Favorite photo of you and your partner

[rlogan 2,036]

Any excuse to put a picture of my superstar up. Just where we live and work...

Tying off a load of spruce for the wood stove. This girl can work. It's actually easier to move trees around in the winter by snow machine and sled.

I think she is about six weeks pregnant here. We didn't know, but she was sure acting strange and adding weight. There is a hot springs resort down the road. There's people there, so we hardly ever go. When we see the tourists there we tell them that. How crowded it is. They think that's pretty funny.

We saw a wolf on the way home that day. Near a dead moose. It's incredible how they roar across something you can't even walk through because the snow is so deep. Their feet are cartoonishly big. Like snow shoes.

One common theme here is that we are all excited about our spouse: how exotic and intriguing, what an adventure it is.

Adventure doesn't just mean happy times. It means risk and danger, anguish and sorrow. The greater the trial, the greater the triumph. Immigration is an adventure.

I don't think I have a favorite photo. But I have a favorite moment. First time we ran into a really big moose. We'd been close up to a little one before. A yearling. Ten feet from him. But this guy was a monster. Maybe 1,600 lbs.

He was coming off the high ground going down to get water, and he was all business. The moment I heard him coming, I stopped and whispered to my wife. Pointed out his trajectory. This is really thick wilderness. Impenitrable in many places. Got to fight through it. But these moose are built to charge right through it, and they can suddenly be upon you.

He was approaching too closely, to make the strategy of standing still a bad one. They know every little twig in their home, the forest, and if they are close they'll see you just like you will see two people standing in your living room.

So you have to let them know you are there in that circumstance, but not in a threatening way, and when they are bearing down on you like this one was, you cannot make a mistake about it.

My wife has seen all these pictures of plane crashes and bears and moose and all. She'd been here a couple months or so, and we get moose in the yard. Go hiking every day. But now here we go. You're in the teeth of it now honey. We got this monster bearing down on us, he doesn't know we're here. All I have is an axe, and this looks like it could be a doozie if things go wrong.

So she whispers back "Is he going to hurt us?" We've talked over moose encounters many times by then. She had seen a lot of them already. From day 1. She knew about how to stand underneath a spruce, a big one, and keep it between the two of you. How to avoid them. Watch at a distance. But sometimes, because where you live, by law of large numbers, this happens. Going to be a close encounter with Mr. Huge.

And I made the decision to give him some gentle movement, obliquely. A moose is about as smart as a turtle. Something close, but moving away obliquely registers as non-threatening. He was still above us, and all animals like that. They feel better above you. So they do not freak out like they do when something is above them, and it surprises them. That is the predator attack strategy. Gain the advantage and ambush. And we "made small" instead of "made big". You can make yourself into an "X" with your arms and legs out. Two people can do that together like if a bear is at a distance and you look big. Hold your mountain bike up high over your head. That kind of thing. Make enough racket to know you are dangerous. Doing that would spook this guy.

These are the moments I just live for. And now I got this Filipina unit with me. So we will just quietly, gently, shrink away from this guy.

You see the muscles rippling. Hear the breath coming out of their nostrils. Feel the ground shake as they stomp on by. It isn't a zoo, and these are powerful animals.

And then he's gone.

You can't get a photo of that.

[Jasman0717 9]

This was in Cebu at the Holiday Plaza Hotel taken the morning I had to come home in 2004. She was grumpy but for some reason I love this photo

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[SuperDuper! 230]

You said partner, Here is a pic of my Volleyball Partner

She'll DO!

She's hot!

And TCO's wife doesn't mind one bit when the volleyball partner needs TCO's help in adjusting her bikini top. Just a cool drink of water!

[nate11 0]

Here are Some of my favorite of me and my love of my life the first picture was when we first met in Manila and the 2nd picture was with her family. I Love her and her family so much i will live there one day when my career is done. . Nate

From the size of that gut , she could stand to lose a few pounds....

You said partner, Here is a pic of my Volleyball Partner

[josedetshane 0]

A picture of our honeymoon at Monterey.. We are at the famous 17 Mile Drive

Edited November 19, 2009 by josedetshane

[sweet angel 5]

I luv this pix! my hunny is so cute Taken in studio

[Steve and Nor 0]

This photo was taken on the last day of our honeymoon.

Anna had just been certified as Open Water Scuba Diver earlier that day.

I had realized my enjoyment of diving on WWII Wrecks during the week we were there.

We dove for the first time without an instructor in the water with her on a WWII Freighter, "El Captian" in Subic Bay.

The DM who accompanied us took this pic of us together at the mooring line. We were standing on the side of the wreck.

I can't express how much I'm looking forward to resuming our diving together after she gets here, too bad she won't join me ice diving this winter though..

Hi Bob 4 Anna,

I knew it! I knew that Anna is also a diver! hahaha. I also got certified as open water scuba diver at Johan's in Subic when my Hubby came over last August! It was such an experience. I am so glad my Hubby got me into the diving course. Hahaha!

I am going to post a picture later after choosing from the many funny pictures we have. hahaha!

Say hi To Anna for me. I am so glad she is approved too!!!

[Steve and Nor 0]

This is a funny pic of my Husband and I last January. I think this is cute. ahaha. Sorry i can't make it smaller.haha

[Scott and Mhay 57]

Nice pictures. My wife and I are planning our real honeymoon now. We only had a couple days in Subic Bay before. We are planning on going to Boracay although we have been considering Bohol too since one of our friends when there last year.

[sachinky 465]

This has to be my favorite picture of us. Of all time. Taken in April 2009.

My husband -- then fiance -- was interning for a MLB team in Binghamton, NY for college credits. He got to be the mascot for the day -- Shrek! So me and a couple of my girlfriends made the trip to see him dance at half-time. The weather was great and he had plenty of free hotdog and soda coupons ready for us.

Aww, I got to kiss Shrek.

The kids loved him -- it was frickin' adorable.

Kiss.bmp

Edited December 13, 2009 by sachinky

[~krakatoa~ 27]

This has to be my favorite picture of us. Of all time. Taken in April 2009.

My husband -- then fiance -- was interning for a MLB team in Binghamton, NY for college credits. He got to be the mascot for the day -- Shrek! So me and a couple of my girlfriends made the trip to see him dance at half-time. The weather was great and he had plenty of free hotdog and soda coupons ready for us.

Aww, I got to kiss Shrek.

The kids loved him -- it was frickin' adorable.

Aww, so cute!