A multitude of photos in and around Hata Cho. Marvelous sunset.
The fish flags are for Boys Day on May 5. The house roof has the kanji for water. In the country area about three miles from us there were fields not yet plowed that had clumps of purple flowers; a happy budda in front of a restaurant, one of dozens of purple iris ready to bloom in my garden--this one has a crooked stem. Then an experiment by Sara involving air pressure in which the soda can collapsed with a bang. There's little Karen and her big smile; and a t-shirt that says When God made me He was just showing off.
