May 4th

It's Wednesday 

4th May, 2016

Today is the birthday of my niece, Heather. 

Happy Birthday to you . 

We drove to That City from This City 
to meet 
Yuriko and Hiro. 

We had lunch with them at a Curry Restaurant. 

But first, we went to the cemetery to pay respects
to Chikako's departed relatives. 

Then we went to the restaurant for a 1 pm kick off. 

Hiro and Yuriko = married 7 years this year. 
Wow ! 

Then we went to Chikako's parents' house. 
We saw Justy Dog who is almost 11 years old ! 
Happy Birthday for May 8th. 

Enroute back from That City to This City we saw some magnificent clouds. 

Back home. 

May 3rd

Tuesday

3rd May, 2016

It is Golden Week and it was crazy windy this morning. 

We went to Handa Numa for a short walk and lunch box. 

 If you look closely you might be able to see a snake on the ground. 

He's heading for that tree. 

A very relaxing place..... I fell asleep in the warm sunshine. 

Too comfortable. 

May 2nd

It is Golden Week. 

Monday, the 2nd of May I caught the train 

to That City

from This City. 

 Inside the Train Station in That City. 

Preparing for 5th of May. 

 Some new buildings going up ...... good to see. 

We met Chikako's good friend, Yukie for dinner

not so far from Doutor in Usui Dori. 

It was a really nice place ! 

 We started with this appetizer. 

 Then we asked Yukie to sign some important paperwork for us. 

 Great ambiance. 

Chikako drank beer with tomato juice ..... 

I was surprised at how good it tasted. 

 I ordered some water ..... good for my health. 

We caught the train back to This City.
It was a wonderful dinner together. 

Thank you Chikako and Yukie. 

May

It's Sunday, the first day of May, Folks and this month we expect to win a house in Melbourne. 

 The draw date is on Tuesday, May 17th, which is the 12th anniversary of my starting work in Japan. 

 The Royal Melbourne Hospital Lottery prize home. 
It's got our name stamped all over it ! 

We drove out to Hobara to go shopping, to buy some plants for the balcony. 
We stopped at a Chinese luncheon shop for an early lunch. 

It wasn't so good at all. 

Sigh. 

Chikako is sitting in Demi Chan making for a quick getaway. 
We won't be back to that shop anytime soon..... not our style / taste. 

April

APRIL 

Various photos. 

We bought some new coffee mugs..... 

I was given some sunflower seeds at This City's train station
during Ohanami.

A symbol of Hope .

A photo of a koala -  cuteness itself.