Work In Progress Wednesday

I’m pleased with how all of these are coming along. 

New Start - Cross Stitch Fobs in progress 

The Tale of Genji progress

Dogwood Afghan progress - upper right corner

Hardanger progress -

Peace and Providence Place/Kawashiwakubo Castle Site

From the internet:

Peace and Providence Place, located in Ōdairakakigi, Japan, is a historic site and landmark known as the residence of the Kano clan. The Kano clan, descendants of the Fujiwara Minami family, gained prominence in painting as the Kano school. The castle grounds feature a parking lot and walking path for visitors. The site showcases mountain castle construction that integrates the natural landscape. Although little remains of the original castle, the site is well-maintained with explanatory signs. The altitude difference within the castle ruins is about 70m, offering a hiking experience.

This was a nice hike in the woods. I don’t know what the signs meant. I think they were designating different sights.  

The signs above tell how many minutes walk. 

This building was in a state of disrepair. The coin collection box in the entry made me think it was a shrine building.

It looks like some kind of crab in the photos below.

There is no shortage of interesting places to visit in Japan.

Monday Morning Star Count

I’m going through my fabric leftovers/scraps and cutting the pieces that are big enough (but not too big) into 2 1/2 inch squares. There’s no hurry on this and I can make the squares into hexagons when I have a few minutes here and there. 

Autumn in Ueno Park Tokyo

I was in Ueno Park in Tokyo a few days ago, and the trees were beautiful.  I don’t think they are peak color yet, but I still enjoyed them very much.

It was a week day, so the park wasn’t very crowded.

The lotus plants are done for the year, but they will be back again.

There was a flea market. I looked around but didn’t buy anything.

I visited this park in August and it looked very different. Japanese people like to say Japan has four seasons, and it is very true.