Another Rescued Kitty

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I found this kitty in a shed on Oct. 31. I put her in a box and took her to the vet. The vet bathed, de-flea-ed and wormed her and kept her for a few days. We're looking for a home for her. She likes to play, watch TV, and cuddle. She's a sweetie. Our dogs love her, but one of our cats, Toto, hisses at her.

Papa and I visited her at the vet. When he saw her, he said, "I think this cat is our cat."

He was right. We kept her.

Cabbage!

This cabbage was grown by our vegetable stand man.

Culture Day

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Kids Web Japan--Culture Day. Order of Culture awards are given on this day.

Bean Pepsi

Another seasonal Pepsi. Azuki bean Pepsi. Of all the different Pepsi(s) this one tastes like the intended flavor. It tastes like azuki beans. The flavor is purely Japanese. I don't think it will win any cultural awards.

Crows On the Line

An early morning chat

turned into a squabble.

They ended up on different lines until a third party swooped in.

The two squabblers flew away.

Doves watched from the sidelines.

Halloween Pumpkin Ramen

I bought this at a convenience store on sale a day after Halloween. It's a snack; dried pieces of pumpkin flavored ramen. See the tape on the little witch's cheek? That's a boo-boo (a sore caused by an accident.) I've seen that on other Halloween decorations here. Maybe it's becoming a Japanese Halloween motif.

Happy Halloween!

No party yet this year. Little Brother came home Friday with a fever. H1N1 is making its rounds here. It is called Type A. Fortunately, he doesn't have that flu. Just a cold. So no happy Halloween for us.

Something exciting did happen today, though. I rescued another kitten! I heard it meowing in a shed near the field behind our house. Click on the label below. We will take care of it until we find a home for it. She's spending a couple of days at the vet.

Click on the label below to see what we've done in the past for Halloween. I wanted to post a photo of something orange so here's a persimmon tree. The kitten is orange, but I didn't get a picture of her.

Spokes

Look at all these spokes on this bicycle wheel!

The bicycle was locked to a sign on a corner next to a building. Note the plastic bag over the seat. It's been raining every other day here. (Click on the photos to enlarge them.)

That round thing in the street is a light. It flashes red in the evening. The big white kanji on the street is the beginning of the word tomari. It means "stop".

Cutting Cabbage

Our vegetable stand man walked along this row squeezing the heads of these cabbages. He chose one and cut it off at its base. Then he cut some of the outer leaves away from the head.

He put it in his basket along with another kind of cabbage to take to his vegetable stand to sell.

But first he stopped to check the broccoli.

Neighborhood Barber

More Around the Neighborhood

Someone is airing futon outside this apartment building.

Street mirror.

Garage made out of corrugated plastic.

Train crossing.

Around the Neighborhood

I bought a pen today and the shopkeeper put it in this small paper envelope. Some of the bears are holding signs that say "Mitsubishi Pencil." The pen I bought wasn't from the Mitsubishi Corporation.

Taking Flight

The color is not so good in this photo, but look at the different "poses" of flight! These birds all took off when the cat moved (see this post.)

Sweet Olive

In the first weeks of October, the air is heavy with the sweet perfume of kinmokusei trees. The small trees near our grocery store were heavily in bloom. The trees can get really tall.