By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Fresh.
Kayaking, we soon become familiar with a distinct hierarchy of freshness. In descending order, there is—
Fresh off the tree!
(story is here)
Fresh and cold from the store!
(more photos are here)
Fruit that stays surprisingly fresh on a long trip…
(more photos are here)
and something that was fresh once in the depths of the dry bag.
(story is here)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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Haha! Something that was once fresh from the depths of the dry bag. That reminds me of a time we were caving and I crawled through a tight crevice with a banana in my backpack.
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And that’s why we never take bananas on our trips any more… :-)
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Beautiful smile for the Fresh off the tree!
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Yes, I certainly think so! :-)
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Love all the “fresh” stuff. One more, however: A refreshing smile (in the first photo). :-)
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Yes, indeed!! :-)
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the descriptions and the variety of pics are great = thankx for sharing!
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Thank you for visiting, and commenting!! :-)
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The fresh fruit looks delicious.
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It was! But then anything even remotely fresh would have tasted delicious at that point ;-)
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Those were great! What does Johna have around her waist as she’s eating the ice cream bar? Is that a coat or some type of a life preserver?
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That’s my spray skirt. When I’m in the kayak, it attaches to the boat.
This is the reason everybody’s so afraid of kayaking (like I used to be): you don’t want to be “trapped” in the boat. But the spray skirt actually snaps off the boat very easily (but stays attached to you until you’re ready to detach it).
I didn’t bother to take it off when buying the ice cream because I knew I’d be getting right back into the boat….
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So healthy – we usually stop, bleary-eyed, for coffee somewhere ;-)
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I didn’t show those pictures—not really fresh ;-)
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:-D
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It’s early in the morning here but i feel so refreshed by having a look at the photos ;) ! Really beautiful :) ! Have a nice week – end
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You too, Karen! Thanks so much!! :-)
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the orange holding at the table looks like a still from a movie.
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:-) Thanks! Vlad calls it the “fruit-seller” photo… like a movie from Eastern Europe in the ’50s (but did they have color film back then?!?)
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My favorite of these nifty portraits:
Johna, with Mulberry!
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:-) We were SO excited to find them!
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Truly wish I were there!
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That’s what photos are for! ;-)
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Love Johna’s smile in that first shot, and it is nice to eat fresh off a tree like that in the wilds. :)
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Even in the jungles of New York City ;-)
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The fruits in the picture still look fresh indeed. Thank you for dropping by my blog.
Kaye
http://myeverydaystruggles.wordpress.com
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You are most welcome, Kaye—so glad you like ours! :-)
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