Itchiku Kubota created the most elaborately dyed and stitched kimonos Ihave ever seen.

Itchiku Kubota created the most elaborately dyed and stitched kimonos I have ever seen. They are stunningly beautiful, and you could get a magnifying glass and just get lost in them...

(I enjoyed viewing these up close in Toronto at the Textile Museum of Canada.)

#kimono #itchikukubota #art #textile
Kubtoa Collection: http://www.thekubotacollection.com/

I am back from Toronto, and so I learned about their eastern painters, the Group of Seven, who painted very Canadian...

I am back from Toronto, and so I learned about their eastern painters, the Group of Seven, who painted very Canadian (mostly eastern) landscapes.

(Emily Carr covered the west - she wasn't in their group, but may be more famous.)

#toronto #painting
http://www.ago.net/the-group-of-seven-and-the-art-gallery-of-ontario

The usual on an unexpected day off.

The usual on an unexpected day off.

#sfmoma
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bA4gcNLAFhMpR1qy2

A sunny walk in an industrial area...

A sunny walk in an industrial area...
#sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mXc9D16EZeqYkg8n2

A few photos from a visit to the sleepy bedroom community of Sausalito, just north across our beloved San Francisco...

A few photos from a visit to the sleepy bedroom community of Sausalito, just north across our beloved San Francisco Bay.

#sausalito
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oBnVA5UXHerik6pg1

I had meetings in Paris one afternoon, and the early afternoon weather was lovely.

I had meetings in Paris one afternoon, and the early afternoon weather was lovely. Here are some shapshots from my arrival, departure, and flight home.

#paris
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8laY8YEhgH6bntAJ2

Sightseeing with a broken foot is a bad idea, but my foot was doing well in its big boot, so I did a LITTLE walking...

Sightseeing with a broken foot is a bad idea, but my foot was doing well in its big boot, so I did a LITTLE walking around the King's Cross/Saint Pancras area. Luckily, the British Museum is there! It was my first visit, during one of their Friday late nights, and it charmed me.

#london
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vN2QHwNGuV6MziYT2

The cold snap that went across Europe in late February and early March caught me while in Switzerland on business:...

The cold snap that went across Europe in late February and early March caught me while in Switzerland on business: it was just 13 degrees Fahrenheit (-10.55 C) one morning when I stepped outside... and not much warmer until it started to snow, when it finally got back up into the 30s.

The boot for my broken right foot wasn't very snow friendly. :) Remind me not to break metatarsals.

#basel
https://photos.app.goo.gl/t6qcuxAcbjf3C7NJ3

I spent a couple days in Germany last month, with a gal who has been my friend since 1984 or so.

I spent a couple days in Germany last month, with a gal who has been my friend since 1984 or so. :) Here are some photos.

#frankfurt #germany
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CJcpDs057j5T5L7q2