Iizaka Fruit

 Today, Sunday, 19 September, 2010 we caught the local train to Iizaka from Fukushima City.

Enroute, we saw many fruit & vegetable farms.

Below: HimeRingo

Below: Nachi

Kabocha = Pumpkin =  NOT delicious

We saw hanging pumpkins growing; amazing to see

But whilst they are pig food,  the hanging pumpkins did look great ....

Fly catching !

Kaki =  Persimmon = Delicious

Apple trees laden with fruit.

An apple orchard.

A VERY old apple tree still producing amazing apples ... well done, old fella !

Below: Where`s Wally ?

There is an old Japanese farmer in the photo if you look so very carefully.

Prayer for Trust in Jesus

Prayer for Trust in Jesus

O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness

and we feel our weakness and helplessness,

give us the sense of Your presence,

Your love, and Your strength.

Help us to have perfect trust

in Your protecting love

and strengthening power,

so that nothing may frighten or worry us,

for, living close to You,

we shall see Your hand,

Your purpose, Your will through all things.

My Friends in Japan.

Above:   Mayumi_san

Below:  Yuriko_san

Lake

Monday

August 16th, 2010

OBON Holiday

 

Justy & me resting on a very sultry Summer`s day ....

Photos above were taken off the internet.

Not-so-good video clip below was taken by me enroute.

Dec`s New Hockey Stick

Dec was skiing in New Zealand - end of July /  early August, 2010

Whilst there, and before going on to Brisbane .....

He purchased a

Kookaburra Ultralite Hydrogen MB Composite Hockey Stick

Please enjoy, Dec.

The Knots Prayer

THE   KNOTS   PRAYER

Dear God :

Please untie the knots that are in my mind ,

my heart my life.

Remove the have nots ,

the can nots and the do nots

that I have in my mind

 

Erase all the will nots ,

might nots

that may find a home in my heart .

 

Release me from the could nots

would nots

that obstruct my life .

 

And most of all

Dear God ;

I ask that you remove from my mind ,

my heart and my life

all the “ am nots”

that I have allowed to hold me back ,

especially the thought,

that I am not good enough

Author Known to God.

Yuriko

Saturday Evening, July 31st, 2010 -  We met Yuriko whom we hadn`t seen for a loooooooong time.

She is both a close, plus my oldest, friend in Japan ! I have known her since May, 2004.

 

We had dinner with her in an izakaya in Yokohama. Hmmm........... price down, I like that.

 

 

 

 

 

Buzzing in Yokohama

Y O K O H A M A   C I T Y

J A P A N

We caught the shinkansen south on a very hot `n humid Saturday morning

July 31st, 2010.

This was our combined birthdays` present.

The Landmark Tower towering over Chikako~san.

Some delicious Oz bubbles to enhance the belated birthdays` moment.

Sunday night we had tickets for the Show !

Omar Sosa  Afro-Electric Quartet

performing at

Motion Blue Jazz Club.

Soooooooooo hot & humid yet again.

Not the best-ever self-portrait but it was the best we could do at the time....