By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Good Morning!
A very good morning—despite the marks of the previous day’s kayaking adventure!
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... 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.Johna Till Johnson
... 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.Recent Comments
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Ouch! And you’re still smiling, Johna!
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There was coffee, in front of me, composer! How oould I NOT be smiling :-)
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Ah . . . :-)
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I had to find out what happened to you so I read your account of your paddle around Monomoy. Whew! What a trip. Glad everything turned out all right in the end.
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Thanks for reading! Yes, that was quite a surprise–not least because we really didn’t expect it to be anything like an “adventure”.
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Such a nice, early morning smile. Mine would still be at…half staff… :(
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See above about coffee… plus, Vlad always smiles at me, so I can’t resist smiling back at him. Even in the early morning.
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Ouch! Yet, you do look happy. Nature has a way of contributing to happiness.
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I’m with DS Walker, OUCH!!! Such a smile of victory tho :-)
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D. S. Walker and Tina, it actually didn’t hurt nearly as much it looks!
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It must be a good morning, it looks like Johna took a beating, though.
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I did.
But you should see the other guy! :-)
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Lol!
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Looks like “it hurt good.” Surely the results of a fruitful adventure.
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Very much so! Thanks for posting.
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everybody has beat me to it, but ouch! but you do look as if you had a good time anyhow. good morning back at you! :)
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It wasn’t that painful–but the good time was certainly that! Good morning!
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Intrepid!! That great Atlantic sure has thrust. Read your account – phew!! Battered and bruised, but glad you got back safely.
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Amen to that, Intrepid. With a visceral understanding of “thrust”.
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Obviously having fun
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Very much so!
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The things we do to have fun! I’m guessing the thrill of the adventure was worth the bruises :-)
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Well, next time I hope not to be so foolish… self-inflicted wounds hurt the worst.. but as noted above, these weren’t quite as painful as they looked!
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Great shot!
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Thanks (on behalf of Vlad)!
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Strewth, I thought you might have gone a couple of rounds with someone!
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Well, in a manner of speaking…..
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Great morning “after” pic Johna! Read the story, you two are nothing short of amazing.
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Thank you!
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Looks like a great morning, considering you were beaten up by your own kayak just the day before. :-D
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She had help. :-)
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That’s cause she knew if she tried it alone you’d be the one doing the ass kicking ;-)
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Looks like a great morning ahead!
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Yes! Although that day we didn’t do any kayaking, I believe, but rather some driving :-(
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Did we? I had this vague recollection we paddled Blackburn immediately thereafter, but now that I think about that, it can’t be correct.
Amazing how much more heroic the anecdotes become after marinating in memory for a year or two ;-).
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We drove from Cape Cod to Cape Ann that day…
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Morning to you too! :-)
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Thanks, and you! :-)
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Good morning, Johna. :)
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:-)
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Your morning sounds exciting. Thanks for sharing and for stoppinh by.
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The morning itself was quite peaceful—it was the day before that was exciting! :-)
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what a beautiful smile to greet the morning! good morning Johna! :)
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I certainly thought so! :-)
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Johna definitely looks like she went through the mill…but I recognize that smile…The tired satisfaction and pride of athletic accomplishment is what I see…
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That, as well as not having to move much this particular morning…
Oh, and the coffee, of course :-)
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And…looking at you I believe she said…:-)
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I believe she did! :-)
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Good to see that everything turned out alright! It looks painful!
And Johna so cheerful .. :-) Good coffee!
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Coffee always makes everything all right! :-)
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