Angry building, Oregon or Washington, 1999

According to passersby, the builder had exceeded the permit height and the local government issued a stop work order. The builder did not take it well. I think this is Oregon coast but it could be Washington, 1999. 

 

Anna, French bulldog

 

Flowers in spring snow, Guelph, 1990s

 

Coral Fungus, Minnesota, 1999

 

Mom's ghost and comet

My late mother in front of the Hale-Bopp comet, c. 1997. Long exposure with flash.

 

Narita, Japan, 1998

 I guess I've been to Japan three times - I passed through it going back and forth to Malaysia in the fall of 1998 and Thailand and as a destination in 2000.

I didn't have time to see Japan the first time, and the return I only had a bit of a layover - enough to take the train to Narita city and quickly see a temple. I had to use a cheap camera that I bought after I broke mine. I got out of the station and happened on the temple.

Naritasan Shinsho-ji

真言宗智山派 成田山 新勝寺 :

The street leading up to the temple looked like it had been a tourist destination for centuries. A shopkeeper said 'Good Morning' to me in English as he opened his shop for the day.

 

Fire in Akwesasne, 1990s

I think this is a prescribed burn as it happened a few times in the early Spring. Akwesasne, 1990s