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A Few Pics from our Recent Travels
Well, the girls got back on the plane today and by the time I write this they will almost be back in Denver. We truly had a wonderful ten days. Beautiful gardens in Kyoto, visiting the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Hot Springing at Heta Hot Spring near Mt. Fuji and shopping up a…
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We are alive and thriving.
Just got a minute before everybody wakes up and breakfast begins. We’ve been on a whirlwind tour for the past seven days. My sisters Suzy, Julie and their friend Marjorie got here to Tokyo last Saturday and we have been going non-stop since they arrived. We got back from a beautiful, beautiful trip to…
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Party Begins Tonight!!
It’s 5:45 a.m. and the sun has been shining for a good hour. There is no day light’s savings time in Japan so the day begins very early here. As I write this, my sisters Suzy and Julie and their friend Marjorie are winging there way here on a Northwest Airline from Denver. They…
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Wildlife
I started a new 0n-line photo class today. The subject is “Wildlife.” The instructor thinks we students will be on safari in Africa or else finding mountain lions or bison somewhere to photograph. My photos may be a little on the tamer side. I got up early this morning and hunted down a huge…
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Julie, Suzy and Marjorie are coming!! And an old cat.
It’s Wednesday morning and my sisters and their friend Marjorie are coming to Tokyo this Saturday for ten days!! Yikes. I need to get in high gear to make sure all goes well. We will be traveling to Kyoto and Hiroshima and to Mt. Fuji. I am doing the navigating this time, as Ken…
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Shinjuku Gyoen and the Abandoned Lot
Today was just a beautiful day here in Tokyo. The temperature got up to about 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Sun was shining and all is well. I went on a little field trip with the Nishimachi school moms to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. Another cherry blossom extravaganza. We had lunch in the park that included…
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Full Weekend and One More Cherry Blossom Picture
Full, full weekend. Yumiko’s second sleep-over in two weeks. This one was the right date and time. Just one friend, but all went well. The house has never been so clean and tidy. We should have more of these. (Only kidding!) After we returned Yumiko’s friend to her parents we had lunch with Mr.…
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Western Bathrooms and Cherry Blossoms
It’s early Saturday morning, April 4. (Another sleep-over tonight for Yumiko. For those of you who have been following that saga, I’ll report on that tomorrow.) Ken’s brother Tokuya San is in the hospital. He had elective surgery on a hernia about three days ago. Here in Japan if you have even a simple…
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Lunch with Joe
I had lunch with my friend Joe today. I met Joe back in October or November. She is a wonderful woman who feeds the stray cats and crows and other birds in Arisugawa Park. I was trying to photograph a few stray cats back then as she was feeding them and we struck up…
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Cherry Blossoms
Got up REAL early this morning in order to get out to Honzoman and take a few pictures of the Cherry Blossoms as they are just opening along the mote. It was raining, but that made the colors just that much more intense. Here are a few.