Sunday, February 24, 2008

a mighty wind

strong wind and strong women, these are two noteworthy attributes of Gunma, the prefecture that i live in. yesterday it certainly lived up to the strong wind part! the wind was ripping all through saturday night and all day sunday. it was so strong that several trees were blown down in our neighborhood. our place is surrounded by dead or dying pine trees, because of an insect infestation.
as for the women part, hhmmm, just ask nao! anyway a couple of months ago i read an article that ranked the beauty of japan's women by prefecture, it's unfortunate to say that Gunma ranked near the bottom...
but DON'T tell nao that!!

Saturday, February 23, 2008

failed zoo trip!

we went to the utsunmiya zoo today. usually we go to the one in kiryu, which is down the road from where i work, but we wanted to try something a little different.
well, utsunomiya is about an hour and a half away and almost as soon as we walk in the wind kicks up, the clouds roll in,and down comes the rain. we had to run back to the car to head home!
it was ok because rose and nao had a chance to catch a fish at the tank. nao was psyched because she got to feed a giraffe, but rose was freaked yelling about how scary the giraffe was!

Monday, February 18, 2008

ice cream thief

a couple of weeks ago rose and i went to an international food fest in town. the food was made by people from japan, thailand, canada, india, etc. for dessert they had delicious italian ice cream. i got a cup to share with rose. she took one taste, grabbed the cup and spoon and off to a corner. after that she wouldn't share any more ice cream with me!!

snow days!

we had snow a couple of weeks ago. rose loved making a snow blob!

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