Visited a shinto shrine on the cultural tour that the base does for newcomers.  We went on it a bit later than usual because it was cancelled for a couple weeks.

Squid ink cakes.  

Worked on my Found In Books series today.  

My April to-be read stack

So excited for this umeboshi paste (pickled plum paste).   We had a hard time finding it in Universe because a) all the labels are in Japanese and b) we didn't know what aisle it would be on.  

My stack of things that I've found in books keeps getting larger.

The wood filament for the 3d printer looks pretty good.

Hubsband has been doing projects all weekend.

Calpis Marshmallows are the best.  Calpis soda is a yogurt flavored drink.  These are basically marshmallows stuffed with a yogurt flavored jelly.  So good.

Forgot to take a photo yesterday other than this.  Internet shopping is tricky here because not everyone will ship to an APO.

Continued working on my Found in Books series. I'm going to have to buy some new books soon to see if I can find more to add to this.

3D printed sheep in clear before the supports have been removed.

Shelf of our small printed things.  Some of which were failures but we still displayed them anyway.

Momoishi beach.  We were supposed to go to a bonfire tonight but when we showed up early and it was already really cold we decided that maybe it wasn't the best idea.

Rainy Sunday afternoon activity. Look how small and cute and stuff

Cherry blossoms are starting to come out in our part of Japan.  They've already come and gone in the southern parts of Japan. 

Started an embroidery that I'm not sure exactly how its going to end up but I'm letting it just turn out the way it turns out.

my first ride in hubsband's new jimny.  It's like someone put a lawn mower motor on a dryer.  It's so small.  It's pretty much the opposite of his studebaker.  But this means that I now have my own car during the day while he's at work.  

I printed off a bunch of these bookshelf markers for Hubsband's shelves.  I would have made them for my shelves but my books aren't arranged alphabetically.

We went to the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival today but all the photos I took are on film so as are going to wait impatiently for those to get developed and sent back.  But look at this view at the rest stop we stopped at on the way home.

Hubsband helped me with painting the hoop and I don't think I could be happier with how it turned out.

camera mess from this weekend.

Not only have I kept a plant alive for a month and a half but it's sprouting new leaves. I am pretty proud of that because I usually kill plants pretty quickly.

Did a doodle of one of the tree cabins in Nanbu, Japan and it is now a work in progress embroidery.  You can rent these cabins to camp in  and I fully intend to drag hubsband out to do that once it gets warmer.

Got a new camera.  The camera I was using still works but isn't technically mine as I slowly integrated it from my brother's belongings into my own (come to Japan and you can have it back along with my lenses).  It was just heavy and ten years old and...heavy.  So I made the leap into mirrorless mainly for the size.  Also my new one shoots video.  So there's that.

it was raining all day.  And it was still raining during this pretty sunset.

I don't know how I feel about the way this turned out so I'm just going to let it sit for a bit.