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Swarming Bees
I was walking through the Aoyama Cemetery this morning looking for good bugs, when I saw in the distance a whole bunch of something swarming around a tree trunk. As I got closer I saw it was a large swarm of honeybees. I got up close even though they were swarming all around me…
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Boy’s Day at Sylvia and Norio San’s House
We took the train yesterday to the far western part of Tokyo to have lunch and spend a wonderful rainy day with Ken’s friends Norio and Sylvia Mihira. Ken went to Keio University with Norio 40 years ago and they’ve been good friends all these years. I’ve mentioned Sylvia before on this blog. She…
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Barbara’s Questions
My dear friend Barbara wrote me today wanting the REAL scoop on the Riley/Baumert Girls visit to Japan. She asked me a few questions and so it gives me great pleasure to answer each as they came across my e-mail. Question: Did everyone do the naked bath? YES!!!! Marjorie and Suzy were a little…
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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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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.
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More Pictures From China
First Photo: Liu Fei and Son Zuyuan Second Photo: From Left: Nancy Hu, Wonderful Wang Ping and Mrs. Guo Third Photo: Toasting with Mr. Zheng Fourth Photo: Ken, Yumiko and Takae in Xian Last Photo: Takae and Yumiko in Forbidden City
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Wonderful Friends and a Great Trip
It’s Saturday afternoon. We got back from our whirl-wind tour of China late Thursday night. We had a truly wonderful time. Ken’s sister Takae San had never been to China before and we wanted to introduce her to that wonderful country as well as our good friends from the ASTM days. Our first stop…
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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 25% of the cool color. And vice versa. I had fun this afternoon in the Aoyama Cemetery scouting out warm and cool. Here’s what…