long ago today

a year ago i went back to my hometown for my Mother's birthday which means "happy birthday" (today) to my Mother. she was born in The Year of The Rabbit . . . this is The Year of The Tiger so that makes her ___ years old.

here is my Mother and i about ___ years ago (not in my hometown or even my homecountry)

no sunrays or shadows this morning

leftover raindrops. i walked in the rain to the bus stop this morning and in the sunshine on the way home in the afternoon.

i couldn't find any raindrops on these tsuyukusa but they do look good in their one day in the sun

and when we got home, there was a nice daffodil waiting for us

snail in headlights (don't worry he made it across the road)