Seven Years

Seven years ago today, I moved to Japan.  Time flies when you are having fun! 

2011 

2012 

 

2013 

2014 

2015 

2016 

2017 

2018

Please let me have at least another seven years of adventure in Japan!

It's Beginning to Look ...

A little like Christmas. I didn't have a tree last year because my apartment was too small.  This year I bought a little tree at Daiso. Because the instructions were in English (as well as other languages), I felt obligated to read them.  I'm over 15 years of age - good, I can put up this tree!

I put it up in the corner of the room and can see it from all over.

Monday Morning Star Count - Week 30

Year Two of the temperature quilt  

Week 30 

November 18 - 24 

57, 61, 55, 61, 57, 57, 52

Last week, Leonore commented on the "Mickey ear pillow". One of the stitchers brought it back from Disneyland filled with treats and it has become the holder for my weekly temperature blocks.  As this is week 30, I really need to find some background fabric and start stitching these down!

Sarah at Sarah Did It! is continuing to host us on Wednesdays, so please check out the temperatures around the world.  Feel free to join in! 

I am reporting the high temperature each day.  My Year Two temperature/color (Fahrenheit) scheme remains the same: 

100 + Brown 

90-99 Red  

80-89 Orange 

70-79 Yellow  

60-69 Green  

50-59 Blue 

40-49 Purple 

30-39 Pink 

20-29 White 

10-19 Black  

Saturday Adventures

This is a slow weekend - no plans, nothing I really have to do.  Yesterday morning I went out to the grocery store, which is about a 20 minute walk from my apartment.  When I got to the main road, people were lined up and the police were turning cars away.  I thought maybe it was a parade, but I kept walking. When I heard clapping, I turned and saw it was a road race and the first runners were coming by. They were all wearing sashes, so I wondered if it was an Ekeden. I watched a few runners, then continued to the grocery.  

In the vegetable department, an elderly Japanese woman cornered my cart so I couldn't move.  She had a big smile and seemed happy to see me, but I didn't think I had ever met her before.  She was very friendly and asked me some questions in Japanese slowly so I could understand - the usual: what country are you from, how long have you been here, how do you like Japan, what do you do here, etc.  Then she looked in my cart and noticed I had chosen some discounted bananas and red peppers. She told me not to buy them, but I couldn't understand the reason. She was making some circular motions around her midsection and saying some onomotopoeia word that I'm not familiar with. I said I thought it was okay to eat. She continued on about vegetables being expensive, then suddenly moved on to the bread section, leaving me free to go to the dairy section buy milk and eggs. I love when people talk to me. Shopping baskets are small here. This was what I bought.   

The autumn weather is quite nice this year. Hot summer, warm fall, not much snow on Mt. Fuji yet.

I spent the rest of the day in my apartment, with the back door open, stitching and doing a few household chores.  This is the good life.

6 & 6 in 2018 - November

This is the month for showing new projects.  I want to finish old projects, but the new ones are so fun. 

Cathedral windows are my newest "new thing". 

I worked on my fobs by adding beads.  

I finished another butterfly bag.  

I also finished a new hexagon pouch.

You can see my 6&6 in 2018 progress here and  check out who is joining in this month on Meredith's blog here.