2013年12月15日日曜日

Family Trip, Oct. 2013



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Finally posting images from a family trip we did in October, I think. My apple-loving Father decided to become an "apple tree owner," which is where you pay a farmer to take care of a tree for you, but once the apples are ripe, it's all yours to take.

So, we got the grandkids and headed up to Nagano for a quick two day trip, visiting Matsumoto Castle, which is one of the few castles still left from the Edo period.

Good times, it's kinda nice to have these short family getaways every now and then. Now, we gotta figure out a creative way to consume these apples...


すっかり遅くなってしまいましたが、10月に家族でりんご狩りに行った時の写真です。りんごが大好きな父親が、りんごの木オーナーというのに申し込みました。僕も詳しくは分からないのですが、木の手入れなどは農家の方がしてくれて、りんごが取れ頃になったら自分たちでりんご狩りして持ち帰れるという仕組みのようです。

ということで、姪っ子と甥っ子を連れて松本城見物をしつつ長野へ行ってきました。一瞬のような旅でしたが、天気にも恵まれ家族との楽しい秋の思い出が一つできました。

さて、この大量のりんごをどう消費しよう・・・


2013年11月24日日曜日

Just having fun...



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Nothing special, but just a collection of good times from the last couple of months.

ここ暫く仕事が忙しいのでちゃんとアップする余裕がないです・・・今回は特別なんて事はないですが、遊び(飲んでる)スナップを集めてみました。

2013年9月29日日曜日

The Last Days of Summer



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Well, I guess it depends on how you define summer, since it's still hot enough here to definitely call it summer. In any case, I personally think of August as the last month of summer.

So here are my last days of summer 2013. I co-hosted a charity party benefiting Room To Read, and afterwards got totally drunk, missed the last train home, and slept on the floor of the restaurant. But not in the nasty passed out style, they cleaned the floor and even gave me a sleeping bag!

The next day was a beautiful summer day, and we started drinking around noon with a tasty seafood BBQ. It was a nice mellow day with good friends, great food and beer and beautiful light - a perfect way to end the summer.


夏の終わりの思い出です。