{"id":5486,"date":"2022-01-22T17:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2022-01-22T17:17:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T17:17:27","slug":"bw-hb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/bw-hb\/","title":{"rendered":"BW + HB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We buried Helen&#8217;s ashes in a beautiful spot next to our creek waterfall, along with Irina and Boris.  Aya made that blue figurine when she was in grade school &#8230; Helen loved it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_141029.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5496\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20220108_141029\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_141029.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_141029.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_143844.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5498\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20220108_143844\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_143844.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_143844.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bantik quickly took up a guard position:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_143621.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5497\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20220108_143621\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_143621.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220108_143621.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric sang, he has a wonderful voice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen_Funeral_Eric_Song.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got lots of wonderful comments on Helen&#8217;s remembrance page, thanks to all who contributed.   Helen touched a lot of people with her Russian LiveJournal blog.  A good friend setup a page there which got another 100+ comments.  They are in Russian, but google auto translate does a pretty good job rendering them into English: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/helen\/\">Helen \u2013 Bruce Photos (brucewinter.net)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/xaxam.livejournal.com\/1501568.html\">She preferred to be very private &#8211; &#8220;Helomskia Vidomosti&#8221; \u2014 LiveJournal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helen and I had a New Year&#8217;s Day tradition of carving our initials into one of our trees.  This year, a Chinese parasol tree that has interesting green veins in the bark:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5494\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20220101_134113\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220101_134113.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220101_134113.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I read about the health benefits of Natto, a somewhat sticky-gross fermented soybeans.  After failing to find a good source of it (Japan loves it, but it is not really part of the American cuisine), I started making my own, I really like the taste!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"5507\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/?attachment_id=5507\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_090005-1024x768.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every 20 years or so, I try rocking a beard and conclude it doesn&#8217;t really work with me.  Mustache is even worse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.74718%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_100550.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5488\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20211114_100550\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_100550.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_100550.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.25282%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_101654.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5489\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20211114_101654\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_101654.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_101654.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_102322.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5490\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20211114_102322\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_102322.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211114_102322.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing with some doggy fun:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.74718%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220118_071512.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5500\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20220118_071512\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220118_071512.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220118_071512.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.25282%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211214_094816.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5491\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20211214_094816\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211214_094816.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211214_094816.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211222_071321_001.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5492\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20211222_071321_001\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211222_071321_001.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211222_071321_001.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_083136.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5495\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20220105_083136\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_083136.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_083136.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We buried Helen&#8217;s ashes in a beautiful spot next to our creek waterfall, along with Irina and Boris. 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