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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Freddie


A scanned photo of my late, Great Uncle

Frederick Brewer  W E S T 

who died in June, 1977. 

Really liked him,  he had a dry sense of humour. 
Thinking of you, Freddie. 








My late Father's eldest brother, Cyril with his bride, Doreen Bell
on their wedding day. 

Cyril died very young, aged 29 on 25 December, 1946. 

December 30

Tuesday 
30 December, 2014 

We had a pizza 'n beer party
Four people
Four different nationalities


One American male
One Korean female
One Australian male
One Japanese female




December 29th

Monday,
 29th December, 2014

Our friend,  Chizuko san came back from Vietnam
and we three enjoyed lunch together.














It was nice to catch up again. 

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December

December 

Friday, December 26, 2014

Christmas Dinner.

Thursday
25th December, 2014

C H R I S T M A S   D A Y 


By special request, I made risotto with mushroom and chicken soup. 
It was not as difficult to make as I thought that it was going to be. 









First course on the Christmas Menu was Japanese, not Italian. 






Main course is served ! 

And the salad also has Italian dressing... 








 Chikako san made Christmas pudding based on 
my late paternal Grandmother's recipe. 


Yummy ! 


It was a memorable Christmas Dinner together...... 

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve
2014 

After work I drove from This City to That City 
and met Chikako san there. 
We attended the midnight service 
at
St. Peters and St. Pauls Church of England. 










It will be a White Christmas in 2014. 

I drove down late at night to That City 
to attend Midnight Service. 
It was magical, spiritual, wonderful... 




We stayed overnight at a hotel nearby The Mall. 
It was just a hotel, not special. 
Chikako had to work in That City and I drove 
back to This City alone to prepare
Christmas Dinner. 




View from the hotel Christmas morning.
It is not a special day in Japan. 


Today's weather forecast on the tv. 



Pre-Christmas

Pre-Christmas Week

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

December

December

Random Events. 



Some engineers using a very clever invention
to check underneath the bridge. 









 Sunrise. 
Hinode. 

 A snow storm swirling around the Azuma Mountains. 
Very exciting. 

 Due to the cold weather I moved the plants inside
for the Winter. Let's hope that they make it.