the other way around

(taken with hasselblad 500c on rdplll)
hi.
how was your weekend?
mine was fun, but tired me a bit.
i struggled with a bunch of dandelions which were rocking here and there in the lawn of the front yard on saturday.
on sunday i had my friends over my home for the bathroom party, and i worked so hard as a chinese cuisine chef. (though i'm a japanese.)
well, i'm settling down on my home.

btw, as some of you have already known, i like breakfast very much.
as much as i can eat that for all of my 3 meals.
though i do, i hesitate to have a breakfast meal for dinner because of my husband.
so i have breakfast food 2 times a day for my breakfast and lunch.
eating cereal for lunch is nothing odd or special for me at all.

but something odd has been going on.
in the summer time, i liked to eat hot cereal like oat meal.
the picture was taken in this summer, and it is oat meal and an omelet.
i liked this combination so much, so i ate this 2~3 times a week.

and now, i like cold cereal like corn flakes and soy milk.
i usually add some fresh fruits and dried fruits like figs, bananas and raisins.
i like it so much, so i eat it 2~3 times a week.

i don't know why this opposition occurs.
people usually go the opposite way.
but this kinda explains why people like to eat a bowl of hot soup in a cool room amid of summer and a cup of ice cream in a warm room amid of winter, doesn't it?
sometimes going the other way around is just fun and cool.
and though i'm one of the fiber ambassadors, i can't help going with corn flakes over other fiber rich cereals.
totally odd.

good bye, for now.

(taken with sx-70 on color shade first flush film)

hi.

so, i'm not saying good-bye to you but to figs.
i've just done my lunch, and finished the last fig (likely).
i ate that with my favorite corn flakes and soy milk.

i'm sorry that i've been talking too much over figs this year, but i can't help because i haven't had so many fun over food recently.
nor i took picture.

just after i was into figs around the end of summer, i got involved in raging billows of buying a house, moving out and in, and remodeling and refinishing here and there.
and i also took a lot of pictures of figs this year somehow, so i don't have any difficulties to talk about figs with different pictures again and again here.

oh, speaking about figs from a different point of view, i have been wanting a fig tree in my yard.
if possible, i want plant trees of apple, persimmon and loquat as well.
these 3 plus fig is the very 4 most favorite fruits for me.
i think i'm the happiest if i were surrounded by these 4 kinds of trees.
apparently, my back yard is dominated by the humongous maple tree and she seems not to allow that dream comes true.

oh, maple tree!!
i have a news for you.
i've just decided to let the cat who was roaming around my house for a while and always sitting by the maple tree into my home.
she was always there since we started the new life here.
i've been concerning her a lot and my heart has been aching for her, but i just couldn't let her in because my 2 cats were so nervous with the new circumstance and needed some time to get adjusted.
but, on november first, which is the day another 1 month started after moving in, i successfully caught the cat and took her to the vet and had her checked her age, gender and health condition.
there i knew that she is "she", 2~3 years old and very healthy.
and i asked a doctor to inject some necessary vaccine with a certain decision.
on the way to my home, i stopped by a pet store and bought a pretty light blue collar for her.
i named her "maple" and told my husband that we are now 2 people and 3 cats family over the phone.

though only a month and a bit have past in a new home, we've already had a lot of stories.
figs have been always on my table during those days, and i'll say good-bye to figs and make another step.


have a fun weekend and not to forget to slow your clock Saturday night!

figholic

(taken with polaroid 185 on blue film)

hi.
today is going to be a perfect fall day.
air is crisp and chilly a bit, yet have a lot of sunshine, trees are colorful, and i'm relaxed.
a lovely fall day is a something admirable.

i have one confession here.
i'm afraid that i'm suffering from figholic.
though i am, i'm not unfortunate because it's not harmful or contagious at all.
it's just a happy food accident.

i don't buy figs so often, like every 2~3 days, but once a week.
i buy them only on Saturday or Sunday.
i buy 5~6 pieces at one time, and eat them one a day.
i sometimes generously share my figs my husband.
but mostly i eat them all by myself, because he allows me to do that as my little and biggest pleasure.

and now, i've bought a small basket of figs 8~9 weeks in a row.
everytime i go to co-op with him, he entices me to buy them.
and i always hesitate to do that because they are not affordable at all.
but then, he strongly insists that i deserve to do that somehow, and i happily yield myself to that word.
in that way, i've bought figs 8~9 weeks in a row.
i'm happy.

i'm happy, but i've just started to think that i can shift from figs to persimmons.
well, frankly speaking, i want to eat persimmons.
of course i love figs and appreciate my husband for allowing me to have them, but to tell the truth, i'm a bit tired of figs.
now i'm wanting persimmons.

maybe, i'll buy persimmons instead of figs this weekend.

fall is full of my favorite fruits, and that makes me love fall more.

chocolate marshmallow

(taken with sx-70 on 600 film)

hi.
leaves are now turning yellow and red, and that's the typical sign of autumn.
but i can't help feeling winter has been already here.
it's cold, too cold for me to think it's still autumn.

today i came across this polaroid.
and i liked this dark brown color box, which contain individually packaged chocolate marshmallow.
it seems to be one of fabulous symbols of autumn and winter.
i think i love brown and beige so much especially this time of the year.

speaking about my current situation, i'm still working on a lot of things to be done in a new home.
i just finished the bathroom yesterday.
new tile floor, wall, toilet bowl, vanity, mirror and light fixture (almost everything except the bath tub) are very good.
i'm so much satisfied with the result and i'm going to have a bathroom party with my friends who helped us a lot.
we're going to celebrate our own work with some food and drink.
i'm not sure if the party is held in the bathroom or not.
i don't think it's annoying even if so, because almost everything is new!
just weird, isn't it? ;P

well, i hope you all are enjoying the beautiful shift of the season.
don't miss pretty turning leaves!

a new life, again

(taken with sx-70 on 600 film)

hi.
how've you been up to?
i've been cleaning and organizing rooms, painting wall tirelessly, working on a back garden with a hundred year old maple tree in the center, watching hgtv(home and garden tv) at meals and slamming myself on the bed every night.
so, my new life in the new home has begun.

this morning, i was working on my garden.
the air was crisp and fresh, the morning sun ray was bright and full of hope, leaves were floating slowly from branches to the ground.
that was definitely a beautiful morning work.
and now, i'm sipping a cup of coffee and relaxing.

i'm still bit nervous as well as my cats, a lot dull because of accumulation of tiredness.
and so much excited with the new life.

i have this for the first time in last 6 years.
before, my husband i used to move a lot.
we lived in 12 homes including temporary ones, if my memory is correct, after we got married.
and i think this is likely to be the ultimate one, because we bought this house!

there're a lot of things to be done to get accustomed to this new life for us.
but this situation is not annoying at all but exciting a lot.
i hope i can write something yummy around the new kitchen and dining area soon.