• Tall, Skinny, Naked, Long Legged Running Tree

    Tall, Skinny, Naked, Long Legged Running Tree

    It rained all night last night and most of the day today.  I learned that a great time to take photographs is in the rain.  Everything is more vibrant and…

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  • Green Parrots in Arisugawa Park

    Green Parrots in Arisugawa Park

    Had fun today with the start of a new week’s photo assignment.  This week it’s all about composition.  I started by taking photos of a duck in a pond at…

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  • Bushy Eyebrows, Oily Hair and Rotating Trees

    Bushy Eyebrows, Oily Hair and Rotating Trees

    Today Ken and I went back to the father and son dentist team to have a second day of cleaning.  I am so hoping that the custom in Japan is…

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  • Arisugowa And Accupuncture

    Arisugowa And Accupuncture

    Today, after breakfast, I walked with Yumiko to school and then veered off into Arisugowa Park.  Arisugowa is a beautiful park filled with streams and paths and steps and waterfalls…

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  • Another Wonderful Sky

    Another Wonderful Sky

    It was like Spring today.  Ken and I walked around the neighborhood and can see all the buds on the tree branches beginning to swell.  Oh, I love it.  Kind…

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  • Ballet and Blossoms

    Ballet and Blossoms

    It has been quite a weekend.  Yesterday – Valentine’s Day – was Yumiko’s ballet performance at U-Port theatre in downtown Tokyo.  We were worried that she might be too sick…

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  • Busy Day at the Doctor’s Office

    Busy Day at the Doctor’s Office

    We had a busy day today.  I woke up early and took the 5:18 a.m. subway to the Imperial Palace to try and find great light for dawn photographs.  I…

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  • Cloudy Sky

    Cloudy Sky

    Late in the afternoon today as I was walking back from the grocery store I noticed that the sky was quite dark and brooding.  The light was great.  So I…

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  • Nezu

    Nezu

    This morning I took the train from Omotesando Station to Nezu with Ken’s brother Tokuya San. It was rush hour – about 8:00 and the train was packed solid.  Tokuya,…

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  • Tokyo at Dawn

    Tokyo at Dawn

    I got up early this morning determined to find my way to the Imperial Palace before dawn.  I took the subway and got there just in time as the sun…

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