A week in which there are more public holidays than work* days (*except for academics who seem to have work to do everyday...) seems odd. I come from the land of the long weekend of course, today being one such day at home, but when it comes to public holidays, Japan has more than Australia, hands down.
So Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are holidays this week, meaning no classes for me until Thursday next week. It does seem odd being in the office. But if I hadn't been there today, I'd have missed the elegant manoeuvres of not one but two of the regular ships going about their regular business...with a wayward midday storm thrown in for good measure.
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| An eerie light during the storm |
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| Of course, the storm didn't stop little yella |
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| Just when I thought it was heading out... |
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| ....straight out... |
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| Turning right |
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| and off to the sea... |
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| it just spun right around again |
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| and around |
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| almost back to where it began |
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| and started the process of berthing again |
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| and parked |
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| There didn't seem to be any room for this one |
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| watching the anchor |
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| very close to the port wall |
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| sideways slide |
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| and in it went |
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| with a little help on the port |
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| a tug on the ropes |
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| one last tug |
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| and in, a tight fit, but there |
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| After all that, a little reflection on the water |
It is almost as if everything was on fast forward today to get five days of work done in two.
I think we all need a break after that.
[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 1.16pm, 2.19pm, 3.15pm-3.30pm, 4.00pm-4.13pm, 4.48pm; 1 May 2017]
