The Book Club took a field trip to the Ritz Carlton for High Tea. We had a glass of champagne (tiny) and a plate of 4 savories. Then the tea (mine was a lavender infusion) and the three tiered tray of sweets. (sorry its sideways). The hotel was decorated beautifully. It was a nice day out.
The girl had an orchestra and choir concert at school last week. There aren't any photos of her playing the cello but here she is during the choir part. She sang a solo which was quite good, if I do say so myself!
The husband, boy and myself went on a 2 hr. hike across the mountain. We left from Ashiya and ended up in Okamoto. It started out fairly cool, but as we scrambled over rocks and pulled ourselves up by ropes and a chain, we began to feel warmer and took off some of our layers. Along the way we saw some inoshishi happily grazing in the woods and some others resting in the dry creek bed. We finished the trip with a nice lunch in Okamoto, then took the train home.
