November 12, 2004 - Ester

Last night we had dinner with our friend Ester from Spain. For appetizers, we sampled some pan-fried pizza being made by a Chinese neighbor who shares a common kitchen with Ester. For the main meal, Ester prepared a meal of spaghetti with red sauce, tuna and cheese. It sounds a bit weird, but was actually quite nice. We also had vegetarian sushi rolls, Australian red wine, a salad of corn, shredded carrot, lettuce and Krab (fake crab.) Due to a record number of typhoons this year, the vegetable crops suffered immensely. A mediocre head of lettuce costs about $4.00. We used 4 leaves of lettuce and did not let any of them go to waste. Check out the moldy roll she tried to feed Tim! She was shocked to see the blue-green growth since she had eaten one of these same rolls for breakfast. We also extracted information from Ester on her former life as a rowdy street skateboarder. After two broken legs, she now prefers snowboarding. She is very 'genki'. the Japanese word for full of vitality and physical energy.

November 12, 2004 - Flower Show

Sorakuen Garden and the Kobe skyline Katie Holmes - my friend and neighbor Katie's coi photo This mum is trained into a vine and fastened to a dead tree branch.

The center of this palm look very soft and pet-able I recently read about an art form called katagami where sheets of hand-made mulberry paper are treated with persimmon juice and then cut or punched into very delicate beautiful patterns. They are then used as templates for printing on fabrics. . I was thinking this would make a wonderful print for fabric.

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