egad! another short post

i just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the well wishes. we are doing well, but we still don't have a computer or a house for that matter. we're relying on the kindness and generosity of family right now. i do have loads of photos of our explorations of and around Melbourne so as soon as i am able i will share them with you.

wow! i miss you all!

all my best,
cyndi

we are down under

just a short post to say we're here. it's chilly and wet, but we're settling in. thank you so much for all the wonderful comments. little by little things should pick up around here on this wee blog. hope you are all happy and healthy. i can't wait to connect with you all again.

all my best
cyndi

sayonara

this is the last post i'll write here in japan. tonight we are unplugging everything, finishing up the packing and tomorrow we are out of this apartment. wednesday night we'll fly away. see you again sometime next week perhaps in melbourne.

all my best,

cyndi

p.s here's a wee glance at our lovely saturday afternoon spent with sweet friends.

garden pixies

making mud onigiri

gardens and naked toes...they just go together so well

my yoga tribe

yesterday after teaching my final lesson at yoga tribe we had a potluck lunch and sat around chatting. it was really nice to spend the afternoon with such wonderful people. i'm going to miss everyone alot. this is why it's so hard to leave japan, the beautiful friends we've made over the years. we are so very lucky. thank you, everyone.

fish

the tribe

grace

o-hayo

playing the sansing(?), a traditional stringed instrument from okinawa

saturday

we've been invited to play with friends today in their garden. it's exactly what we need to soothe our unsettled hearts. blue skies and warm june breezes, here we come!

echinacea

loving...

it can't all be about the trials and tribulations of moving, can it? here are a few things we are enjoying right now.

ajisai/hydrangea

blowing bubbles at mosquitos

polliwogs, of course

murasaki no ku-ro-ba/ purple clover

what about you? what are you in love with right now?

all things...


today we decided to go on strike, the boys and i. we are so sick of this moving busy-ness that we declared today a free day...null and void of anything that hinted of packing, sorting, organizing...we grabbed a picnic lunch and rode off into the clear blue yonder and we did not look back.

i took them to one of our favorite places here in western tokyo and we stayed until the sun began to set. here's a wee glimpse of some of the things we threw ourselves into today...

here we have a re-enactment of one of our favorite scenes from Little House on the Prairie. it has something to do with fireballs shooting through the little house during a storm. baby e was filling his big bro in on all the details. j can't help but giggle because his little brother insists on being laura every time.



this was so special. j loves these little guys and they love him. he has such a way with all creatures big and small.




wow! a smile? just for me? thank you, my love. or perhaps it was because he was on the bouncing dome, jumping to his little heart's content, his absolute favorite thing to do.




he loves fungi. this is a fairly new obsession, but it's a biggie. he's cultivating a fungus farm in our apartment right now. it's all his doing of course. he filled a terrarium with soil, leaves, a few wood lice and sticks. currently we have scarlet fairy cap growing. it's really common in deciduous forests. to satisfy his thirst for all things fungal we spent a considerable amount of time this afternoon scouring the forest floor for any new to us "species" of fungi. we found this. we'll research it tomorrow.

ice cream is always great for helping you forget your troubles, isn't it? mostly we sat and watched it as it melted over our fingers. we are so tired...so very very tired because some of us can't sleep at night. we are sad. we are so unbelievably excited. we are anxious and tense. we are happy. we are fed up. we are longing to go and aching to stay. another letting go. this is my 4th international move. it doesn't seem to get any easier. it's scary leaving so much behind because you can't see what's ahead. if we could just have a small glimpse...i suppose this is where i do my part and have a little faith. i do. i really do. otherwise, i wouldn't have jumped so many times. still.....

i'm rambling. i reckon it's time for more ice cream. good evening to all.

corner view wednesday

theme: street fashion

oh how i wish i had something to contribute this week because tokyo street fashion is definitely something to see, but alas i do not. i am however going to direct you to loads of other fine people who are participating this week. just follow the links below for a global street fashion show. (yes, i did mean to make that rhyme :)

enjoy!!


jane, ian, bonnie, esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,caitlin, joyce, ani, couturecoucou, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage,trinsch, c.t.,jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, dongdong, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana,denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, ruth, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e,janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, amy, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa,britta, virgina, april, rebecca, b, kyndalesamantha, karen, kristina, angelina, dorit, goldensunfamily, sophie, janet, nicki, ruth, mcgillicutty,desiree, di, travelingmama, aimee, sunnymamaamanda, ali, jenell, guusje, britta, juanita, pamela, inna, daan, myrtille

wishes

oh how i wish i could close my eyes and make every wish on my list and when i opened my eyes -poof- they would have been done. the packing would magically (and neatly) fold itself into boxes. this blog would cease to be neglected. all the odds and ends would somehow end up at the recycle shop without us having to get on a bike and haul it there in the mugginess or rain. the extra boxes we need would appear on our doorstep overnight. the place would be spotless without me having to lift a finger. the boys would stop bickering with one another and us and feel completely and utterly at ease with the fact that their lives are being turned upside down. and finally all the stress would just melt away. big sigh!

what do ya think? could it happen? :)

anyway, i don't know when i'll be able to write another post. i simply don't have the time. plus, sadly, the computer is dying a slow, painful (for us), tortuous death. it could go at any time.

i have loads on my mind, but no time to share really. if i can, i'll post before we move. if i can't find the time, i'll catch up with you again in the land down under.

thanks for all your supportive comments and kind words. they are greatly appreciated.

Om Shanti

corner view wednesday

theme: out the back window

well, technically this is just outside our balcony, which normally is a tangle of wet, laundry. there's really not much to look at back there. we have a few small trees and a large shrub just outside the bedroom/tatami room window which is nice because we get lots of little visitors coming around, such as wagtails and grosbeaks in the way of birds. the other day a small hornet dropped by, but we bid him farewell fairly quickly.


during the warm months we get lots of geckos (of the common asian house variety) who pop by to nap on our futons when we put them out to sun. to kill the bedbugs, you know, but not the geckos. it must be done. otherwise sleeping becomes unpleasant.

and that's it really. in japan all buildings are really close together. our apartment building backs up against a house, another apartment building and an orchard. so there really is no room to breathe. on the upside though, land is not wasted here like in western countries, namely the US. it really is used very wisely.

ok, in exactly three weeks from right now my family and i will be on a plane heading for melbourne, australia. someone pinch me.

for more corner view goodness check these places out...
jane, ladybug-zen, ian, bonnie, esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,caitlin, joyce, ani, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t., jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana,denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, ruth, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, amy, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa,britta, virgina, april, rebecca, b, kyndale samantha, karen, kristina, angelina, dorit, goldensunfamily, sophie, janet, mcgillicutty, desiree, di, travelingmama, aimee, sunnymama amanda, ali, jenell, guusje, britta, juanita, pamela, inna, daan, myrtille, cris, ibb, susi, jodi, lily, gillian, doobleh-vay