Spring Outside Our 4th Home One Year Later

I made many mistakes naming our plants (which I planted) but you get the idea :)


Outside Home Spring 2010 from Musclecars & Meditation™ on Vimeo.

I'm loving this little bit of earth... Seriously, it is such a pleasure to have a bit of ground to plant and watch things grow. Our 2nd home in Sumita had gorgeous nature all around it... When we moved to Ofunato our first place had barely enough room to park our car... So, now I am kinda' into gardening. And composting...

Video: Car/Flowers/Dinner in About 1 minute

A short update...

Ikebana

Hi Friends and Family! A couple of weekends ago I was able to go to an Ikebana (flower arrangement) festival in a nearby town. It was really amazing. One of the best parts was being able to see some old friends and neighbors from Sumita (our old hometown). I went to the festival with my friend Teresa. She is also an ALT here in Japan. We enjoyed some "girl time" and really enjoyed visiting. Here are a few pictures from the festival. If you would like to see more please click on this album.

Video: Sakura Memories

The sakura (cherry blossoms) have been gone for two weeks, but we still have the memories:

Sunday School

Hi everybody....just wanted to show you some pics of my Sunday School class. We have been having a lot of fun lately. Last weekend we had a St. Patrick's Day party. I made lime Jello for the kids and we drank melon cream soda! I think the kids had fun...I know I did. Anyways, the weather is nice and warm today. More like spring weather, unlike the last couple weeks of unseasonably cold winter weather. We are really looking forward to the cherry blossoms which should bloom a little early this year due to the warm winter. It is one of my favorite times of year because everything seems so cheerful with pink blossoms everywhere. I love when they fall too because it seems like it's raining pink butterflies or something... Anyways. Here are the pics. We love and miss you all!





and here's a few pics from a couple of weeks ago. We decorated flower pots and planted seeds.