670176832023-03-05T10:06:00.015-08:002023-03-07T14:32:20.156-08:00Hip got visitor tooThe Goose got an unexpected visitor. The Hippo got one too and when told Goose, Goose said 'my visitor might think your visitor was lunch'. But Midori is there with a candle lighter to protect the Hip's visitor. So hawk beware and better behave.
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-16193641902198996822023-01-05T16:19:00.003-08:002023-01-06T16:11:43.364-08:00storm and destruction
pier destroyed, boat sunk - photos by ORaccas
The gang on a stormy day
sunset and destruction
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-64078839113898802772022-12-30T22:09:00.003-08:002023-01-04T14:27:57.646-08:00big Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-19514324378789261232022-12-26T23:17:00.009-08:002022-12-29T16:04:02.893-08:00beloved of Amun, chosen of Ra Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibit at De Young Museum, SF
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-25268248403949461952022-12-20T11:14:00.016-08:002023-01-03T15:56:12.894-08:00snow leo-pard The Leos send their good wishes to their cousins ...
C the above in Difference Clouds
Above in Difference Clouds
Above in Difference Clouds
Above in Difference Clouds
Above in Oil Paint
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Drops Solarized
Drops in Difference Clouds
Drops Solarized and Difference Clouds
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Stuart the Minion
Mama and baby DinoSnoopy Nasa Astronaut
Lego Turkey and GokuLego Turkey
Goku2022 USA FIFA
2022 USA FIFA
Ryan's World
Bart
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-81330645488309130972022-10-31T01:01:00.000-07:002022-11-03T13:20:01.399-07:00spookiesHippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-72541891092386433442022-10-13T21:16:00.005-07:002022-10-20T15:37:58.514-07:00ainda mais um poucosLake Powell, Gregory Arch, Escalante Arch, Cathedral and Bryce hoodoos by O'Raccas (click on image to zoom):
In Difference Clouds
In Difference Clouds
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-45270366770310424352022-10-10T21:53:00.002-07:002022-10-12T16:58:54.714-07:00Mais alguns lindos Upper Antelope Canyon by O'Raccas (click on image to zoom):
In Difference Clouds
In Difference Clouds
Hippobeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907022246217111051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10057570.post-45627931084251181532022-10-09T19:37:00.000-07:002022-10-12T16:58:28.457-07:00lindos de OutubroFrom Whitney Portal and Zion by O'Raccas (click on image to zoom):
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