Horai Bridge in February

I visited this Guinness World Record Wood Bridge back in August. I thought I would like to visit again, so I did.

Japanese Rules - In English

Dinner Sushi

Mt. Fuji Day

On February 23rd, I went to the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Center in Fujinomiya.  After I got there, I found out it was Mt. Fuji Day!  Free admission to the center was part of the day. I never get tired of seeing Fujisan.

What do you eat in Fujinomiya?  Fujinomiya Yakisoba, of course.

Work In Progress Wednesday - More of the Same

Hina Matsuri

In Japan, March 3rd is Hina Matsuri, the day to celebrate girl children and to pray for their health and happiness.

You can read my previous posts with explanations about this day here (2019), here (2018), here (2017), here (2016), here (2014), here (2012).

Monday Morning Star Count - Week 43 Plus a Safe Blog Reminder

(Safe Blog info at the bottom of this post)

Year Three of the temperature quilt  

Week 43

February 9 - 15 

50, 52, 54, 54, 55, 57, 64

I am reporting the high temperature each day.  My Year Three 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  

You can see my finished Year One Quilt here.

Here is a reminder from Ann at Fret Not Yourself --

Yet Another Plea to Make the Internet Safer
I sound like a broken record but... After six years, there are still people who haven't set their blogs to https. What a shame. There's a simple way to start if you use Blogger. Look at the top right of your blog and click Design. Then chose the Settings tab and then Basic. Toggle "Yes" on HTTPS Redirect. That will send people to this much, much safer way to access your blog.

Http is an outdated protocol allowing hackers to change your content, redirect people to a bogus site, and steal identity and credit information. {Some of us have clicked a link and gotten a porn site instead.} Here's more information on why you should definitely switch to https.

How do you tell if a website is secure? It has a lock icon before the address. Keep yourself and your readers safe. Don't go to any site {including the famous quilters who haven't addressed this basic safety issue} unless you are willing to risk exposing your personal and financial information to every malicious hacker in the world. I NEVER go to any site that hasn't got this simple, effective safeguard.  Whether you're selling something or just writing, if you want me to read your blog, it has to be https.

Please check and see if you have the lock icon and if you don't, make your blog safe!

Lunch at Ume no Hana

My friend, her mother, and I planned to go to the Shizuoka Quilt Festival yesterday, but it was cancelled because of the Corona Virus (Covid-19).  We decided to still go out to lunch and my friend chose Ume no Hana.  She called ahead to reserve and order the meal for us.  She thoughtfully informed the restaurant I didn't eat meat (fish ok) and the restaurant made some substitutions for me. It was a wonderful Japanese meal, and I can't believe I ate it all! I didn't know what all of the things were, but many were tofu.

Restaurant entrance

First this two tiered box arrived. The menu is the paper at the top of the place mat - top to bottom, right to left, fancy kanji.

Salad is on the left and steamed custard on the right.  At the bottom of the steamed custard was mochi and the seed of a ginko.

Next a tofu soup was heated on an electric burner on the table.  It was ready when the liquid turned white.

And the dishes kept coming.

This was brown rice with oysters and mushrooms.

Daikon pickle dish

Dessert was a tiny scoop of ice cream.

A wonderful lunch with two lovely ladies.