• Nikon Lenses

    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

    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

    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’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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Turtle Talk

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

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  • Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

    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.

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