It’s over.  I owe Paul a sushi dinner.

Futo-maki crawled the 6009 miles from Yokohama to Berkhamsted at an average pace of about 1.16 miles per hour.  Come to think of it, that seems a reasonable speed for a sushi boat…

Ebi by contrast has been racing along at 1.38 miles per hour, but like the proverbial hare decided to nap in South Korea for a while.

Congratulations Paul!  Fortunately we will cross paths in Ottowa next week, maybe I’ll get a chance to pay up then.  Or - double or nothing on another race?

The last month has been absolutely packed.  Between the creation and launch of Deanna’s web site, preparation for the successful opening of her June show at the Artisan Gallery, the end of school activities for the kids, and of course squeezing in as much work as possible, there really hasn’t been much time for blogging or photography.

But at last we had a day of rest, marked by the short hike along the North Fork American River to the strangely named Codfish Falls.  The trail was lined with wildflowers of all types, and I took advantage of that to work on my macro technique a bit.

Results are in the Flickrset Codfish Falls, along with sets representing Springtime Landscapes in the canyon, and the Easter Rodeo, even a short trip to Boston, all of which had languished in the camera for the last two months.