Archive for August, 2008
Sustainability Part2
Another video Blog post on Sustainability and growing your own food instead of paying someone else to grow it for you, not to mention saving all of the energy it takes to get it to the store and then to your home.
Today we are harvesting potato’s, and I actually grew 2 different kinds, one is [...]
Vacation Fun
 Las Vegas Sign “Charles Hamelâ€
Some of us are just coming off of their summer vacations while others are getting ready to start. Where are you going this year? what are your plans?
I remember a past vacation that I went on in Las Vegas, Nevada, it was my first time being in Nevada and here we [...]
Summer Vacation Part 2
 Kussharo Lake “Charles Hamelâ€
So after the big Bon Odori party, the very next morning we woke up early to depart on the second half of our vacation camping trip. A local resident and friend of the same village we live in volunteered to be the chauffeur and tour guide and go along with us. Mr [...]
Bon Odori
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After the first half of our summer vacation camp-out was finished we hurried back home to participate in our villages Bon Odori celebration. Bon Odori is a very large celebration in Japan that gives honor to the ancestors that have passed on. It is a Buddhist custom that has evolved over the years [...]
Summer Vacation Part 1
 Wakkanai “Charles Hamelâ€
Here in Hokkaido the winters are long so during the spring summer and fall seasons when the weather is mild and sunny you have to utilize it to the fullest. My oldest son had a 3 week summer vacation from school, so we decided to explore this beautiful island that we live on.
Our [...]
