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そろそろ ストーブの出番です！
今年は 夏の長雨の影響で 日照不足なのでしょう！
プリメリアの 蕾が もう少しなのに 開けません
今年は あの 素敵な薫りも 無理そうですよ！涙…

I am having so much fun I forgot to make an entry. For those of you follwing I offer my apologies. So I am making one now and I’ll make the 5th later this evening.

But I am going to call this the begining of the Wakiki Trolley editions of my daily sketch. I never thought I would enjoy being a tourist. But I am. 🙂 The Wakikik trolley has three routes. Pink, Green, annnnnnd Red. I know red and green, Aka to Midori….not to sure what nihongo call pink. I am going to guess it is pinku.

Yesterday I caught the Pink to Ala Moana. Goofed around and did som shopping and had the biggest bowl of Ramen I had ever had. 🙂 Though it may seem appropriate in a public restaurant. I drank the base from the bowl after I finished the noodles. 🙂

And this will conclude the Pink edition of Wakiki trolley…stay tuned for todays. 🙂

今日は、シュライナーズ病院の作品展に招待されました。

一緒に写っているスタッフは、
ステファニーさんとコリーンさんです。

Welcome to day three of daily sketching. Once agian I had a loaded day but I’ve got one thing I will talk about and catch some Zzzzzzs. 🙂 I’ll try to keep this one a little shorter.

Today I did something I’ve never done before. I layed at a beach for more than 8 hours. It was amazing. I had never imagined how satisfied I would be from just relaxing at a beach. I also payed a heft price…I’m as Red as a lobster, Extra crispy, Cooked up cajun style. Oh yeah. One look and you know I was toasted. But I can tell you with confidence, it was worth it. 🙂

Mata ashita. 🙂

Oyasuminasai.

ワイキキでミーティングをして、

運動がてら、１時間ほど、ゆっくりと歩いて、戻ってきました。

あっという間に、日が沈んでしまいました。

ハワイも秋。

As promised, I have arrived to deliver my second daily sketch. I actually had a loaded day. Very loaded. It all started at 4am. And I could go on on and on about everything that transpired. However I decided to pick one thing today and focus on that. That is, Airports, and how they make us feel. Or perhaps more how I’ve come to feel.

In the past, I remember Airports always being a place of either great happiness, or deep sadness. Always happy when you’re arriving at your destination and someone is there to recieve and greet you. Or when you are there to greet a loved one.

Sad when you must leave your loved ones behind, or when they must leave you. Over the years. I think it’s safe to say, I’ve developed a thick skin towards it.Towards happiness or sadness. The overwhelming feeling of joy when you can’t wait for that certain someone to step off of that plane or if it were you walking faster to get off of the plane knowing someone on the other end is there to meet you.

And of course the other side of the spectrum, The empty feeling you have as you walk away from your loved ones. You’re feet feel heavier and suddenly the backpack on your shoulders feels heavier. Or as you watch them board their plane you follow them with your eyes hoping somehow your eyes can have some sort of magnetic powers and suck them back towards you. But it never works….

As I mentioned. I have grown a thick skin to both. Over many years I have watched them come and go. And I to have come and gone. I know that it is nesscesary for me to to board that plane or for my loved ones to do the same. My mother cries everytime I leave…and maybe I take it for granted believing I know I’ll see her again…or anyone for that matter as they come or go.

For years now I have been this way. Neither happy nor sad. Just ready. I watched two of my best friends leave in the same year. I saw my mother and brother come and go this year. I could pile it on how often I have gone through this process. I guess it’s how it is when you’re the only one living on a tiny rock in the middle of the ocean.

And suddenly after years of being stone faced about airports . I found myself, today at the airport being overcome by a variety of emotions. At first I was upset with myself and had thought I had lost a grip on how to contain my emotions. But before I had realized it, I had allowed myself to enjoy this moment of anxiety at the airport once again. And I have to say the end result was total happiness….

Which means I am not looking forward to the return trip to the airport…I’m wondering if my old friend Sadness will pay me a visit?

I’ll let you all know. Thank you for reading. 🙂 Funny thing is, I probably could have talked about my whole day and it would have been just as long. Sorry if I put extra wear and tear on your eyes.

Oyasuminasai.

去年 頂いた ジンジャーリリーの花が ひとつ 開いて とても いい薫りです

嬉しいです…

Welcome. Welcome. I am here in our Nagaya. 🙂 My home away from home. It is here that I will begin to daily “sketch” while I am on vacation. 🙂 So I hope you don’t mind looking at my face a lot, because I will be posting here daily as I had promised. I like to consider myself a man of my word. Also, I believe this will be useful in my continued develpoment in learning to speak Nihongo. So let’s get this started. 🙂

1st, I was going to make rules for myself on how and when I would post. But I decided that as long as I post once a day, either it be actions or events that took place all day, or just a single thought at the beginning of the day. All that matters is that I post and the post comes from my heart and not just something I’m doing out of obligation.

So with that said, expect honest thoughts, views, or actual actions that will take place during my vacation.

I will now officially begin my first sketch. Class ended, another great session that left me feeling satisfied, yet yearning for more. I arrived home and called both of parents to see how they were doing. Both are well. My mother however just recieved a promotion and is moving from the state of Colorado to South Carolina. My brother and sister are both quite sad since they have all gotten used to living in the same state. After my phone calls I started regular household chores, laundry, dishes, etc. Then I gave Penelope a quick polishing. Penelope is my Harley-Davidson for those of you just joining me. 🙂 Then I thought…..should I begin studying? And I voted against it and decided to enter my first sketch. Because I study for 3 to 4 hours. By the time I finish that I won’t want to type anything. 🙂 With that said, I will finish my first sketch, and end my first official day of vacation with studying the Nihongo language.

Thanks all for joining me. Mata ashita. 🙂

Ahhhhhhhh! 🙂 Back again in our Nagaya. For those of you keeping up, arigatogozaimasu for yomimasu….I know that’s not right, But you get what I’m saying….I hope. 🙂 Anyway I will know how to say thank you for reading in Nihongo one day! You just watch. Oh! Getting side tracked, yes for those of you keeping up here, my last post was about painting with my mind and I shared a piece I did many many moons ago. Well I have another I’d like to share. The inspiration was from a trip I took to Rondon. Uhhhhh London, England. Sumimasen.

What can I really say here without a million arm gestures and ten thousand paragraphs to sum up what was a good trip for me? Well, for starters, I do love site seeing but I love culture even more. So if you ask me if I saw Stonehenge or went to some castles or visited the Queen…didn’t happen. I spent most of my time at pubs meeting people. Talking about their country, my country, music and how the rest of the world loves Soccer more than any American sport. Which I don’t know if this is entirely true anymore. But it was always fun talking and meeting the many people of England. I also found it very interesting that it was just about impossible to find any place that served a burrito or taco or any Mexican food. Which is a huge staple in America. It was actually more funny to me than interesting.

So honestly if you asked me was it worth it going without site seeing. Absolutely. I enjoyed creating memories with random people who were all very friendly and wanted to just chat it up over a beer or two. 🙂

AH! I promised Another goody from the days I was creating images with my hands. This Image was inspired by two people I saw there at a train station. Many unique personalites there I tell you. 🙂

Thank you again for joining me. 🙂