JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

This is a fruit of one of the trees in our backyard. The aroma is very similar to a local citrus fruit known as shikuwasa. The shikuwasa is a cross between a tangerine and a lime. This version is closer to a lime in that the flavor was more bitter than most shikuwasa and the interior coloration of the fruit is more that of a lime than a tangerine.

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Wednesday June 28, 2006 [S(3/365) W(4/365) SH(12/365)]

June 2006 Total:
S-sunny (3/365) C-cloudy (16/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy (3/365) SR-scattered rain showers (6/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (19/365)
H-humid (15/365) SH-slightly humid (12/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (3/365) C-cloudy (14/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) R-rainy(3/365) SR-scattered rain showers (5/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (19/365)
H-humid (14/365) SH-slightly humid (11/365)

Most people know the slow food movement has been on its way for some time. Now a way has been found to provide a flavorful last meal for some of those annoying pests in life. A Japanese company has come up with gourmet roach hotel bait. The menu of this particular selection consists of banana, chocolate, and shrimp. Now you can say bon appetite and sayonara to the creepy crawlers with one product.

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Within one week after the rains halted, new bursts of color are exploding all over a neighborhood flowerbox.

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A local critter chowing down on the vegetation in our back yard.

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Now that the island downpours have taken a break, the bushes in our front yard are beginning to bloom again.

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This is a hanging basket made out of vine, which can get quite thick on island. There are various places locally where the vine handicrafts can be seen.

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One of the geraniums in our front yard blooms as the rains cease and the sun begins to shine.

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After the incessant rains of the past few weeks, this is the only remaining flower in a neighborhood flowerbed that is usually covered with blooms of all sorts.

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