Busy
Day
June 1, 2014 - This
morning we met the couple who are using our farms until we
move in at the end of the Summer. Nice couple probably close
to 70 years old.
Then we drove up north and looked at four fishing spots
close to the house.
We went shopping and drove around looking for a place for
Akiko to work.
Then in the afternoon we went to the white sand beach and
found a really nice piece of bamboo and which we tied to the
car rack and took home. We also found a nice piece of
driftwood. |
A
New Way
June 2, 2014 - We drove up
to Shimama to look at the fishing spots up there which the
locals recommended as good for catching iwashi, saba, and
aji. Actually took only about ten minutes from the house.
Then we came home and found an easy way to walk to the rock
beach close to the house going past this beautiful property.
Now can go to the fishing spot in about four minutes
walking. We caught a lot of crabs and came home.
Then we went to town to look for a work place for Akiko
again. |
Stormy
Day
June 3, 2014 - Typhoon
like winds today made the surf pretty crazy. Was actually
blowing bits of sea foam up onto the beach. Gave Shai a nice
coiffeur. |
Wedding
Anniversary
June 4, 2014 - Spent our
wedding anniversary away from each other for the first time
this year. Really sucked and I missed Akiko very much today
although I would not let her know this. lol.
Was not really motivated to do anything and decided to get
all the vines our of the flower bed next to the wall in
front of the house. |
Surfing
the Internet
June 5, 2014 - Began the
day with the discovery of a suzumebachi hive under the
outside laundry room patio. Oh no not again. This turned out
to be an old an abandoned hive though.
They said is was going to be impossible to get Internet at
our house due to the distance from the NTT station. Moral of
the story....do not take no for an answer. Since the
Internet is very important to this family for our work, I
told Akiko to pay the set up fee and give it a shot. After
setup it worked perfectly, even for streaming videos, albeit
too slow for Akiko to work.
Then in the afternoon we went to the white sand beach and
our usually private play spot was loaded with surfers again.
A beautiful day. |
Street
Drains
June 6, 2014 - Decided to
get a little more street credit with the neighbors and work
on the street drains which obviously were not touched for
many years.
Then we went to the white sand beach as usual. |
Rock
Beach
June 7, 2014 - This
morning we walked all the way to the end of the rock beach
close to the house. Really interesting geology in this spot.
Then in the afternoon we went back to the same place for
some fishing and I caught a fish.
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New
Buddies
June 8, 2014 - Finished up
some farm work in the morning. Then received a lot of sweet
potatoes from one of the neighbors.
Shai played with his new buddies who live down the street.
The older boy is Kose, 5 years old, and the younger boy is
Takeru, 3 years old. They played with sand toys in the
driveway and ran around in the street. |
Rock
Beach
June 8, 2014 - We went
once again to the white sand beach but this time we walked
all the way to the wall and walkway at the end of the beach.
Still wondering what this picture is of something built into
the hill. |