... there's been a robbery on Tapan: the deranged artist-character has suffered the loss of a family heirloom, and now! the extended family suspects the burglar is eating in their cafe as there is paint on his sleeve (from the break-in)... am letting my Vienna sausage dry-out down by the breakwater so it will better stay on the hook: a little white and yellow fish seemed to be very interested in it today... little clusters of speedy small round? silver things/fish? hover over the water and I saw what looked like a vertical snake with fins 'hopping' across the water in terrific bounds... other quick splashes and my fishing line was snapped!... and lost one small gold Acme lure on the rocks (should have just cut the line and tied it up on shore and let the tide dislodge it)... no other action but a lot of casting... noticed there were various seed-pods amongst the flotsam (from Taiwan?)... and the floating refrigerator hulk is making a break for the high seas; it will probably never sink (unless it corrodes completely) with all that insulation and metal casing... there's also a floating/bobbing tennis racket... the Japanese angler came by again today and probably uttered the same fishing remark as before but this time he added another sentence and repeated one word several times, which I'm guessing must be akin to patience? (it's not in my phrasebook) he left his gear at one point I had a look at his strange rig: a little conical metal mesh container with lid and two very tiny attached hooks (very mysterious: perhaps it's for catching the 'walking snake')... it's also strange that the two ferries come and go about the same time the big one, which looks less seaworthy and toots its horn on arrival, must be subsidized as it's often empty... or maybe they both are... interesting to watch the passengers through my waterproof binoculars (first time I've actually packed them they used to be on my boat)... and the five p.m. tune can be heard from two sets of loudspeakers, one close to shore and the other probably near the sashimi shop, but it's a good few seconds delayed from the closer one... the breakwater is 'L' shaped so it takes several minutes to walk to the end of the port, separated by rocks from Nishi Hama, then out along both legs: a valuable view of most of the island, and you can see boats coming from miles away across a flat expanse of sea... a couple of very nice watercolours! (I'm beginning to favour the old small frayed brush) -- may have said 'hello' to the girl at the breakwater (who spoke English,telling me that there was a Canadian-Japanese couple here) from Unit A across the way, but I'm not sure... I _did talk with the Japanese wife who was carrying her hefty son as I made my way home: they're from Victoria and may stay until the end of the week or possibly month... just bought a new (replacement, but different model) Olympus Stylus for $20 delivered on eBay!... had a shower this morning then struggled with the hair-trimmer; I may just begin growing a ridge of long hair down in back... finished the 3kg bag of rice! should have bought the larger/cheaper bag I guess; adding the chopped vegetables to the rice as it's 'drying,' kind of blanches them nicely... 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