JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – residence (private or personal living area)

Japanese – yashiki (???)

Hogen – yashyichyi (?????)

Wednesday May 31, 2006 [C(15/365) R (2/365) W(11/365)]

May 2006 Total:
S-sunny (7/365) C-cloudy (15/365) PC (9/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (11/365) LW-light winds (15/365)
H-humid (4/365) SH-slightly humid (15/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (63/365) C-cloudy (151/365) PC-partly cloudy (150/365)
D-drizzle (38/365) R-rainy (20/365) SR-scattered rain showers (24/365)
W-windy (121/365) LW-light winds (178/365) VW-very windy (11/365)
H-humid (73/365) SH-slightly humid (103/365)

Today is Jaco’s birthday. This is a pic of his “cake” – a blueberry cream cheese pie from a local bakery in Awase.

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To view a slide show of the celebration, click below.

Tuesday May 30, 2006 [C(14/365) LW(15/365)]

May 2006 Total:
S-sunny (7/365) C-cloudy (14/365) PC (9/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (10/365) LW-light winds (15/365)
H-humid (4/365) SH-slightly humid (15/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (63/365) C-cloudy (150/365) PC-partly cloudy (150/365)
D-drizzle (38/365) R-rainy (19/365) SR-scattered rain showers (24/365)
W-windy (120/365) LW-light winds (178/365) VW-very windy (11/365)
H-humid (73/365) SH-slightly humid (103/365)

Well it looks like no holiday BBQ here today, we’ll have to take a rain check. However, the flowers seem to be enjoying the rain.

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Monday May 29, 2006 [C(13/365) D(4/365)]

May 2006 Total:
S-sunny (7/365) C-cloudy (13/365) PC (9/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (10/365) LW-light winds (14/365)
H-humid (4/365) SH-slightly humid (15/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (63/365) C-cloudy (149/365) PC-partly cloudy (150/365)
D-drizzle (38/365) R-rainy (19/365) SR-scattered rain showers (24/365)
W-windy (120/365) LW-light winds (177/365) VW-very windy (11/365)
H-humid (73/365) SH-slightly humid (103/365)

We were fortunate to have a couple of really nice days to barbecue this past week. But we weren’t the only ones taking advantage of the sunny back yard BBQ days.

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Sunday May 28, 2006 [C(12/365) R(1/365) SH(15/365)]

May 2006 Total:
S-sunny (7/365) C-cloudy (12/365) PC (9/365)
D-drizzle (3/365) R-rainy (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (10/365) LW-light winds (14/365)
H-humid (4/365) SH-slightly humid (15/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (63/365) C-cloudy (148/365) PC-partly cloudy (150/365)
D-drizzle (37/365) R-rainy (19/365) SR-scattered rain showers (24/365)
W-windy (120/365) LW-light winds (177/365) VW-very windy (11/365)
H-humid (73/365) SH-slightly humid (103/365)

One of the Jaco and Kato tennis ball tug of war photos.

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Click on link below to view a slideshow of the tug of war pics.