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SOUNDS from Japan
February Jam
Sto Lat, Happy Bday Dad


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo - I think this is the first time in a year Im not taller than anyone in a photo


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event, returning after the match


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event, waiting room


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event, match view


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event, warm up


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event, stretch


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event, Sumo kimonos


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event


November 25 Hakata, Kyushu, Sumo Event


November 24 Shimonoseki, Kyushu, autumn leave viewing


November 24 Shimonoseki, Kyushu, with Noriko


November 24 Shimonoseki, Kyushu, autumn leave viewing


November 24 Shimonoseki, Kyushu, autumn leave viewing


November 24 Shimonoseki, Kyushu, autumn leave viewing


November 23 Yakeyama, Tea Ceremony


November 23 Yakeyama, preparing the macha


November 23 Yakeyama, serving


November 23 Yakeyama, Tea Ceremony


November 23 Yakeyama, trying to make tea


November 23 Yakeyama, Ikibana flowers for tea ceremony


November 23 Yakeyama, Tea Ceremony, friends


November 23 Kure, Kure night view with Lisa and Noriko


November 18 Hiroshima, autumn in Japan


November 18 Hiroshima, autumn in Japan


November 11 Kure, Sneak peak at images from upcoming Kimono photo podcast


November 11 Kure, Sneak peak - Noriko


November 11 Kure, Sneak peak - Akiko


November 11 Kure, Sneak peak at images from upcoming Kimono photo podcast


November 11 Kure, Sneak peak - getting ready


November 11 Kure, Sneak peak - working hard


November 11 Kure, Sharpening my Kendama Skills - Kendama (known in English as "cup and ball") is a Japanese game of skill where you try to catch the ball in the cup


November 11 Kure, Sharpening my Kendama Skills


November 11 Kure, Proof I did it!


November 11 Apple picking flashback - sword fight with Tamara


November 2 Beijing, Visiting the Great Wall of China


November 2 Beijing, The Great Wall


November 2 Beijing, The Great Wall


November 2 Beijing, The Great Wall


November 2 Beijing, The Great Wall


November 2 Beijing, The Great Wall


November 3 Beijing, Morning outside the Forbidden City


November 3 Beijing, outside the Forbidden City Walls


November 3 Beijing, Forbidden City Walls


November 3 Beijing, two figures dwarfed by the Forbidden City Walls


November 3 Beijing, inside the Forbidden City


November 3 Beijing, inside the Forbidden City


November 3 Beijing, inside the Forbidden City


November 3 Beijing, details from inside the Forbidden City


November 3 Beijing, in Tianeman Square


November 3 Beijing, across from Tianeman Square


November 4 Beijing, The Summer Palace


November 4 Beijing, The Long Corridor at The Summer Palace


November 4 Beijing, view of The Summer Palace


November 4 Beijing, Dongyue Temple


November 4 Beijing, Dongyue Temple

Welcome to my site!
From September 2004 thru August 2005 while teaching in Poland, I decided to take one photo a day, everyday. The photos ranged from exciting trips to Florence and Istanbul to the daily minutia of cooking or walking to the bus station. These photos not only became my journal, but a reminder that there are opportunities to see the extraordinary in the commonplace of each day.

That journal is the motivation for my blog. Here you will find photos of opportunities to appreciate daily life, even if it's just driving or shopping. I'll post the photos weekly and I hope that you visit often.

Alicia