Some photos from this morning's walk around the neighborhood.
Sakura in bloom April 2020
Kita machi road next to train tracks April first these trees are not quite at their peek, but very impressive and beautiful 
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| Along the Arima River |
Road to Arima 
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Intersection in Arima going to Arinodai on right |
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The Japanese cherry tree in our yard |
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Local park in Fujiwaradai |
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| This is the tree near our neighbor's house along the creek. |
A little Excitement in Hatacho
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| About 7:30 pm there were sirens out on our street, There was a small car behind an overturned motorbike. Firemen were talking to a man sitting on the street. A police cruiser also came from the left while the firetruck was on the right side of the street. Then a large police van came. |
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| The man was able to get on the gurney by himself and then he was taken to the ambulance. |
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| The police cruiser pulled into our driveway and soon the car involved pulled in behind it. The firetruck left about 8:15 and the cruiser was gone by 8:30; the police were getting the man's statement and marking the street. Everyone was gone by 8:30. |
Flurry of snow
We woke up to a little snow on the ground with temperature about 6C outside. The morning was cold and windy and we had at various times rain and snow coming doing, sometimes fast and furious. Not usual for Kobe.
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| Snow along the field on the backside of our home |
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| Mt. Rokko from the main road |
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| This is the snow falling fast about 9:30 a.m. It stopped by 9:35 |
March 15 Church
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| There were a total of 12 in the morning service today, our highest attendance for regular services. The Yoshimoto, Taitano and Kuramae, and Iwanaga families came (2 each) |
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| There were two 5-year-old kids today so I had a class to teach. The lesson was on the Lost Sheep. The kids help me with the flannel graph alot :-) |
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| Henry doing the announcements |
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| Henry at the pulpit and Mr. Fukumoto doing the AV. Mr. Sakamoto's back is in front of me. |
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.
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| Steve's backyard loaded with fallen oak leaves |
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| Steve using a leaf blower to gather the leaves in the front yard |
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| A city crew came with a large vacuum and sucked up the leaves at the street |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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