• The Grand Canyon Slide Show

    The Grand Canyon Slide Show

    I said in a recent blog that Mr. Takada at the City Hall was probably the nicest person on earth.  I may have been too quick in that judgement as…

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  • Five Visits to the City Hall

    It’s just about 11:00 a.m. on Monday.  Ken and I left the house early this morning to go back to the City Hall to meet with Mr. Takada, our case…

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  • Warm and Cool

    Warm and Cool

    This week’s photo assignment is to find subjects to photograph that have both warm and cool colors.  If a subject is predominantly warm, the photograph should not have more than…

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  • Foot on Head and other Stretchy Moves

    Foot on Head and other Stretchy Moves

    It’s been a long day.  Yumiko had her play at school last night and tonight. I sat through both performances and loved it all.  They were great. Her middle school…

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  • Computer Adventure

    Computer Adventure

    Oh, what a time we had on Sunday.  It was about 10:30 a.m.  Yumiko and I were both working on our computers.  Yumiko asked me to take a look at…

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  • Orange, Pastel and Pink

    Orange, Pastel and Pink

    Another day, another couple of photos.

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  • Shin Zen Bi

    Shin Zen Bi

    Well I’m back from the Ballet Parent Teacher Conference.  I got there just in time at 3:30. There was a long line of Japanese women winding their way upstairs to…

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  • Parent Teacher Meeting in Japanese and a Few Flowers

    Parent Teacher Meeting in Japanese and a Few Flowers

    It’s Sunday afternoon.  Yumiko is back at ballet practice and then she has a play practice at school.  I am supposed to go to a parent teacher meeting at her…

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  • Color

    Color

    I’m starting a new photo class today.  The next four weeks are all about color.  I think I’m going to love it.  It was raining hard again this morning when…

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  • An Erratum

    An Erratum

    Today Ken and I had a great lunch in a Chinese restaurant with his old school mate Norio Mihira and his wife Slyvia.  Mr. Mihira was for many years the…

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