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[TotallyUncool]

Happy Birthday Moh and Boinsie!

[Moh]

Happy birthday, Moh!!

Happy birthday, boinsie!

[Spaghetti-Western]

It's a good year for mushrooms here out in the Pacific North West: get some!
(Apples and other fruit are also a bit much).

[Moh]

It's been unseasonably warm all week, but it's been so dry that it actually feels comfortable. And since it was so nice out today, I went to an area I hadn't visited yet.

These were taken with my phone.

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And some bonus images from my digital camera cause I like how vibrant the colors turned out.

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This is all part of Little River Canyon. There's a nice accessible path leading to a view of the waterfall, which isn't very impressive right now due to a lack of rain.
There's also a not-so-accessible path that you can take directly to the river bed. You can actually walk on it during the dry season! And yes, you can swim in certain areas.

[Zunu]

Really gorgeous photos.

[Amped]

Tokyo Lens' Norm did a live stream walk around at a thrift store in Japan called "YuYu Ichiba" a few days ago

[erilaz]

^ A new store recently opened in my neighborhood that is described as a "mid-century vintage modern collective". In other words, it's various sellers' consignments of antiques and not-quite-antiques that are mostly from the 1980s or before, sold under one roof. It's one of those places where I see items that I own with prices considerably higher than what I paid, or things that I used to own as a kid and wish I still did. It's not a thrift store, for sure, but there's some interesting stuff at affordable prices in the mix. On my first visit, I paid $1 for a postcard (vintage 1960s?) featuring an old-timey Ghirardelli chocolate ad and only $4 for a CorningWare cornflower design casserole dish from the mid-1960s that is just like one that I use regularly. No lid, unfortunately, but still a great deal (the cheapest identical item on eBay is about $14 including shipping).

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Tokyo Lens goes to Japan's BIGGEST Thrift Antique Store (Chiba)

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Enjoy your Happy Holidays, Merry Christmases, Hanukkahs, etc

[boinsie]

Happy holidays everyone! I blanked on setting up the holiday card exchange this year. Oops.
Someone sent me a physical $25 Amazon gift card and I have no idea who it was. I assume it was no one from this forum, but.. I'm puzzled lol