We were able to celebrate Thanksgiving twice this past week! We had planned to spend Thanksgiving Day in Tokyo and were invited to have Thanksgiving at Gary and Lynn Fujino’s home. It was a potluck with plenty of good food. We were able to meet many new people while we were there and had some [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Double Thanksgiving in Japan!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Picking Apples in Nagano
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I went on my first apple picking trip this past week. It was a cold rainy day, but I really enjoyed it. We went with Saiki, Koji, and their son, Sho to an apple orchard near Matsumoto, about an hour and a half south of Nagano City. Before picking apples, we went out to eat [...]
Snow back in the Mountains to Stay
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It has turned colder here and snow has reappeared in the mountains that you can see from our window. I think it will be here to stay now through the winter. We’ve also had a couple of days of rain. I walked my 10,000 steps a day this past week and even walked 14,500 steps [...]
Ripe Fig and Yellow Trees
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It has turned cooler this week and rained three days. I got my coat out and started wearing it over my sweater and next week it is supposed to get colder, so I might get the long johns out then. I walked my 10,000 steps a day this past week. I’ve had a hard time [...]
November in Nagano
Posted in Uncategorized on November 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We’ve had nice weather here in Nagano since I wrote last week with a couple of days of rain. This morning there was a nip in the air when I was out walking, and I thought that I might need to put my jacket over my sweater soon. We should have nice weather the rest [...]
