Like a bridge....

Cathy crossing the bridge at Kakegawa

Looking back at a number of the pictures I have taken over the last few years, there seems to be a couple of recurring themes that pop up. One of them is my love of photographing bridges, so I thought I might just throw a bunch of bridge pictures up for today's blog topic.

Sitting, overlooking the lake at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Why the love of bridges? There must be some deep psychological reason for having such a bond with simple land extensions stretching out over water. Is it that the bridge is symbolic of always choosing what is seemingly the toughest path, but in the end the path was the easiest?

Okuni Jinja, a small bridge to the shrine.

It could be that the bridge is placed between two equally attractive destinations (like say Vancouver and Hamamatsu) and the bridge is the sign of desolation and abandonment...

Bridge outside of Osaka Castle

Is a bridge a foundation that is seemingly solid but is placed in an unreliable and potentially damning location (like a river with a strong current, or building a house in Hamakita)?

Kinkakuji

Is it just a jumbling of the letters- is it meant to point to the words "G.I. Bred"?

Suspension bridge at Forest Park

Are bridges really a cryptic message left by the aliens that originally inhabited the planet? If we align the basic physical properties of bridges to the correct position in the sky- will we find the secret to eternal life?

Las Vegas, out front of the Venetian

Is a bridge just a way from one point to another?

At Hokoji Hansobo

Does the arching of bridges just remind of the Golden Arches and make me crave the Double Teriyaki Burger at McDonalds?

Okay, not a bridge, part of the Tomei2 highway that is being built here

Or are they just nice to look at?

Okay this was officially my silliest post- but I did like the pictures, so I hope you liked one or two of them.