Grey Heron



Looking out the kitchen window toward our neighbor's rice field, this grey heron was wandering around.  

It makes an appearance on occassion.  In the summer it stalks the frogs and tadpoles in the rice fields filled with water. 



Time for Cleaning

It was a beautiful day in Kato City.  I got down into the ditch around the Kato Church.  It's a good 4 feet deep, and I cut out all the weeds and at least three small trees, making five large bags of trash to take away.  What's left  are piles of dirt along the wall. I would have removed that, but there was no place to put it, so it stayed.   While I did that, Henry and Fukumoto pressure cleaned the back wall of the building facing the main road.   The flowers below were given to us by the owner's wife and she comes over and takes care and waters them for us.  




Some Recent Vehicle Sightings

 The name of this car is Absolute 

Three pink triplets someplace in Japan 


Saw this truck at a convenience store--Hyogo-ken Samurai

This car is parked at an apt. building.  It is a Toyota, but looks like a low=rider Chevy; well kept
A purple car next to  the home of church members

we deliver!
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The back of this bus is a city skyline 

Thursday tree stump removal


Steve hired a man to remove two large and one small stump in the front yard. The machine is remote controlled and I watched it come off the trailer and move to the first stump. Then it started cutting it up. There's a large circular blade in front and it moved back and forth over the stump, spreading little chunks and making a bunch of mulch.
The guy said he makes these machines and after his day job around 3:30 he goes out and does the job he really likes. It's nice to meet someone who loves what he does. It took all of 20 minutes to do the three stumps.










Yard Cleanup

Steve's backyard loaded with fallen oak leaves

Steve using a leaf blower to gather the leaves in the front yard
A city crew came with a large vacuum and sucked up the leaves at the street
There were three stumps in the  front yard. Steve had a man come with his spiffy machine and it sawed/chewed the stump into mulch.  It has a huge circular blade that moves back and forth using a remote control 

The man told us he designs these machines and loves removing stumps after his day job.  It took all of 20 minutes to remove the three stumps.  

Bug and a sunset

beetle and a plum 


a recent sunset driving from Kato to Kobe




Mugs by Boynton

My collection of mugs with art by Sandra Boynton that I bought between 1979-1983

I gave this to Henry one Christmas before we got married. It's seahorses with a land horse "swimming" and it says "For Someone Special"

This caption says  Never Say Diet and has a hippo in the kitchen cooking 


This is my favorite..a cat that says "I'm not plump.  I'm fluffy" 


This has several hippos dressed in tutus captioned "Dance of the Sugarplum fairies" 
 

A Christmas mug with music and each animal saying "Wee fish ewe a mare e grets moose panda hippo gnu deer 

A new version of the above seahorses but it says "You're one of a kind"


Latest Quilts 2020


  This quilt is mostly selvedges saved for several years.  They are less than 1/2 inch usually and I topstitched appliqued the on top of a plain piece of cloth.  The front is a panel I bought of the USA and each state has a different animal picture. 




 This is a ginko leaf quilt for my friend Charlene.  The back is a scrappy pattern.  


The label on the scrappy back

Peter's family

Here is Arianna on the Sunday School bus==happy time  :-)  

2019 Christmas photo of Jewel, Arianna and Peter 
Praise the Lord!  I love snow!!!

Four+ years married  


Arianna's reddish hair is soft and curly. 

Sitting pretty with Grandpa Reeves

Grandbaby update


 In November Christin took the three girls to a couple of outdoor events in Ranson, one was a parade.  The girls all loved it.  
 Above, Christin with Willow
 Alora and Clarity 



 Christin is sporting a new, short haircut.  She always looks great.  The girls make some funny faces when the camera is around  :-) 



 Joe with Christin and Christin with her sister Hannah 

Willow will be a year old in January,  

 Joe's Unit in the Army Reserves recently had a family get together where the girls got to place with some kids their ages.  

This is Arianna making faces.   She will be two years old in January.