JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

I found this picture of a September 2004 sunset lying around, but don’t know who took it.

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If you have kept up with the blog over that past, then you know we have one of the busiest local residential roads I’ve ever seen. It’s constantly being torn apart or invaded by construction and/or work crews. Here’s a look at how the road looked two weeks ago. Following the photo in Flicker are some other pics of the latest work being done.

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Although there are many beautiful examples of flora and fauna on island, the view and sense that stems thereof is often disrupted by electric wires and other manmade debris. This particular local neighborhood tree looks as if it is turning hybrid and growing a new tv antenna branch with wire.

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Wednesday August 30, 2006 [C(9/365) D(1/365) SH(4/365)]

August 2006 Total:
S-sunny (6/365) C-cloudy (9/365) PC-partly cloudy (15/365)
D-drizzle (1/365)SR-scattered rain showers (4/365)
W-windy (13/365) LW-light winds (14/365) VW-very windy (1/365)
H-humid (26/365) SH-slightly humid (4/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (21/365) C-cloudy (28/365) PC-partly cloudy (40/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(3/365) SR-scattered rain showers (9/365)
W-windy (27/365) LW-light winds (55/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (58/365) SH-slightly humid (29/365)

This version of lion dog souvenir knickknack is a miniture only standing about 1½ inches in height.

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This is another of the local lion dog knickknacks that can be found in many souvenir shops and some DIY stores.

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A random afternoon sky in a local residential area in August 2006.

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A bloom of one of the flowering bushes in our front yard.

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These are more of the blooms in a local residential flowerbed.

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