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Izumi’s Here
Ken’s niece Izumi Kono has come to visit us from Japan. It is so great to have her here with us. We took a long walk this morning and I…
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Valley Forge
Ken and I have lived in our house for 16 years and all this time I never took advantage of being so close to Valley Forge National Park. It’s a…
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A Day at the Races
My old friends from ASTM invited me to go to the horse races today. I had never been before, but had a wonderful time. The races began a little after…
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Zanne, Rob, Izzy and Richie Came to Visit
We got a call yesterday from my niece Zanne saying she and her family were coming east from Seattle to visit family and attend her cousin Robbie’s wedding. We were…
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Green Heron at Eastern and a Deer with Big Ears
I am having way too much fun with this new camera. This morning I got up early and found a beautiful, rather elusive green heron posing in the morning light…
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Bike Riding
I got up early this morning to take some pictures in a little town called Manayunk (See www.kittykono.com for my best shot of the day – go ahead, don’t be…
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Ken and the Girls
Yesterday our friends Terry and her daughter Brooke came and cleaned our house from top to bottom. They love Ken and he is pretty crazy about them as well.
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A New Camera!!
It’s been a while since the last blog. All is pretty good here on the home front. Ken is doing well. Yumiko is too – lots of ballet. And I…
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Japanese Food and Glowing Hosta
Food in the Kono household is very important – as I am sure it is in most households. I love to eat, but, unfortunately, I am not a particularly great…
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Yumiko’s 13th Birthday
Today was Yumiko’s 13th birthday. It began with an early drop off at her ballet camp. Ken and I told her we would try to be back by 3:30 at…