Year Three of the temperature quilt
Week 15
August 4 - 10
93, 93, 95, 95, 95, 97, 93
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| First 15 weeks of Year 3 |
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.
I was walking down the street in Shizuoka City when these students said "Hi, where are you from?"
I told them and they seemed very happy and started pulling out a clipboard as one asked me "Can we take an interview?" Of course, I said yes.
There were about eight questions, I think. The first one was "Are you a tourist or a settler?" I thought "settler" meant someone who lives here, so I said I was a settler. There were questions about whether I liked green tea, had I tried oden, what was my favorite restaurant in Shizuoka. I suspect this was a summer vacation homework assignment. They told me they were high school students. All of us walked away from the interaction with smiles on our faces.
Behind my apartment is a small park that I can see from my back door and balcony (I live on the second floor). Many things go on in the park - people play gateball a couple of mornings a week, children play, get togethers are held, recycling collected, etc.
One Saturday morning a stand and some lights were put up.
Several evenings that week, children and a few adults were out there. I think they were practicing some dances.
The next Sunday morning, the priest/monk from the New Year Burn was back for a ceremony.
After all of that, the children left the park with the drums and pulling a small mikoshi that looked like it was built by children. I don't know where they went but they were gone for quite a long time.
When they returned, photos were taken and then everyone left.
Late in the afternoon, the festival started up.
Monday morning, it was quiet again.
I don't always know what is going on, but I enjoy seeing it anyway.
I've decided to use this to dry the dishes. Watermelon belongs in the kitchen.
Kakegawa Kachouen was another student recommendation. It is located about 15 minutes walk from the Kakegawa Station. It is an aviary and a flower park. It is family oriented and wheelchair accessible. The indoor area is airconditioned and there is a restaurant area and some gift shops. The entry is 1200 yen for adults.
The first area has many kinds of owls behind glass. They were interesting to look at, but hard to photograph because of the reflections.
I was surprised to see penguins, but they are birds.
The greenhouse is also where the restaurant area is located.
The next area has tethered birds.
There are doors between the areas and many hand washing stations.
The next "room" has a gorgeous water lily pond and many colorful birds. Throughout the bird areas there were little cups of bird food for sale. I did not buy any food or try to hold any birds. I saw quite a few people trying to clean bird poop off their shirts and didn't want to be doing that myself. The colorful birds were amazing to look at, even without holding them.
I really like the waterlily pond! The roof reflection made some interesting patterns and there were many small fish in the pond.
Another interesting area
There were more birds outside.
The birds were gorgeous and I loved seeing the water lily pond. With so many birds, there was a ton of bird poop though. The employees did their best to keep it cleaned up, but it was never ending. For that reason, one visit is probably enough for me.
