Happy SUNday! – Dolls from Yokohama and more.

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When Carol and I lived in Yokohama in the late 1970s, a wonderful local artist made these dolls for us. We’ve kept them in a glass display cabinet all of these years and they remind us of how much we enjoyed our time there. Such artistry! Dolls photographed with my Samsung Galaxy S4 camera.

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Morning glory on the garden shed – Yokohama 1978. The door was salvaged from the local Navy Lodge from their vast trove of bits and pieces in the maintenance office. This image is scanned from a picture I took with my Kodak EK4 instant camera on Kodak film. Kodaks brief foray into instant photography.

Unrelated to the dolls, here’s the garden shed that I built for Carol. The Housing Office on the Navy base that we lived on in the Naka ward in Yokohama had free wood that you could use for projects such as this and the fence you see to its right. The lumber was free and so was the paint – only one color was available so everything was painted the same color in the neighborhood!

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Stacked sky high!

While on a walkabout on the backstreets in our neighborhood we discovered this “wall” of crates just outside of a bar. The image was taken with my Canon F-1 on Kodachrome film – 1978.

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Charmander Attacks!

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Ultra rare 1999 Topps Pokémon TV Animation Edition Series 1 Foil 3rd Printing collectible card with debossed teardrops and flames.

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Due to a printing error, the “Topps” logo (bottom center) should be green vice black. All of these special foil cards should be green to match the rest of the 3rd printing in Series 1. Confused? To a collector (my kids) this is cool stuff so that means its cool stuff to me too! Of all the characters that my kids were followers of I personally enjoyed the Pokémon the most.

Have a beautiful day! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Shea Stadium August 19, 1972

New York Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds at Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York. A Saturday afternoon game on August 19, 1972, with a crowd of 43,257 fans. The Mets lost 5-0 to the Reds.

47 years ago almost to the day.

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(L-R) Pete Rose LF, Tom Gorman Home Plate Umpire, Yogi Berra Manager, Chris Pelekoudas 1B, Nick Colosi 2B, Andy Olsen 3B.

Tom Seaver

The GREAT Tom Seaver hitting flies to the outfielders before the start of the game during warmups.

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The great Johnny Bench takes a mighty home run swing. He did hit a home run that game (#27) and was playing right field. The GREAT Jerry Grote is catching for the Mets.

All pics were taken by me with my trusty Yashica TL Electro-X 35mm SLR on Kodak Ektachrome 64 color slide film. I was using a 2x teleconverter on my 50mm Auto Yashinon lens.

The high temperature was 84 degrees which was recorded at Central Park. Bright sunshine and low humidity – perfect baseball weather!

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The Mets record stood at 59-52 which is just a bit lower than their 2019 record of 63-60 but still in the typical range for the Mets this time of year.

Have a great day everyone and Let’s Go Mets! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – On the road to Cannes

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If you can’t be home (U.S. Navy) I can’t think of a better place to be in the Summer of 1986… or any year for that matter!

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Mets vs. Braves July 2009

It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since Tim and I attended this baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta. Our Mets were soundly defeated (as usual) but the best times were spent with Tim.

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Tim and I. Always true to the Orange and Blue! Let’s Go Mets!

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Tim with Jackie who was the nicest Braves fan we ever met! Actually, Jackie was a security guard at the game and she could be seen on TV at every Braves home game as she worked the area behind home plate.

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Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day! – Chris

 

Happy SUNday! – Snake House

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A wonderful surprise in our side garden. Looks like she found the perfect home. I believe it’s a southern black racer – a frequent resident of our garden habitats.

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Unopened Treasure

It’s always a blast to find a camera set that’s still new in its original box. Of course, it also creates a bit of a dilemma – should I use what is still a new camera and “ruin” its newness or should I be happy with keeping it unused and therefore in mint condition?

This, on the other hand, presents a whole different ballgame. Should I remove the outer plastic wrap and play with my new find or leave it as is – still wrapped from the factory and obviously untouched (and unused by me)?

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The Fujifilm Zoom Date 135V with its Fujinon 38-135mm zoom lens was first released in the US in April 2004. In Japan, it’s known as the Silvi F135 and was listed at ¥ 29,400. It’s part of the well respected Silvi series of sophisticated compact 35mm film cameras that Fuji Photo was making as late as the mid-2000s.

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This set was available at Ritz Camera as late as July 2005 and would have been competing against digital cameras and affordable megapixels.

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Here’s what the camera looks like outside of the box. Tempting!

 

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A modern classic from Fujifilm.

If you would like to be the next owner of this still new camera, it’s available in my Etsy shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day! – Chris

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Fire 1!

Noah Syndergaard, New York Mets flamethrower.

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Also known as Thor.

Stayin’ true to the orange and blue! LGM!

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