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tony posing with some early autumn cosmos

today`s tenki yoho (weather forecast) : ☂　雨　あめ　ame rain.
today`s weather . . . r a i n.

today`s photos : raindrops on . . . e v e r y t h i n g (including me)

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some wednesday Minoo photos

hatsukoi?

on the way to Kikuya for my obento . . . well, slightly out of my way.

another thing you don`t usually see in Japan . . . Santa Claus in front of a stained glass window

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the first fan


i think he is the singer from Okayama who sings the song "OKAAAA-yama" but he didn`t sing it tonite. good voice and excellent guitatist.

home for most of the day and then a short walk (below) around lunch time (after the nurse-san and before the ofuro-san). and then some street live (above) at Senri-chuo.

the day after the big rain storm (and no, the door frame does not slant inwards)

Noriko`s latest and soon to be changed ikebana in the genkan (front door area)

another after the rain photo (and a rare garage)

higanbana and . . . me

my first uma (horse) sighting. oh, tomorrow is wednesday which means . . . the lady and the pony who sells flowers from their van

the illusive yellow higanbana

there are things you see every day in Japan . . . this isn`t one of them but the umbrella holder and butterfly catcher is

looks like but no rain today

fowers along my walk

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here are a few photos from this rainy monday starting with tonite`s delicious dinner . . .


itadakimasu

finally, more higanabana

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another wonderful Kobukuro concert. here are a few images from today with explanations to follow.
now it is time to fall asleep

ah, a Super Fine Sunday (FM802 reference), but it really is a beautiful sunday morning. and it is the second stadium concert day for Kobukuro here in Osaka. the difference is . . . i get to go today with Noriko. we are meeting a friend of hers who came all the way from Yokohama for yesterday`s and today`s concert. it is complicated but somehow i will exchange tickets with Noriko`s friend`s friend so i can enjoy the concert with Noriko. the whole ticket purchasing thing is hard to explain/hard to understand but it has to do with keeping "scalpers" away from purchasing tickets and re-selling them. i even have to show identification just to get my ticket before i can trade with Noriko`s friend`s friend. hopefully all will go smoothly here at home for Noriko`s Mother. yesterday i stayed home to help with her Father as well as a nurse coming by and a "helper-san". everything went fairly smoothly. i think a neighbor friend will stop by to help until the nurse and "helper-san" arrives in the evening. i have not mentioned much about Noriko`s Father and i have put no photos in my blog of him but . . . he is the biggest part of every day here.

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i know this feeling alot lately


one of my favorite streets or shall i say "crossroads" . . . Shinsenbaminamibashi-nishizume. i was on my way home from Senri-chuo where i dropped Noriko off for her first of two big days (of 2010) . . . Kobukuro live at Nagai Stadium. we will go together tomorrow.


still feels like summer. . . natsu no natsukashii

finally a few higanbana (the red flowers) are beginning to bloom