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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@slendersherbet.bsky.social This is my view of the current state of affairs in the US. You may use it appropriately as you see fit.

A cat, head down, asleep on a stone windowsill with its face directly on the windowsill.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

When there is only one spot left in the parking lot, this quy knows how to jump the line and get it.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Nothing looks better than old stone buildings at sunset.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

@devincow.bsky.social someone in Loshes, France has painted you in a pasture with a white flower.

A cow in the pasture with a white flower in its mouth

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Hey, I just found out Bluesky is in my hometown. bsky.app/profile/quil...

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

In Taiwan, even the flowers have flowers.

A flowering plant that has purple flowers, some of which have very small white flowers

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It's early Saturday morning here in Taiwan. I'm reading my feed and keep seeing Leo said this and Leo did that (opposite of this) and wonder is Leo that 2 faced. Finally figured out that one Leo is Leonard Leo and the other is Pope Leo. Please fully label them so that I don't go crazy.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A little time line cleanser. Japanese cherry blossoms and a happy bird

A Japanese cherry tree full of pink blossoms and a small yellow bird enjoying the cherry blossoms and the sunshine.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

For you Coneheads out there, some of your relatives may be buried in the conehead graveyard in front of the Reagent hotel in Taipei Taiwan

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

This is an update of a post I made last year. This is a set of pictures of the Southeast corner of Place Plumerau in Tours France from medieval times to 100 years ago to last year.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

For all you Fenchophiles who like old things. Here's Francis 1st's Amboise Chateau at Sunset.

Chateau in Amboise, France taken at sunset.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

@drsalspong.bsky.social Here are a couple of doors, wood carvings, and a theater for you enjoyment. The big door is in Pontlevoy, France while the Ice Cream shop is on the S.E. corner of Place Plumereau, Tours, France

Refurbished old wooden double door with a massive wooden header

Ice cream shop on the S.E. corner of Place Plumereau in Tours France

Door with a carving next to it in Place Plumereau, Tours, France

Carving on the corner of an Ice Cream shop at Place Plumereau in Tours, France

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

@drsalspong.bsky.social Here is the first door. Actually it is a 15th century building in Vieux Tours that is a restaurant with a steel door, wonderful wood carvings, and an area inside for boules.

A 15th century building in Vieux Tours with a restaurant and a indoor area for boules

A steel door in a 15th century building in Vieux Tours

A wonderful wooden carving on the side of a 15th century building in Vieux Tours

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Taiwan is a wonderful country. We get pink cherry blossoms twice a year (spring and fall). Actually the fall blossoms don't come from a cherry tree but they are just as nice to look at.

A tree in Taiwan that flowers with pink blossoms in the fall similar to Cherry trees in the spring.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Had a wonderful dinner last night in Tokyo with Chris @cheese-elemental.bsky.social and his wife Barry Lyndon (not her real name) @wineplz.bsky.social. 3 hours long with 3 bottles of wonderful wine. Mickey Mouse was there too.

Dinner meal at a restaurant with Mickey Mouse AKA Chris and 2 ladies

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

@cheese-elemental.bsky.social Finally got my schedule completed. I will be arriving in Kawasaki late on Jul.30th and departing for Taipei early on Aug. 12th. Have an full day engagement on Aug. 8th so We can get together anytime between August 1st and August 11th except for Aug. 8th. Pick a date.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

@cheese-elemental.bsky.social Chris, I will be in Kawasaki around August 8th. Will have a better picture of the exact dates in a couple of weeks. Maybe we can talk (and drink) some wine during my visit.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

@taiwanomaly.bsky.social Since Mr. Yang limits who can respond to his posts and I saw the repost you did on his #Taiwan textures, I thought I would add a couple more. These from Qing Dynasty buildings. An interior wall and an exterior wall.

An old house wall from the Qing Dynasty period in Tainan Taiwan showing the brick and the bamboo with mud construction techniques.

The interior of a brick wall from the Qing Dynasty period in #Tainan #Taiwan using the pattern of different sized bricks.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

@devincow, How come you have never told anyone that your name is Maggie

Artist's sketch of a cow named Maggie done in 2010

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Don't have my own picture(s) but the Cherry blossoms are out in full force in Taiwan just in time for the New Year of the snake. From Powen Shiah on Mastodon.

3 Photographs of flowering Cherry trees in Taipei, Taiwan

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

For all of you that are east Asian or live in East Asia. You are lucky enough to have 2 New Year Celebrations every year. So Happy Lunar New Year of the Snake.

Woodblock print of a night market selling goods in front of a Japanese Temple in Tokyo for Lunar New Year

Details of the buyers and sellers in the Woodblock print for Lunar New Year

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Pictures posted today from two wine guys I follow: Jim Dunlop and James Walker (both know more about wine than I do).

Post of pictures of a warm and sunny day in Arrecife, Cannary Islands

A picture through a window of a snowy yard in the morning

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Saudi Official visiting the Chinese embassy in Riad (wait for it.)

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Having mostly moved from "The other place" to here in the past couple of weeks I seem to have garnered a number of wine followers. Most of you are probably more knowledgeable then me but I will pass on one truth that I have learned. Watch for and beware of drunken ducks.

A wooden wine bottle holder in the shape of a duck. The bottle's opening is between the duck's bills and the wine bottle is supported by the duck's feet. The effect is that the duck is drinking the wine straight from the bottle

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Doesn't look that bad in Montrichard. In fact, the weekend looks wonderful. Doesn't do me much good as I am here Taiwan.

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David Upham @david-upham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Saw this article posted over in Mastodon by Alex Bardsley. I have had wine from this area. They also produce a small amount of Pinot Noir that is guite nice. Like the Gamay talked about it is light but it does go very will with the food here in Taiwan. www.euronews.com/culture/2024...

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The Blood of Volcanoes: Wine and Beer in France's Auvergne region

A land of volcanoes sits on a tectonic rift that could have cleaved France in half millennia ago. But does the conviviality of wine and beer help to foster cohesion?

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