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Bike Riding
I got up early this morning to take some pictures in a little town called Manayunk (See www.kittykono.com for my best shot of the day – go ahead, don’t be shy.) When I got home about 10:00, Ken suggested we go for a bike ride!! This is great news because Ken has not been…
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Ken and the Girls
Yesterday our friends Terry and her daughter Brooke came and cleaned our house from top to bottom. They love Ken and he is pretty crazy about them as well.
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A New Camera!!
It’s been a while since the last blog. All is pretty good here on the home front. Ken is doing well. Yumiko is too – lots of ballet. And I broke down and got a NEW super duper camera this weekend – a Nikon D700. It is a beautiful machine. I have not quite…
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Japanese Food and Glowing Hosta
Food in the Kono household is very important – as I am sure it is in most households. I love to eat, but, unfortunately, I am not a particularly great cook. So, let me tell you what happened over the last two days in our food department. Yesterday afternoon around 4:00 the subject of…
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Yumiko’s 13th Birthday
Today was Yumiko’s 13th birthday. It began with an early drop off at her ballet camp. Ken and I told her we would try to be back by 3:30 at the latest to pick her up. Then we drove off to downtown Philadelphia to Pennsylvania Hospital where Ken was meeting his neurologist and participating…
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Jet Lag and Trained Monkeys
I think we still have a little jet leg. Here’s what happened today. First, my dear friend Barbara told me in a very kind way that yesterday was Monday, not Tuesday as I had reported in my blog. Thank you Barb. Then later today after Ken and I entertained two representatives from a…
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Full Moon
It’s Tuesday evening about 10:15. There’s a full moon outside and I just took his picture. Ken and I had a busy day replacing our one hundred year old T.V. sets with two new Sony high definition flat screen T.V.’s. Ken is much more patient with all this technology than I am. I was…
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A Good Night Sleep
It’s just about noon on the 4th of July here in the U.S. of A. We all got a good night sleep for the first time since returning from Japan on Tuesday, so life is good. We are still getting settled, but soon all will be back in order and the camera will come…
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We’re HOME!!
We made it home safe and sound last night about 10:00 p.m. Tilly, our cat greeted us at the door. Ken bet me she would be upset and wouldn’t speak to us for days, but he was wrong. She jumped onto my lap as we got into bed and purred like a long lost…
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Plane is Leaving!!
Well Kids, It’s Monday evening here in Tokyo. The bags are packed. The refrigerator is clean. The wash is done and we are headed home tomorrow. Yesterday the whole Kono clan including Ken’s brother and sister and their children and grandchildren and Ken, Yumiko and I traveled to Haramachi to say hello and good…