Written by: adekun on 22 August, 2008 8:32 am - Filed under: garden — 2 Comments »
Goodbye tomatoes
Towards the end of the weekend I thought I’d follow the crow’s lead and take advantage of the damp ground. A heap of weeds were brought together, rather like one of those Eastern European hay stacks fondly remembered. Elsewhere, more potatoes were planted; about half the amount of the previous lot. Once the tomatoes and cucumbers were removed, everywhere was dug over before a scattering of red clover seeds. There’s still a few pepper and chilli pepper plants that are good and the aubergines should last a bit longer.
Tags: cucumbers, garden, potatoes, tomatoes, weeds
Written by: adekun on 20 August, 2008 3:14 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »
I missed out going as I had to work. Ritsue took Kento and his runny nose along to the clinic. This gave the nurses an excuse to fuss over him. Four of them looked on as he lay next to his mother. Apparently the baby was waving a lot.
The doctor said he couldn't see anything to determine the sex
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Tags: baby
Written by: adekun on 18 August, 2008 4:20 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
I can add a second whinge today. As I was publishing the last post some patterns appeared on the screen. Having to reboot, the only thing to reappear was a blank screen. I just popped the previous faulty card in, which at least brings up a garbled Dell logo. Seems as though the replacement graphics card is cooked along with the replacement battery. Maybe I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office or something? 
It didn’t appear to be running too hot and if it was shouldn’t there have been a warning? In a quandary, yet not flustered. There isn’t much I can do about it. Anyway, I hope to somehow continue posting every couple of days.
Tags: craptop, whinge
While across the globe the world watches the Beijing* 2008 Summer Olympics, here in Japan it’s the Peking Olympic. In this second guise the viewer gets to see Team Japan take on the world’s top athletes along with prejudiced commentary.
Fortunately those interested in watching the rest of the games (those events in which Japan is not good), have at least the internet.
Tags: whinge
Written by: adekun on 17 August, 2008 7:05 am - Filed under: garden — 4 Comments »
Bum shaped tomato
On Friday we had a heavy downpour which is worth noting for my own benefit. With the ground being damp the crows returned to dig up more peanuts. Not much going on elsewhere in the garden. The unruly sweet potato vines should be clipped; there’s a chance they will turn out all vine and no tuber. I did spot a tomato (maybe it’s two) that looks arse shaped. Holding it in my hand it really looks like two tomatoes stuck together.
Tags: garden, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, weather
Written by: adekun on 15 August, 2008 11:16 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
eneloop, a low self-discharge NiMH battery
One of the many surprises when coming to live in Japan was lack in usage of rechargeable batteries. I expected in the land of high-technology it would be a given. I gather the people here have chargers for their mobile phones and HDV camcorders; if standard batteries are needed then its disposables all the way.
Every four months batteries and spent fluorescent tubes are collected. The usual mountains of rubbish are a real pity and those of batteries are no different. I don’t know why this is, or if attitudes are different the bigger cities. A certainty is the lack of advertisements. ‘Eco’ is touted about everywhere; electrically heated toilets, air-conditioners etc. but not the lowly battery. (continue reading…)
Written by: adekun on 13 August, 2008 9:32 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »
Since the girls outnumber the boys I thought the title fitting. They were in charge too. Along with most of the Yoshihara and Gion families, we took the train to Sakaiminato. Both carriages were full of tourists with their cameras, no doubt from neighbouring prefectures. Perhaps a majority were those returning from the big cities to visit their families during the obon (お盆) holiday. It was hot, 36 °C and super-humid. As the girls turned yet a darker shade of brown, I turned a brighter shade of lobster. We managed a circuit of most of the statues before a lunch of onigiri and kakigori.
Outside a train decorated with GeGeGe no Kitaro characters, Sakaiminato (境港).
Tags: japan, kento
