David Upham
@david-upham.bsky.social
Former Seattleite (40 years) and now a Taiwan expat (39 years). I also spend about 3 Months a year in France and and almost as much time in Japan. Importer of wine from France and Italy. Interested in all things old.
OK, here's Bourré, one of the small villages in the Montricard Commune. The Cher river, a weir and locks and the Troglodyte caves above the river. Our troglodyte cave is about 2 Km downstream.
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
OK, here's Bourré, one of the small villages in the Montricard Commune. The Cher river, a weir and locks and the Troglodyte caves above the river. Our troglodyte cave is about 2 Km downstream.
Every school lunch should look like this.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every school lunch should look like this.
For all you Fenchophiles who like old things. Here's Francis 1st's Amboise Chateau at Sunset.
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
For all you Fenchophiles who like old things. Here's Francis 1st's Amboise Chateau at Sunset.
The street from the ice cream shop from a painting done around 1900 and a photo I took today.
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The street from the ice cream shop from a painting done around 1900 and a photo I took today.
@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
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
@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
Found a picture of the burger.
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Found a picture of the burger.
@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.
October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@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.
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.
October 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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.
They don't even need a soft pillow.
September 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
They don't even need a soft pillow.
John, this ones for you. a modern "Still life with egg".
September 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
John, this ones for you. a modern "Still life with egg".
Love in cobblestone in the 16th Century
September 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Love in cobblestone in the 16th Century
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.
August 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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.
Spring in the Loire valley
June 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Spring in the Loire valley
@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.
May 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
@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.
@devincow, How come you have never told anyone that your name is Maggie
April 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
@devincow, How come you have never told anyone that your name is Maggie
Not teeny tiny but definitely small. My 150 cm tall wife in front of a door in France (not a church). She's one small step below the threshold.
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Not teeny tiny but definitely small. My 150 cm tall wife in front of a door in France (not a church). She's one small step below the threshold.
This one is in Kaohsiung #Taiwan. Photo taken by By Peellden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
April 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This one is in Kaohsiung #Taiwan. Photo taken by By Peellden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
This is the entry to my apartment in Tours, France
March 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is the entry to my apartment in Tours, France
Here's something to feed your addiction. Very old vines, pre-phylloxera
March 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here's something to feed your addiction. Very old vines, pre-phylloxera
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.
February 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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.
My wife does you one better. She joins in the dancing.
February 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
My wife does you one better. She joins in the dancing.