JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

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.

Wednesday September 20, 2006 [S(4/365) LW(9/365)]

Julian Calendar Summer (????????????) