A quiet little

Festival, very nice indeed.

upward facing dog..

Ye Olde Herbe Shoppe

glastonbury tor..

Pig Farm

Was nice to see contented pigs snuffling around.

Tea Time

How nice would this be on a rainy after noon?

In an English Country Garden

O.K. so a very beautiful country village hotel garden, in which i could neither eat nor drink.

Good ole Blighty

Gourd Lamp

Made by a friend in Yamagata for my mum, beautiful eh!

Southampton Docks

Court Cooks.

Were apparently always men, and contrary to popular belief, it seems that English food, 500 years ago, was quite tasty, judging by the amount of interesting spices that went into the dishes, but I guess in those times you had to be a king to be able to afford it.

Hampton Court Palace

Well worth a visit, absolutely gorgeous!

Chillin in Royal Style

At Hampton Court Palace.

Skanky Dreadlock

Dreads at the One Love festival.

Perfect Cappucino

Pantheon

Cistine Chapel

Wow!

Vatican and the Moon

Italian Sunflowers

So big and cheerful.

Home with a detour to Roma

Beautiful even on dark cloudy rainy days.

up off and away..

one of the many tunnels..

leading out of this moutainous city.. : D

see you later yamagata...

this is the BEST thing to do in the city in summer, stand under here and let the water pound and cool you....am off for summer...so see you in a few weeks ; )

lilies growing wild..

perfuming the whole park..ahhh

behind the guardian...

is a big stone....buried in all the green, i wonder what it says.

found a hole in the ground...

a little hole, only about 4cm across spouting cold water, now is it a spring bubbling up or rain water trickling down....?

beach waves beach yay!!

proctector and safe guarder...

of yamagata city, apparently there used to be a huge wooden statue here but it burnt down and only the head survives, must go find that soon..... this is a beautiful statue tho, looking out, keeping the city under his watchful eye..

japanese really are skillful...

at riding with umbrellas, lots of sun shades out in this scorching sun : ) i've been enjoying burning my skin mind...

star shaped veg..

never ceases to amuse me... so cute. ; D

aaahhhhhhhh

a city nestled..

amoungst the mountains..

morning glory..

it wasn't me..!

i didn't do it! oooh my poor car...is this the right time to say goodbye? why am i so attached to this car??

simple..