JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

One of this morning’s pictures of the golden hue sunlit sky on island. View a brief slideshow video of the pictures here.

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Wednesday October 4, 2006 [C(3/365) LW(4/365) SH(4/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Summer (????)

October 2006 Total:
C-cloudy (3/365) PC-partly cloudy (1/365)
SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
LW-light winds (4/365)
SH-slightly humid (4/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (30/365) C-cloudy (44/365) PC-partly cloudy (49/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (36/365) LW-light winds (74/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (75/365) SH-slightly humid (42/365)

This is the latest of the video projects … an updated long version of the 2005 Take 2 fireplace video. Yes, one can find a few fireplaces on Okinawa, usually in the older homes built around the 50’s.

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Tuesday October 3, 2006 [C(2/365) SR(1/365) LW(3/365) SH(3/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Summer (????)

October 2006 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (1/365)
SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
LW-light winds (3/365)
SH-slightly humid (3/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (30/365) C-cloudy (43/365) PC-partly cloudy (49/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (36/365) LW-light winds (73/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (75/365) SH-slightly humid (41/365)

Another of the emerging sun pics.

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Monday October 2, 2006 [PC(1/365) LW(2/365) SH(2/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Summer (????)

October 2006 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365) PC-partly cloudy (1/365)
LW-light winds (2/365)
SH-slightly humid (2/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (30/365) C-cloudy (43/365) PC-partly cloudy (49/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (36/365) LW-light winds (73/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (75/365) SH-slightly humid (41/365)

I was out trying to capture some of the local bird song this morning and was lucky enough to also catch a few photos of the midmorning sun as it emerged from a billowy cloud.

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It has been a real long time since something has gotten under my skin enough to want to rant about it. Well this weekend the nonsense just added up. So here it goes:

I’ve usually been the type of person who believed that others have the right to believe in what they want to, it’s thier life and their choice – as long as no abuse (physical or mental) to others is stemming from that belief. At the same time I believe that no one else has the right to tell me what I should think or believe in.

What does that have to do with my rant? When it comes to other people coming in to my husband’s establishment trying to tell me (I help out every weekend) how I should conduct business, especially when they are trying to profit from it personally, is just plain bull****! I don’t care if it’s a group or an individual, thier agenda it just that – theirs…not mine. And I really don’t appreciate when the people who are instigating the disharmony are the one’s trying to pass their selves off as promoters of nonagression. Trying to intimidate, manipulate, or purposely aggravate is not a sign of nonagression, no matter who the perpetrator is.

Sunday October 1, 2006 [C(1/365) LW(1/365) SH(1/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Summer (????)

October 2006 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365)
LW-light winds (1/365)
SH-slightly humid (1/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (30/365) C-cloudy (43/365) PC-partly cloudy (48/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (36/365) LW-light winds (72/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (75/365) SH-slightly humid (40/365)