Foggy Beach, Damp Dog
Yesterday was off-and-on rainy, and as the rain eased off, the afternoon got foggy. The sight of a bored dog perched on the back of the sofa made us think […]
Category Archives: Color
Flowers of June Tooth
Let us present to you a June Second, 2018 album of flowers blooming in and around the yard at Wishetwurra Farm. Chive flowers are pale and pleasing. It’s iris time. […]
Wishetwurra Farm, April 28, 2018
Despite the joyful and consuming arrival of last fall’s miracle, Coquina the Wonderdog, and other diversions such as the trip to Japan, Wishetwurra Farm still functions. Winter was hard on […]
Blue Tile Roof: Ao!!!
Here in “Nor’England” there are few tile roofs. Over there, in Japan, are many. I don’t know a lot about these roof tiles. In Japanese they’re called “kawara”. Here’s a […]
A Blue Grosbeak Visits Wishetwurra Farm
It was late afternoon at Wishewurra Farm. I looked out the window too look at the bird feeder. WHAT was that bird?? I’d noticed because it was not a bird […]
Details of Japan
Let me share with you ten things that caught my eye in Japan. In no particular order…. So many things to see. So little time.
Vegetables in the Markets: Japan
I loved going to food markets in Japan. There was real wasabi in a Kyoto market stall. Daikon radish is everywhere…. There were many radish and cole family plants…the climate […]
Drain Spotting
On the first full day in Japan, I looked down onto the street pavement and saw something that made me realize that we were definitely NOT in the United States […]
Sakura!
“Sakura” was one of the first Japanese words I ever learned. Sakura = cherry blossom. Here’s a character for “sakura”. I wish I knew about ten thousand more ideograms. In […]
Medusae from a Pier: Naoshima
One of our stops on this Japan trip was Naoshima, an island in the Seto Sea. We came to this island to experience its constellation of major and minor art […]
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