DaveO51 ~ Birthday Bentos, Bevvies: annotations & evidence
rain storms, cake and gratitude Preamble: So much to report as we moved into the new/old house in the midst […]
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Travel: Trip to Yubara Onsen and Katsuyama, part 1
[From March 23-25 2020] Leaving the workers to their work as they switch to more “modern equipment” with nail guns
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Japan Generational farm house and cottage story
+ Introducing our compound in Tsuchida, Okayama + I joined a Kominka (trad Japanese country home) renovation, acquisition & enjoyment
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Artifacts: Commemorative item-making devices at Korakuen
Stamping documentation at Korakuen Garden here in Goldilocks Okayama Japan. Tip: Always have a notebook with you (and/or buy postcards)
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Diary: 3 wooden stick projects (sign post, postbox, wind phone)
Mounted three pieces of raw wood into Tsuchida tsuchi (soil) with concrete (or is it cement? – which do you
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Kitchen: making Miso from scratch (ready in New Year)
Pretty sure I earned a Japanese merit badge today. Made our own Miso from scratch! Will sit in this old
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Diary: Rocking out (buying stones)
Wife (arborist/ trad landscape designer) let me tag along on some rock shopping expedition. I am amused at logistics of
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Snaps: Korakuen Gardens (Mother’s Day out)
4 (more) views at Korakuen Gardens, Okayama – One of three “great, official, significant/something“ gardens in Japan built during the
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Tsuchida Cottage Construction Roof Raising (time lapse + snaps)
After a 3+ weeks of digging out and laying foundation, connecting to various systems and preparing all the timbers with
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Kinfolk + Pals
Ichiro: cards #61~65 “5ive Set / Farm, Minako, Canadian, Rice, Superstar” 12.2~9.2020
5 – count ’em 5ive – new #Ichiro cards for your on-going collection from early Dec. 2020 (Reiwa 2), series
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Ichiro: card #60 “Child Prodigy-ish” 12.1
Won’t say he is *concert-ready* quite yet but he’s using fingers not fists, posture is solid, chord shapes developing… another
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Ichiro: card #59 “Generations of Fujitas”(in Tsuchida) / 11.28
These shining lights continue to connect the centuries of culture & community The family gravestones go back so far the
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Ichiro: card #58 “Capn’s Chair”/ 11.21
This chair helps strengthen up his back for sitting up and such fun!
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Ichiro: card #53~57 “Dapper, Nice, Out n About, Gathering Stories, Rookie”/ 11.5
5 new Ichiro cards #io in the ongoing series… Coming from the last fortnight in spectacular & pleasantly autumnal Okayama,
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Ichiro: card (bonus) “Boo”(Halloween Canucks) / 10.31
At a special Halloween (safe and all that) gathering at local community centre / for our “trick or treat” station,
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Ichiro: card #52 “Thanks for the Treats” (postal) / 10.27
Memo: So much awesome stuff arriving in the mail these last days/weeks/months. We are all very grateful and doing our
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