• Manjiro

    Manjiro

    Today was the Japanese School Play. That means every class of the 16 different classes at Yumiko’s Japanese school puts on a 15 to 20 minute play – one after…

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  • We’re Back!!

    We’re Back!!

    It was a great trip to Tokyo for Ken and for me. Ken got to his high school reunion and saw friends he had not seen in more than 40…

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  • Quick Trip to Japan

    Ken has been in Tokyo for the last week and I am leaving tomorrow morning to join him. We will be back home in St. Davids next Tuesday. Hopefully when…

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  • Halloweeeeeeeeeeen

    Halloweeeeeeeeeeen

    It’s Halloween. Guess who this is.

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  • Little Bug on a Star

    Little Bug on a Star

    Today was the day to turn over the vegetable garden and rake the leaves. Before starting, I needed to pull all the beautiful wild nasturtium that had grown throughout the…

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  • Centipedes, Slugs, and a Sniffing Deer

    Centipedes, Slugs, and a Sniffing Deer

    I’ve been having fun lately taking photos of centipedes in the basement, slugs in the rain and a wonderful little deer sniffing the air. Remember – click on the photo…

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  • Stink Bug Revisited

    Stink Bug Revisited

    A few weeks ago I mentioned I had gone to my local photography club and showed a few of my recent photographs. The club members were less than impressed. I…

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  • Beautiful Spider in the Garden

    Beautiful Spider in the Garden

    I’m taking a new photo class this month on macro photography. I was out in the garden this morning and this afternoon. I took a lot of flower pictures, but…

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  • Carol Scafuro

    Carol Scafuro

    The last time I saw Carol Scafuro was eleven years ago – before Yumiko came home. She flew in this weekend from Vermont and we picked up right where we…

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  • Miracle in the Driveway

    Miracle in the Driveway

    Back in early June while we were still in Tokyo we got an e-mail from our next door neighbor, Sharon Garcia. She told us a great big snapping turtle had…

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