A friendly cheese ball pose from the bus stop as a time marker for heading to the hospital {totally spaced […]
Hospital Day – i should be better at this now but trying Read Post »
Moving north across the Fraser river to downtown/West End, Vancouver, settling into a kitchenette hotel for several days, enjoying tea ceremonies, hotel picnics, coffee times and pleasant times with friends, plus our initial foray into Stanley Park.
Downtown + West End Vancouver and Stanley Park / #BCInvasion flashback, part 2 Read Post »
This week: no scheduled hospital visits, wife super busy with work, so… trying to catch up, finish a few tasks
Reminder: planning, finishing up and do the basics Read Post »
Today in “Beauty and the Beast” I’m just thrilled to be her sidekick :-) riding the bus together, her in
Snap: tea & coffee / kimono & hat Read Post »
The three of us, on the road by wonderful, air conditioned, Wi-Fi enabled, Uno bus service into Okayama city for
Outing: bus to passport snaps, jazz & tea Read Post »
+ Paints, Posts, Poems + (with tea) Construction underway, the elusive and complicated “operation turtle” {requiring lawyers & money but
Diary: mixed-media card, steps forward with projects (and tea) Read Post »
Waiting for a trainAlone amongst a billionJust to pass by, not to ride No where to goBut to my healing
Waiting, not Riding Read Post »
Still life with postcards, inky stamps, cup of tea, bowl of nuts / was making up for some poor decisions
Post’d: Still life with postcards and tea (Sri Lanka – formerly Ceylon) Read Post »
This summer was a splendid fog of humid waves of action welcoming baby Ichiro amongst *all the world*. Yet, remains
Join us for tea at Tsuchida Cottage, Okayama for our 1st wedding anniversary. We’ll play some songs, catch you up
Dave + Ryoko Anniversary Tea Time Variety Show (almost live) Read Post »
Well, the days between Christmas and New Year’s aren’t really a thing per se in Japan as Christmas is just
Diary: Days Before New Year’s Eve / Lead-up Activities + Goodnight Year of the Boar Read Post »
At weddings in Japan – unlike in “western” countries, guests usually bring cash in special envelopes as a gift rather
Giftbag Round-up / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki Read Post »
My darling Ryoko studies Japanese tea ceremony with a group of others from Okayama and Kurashiki. Recently i was invited
Tea Ceremony in Sketches Read Post »
Mementos: Japan Enokitake farm: view entering the farm compound in Saji, Tottoria Note: Above photo published in Japan Times article:
Mementos: Tottori Japan Life at Enokitake (mushroom) Farm etc. Read Post »
