Spring! Finally, actual, no-more-wishful-thinking SPRING!
The return of old friends…
Including Shallow!
Rediscovering that Tokyo is insane.
Parties! Actual outdoor ones, after dark!
Hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) in Yoyogi Park. There were so many different parties going on that they all sort of made one BIG party!
The Indoor Refugees’ triumphant return to the Great Outdoors.
Gem’s birthday! These are my presents from Kin, including Kyoto courtyard gardening books and a gorgeous new (second hand) goldy-green kimono! My parents have a finger lime waiting for me back in Oz as well, so I have a pretty good haul this year. Thank you everyone! – Gem
March began chilly and still, but soon warmed up to be busy, busy, busy, with trips, events and new discoveries popping up every day! March was new blooms, night buses and near-nudity! Well….
Okay, no-one’s actually naked, but now that we’ve peeled off the layers of yeti-skins we’ve been wearing all winter and are walking around in actual human clothes, we feel a bit that way. It’s so lovely to be able to wear pretty clothes again and to just step outside whenever you feel like it! The ducks are back, the bats are back, insects are busy everywhere you look and we have survived our LAST EVER Northern Hemisphere winter! In four months, we’ll be back where the weather is sane!
February’s promise has definitely been met; the earth has warmed, nature is hard at work and it’s time for things to happen. And our countdown to Australia gets shorter every day…
It’s go-time!
Kin and Gem
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Oh my goodness, who is Shallow?! That’s not actually a pet meerkat is it?
Just racked my memory and Shallow isn’t a meerkat. I’m mildly disappointed that you don’t have a meerkat friend.
Sorry about that. ^^
That lady doesn’t have a pet meerkat, though… she has TWO pet meerkats! Which was kind of a relief; just one meerkat would be cruel, I think.
I can’t imagine they’d make very relaxing pets, though!