While out and about on various expeditions, snap snap’d the usual days and the glimpses of regular life. {With generally […]
Scenes of life: spiral staircase, library signs, basket of balls + pink door Read Post »
Btw, our neighbourhood (walking back from trash drop-off point) / the canals are quite full! Rainy season lasting long in
Snap: Tsuchida neighbourhood canals Read Post »
Just another food round-up from Tsuchida Cottage. Of course, we are cooking at home, groceries get delivered (and some from
Diary: washoku, pizza, strudel, tacos, pickles, ramen & more everyday food Read Post »
My my the pleasant days go by – we fill our days with tending to lists of tasks from gardens
Diary: Pleasant Home Life with baby clothes, rabbit and bocce Read Post »
As noted recently, we put in a fresh garden plot in the front yard area of our house in Tsuchida,
Diary: More Rocks, also Herbs + Bocce Dreams (with time lapse fun) Read Post »
Quick notes: relocated these three big old foundation boulders using a tripod and pulley to make a little ring around
Diary: Moving Boulders, Laying Bricks, Planting Seeds at Tsuchida Cottage Read Post »
Well ya gotta eat, and we do and mostly at home. For the permanent diary of endless goodness, i snap
Diary: (Yet another) Food round-up from Tsuchida Cottage Read Post »
Amidst all the chaos and commotion and confusion and concern, my adorable wife and our incoming child are bright healthy
Diary: Baby and blossoms (in the time of quarantine…) Read Post »
No doubt lots of folks the world over are getting re-acquainted with their kitchens while experienced cooks share tips and
Diary: Homecooking at Tsuchida Cottage Read Post »
Took a break from the kura sortganizing project (due to unexpected frustration & unresolved mysteries) and fermented some various vegetables
Kitchen: Vegetable Ferments Read Post »
In today’s (really March 7th but hey…) edition of “tasty coffee in scenic places with Daveo” I bring you this
Diary: Coffee with views plus Ramen and painting preview Read Post »
Amidst the “specialness” of life – which included of late: – is the “regular out n abouts” of life. These
Diary: Kissaten cafés, sharp knife, drs observations and daily views Read Post »
On Dec. 22nd at a store in Tsudaka, Okayama, Ryoko and her Mae Maes bandmates held a Christmas concert with
Diary: Christmas Concert with Mae Maes and Friends Read Post »
Christmas isn’t really an “event” in Japan, more of a marketing campaign and a prelude to New Year’s Eve which
Diary: Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing in Okayama, 2019 Read Post »
We headed out on some errands to return the felt sheets used in the tea ceremony at assassinated Prime minster
Diary: Christmas Forthcoming / out n about and at home in Okayama, 2019 Read Post »
Kaki (persimmon) perhaps the most under-appreciated fruit (to me at least). So interesting! Looks vaguely like a tomato with colour
Diary: Kaki / Permissions, various notes and projects Read Post »
