I have to put on my 'happy' hat tomorrow. Today was the day for preparing for that. I am affiliated with my university's Happiness Research institute and with that comes some occasional obligations outside the research parameters.
This term we are running a special course for undergraduate students whereupon several of us take a couple of lectures and workshops to speak to the students about 'happiness' from our respective research areas. Mine is politics, and international relations. I know, I hear you...happiness? in politics? in the world (as it is)?
Yeah, a challenge.
But then again, I'd rather be doing that than trying to park a large ship in a narrow port, (or even be a little boat trying to park a large ship in a narrow port).
That's what caught my eye today...
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| Happy colours |
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| The littlest boat |
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| Big front |
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| Anticipating... |
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| Out goes the rope (good throw) |
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| Followed by many more |
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| From all points |
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| But the anchor didn't go down |
The ship Kizuna (a cable-laying ship I gather) took some time to berth this afternoon, and I waited a while for that anchor to go down. It didn't. As a photographer anticipating something, I wasn't very happy.
But then we returned to our respective jobs and carried on regardless. Happy or otherwise.
[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 1.12pm, 4.07-4.43pm, 5.06pm; 9 May 2017]
