JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

This is the fifth pic of the island morning sun view from earlier this month..

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Tuesday February 6, 2007 [C(3/365) LW(2/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

February 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (3/365) PC-partly cloudy (3/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (3/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (37/365) C-cloudy (115/365) PC-partly cloudy (92/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy(16/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (76/365) LW-light winds (137/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

When I was attended university, one of the mandatory reads was Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery. If you’ve never had the opportunity to peruse the short story, do yourself a favor and start the day off with a brief, yet poignant, read.

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Monday February 5, 2007 [PC(3/365) LW(2/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

February 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (3/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (2/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (37/365) C-cloudy (114/365) PC-partly cloudy (92/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy(16/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (76/365) LW-light winds (136/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

Although most people think of it as SB Sunday, it airs on Monday over here. BTW congratulations Colts!

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Sunday February 4, 2007 [PC(2/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

February 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (2/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (1/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (37/365) C-cloudy (114/365) PC-partly cloudy (91/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy(16/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (76/365) LW-light winds (135/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

Saturday February 3, 2007 [PC(1/365) LW(1/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

February 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (1/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (1/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (37/365) C-cloudy (114/365) PC-partly cloudy (91/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy(16/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (76/365) LW-light winds (135/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

Friday February 2, 2007 [C(2/365) W(2/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

February 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365)
W-windy (2/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (37/365) C-cloudy (114/365) PC-partly cloudy (90/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy(16/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (76/365) LW-light winds (134/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

Well it’s that time of year when the world gathers ’round to see if a little unknown (yet infamous) critter is going to cast a shadow declaring if the wintery weather will continue or not. If the tradition had been initiated on island, the poor creature really would have problems. This morning we had a brief glimpse of the sun as it peeked-out from massive cloud cover. No possibility of even locating any glimmer of a shadow under those conditions. So to start the day off right, here’s a closer view of the brilliant island sun we had yesterday morning.

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