before and after (not the tv show but i really do like that show)

looks like we might get some rain this afternoon . . . it`s a good thing i watered the garden today. and a good thing we washed and cleaned Noriko`s car yesterday. i am sure the new flowers i planted will like the rain.

before

after

and a little later after

these two flowers were lost in the transition

today`s nice sunset after going to MyCal (big shopping center in Ibaraki) to find Misa-chan a belated-birthday present. tomorrow i will add a very cute little video of a very cute little dog at the Pet Shop in the mall.

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a few more images from the summer festival in Ikeda on monday

it`s an ECO-thing (i was told by someone in the Osaka Prefectural Office)

ahhh, kakigori in a yukata at a matsuri...that means summer

which way to the kakigori?

ahhh, cotton candy

candied apple yukata girl

yosakoi dancers whirling and twirling thru the night. this was one of the "dance teams" i saw at Carre Four back in May

my, oh my this was a great Shishi-mai!