Happy Earth Day!!☆☆☆

Waaaaaaaaa, the potatoes are out!!!
OMG this is so exciting!!!
I think what I am emotionally going through must be a feeling somewhat resembling motherhood only it is so much more exciting because I dont have to wait half a year to see how they grow!!
The cucumbers look so strong and healthy (knock knock on the wood), a couple of them still have their bright pink used-to-be-seed-covers caps holding the points of their leaves together praying to Mother Nature to let them grow...
- I do think though if they use chemicals to protect seeds they really should make the effort of making this fact a little less obvious one for it does makes one feel a bit unsure as in whether to actually eat the fruits that came out of such -almost fluorescent- coloured seeds-...
The tomatoes look very fine, fragile like very young aristocratic ladies, the raddishes seem like a bunch of energetic children happy to be out in the playground and the potatoes, mirroring their past they are like strong stocky farmers slowly but surely pushing their way out disturbing the peaceful flatness of the soil that covered them.

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!
I am thankful...first for my babies being allowed to be, then for the world being allowed to be and share itself with us, then for everyone in it.
I am thankful to the Earth for it is her who lets us all live a grandeur Life, it is Earth that lets us all meet wherever we are, it is Earth who lets us share our worlds among one another.
Thank you.

*Dan in Nagoya*
Yay yay! Dan (Towse) came to visit!! He arrived last Sunday and is staying until this weeks Friday. Until Friday he has been hopping around Honshu island, went to Kobe, Kyoto and Himeji and finally on Friday night we could go out and drink Gin Tonics. Ate a wonderful ramen and chahan for dinner, ah, mmmmmm, and ended up in one of Ethi's favourite bars which is on my way home from the station. Vert Zai. We drank slowly and drank a lot, played a great game of naming famous people whose names start with the ending letter of the previous one, until the 'N's got us so exhausted that we stopped after three hours and started communicating with our surroundings, i.e. drunken Japanese salary men and the bar tenders (one of them rather pleasant looking and giving me the looks rather much of the time;-)).
It was great, we got home at about half three, satisfyingly socially exhausted and yesterday we went out to hit the town.
The Aichi Earth Day 2007 was somewhat disappointing and it pains me to admit it for I was so much looking forward to going and having some Earth Day fun, such as we did last year. This year there seemed to be not much point to it, no core, not even cafes or stalls selling organic foods and beverages and I think this just simply goes along, more like is a must on such a day as Earth Day. The only bright point was meeting some lovely friends, among which were Ishikawa-kun and Akari-chan with their little Mito who was crying his head off everytime he looked at Dan and me (foreign beasts effect). Oh, and of course, the upcoming Bongomen live (local reggae band and oh so good) scheduled for today.
Today there is also a 物々こうかん [butsu butsu kokan], an exchange market, at Meijo Park by the castle and Dan and I are bringing our homemade organic peanut butter fudge to share and exchange. Yay yay!!
Am off to make some coffee now...
...Happy Earth Day!
And I think there might be some kabuki performance for us tonight...and maybe Rocky IV. (ah the III. is just so good!!)
Oh how could I forget!!!
We went to Tiffany's!!! Looking like a hippie I felt strangely satisfied with myself and rather daring too. I tried on this beautiful ring made out of rose (reddish) gold with little diamonds going round and round it as the ring went round and round, and I almost managed to persuade the good looking smooth shop assistant to let me take a picture of it with my mobile as it was on my hand to show it to my mother. Wasnt allowed but it was still great and we did take a picture together with Dan in front of the Tiffany's shop sign.
So much fun so much fun!!!!!!!