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a little bit of my today, some of my yesterday and recent days and sukoshi (few) from . . . you know where . . .

Wagamama Cafe and Pub (it's kind of funny if you know what "wagamama" means)

the exotic sounds of Japan

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this morning (the first of many photos of this beautiful purple/pink flowered tree. i am still trying to find the name of this flowering tree) . . . common name is orchid tree i was told (CL).

a morning in March

this morning (any idea what the dog walker is doing besides walking his dog?)

this morning (i think it is my first sunstar reflection)

this morning (shhhhhh, nice doggie, be quiet)

another morning in March (in Maekawa-san's genkan)

this morning (too many to count)

this morning (sunstar in OT)

this morning (the rail outside my front door)

this morning (sunlight thru the trees and 4 swings)

this morning (same orchid tree)

this morning (not a busy bee. i think i woke him up)

this morning

this morning

this morning (BoP)

this morning (OT)

a morning in March （桜のつぼみ）

this morning (VW)

thanks to last night's Modern Family (below)

a Modern Family "flash mob". it was my first time to see such a thing. i think i had heard about a "flash mob" or read about it but now . . . now i know. there are so many "flash mob" videos to see on youtube including many many Michael Jackson "Beat It" flash mobs. the one i added above Modern Family was a real flash mob to "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music in a train station in Belgium. thank you Modern Family, youtube, internet. and have i told you about the Maru the cat videos ?

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today and not today. here and not here. now and zen.

three, count them, three musicians on their way to a concert

late afternoon sun. what was she listening to? where was she going? or where was she coming back from?

heavenly

i started watching a new Japanese drama today called Kouri no Sekai (Ice World). it is going to be a good mystery featuring the beautiful and talented Matsushima Nanako and the handsome and talented Takenouchi Yutaka. i wasn't sure how old this drama was until i saw Takenouchi-san pulled out the antenna on his keitai (cell phone). i found out this drama first aired in 1999. on sunday i watched a very good movie called O-tonari which was about a photographer and flower arranger. very good. sometime last week i finished the drama called Arifureta Kiseki (Ordinary Miracle) and highly recommend it. i think you are now up to date with my Japanese dorama (dramas). well, how could i forget the one i am watching currently. it is airs in Japan on tuesday night. and thanks to the kind person who uploads it to the internet with subtitles within a day or two. episodes 1 thru 5 have been very entertaining. it is strange to see Kanno Miho as an evil person . . . she is a mecha kawaii but chotto kowai (very cute but a little scary) in Guilty.

drops 1 - 100

at one with your inner drop (and no, the image is not turned sideways)

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still enjoying Billy Collins (thank you Peggy), still enjoying the late afternoon sun, still enjoying sitting by the pool on a weekday in mid-November with flip flops on

a photographic haiku

someone is going somewhere

as i looked up from lounging

reading by the pool

i found these gerbera daisies (above) and the purple iris (below) in the pool area

and what delicious fragrance do these purple flowers have?

still blooming

and they look cute from behind also (that's what she said)

found but not lost on the way to PCH

drop 1

drops 2, 3, 4 and 5

drop 6

drops 7 and 8

foggy morning reflection near the gym

somewhere behind those trees is a big shopping mall

view from the bus on the way to the gym

sunrise thru the fog at just past 7

Venus around 515am