can you read my mind?

" . . . i don't mind, if you don't mind . . . "

a slow start to my first full day back at home. it is another warm one. my sempuku (fan) is on high. i can hear kids splashing and playing in the pool. i still need to unpack. and go thru mail and bills. and answer a few "welcome home" emails. and look thru some new and old photos. and maybe add one or two images to this blog. oh, and i have a Netflix video i received yesterday in the mail. i am not sure what it is but surprises are always nice too. i think it may be a new British mystery which reminds me i need to catch up on Aishiteru. my Life is so busy. and i think you know what is going to start on monday after the big Labor Day Weekend.

". . . i don't shine, if you don't shine . . . "

" . . . the stars are blazing like rebel diamonds . . . "

there is just something about this video that gets to me. the melody. the lyrics. it's in Japan. and it captures many of things that make me want to return to Japan; besides the beauty, and the people, and the wonder of not knowing what you might see next . . . it has Gachapin!

" . . . can you read my mind? . . . " (not Gachapin)

or my mind? (Yamato-chan not Gachapin)

sunflowers, blue sky, a new pinwheel and Casiopea

the simple joy of holding a pinwheel in the wind.  the Japanese word for pinwheel is kazaguruma.  here is an interesting video i found about a unique kazaguruma.

blooming near my home

well, i did get a little more done today than yesterday.  EVA Airlines said there is a seat for me on friday's flight from LAX to KIX.  FedEx is helping me return some Crocs that were too big.  i walked to Target for a few things for my trip and then took the bus back to Office Depot for some new ink for my printer.  that sounds like a full day to me.  and i made a little video (above).  the music is Wildflowers by Akira Jimbo.  and Akira Jimbo is who?  he is the drummer for Casiopea (below). i first heard this song about 25 years ago and have the cassette tape to prove it.

cover art of the 1985 album Halle by Casiopea.  their sound reminds me of a warm summer day (or late April) with a pinwheel spinning in the breeze and a sunflowers yellow's petals reaching for the sky.