So tomorrow is Xmas day and if all goes according to plan I will get a double shot of Xmas. I get up in Okinawa, take a plane at lunchtime-ish and arrive in SF at 9:30 am on Xmas day – before I left. Date line devotion.
Today is a public holiday on account of it being the Emperor’s birthday. I go for a ramble.
It’s pineapple time on Okinawa
How many of these vegetables do you recognize?
j
In Scotland, Seagulls follow the plough. Here it is Egrets
Marsh Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
Cattle Egret
Whoa, Shelduck!
A Pale Faced Buzzard and a Grey Heron chilling. How cool is that?!!
A Pale Thrush – Winter visitor
This is a Pacific Reef Egret – grey morph.
Okinawa is irresistible.
I look up and there is an Osprey
I do not know if this is a vegetable or whether it is grown for aesthetics
Happy Christmas everyone – tomorrow to San Francisco!
So here is Farewell To Erin played by the Bothy Band in, I think, 1978.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aWl_qdUK1o
The music never really got better than this.
The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond 
Happy Christmas wherever you are! Can’t quite work out where in the world you are at this precise moment. Say hello to the lads.
Merry Christmas and a Guid New Year from Bobby and Anne
When do you get back to your lovely beach home?
Thanks Anne,
Glad tidings etc to you and Bobby.
Hope the sun is shining in SF – it surely is not here, no it’s not, in fact it is raining and many folk are washed out of their homes. Strong drink is indicated. Waiting for Ann to get home from the hospital , where there are folk having a very bad time. more strong drink.
Ian
Things sound pretty bad but strong drink is the silver lining
Please wish all Happy stuff. Are you going to Rosy’s?
N