Dear Elisa:

HAPPY 38th BIRTHDAY!

Woodblock Print #38 from 100 Views of Edo
"Dawn Clouds at the Yoshiwara Licensed Quarter"
by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), Brooklyn Museum

Hiroshige's Woodblock #38
inspired this haiku:

    Lover departs at dawn
    by the Omon gate next
    to pink cherry blossoms.

I Ching Hexagram 38 K'uei: Opposition

38. K'uei / Opposition above Li: The Clinging, Flame below Tui: The Joyous, Lake THE JUDGMENT: OPPOSITION. In small matters, good fortune. THE IMAGE: Above, fire; below. The lake. The image of OPPOSITION. Thus amid all fellowship The superior man retains his individuality.

T-38 Training Plane shoots down theoretically invincible F-22 Raptor in a combat training

C38 class locomotive: New South Wales 3801-Newcastle Flyer Locomotive (Oct. 2005)

38 Slots in American Roulette Wheel Image Source: Wikimedia Commons

NGC-38 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces

Happy 38th Birthday Dear Elisa—

May you find 38
a most beautiful
and fruitful year.

With Love,

Uncle Peter
2-27-2015