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a purple ball...

of many teeny weeny flowers, to make one big one!

a grey office.....

brightened....with a display of beautiful roses, the whole area smells wonderful, a small selection from a garden boasting over 200 varieties of rose!

passion..

fruit...if you see them, eat them! absolutely delicious!

unusual colour..

for a rose..

beer snack....

very very small, about 2cm, salted fish on silken tofu...

soba mochi

mochi is usually made from pounded rice, but this one is made from buckwheat flour, apparently eaten during the war when there was no rice, this one has natto on top...: )

let it rain....

cloudy and threatening rain for days...

steaming rice fields..

never seen this before, all of a sudden at 11am the paddy fields started to steam...hot sun followed by cold wind...

wonderful wedding...

mothers day... USA/JAPAN

what a beautiful day....despite my cold..

party party party...

many birthdays...party for many ; D

Colour Clash.

Yoga teacher, Tarik Thami, teaching me : ) Very happy weekend ☆

a rose named.....

esther...really! what a lovely surprise ; )

mountain vegetables....

for breakfast....some kind of fern i think....very delicious and fresh : )

bike ride...

up a mountain.....beautiful sky and unblossomed cherry trees....

fire for cherries....

temperatures dropped during the night, 300 fires to save the cherries!!

night time hanami .....

cherry blossom viewing....big pastime in japan... there are trees lit up all over the city ..

Morning at the Market

In Mysore. Makes you wanna cook, all those herbs and veggies!

Masala Dosa Lesson

Shredding coconut.

The Other Side

One street back from the luxurious houses in a rich suburb were these dwellings, dinner time.

Rickshaw on a Rainy Day

Siddu's rickshow was so beautifully decorated, the music was good and he was so happy and friendly.

Can you see?

What i can see? What is the tree doing? Think yoga, think hand, think jnana mudra, maybe it's just me!

Nearly fell off my Moped

What a bendy tree~! The one on the left is the other half of the pair, all straight, what happened? The building is part of the University of Mysore.

Mysore Palace

The back door, .inside was even more beautiful, but sadly no photos allowed.

Roomate

Thali

Lunch set, I guess I really really do like indian food! Isn't it just beautiful!

More Food

Breakfast, again very delicious. Idli, steamed, fermented rice cakes, with coconut chutney, at the best shop in Mysore.

Dinner

On a banana leaf, absolutely delicious!

First sunset in Mysore

Off to India

last day at zao...

and what a beautiful day it was!!

more snow....

waiting for friends....

in a storm..

snow covered...

palm tree 2