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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
2:00 am	Autumn colors EXPO'70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka, Japan. Ikkyuji(temple) in Kyotanabe, Kyoto. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
12:00 pm	Nature Art By master spiders collaborating with the sunlight. Gold bars Universe I'm so sorry for not visiting your sites. But you all are in my thought. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 14th, 2006
12:42 am	Long time has past since I posted the last entry... My youngest son graduated from high school in March, and he left home for living in a dorm at the university in Kyushu in Japan. About 40% of all the students are from abroad...amazing number. Most of the classes are taught in English. As for me, I'm much into photography.....of course a beginner, learner and Amateur all the time. I love it. Here is Sachiko saying "hi" to you all! (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 24th, 2005
2:22 pm	The first snow of the season brought...this. Just clicking the pictures will bring you to my photo album. Hope you'll enjoy it. Merry Christmas to you all! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 10th, 2005
11:12 am	A spirit tree, one of my favorites. Lately I keep myself busy taking many kinds of photographs, especially birds, flowers and trees. This is a tree that stands by the path to a meadow where I enjoy watching birds in Nara park, 30 minutes, more or less from my home by car. There is a trace of a thunderbolt on the trunk and more than half of the trunk is missing. Yet it is still standing tall and strong. One of my favorite trees. ( bigger ) These are two of the birds that I saw in the trees in the meadow two days ago. （shijukara) = Great Tit and （yamagara) = Varied Tit (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
8:51 am	Variation of Honey Oatmeal Bread. I tried "barley" when I was out of quick cooking oats. Barley needed to be cooked for about 20 minutes until soft. My bread got a nice nutty and chewy texture. ( then... ) (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
9:51 am	Praying mantises are amazing. They have very expressive face. This one, i found her (^_^) on a branch of one of my Rose of Sharon trees.( praying mantis playing on my hand ) (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
9:40 pm	"Don't miss the ant." ( tiny partners ) (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 27th, 2005
8:31 am	Hand made With my eye sight getting dimmer with age, I have difficulty doing things that I have to depend on my eyes. Same with the two of my friends. We all struggled making something like this... (  This is what I made... ) (19 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 21st, 2005
9:25 am	Here is one more picture that I forgot to post along with other pictures. (  take a look at these pretty kimonos ) (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 20th, 2005
11:55 pm	A visit to Oyamazaki villa Art Museum. Some of my friends and I went to see an exhibition of the works of three generations of famous potters: the late Shoji Hamada, his son and his grandson. Especially the first one, Shoji was once designated as a national living treasure. The exhibition is on now at this great villa, Oyamazaki. http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/visitkyoto/en/theme/sites/museums/asahi_beer These days we seldom wear kimono. It takes a good long time to dress up in a kimono and it doesn't fit in to our way of life now, unfortunately. I never thought about wearing kimono when I was young, because of the uncomfortableness I felt and the difficulty in wearing one. However, thanks to one of my friends in these pictures, I learned how to wear it the right way. Still, it takes me about 30 to 40 minutes to put one on. It was such a lovely day that day, we all decided to go wearing silk kimonos. ( A lot of pictures  ) (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, October 10th, 2005
2:26 pm	Fate... It happened in my garden. I came across a praying mantis attacking a grasshopper. (  Then...contains some gross pictures ) (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
12:50 pm	Now it's time for a good laugh! ( Open  ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
10:27 pm	Etegami Autumn...does your appetite good! (  Chestnuts and pampas grass+eggplant ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
5:25 pm	Oriental White Storks My husband and I, along with a neighbor couple and five of their friends went to see the ceremony releasing five oriental white storks into nature in Toyooka city in Hyogo prefecture on September 24. Prince Akishinomiya and Princess Kiko were also there to attend the tape cutting ceremony. It was quite an exciting event with many people crying out with joy when each stork was released from its box. *Worth driving 4 hours each way!* (  I'll show you more, but don't count on my photographic skills.:( ) Click to see more details; http://www2.nkansai.ne.jp/toyooka/kounotori/end.swf (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
12:10 am	#3 The first scarecrow contest in town! ( And the winners are...(click) ) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 19th, 2005
12:36 am	The Harvest Moon The most beautiful moon in the year. We celebrate and admire its beauty in Japan. ( Taken about 4 hours ago ) Click for more explanation. Very nice site. http://www.watanabegumi.co.jp/jpculture/tukimi/tukimi.html (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 18th, 2005
12:24 am	#2 The first scarecrow contest in town! After the winners are chosen next monday, all of the scarecrows will be given to the farmers in the neighborhood. Will they really scare the crows away? Hahaha. ( More scarecrows behind the cut ) (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
1:00 pm	#1 The first scarecrow contest in town! The local cable tv crew came! ( Pick a scare... ) To be continued... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 10th, 2005
4:41 pm	I did everything to protect the clematis plant from countless tiny pale green worms. Nipping them with my bare fingers every morning and evening and spraying them with a bug killer several times. But all of my efforts were in vain. That was last year. Then Mother Nature gave me the pure white sensation of this flower again. Where did all the tiny bitty worms go this year? ( I love this!! ) "Click below" This one was taken two years ago. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/sachicat/clematis3.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com (6 Comments |Comment on this)