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Nikon Lenses

About a week ago I purchased a new little gizmo for my camera called a 2X extender. When you attach it to a lens it gives you twice as much…
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Sushi for Dinner Tonight

I went to the Tokyo Fish Market today with my friend Mary. We had loads of fun with all the fish, all of the fishermen and buying a little sushi…
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Swarming Bees

I was walking through the Aoyama Cemetery this morning looking for good bugs, when I saw in the distance a whole bunch of something swarming around a tree trunk. As…
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I’ve Gone Buggy!

I remember when I was a little girl how much I loved bugs. I loved picking up rocks in my mother’s garden just to see what kind of creatures were…
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Portrait Class: Yumiko and Ken

Last night I begged Ken and Yumiko to pose for me for my portrait class. My homework is due tomorrow and I am still too shy to ask anybody to…
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Mother’s Day and Bee with a Drop of Water

It’s Mother’s Day and Yumiko and I just got back from seeing a formal dress rehearsal of the Matsuyama Ballet Company’s production of Cinderella. It was so unbelievably good. …
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Portrait in the Rain

It rained all day today. The weatherman says there is a typhoon brewing out in the Pacific Ocean. Although we could have taken the train, Yumiko and I braved the…
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Boy’s Day at Sylvia and Norio San’s House

We took the train yesterday to the far western part of Tokyo to have lunch and spend a wonderful rainy day with Ken’s friends Norio and Sylvia Mihira. Ken went…
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Turtle Talk

“So Let Me Tell Ya About this New Gal” (Click Photo for Full Effect)
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Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

Still looking for the elusive wildlife, but only came up with some little crawlers and flyers in the insect world. Oh what a world there is out there in bugville.