Ryoko’s Trees & the Kohi Pause
* Friendly catch-up ~ Fungus & Kohi * 2 very serious preschool commencement ceremonies this week means got up, out […]
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Kinfolk + Pals
Ryoko climbing Ginkgo tree
My wife at work – trimming Ginkgo biloba tree at a shrine – Edo-period age, cutting away from power lines (didn’t
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Ichiro and Ryoko (and moss and trees)
{You might have seen a sneak preview of this glorious snap but…} Behold!  My two lovelies, out in the
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Notes to Future Self
Memo: tree, roots, wall, rock, house…
Sometimes the tree and the roots and the wall and rocks and the house are all the same thing.
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Personal Musings
Diary: Choosing a Tree from City (for baby)
Our local city government of Okayama has a splendid program which offers us a choice of tree sapling upon significant
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Spontaneous Snaps
Momo tree, intrepid tree blooms for the first time in our yard
Momo is Peach, a fruit for which Okayama is well-noted (including folktale Momtaro, the peach boy with his sidekicks –
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing in Okayama, 2019
Christmas isn’t really an “event” in Japan, more of a marketing campaign and a prelude to New Year’s Eve which
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Forthcoming / out n about and at home in Okayama, 2019
We headed out on some errands to return the felt sheets used in the tea ceremony at assassinated Prime minster
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Autumn Miscellany, scenes of “regular life” in Okayama
A few years ago (or less), each day was quite tough. Now, each day i deal with pain and confusion
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Autumn Miscellany / coffee, ramen, sandwiches, Godzilla, peach tree, ikebana…
While dispatches and re-caps of various outings and events exist elsewhere in this archive, life is so wonderful right now
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Personal Musings
Noble sentinel… / Shinkonryoko Ramble
Sentinel tree enjoys support Of decommissioned trees Liberally in olden growth
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Personal Musings
(at the) Blanket café / Shinkonryoko Ramble
Cafe named for warmth Presents 3 bread variations Space for belonging, me and you
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Elsewhere Scenes
Rural Caprine Farm and Market (Okayama) / acrylic
Rural Caprine Farm and Market (Okayama) acrylic on stretched canvas 2018
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Video Dim Sum
Working the Snowy Festivus Tree Lot
While a snowstorm dumps on Vancouver, Dave checks in while doing volunteer work at a holiday tree lot at Ikea
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