One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 41 – Heart Sakura Tree
My writing is ALL DONE! (yay!) *^_^*
Now I can sit back and relax a bit before I get started on other work (boo).
To celebrate, I wanted to be a little creative:
For the upcoming season I drew a sakura tree made with circles and hearts.
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 41 – Plum Blossoms Have Arrived
The ume (plum) blossoms are found all over the city and soon sakura will arrive as well. Truly my favorite season in Japan, sakura season and the beautiful spring weather always makes me happy.
Along with the ume blossoms, Tokyo is celebrating the new pandas in Ueno zoo!
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 40 – Happy Dance!
Managed to finish the bulk of a big stack of writing today and I feel great!
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 39 – Bed at 5am
Had a late work night and finally decided to get to bed around 5am. Just before falling into a blissful sleep I saw a sliver of the moon and the rising sun -quite pretty.
Sadly the photo isn’t as pretty as I saw it, but at least I got to capture something *^_^*
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 38 – Scored Free Tickets!
Thank you to Jeff’s friend who was nice enough to give us complimentary tickets to the Bridgestone Museum of Art at Tokyo station.
(He designed these tickets)
We’ll have to plan another day off this month -yay!
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One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 37 – Afternoon at the Museum
We decided to take a little time off to relax and stay away from our computers. Naturally, our chosen day off was chilly and rainy, so outdoor delights were not too appealling. Instead we decided to go to Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art.
Before entering the museum, you can enjoy some of Auguste Rodin’s famous pieces like The Thinker and my favorite:
We enjoyed a quiet afternoon looking at painting and enjoying the rare quiet inside the museum.
Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
and another favorite:
Paul Signac’s The Port of Saint-Tropez
It’s quite a large striking piece with a very lovely technique of pointillism. I love it because it has beautiful colour mixtures like Monet but with the added texture and precision that is Signac.
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 36 – Staying In and Watching Movies
Since I’m still feeling off and it was a chilly/snowy day, I decided to stay in, get as much work done as possible in my clouded state while listening to the “100 best movie soundtracks” which actually cheered me up since it reminded me of lots of great movies like The Pianist, Platoon, Amadeus, Schindler’s List, Shawshank Redemption and so on.
It got us both in the mood to stay in, cuddle up and watch movies -but which ones??? So many to choose from!
For any of you who have not seen the movies mentioned above, please do check them out at IMDB
One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 35 – Ginger Lemon Goodness When You’re Under the Weather
I woke up feeling great this morning. The sun was shining bright, our little birds were chirping away and I went out to teach my little ones -and they were all unbelievably great!
On the way home…… wasn’t as great and I started to feel as bit off……with sneezes and sniffles (>_<)
When I got home, it was time to make a pot full of ginger goodness that always helps when I feel a little under the weather. Not only is this drink a great antioxidant but it's also an excellent source of Vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, potassium, Vitamin B6, copper and manganese and the list goes on!
You will need:
A large fresh ginger root
Dried lemongrass (as much as you like)
Fresh Lemon
Honey
Optional: Cinnamon stick or powder
Fill a pot with water.
Slice the entire ginger root and place in the pot with the dried lemongrass.
Boil covered for 10-15 minutes.
Pour into a mug and add lemon juice and honey. Enjoy!
* If you would like the cinnamon version, add the cinnamon sticks or powder instead of lemongrass and boil for the same amount of time.
