Hi all,

I'd like to propose as this site's honorary "Kwannon Geiko" [Woman of Canon Art] our beloved Melissa Chasse. I mean, no one into this rarefied world could not know her!
For instance: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mboogiedown/3855085191/ [that LOOK! Kikutsuru Kikutsuru Kikutsuru...]
A Frenchman reading her name would immediately translate: Melissa Hunts [the verb 'chasser' = to hunt]. This butterfly hunter, compared to whom we all sink into nothingness [heck, don't we??], also is a devoted environmentalist: once she caught any rare species, she'll let them fly off again in freedom all at once!
Melissa Chasse, you've just earned the Admiral's deepest R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

p.s. You've got that right: the Admiral is an avid Aretha fan!!

Melissa does deserve respect, however this section of the boards is more for real geisha and apprentices...

My dearest DameDiabolique,

Could you advise me WRT an appropriate location on this Board for this very subject? First, Melissa being worthy without further ado, OK??
Besides, considering your honorable moniker I dare take the liberty to assume you would be capable to show me where to...??

TIA,

Gurita Taisho.

I'm a bit confused by the... emphatic tone of this post? Am I missing something?

I do agree Melissa's pictures are wonderful and she deserves some respect, if not admiration, by why not tell her how much you appreciate her work?

Hi Kikuyo-san, and all,

Please consider it the overenthusiasm of a newbie in the world of the hanamachi: like, post first, then ask the way around here.
When I found this forum I already had spent hours on end on Melissa's site, completely enthralled. It was late! [Nice icons BTW].

Sure thing I will praise her in person once I find the words.

For the time being, it is I rather than you who misses something: clues. But I am learning.