This is the first photo I took in the morning (about 6am) while the mist was still heavy on the mountains, and the dew on the rice.
I love my inaka "roots" out here in the countryside of Japan. It is soooo different from what everyone in the rest of the world "thinks" Japan is like through watching TV and reading about Tokyo, Osaka, and other big, crowded, concrete, smoggy cities. Don't believe me? Then take a look at where I live! I love you!
Those look like what we call "Elephant Ears." Hhmmm...
ReplyDeleteThis looks like what we call Elephant ear plant.
ReplyDeleteDoes "irst" come before first? ;) You know I love you!!
ReplyDeletedamn you!
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike Amber.
ReplyDeleteThere. Now nobody will have any idea what you were talking about! (whew!) But do let me know my other typoes. I set this up at Flickr, then imported it here without checking for such typographical errors. I love you, Tornado! Get the Vornado and you'll love me more!
ReplyDeletetypoes or typos? ;)
ReplyDelete*GRIN*
ReplyDeleteI prefer it as typoe, because it is rather POEtic, POEsque, as in Edgar Allan.
ReplyDeleteooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ReplyDeleteCam had a typo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTTTTTTYYYYYYPPPPPPOOOOOOO
ReplyDeleteYes, Carrie. But he always likes to go and correct them when he discovers them, or when they are discovered for him.
ReplyDeletei never fix'em
ReplyDeleteagaints me policy
yup
Besides... typoe, is much nicer than typae (Taipei).
ReplyDeletecept fer one you made me fix cause it was b.a.d.
ReplyDeleteOh, that was when you meant to write I LOVE YOU but you accidentally wrote I FUCK YOU?
ReplyDeletesumpin like that
ReplyDeleteyep. I remember that. I remember PR, too.... coming up on a year, isn't it! So, in a nutshell, are you enjoying Oregon?
ReplyDeletei hate it
ReplyDeletelets have reuinion in PR
ReplyDeleteyou set the date
whazamadder
ReplyDeleteme spellin reuinion not good enuf fer ya
I'd love to, but I must find another destination to head off to next, and other people to visit, hug, snog and clean their kitchen floors! Time waits for no Globalized Kitchen Elf.
ReplyDeletemexico right???????????
ReplyDeletelisa and ben are there
That's a Girls Only Venue this time around, and I'm not invited (I'm not a girl, not in this life anyway). That's OK, though as it allows everyone who goes to hang out without having to worry about anything related to men in their midsts. (Then they can go and flirt with all the local boys they want!)
ReplyDeleteoooooooooooooooooh
ReplyDeletekewl
we can dance nekkid under la luna
ReplyDeleteYou can dance naked over Pedro too if you so desire...
ReplyDeleteAnd as I am sure someone will say, "What goes on in CanCum stays in CanCum."
ReplyDeleteFOFL
ReplyDeleteyou iz baaaaaaaad!
Man, sometimes it's funny sitting back and being a little fly on the wall! Y'all are FUUUUUUUNNNNY!
ReplyDeletei just LUV LUV LUV that mami baby pic of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteit is preciosa!!
ReplyDeletegracias él es mi favorito y mi mejor!
ReplyDeleteand yer only
ReplyDeleteAND PROUD OF IT!
;-)
You two carry on up the charts. I have some stuff I need to do around the house. Like drink. Water. Lest I evaporate and shrivel up like a retiree in Florida. I luvs you.
ReplyDeleteLOL Love You Too!
ReplyDeleteAnd Carrie, Yo no hablo español, estoy usando "Traducir Google" para hacer esto.
Lo hago porque Te quiero!
ReplyDeleteQUE BUENO!
ReplyDeleteno precupe
yo no sabe mucho en espanol
intiendo cervesa?
ReplyDeleteintiendo banos?
bueno, tu eres bilingue
without the accent marks i can not make on my laptop
LOL Like I said, I'm having to use "Google Translate" to talk!! HAHA
ReplyDeletemy mother says if you can order a beer and ask for the bathrooms in any language that makes you bilingual
ReplyDeleteLMAO Smart!
