One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 62 – Happy Anniversary<3
Three years ago I met a handsome man In Japan and knew there was something very special about him.
He took me to Kamakura and I’m sure if anime type things could come true, you would have seen hearts in my eyes that day.
I thank him for his tender care and loving support in everything I do. I hope for more wonderful years to come!
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 61 – Hawks
This afternoon, three large hawks flew down past my window and actually gave me an exhillirating fright since their combined wingspan took over two of the large doors and produced a sudden blast of darkness.
They flew over to the building across from us and just sat there as I tried to snap close shots of them.
I always love to see them soar in the sky because it looks so peaceful, graceful and free.
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 60 – Early Ride
Got up early and went for a quick ride by the lake before getting some groceries for breakfast. It’s always so refreshing to go out in the mornings though I do feel bad for all the people who a moving slowly in the morning traffic. I used to be one of them and I really don’t want to go back to that kind of life.
No picture for this one yet but I’ll get to work on something nice soon *^_~*
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 59 – Light Display
It’s Victoria Day and while most people really don’t care about the official celebrations for this day, everyone loves a long-weekend, drinks, fireworks and friends.
Being spoiled by the stunning (and long) fireworks shows in Japan, we were expecting something at least nice….. sadly no. We saw small fireworks dotted around from what people purchased themselves and nothing more -though many people said they saw a lovely display down at the Beaches.
Our light show was more along the lines of our neighbour’s plastic tree:
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 58 – Home Gathering
Had a great little gathering of some friends and it was a pleasure. I haven’t seen some of them since I left for Japan, so it was really great to just hang out together again.
We had a mini buffet and excellent warm weather. It was fantastic until I noticed the number of little flies that got in (@_@);
Me and Jeff spent the rest of the night trying to get rid of them and cleaning up (>_<)
(You’ll have to excuse the cheap drawings these days -I haven’t had a chance to relax from all of my writing work that’s due.)
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 57 – Lisa’s Birthday
Today was my wonderful Lisa’s Birthday and we all got together for dinner. I haven’t seen her parents for quite a while, so it was great to see them!
I missed spending time with my best friend, especially since we were always the ones to get into crazy adventures together back in the day…… and her parents know all too well what happens when we get together….
Ninja Hike Mode
It was so much fun to spend time with them that my cheeks hurt from smiling so much!
I forgot to take snaps of her gift wrapping (furoshiki style) and “card” but here’s a quick snap of what the puzzle card looked like (it looked much better in person -I swear):
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 56 – Asparagus Goodness
Today we had a yummy dinner of cheese-filled spinach ravioli mixed with sauteed asparagus. It was yum.
I didn’t make the ravioli but the asparagus is very simple to do:
Wash asparagus and cut off approximately 2cm from the bottom.
Cut into 3cm pieces and set aside.
Finely chop garlic (I used 3 cloves because we’re a garlic-lovin’ family)
Heat a pan over medium with 6 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter.
Add garlic and cook for 30 second.
Add asparagus then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cover and cook for 2 minutes or until the asparagus becomes a vibrant green.
Remove from heat and serve over pasta or on its own.
One Good Thing a Day – Project Day 55 – Sunrise and Bike Ride
Last night I couldn’t sleep at all, so I decided to stay up and finish some work before going back to bed….
yes well……. I didn’t end up going to bed at all and when I noticed the sun was slowly rising, I decided to take snaps of it instead:
Unfortunately for Jeff, I was making the constant snapping woke him up….and with me being hyper from lack of sleep and excitement of a beautiful day, I dragged him out of bed for an early bike ride!
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 54 – Sakura Season in Toronto
It’s hanami time in Japan and it’s sad that I’m away from Tokyo this year. Luckily, I’m close to High Park where the blossoms were blooming beautifully.
After a morning of writing and work, we decided to head out to enjoy them for our lunch break outdoors.
Our first encounter was my favorite bird with a lovely call:
My favorite: red-winged blackbird
We then followed the path to me this little guy:
By this point, we were very happy and excited to see so many animals -especially after so many years in Tokyo where the wildlife is seriously lacking.
We finally got to the sakura and my excitement filled the air. Certainly not as many trees as Japan but just as beautiful.
One thing we found funny was the majority of the people out snapping shots of the sakura were Asian (>_<)
Quite a few people but again, nothing compared to Japan.
Fun little trackless train that travels through the park. Very fun for the little ones.
We both thought this was fantastic:
After lunch, we sadly had to go back and get a lot of work done….. but before then, we came across a raccoon.
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 53 – Strange Tokyo Restaurants
I just came across this article that made me think of Tokyo and how crazy it can be compared to Toronto:
I’ve been to the Lockup in Shibuya a couple of times and it’s certainly a place to visit at least once in your travels. It’s a kind of prison/medical/monster theme where the waitresses are dressed in nurse outfits
and guys dressed up as either prisoners or monsters run around the cave restaurant.
Each seating area is in a jail cell with bars and at random times, the main lights go out, strobe lights go on and all chaos begins as the monster/prisoners run around “terrorizing” the customers in the cells.
You can also order drinks that come in test tubes
It’s definitely a “huh?” moment the first time…. but then again…. most things in Tokyo make you say that.
