Kiyomizu-Dera Temple

Kiyomizu-dera

Yesterday, we visited the Kiyomizu-Dera Temple in Kyoto. It’s a beautiful temple!

 

Blooming Flowers

Flowers

Some of the flowers that were blooming on the rooftop garden.  I just love flowers!

Old Barn

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A touch of old.  I was actually trying to take a picture of the barn from far away, but I couldn’t back my camera out in time.  I think it came out pretty good!

Wings Aflit

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Not that I like buzzards, but this was a surprisingly good picture of them 🙂

Pelicans in the Midwest!

PelicansIt’s funny.  I always thought pelicans and seagulls were oceanic birds.  However, we actually have a ton of them in the midwest.  For some reason the gulls like the Rivers (and the farms).  You will see a lot of them in the water pooling in the rows of crops on the farm.  And the pelicans show up with the eagles in winter.  Now sure if they get confused by the river water or what, but hey! I get to see pelicans!!

 

Romance in the City

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I just loved this little splash of romance in the middle of the city 🙂

Roof Garden in Seoul

Roof Garden

Roof Garden in Seoul, Korea.  I had never really been on one of the roof gardens, so I expected then to be kind of small.  However, apparently some of them are a pretty decent size!

Korean War Memorial

Korean War Memorial

The Monument at the War Memorial of Korean. Funny thing, I thought it was supposed to be the Korean War Museum (i.e. just that war), but it is actually dedicated to all the wars they’ve fought in. So it included stuff clear back to the ancient days. This monument though was their big dedication to the Korean War.

Purely Iowa

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Rushing Water

Rushing Water

Small waterfall amidst the big ones at Panther Falls in Virginia