Yamazaki Hike

Went with some friends on a mountain hike in Yamazaki. It was a great day. The hike was pretty tough and we were sort of lost for awhile, but it all worked out fine in the end. Had a nice lunch afterwards. A nice day out with friends!

KWC Trip to Herb Garden

KWC took a trip to the Herb Garden. First is a photo from the ropeway that we took up the mountainside. There is also a sideways pic of a banana tree and of my lunch plate. While there we saw an exhibition of pressed flower art. Amazing!

Kappo

Went to Osaka this weekend and happened on to this street festival. It was a gorgeous day. There was lots to see and do. Here are just a few photos. Sorry about the cat one, I can't figure out how to turn it.

Big Beer

In Japan lots of things are quite small like roads, toilets and packages of green beans. But Here I found something quite large. I can barely hold it up its so heavy!

The New Season Begins

Well, Once school starts all my activities start back up as well. Had our first BBC meeting of the new year in September. We read Six Suspects. Here we are posing, Charlie's Angels style. KWC also got started in September. As you can see we had a nice crowd for the opening meeting. And CHIC had a welcome back 'Fall Fling'. Here you see the hubby and myself all dressed up and ready to go. There's so much going on I hardly get a chance to put anything on the blog. Gomen Nasai!!

First Day of School 2010

School has started at last! The girl was not ready in time to take the photo at home so it is just the boys. A few of the kids consented to having their photo taken at the bus stop, but a few opted out. Fine with me. I had to capture my girl's first day of her last year of high school!

My Birthday

The girl had been sick and I had taken her to a doctor who diagnosed the illness as tonsilitis, on the 10th. He gave her a shot and 4 types of pills to take. The next day she broke out in hives, so I took her to another doctor, who prescribed another pill. On my birthday I took her back to the first doctor to tell him about the hives and suggest that she was allergic to something he gave her. Well he was having none of that but did give her another shot because she wasn't getting better. After this shot, she did perk up and while I was out of the house in the afternoon, she made this lovely cake for me! After the cake eating, I opened ny numerous cards and gifts. Thank you to all of you who remembered. The boy gave me this cool disguise set. We are pictured here modelling it. The next day we went to Osaka to an art museum, then to an IMAX show. After that we took a water taxi to the area of Universal Studios and had a wonderful dinner at Bubba Gumps. It was a very nice birthday.