JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

With the brunt of typhoon season upon us, it’s nice to have charming ways to relax during the storms. This is a pic of another ’70s era brass incense burner and a sun candle holder.

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This is one of the local birds flittering about on this first day of Autumn.

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Here is a link to a video of the bird songs and other nature scenes.

Growing up in the ’60s, I tend to have a thing for incense – very calming. Nowadays the benefits of incense have lost the “hippie” images and been promoted to the “yuppie/new age” term “aroma therapy”. This is a decorative miniture cone burner that came in the incense set. I find it too cute to use.

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This is our sun wind chime.

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This is another of our wind chimes.

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The boys as we go on a road trip. Click here to see the first of a series of brief videos of the trip set to one of thier papa’s bass solos. (To view all the videos click on “more from this user”.)

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This is a serving set with the popular pattern that is similar to the commemorative Santa plate. Notice the texture of the brown areas. This is how one can tell the difference in the workmanship of the wares. In the serving set, the graininess of the wares begin to smooth over time with usage. (The bowls have been used much more frequently than the plate.)

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This is a macro of the design on the ceramic plate, a Japanese Santa.

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This is a serving plate that uses a very popular earthy design seen in many ceramic works on island.

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