Cat Toy Project status report added, finally.

Posted by Kim.

Sorry, I took so long to do this. I've been flying kites practically every day. So addictive. One day I would like to fly a kite higher than a crow can fly. It’s not easy!

Anyway, today Drittens and I have been experimenting a lot with this website. I haven't used it in such a long time I actually forgot how to use it. So instead of me showing him how to do things we are both kind of learning how to do things at the same time.

If you like to crochet, you'll probably find this post interesting. If not, perhaps you'll like the lantern project we'll be posting on Thursday.

Go to the Cat Toy Project status report. >>

Tomorrow happens to be Drittens's birthday. This afternoon we all took a break and went marketing together so that tomorrow morning we can make a cake! It's going to be fun, and then we will eat it!

~k.

Japan notes : growing vegetables where you live

Posted by Pinky.

Since I mentioned that I am currently in Japan, I've received a few e-mails with questions like "What kind of things are you doing there?" or "Do you like Japan?" and so on. So I decided to post some random thoughts and observations about some things that have caught my interest while I'm here.

For much of my stay here I've been in a small city/town. The closest big city is actually kind of nearby (Nagoya, only 30 minutes by car) but this area has a very "not big city feeling", though it's definitely not rural either. Every day I've been walking around a lot and I've been very interested in how many of the families around here seem to be growing their own food. Even if they have just a little bit of "empty" land they will grow vegetables on it.

Many vegetables growing even though it's in the middle of winter!

Across the street from my friend's house there is this tiny wooden stand with vegetables for sale. Today the white container has radishes and green onions in it. Sometimes the stand has squash, pumpkins, or Japanese potatoes to buy.

On the way back I bought the cabbage. :)

The vegetables come from the nearby houses and they're always cheap. If you want something you just put some money in the metal box.

I'm sure someone can easily run away with the whole metal box so I dunno why it has a lock on it...

When I get back home I will to see if I can grow my own vegetables. I wonder if anybody would want to eat my vegetables?

I'm sorry that the photos are not good. I dropped my camera and it broke, so now I am just using the built-in camera on my (non-functioning) telephone. But, I will post more photos again soon.

Please take care,
pinky