ReplyDeleteI can speak a FEW words in Spanish, and know some sign language...with American English being my main language...does that make me trilingual?? ;)
and ya know da language of LUV right??
ReplyDeleteI can say "I LOVE YOU" in several languages
ReplyDeletemy fave is "IGLU!" :D
ReplyDeleteah the international language of luv
ReplyDeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteQuestion: when watching the Olympic opening ceremony, were you more excited to see the Japanese delegation or the Canadian???
Just curiosity......'cause I thought of you @ both moments
: )
Inesta - Actually, neither excited me but I can tell you that I know the faces of a lot of the Japanese delegation because I've grown up with them and they do tons of marketing and commercials with them when Mayu plays the TV every morning at breakfast.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the Canadians, I thought... "that's a lot of white people." And that's about it.
I love you.
The Canadian uniform was cute. I loved the little red caps!
ReplyDeleteI don't think i caught the Japanese delegation.
The opening scene with those (what seemed like) billion drummers was awesome!
And the kids...OMG is there anything cuter than an Asian kid???
It's not PC... but it's true.
You realize you almost made me spit out my coffee!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, Tornado. I guess I did not live up to my coffee-spitting standard. I apologize.
ReplyDeleteaw nice serenexx
ReplyDeletecutexx
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwwwwww
ReplyDeleteBeautiful country... it actually–with the exception of the rice paddies–reminds me a lot of the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains just west of me.
ReplyDeleteaww gorgeous
ReplyDeletelol..nice
ReplyDeletesuch vast open beauty..you dont ned an au pair do you lol
ReplyDeletelovely how long have you lived over there?
ReplyDeleteyes it looks great good harvest....
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwwwwwww it looks absoloutley wonderful..saving my pennies!!
ReplyDeletehard work but well worth his efforts huhxx
ReplyDeletelovely..i feel like a little mouse looking up through the rice!!!
ReplyDeletewell this answered my question how long you lived there lol...sorry numpty can you refesh me...
ReplyDeletestrong rootsx
ReplyDeletebet that is lovely celebration reminds me as a child of the hay harvesting...and teh gathering afterwards with the farmer to eat and restxx
ReplyDeleteyes its lovely..your so part of nature..the homes are interesting shapes toox
ReplyDeleteJools, what is the "x" and "xx" that you put at the end of all of your comments?
ReplyDeletenice lovely fried in olive oil in slices with a chilli tomato sauce turkish stylex
ReplyDeletenice are there many differnet nationalities in the community?
ReplyDeletewell captured as the bee goes to the flower
ReplyDeletemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ReplyDeletenice..two stable e,
ReplyDeletelement i should guess in the diet?
lovely so beautifully built toox
ReplyDeletemagical picture perfectx
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwww
ReplyDeletevery true you have villiage life with the city folk running through it..excellent picturexx
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww beautifulx
ReplyDeleteNO! I almost spit b/c I was LAUGHING! It was FUNNY! (I don't spit or almost spit very often so it's a compliment!)
ReplyDeletex xx is with love dont you do that in japan lol...means comment and thoughts sent with lovexx
ReplyDeleteHey!
ReplyDeleteThere's my skinnywhiteMou!
Tornado - I know. I was apologizing that I didn't do a good enough job. You should have spit out your coffee all over your monitor, but I only took you to "almost" which, in my eyes, is like getting 58% on a test. Sigh... I'll try better next time.
ReplyDeleteI like this picture. It is a beautiful color.
ReplyDeleteReally like this picture....like sunflowers.
ReplyDeletemy landlord has plants with huge leaves that look just like these. I wonder if they are potatos now. wonder if they even know.
ReplyDeleteyes, it's lovely
ReplyDeletei found the name Taro root in reading about the Elephant Ear... i've heard ot Taro, but never realized it was the same thing!
ReplyDeletedo they refer to it in this term, Cam?
learn something new everyday.
glad i came back here... i forgot about looking it up before.
They are pretty close, Jen. The taro root is what they use to make poi in Polynesia.
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