Here are the two works of my husband.  He spent hours putting on the detailed designs.

Shinkaijusha

My husband belongs to an artist group called Shinkaijusha.  This group had a showing in Ryopungi this month.  Jack was one of the judges.  They give awards for several catagories.  In the past he has gotten awards from this group too.  He has also introduced several new members to this group.

National Gallery

My husband and a group he is a member of had a showing in this new National Gallery in Ryopungi.  In future postings I'll show the work.  The showing is over now as I'm usually behind in posting stuff!

Water freezing uphill?

Can you believe that a dripping faucet could produce an icecycle that grows up hill?  Here is the photo I took to prove to my Father that it could happen.  It won't happen again because the faucet is fixed!

Back to golf

I'm finished blogging about the convention now as it has almost been a month ago.  Wonderful memories.  But for the final shot I chose this one of V and I on the golf course.  Notice the large green round mound on our right.  That is a mountain, not the famous tree like in Hawaii.   

Three precious babies attended the AFWJ (Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese) convention.  Only nursing babies who are not yet walking are welcome at these fun filled weekends.  These three (2 girls and 1 boy) were so precious and all within 1 month of each other in birth dates.

miso factory

Here we are jammed into the display room of the miso (soybean paste for making soup, etc) factory.  I have never liked miso but decided to try to free samples.  Hey, this isn't bad, I thought after trying the miso candy.  I bought a few bags to bring back to Chiba to let my students try.  Then I decided to try the paste itself.  There were two kinds and I could tell no difference and again I had to admit it was quite good.  Almost a cheezy taste.  So I decided to buy some.  Well they had a 1 kilo bag for 900 yen and  a 3 kilo bag for 1,000 yen.  So da--who would buy the 1 kilo?  Taste was the same, made in the same factory by the same techinque.  I asked the man why we could pay 100 yen more and get 3 times the amount?  He said it was because the soybeans to make the miso from the cheaper per kilo bag came from China.  I noticed I was the only one buying the 3 kilo bag.  I know at this time everyone is worried because of the problem with Chinese gyoza, but hey, nothing else seems to have been tainted and soybeans are in a pod so I figured they would be safe.  We have been enjoying this miso now for over 3 weeks with no problem so I think I made the right decision.