Today we went into Ueno today to go to a Summer Festival. It was along a lake that looked like this when we saw it in December. When we saw it in April, it was just water.… Read more ›
It’s almost 5pm. I’m listening to Erasure and the sonic chatter of the cicadas. The girls are watching Dinosaur Train. That’s about as exciting as it gets around here. 🙂 While we were out today, we ran across this fellow.… Read more ›
My original title for this post was going to be “Comic-Con Hall H Has Nothing on Japanese Fan Girls”, but there are only a certain number of people who would get that. 🙂 I’ll explain it a little further down.… Read more ›
I realized today that we’ve only been here for 16 days. Somehow that was extremely surprising to me. No wonder it feels like we don’t have the house pulled together yet. (Duh.) It is hot. Not as hot as it… Read more ›
It’s almost 4pm on Wednesday. It’s raining outside, and earlier (before the rain) our backyard was graced by multiple kinds of butterflies, dragonflies, and a very loud cicada. Now it’s raining but not storming, and the view outside is beautiful,… Read more ›
We are in Tokyo! We got here late last week, and you wouldn’t believe the number of pictures I already have to share with you. So I’m splitting them over a number of posts. This one is just some fun,… Read more ›
Today we went out to Harajuku to meet some friends who were in Tokyo for a couple of days. We had a great time showing them around. I love Harajuku on the weekend. From the train station, two posters of… Read more ›
Today we went to Shinjuku Gyoen with a new friend. We had a marvelous time. The park is huge, and has a traditional Japanese garden, a French Formal garden, and an English Landscape garden, which, it should be noted, is… Read more ›
The other day we ran across a bunch of really cool looking succulents around and about as we were walking. I know nothing about them other than that they look awesome, so I share them with you. And as… Read more ›
Today we went to the Ueno Zoo, situated in Ueno Park , which is incredibly beautiful this time of year. I took a LOT of pictures. The girls found dandelions and had to make wishes. And Tiny had to throw leaves… Read more ›
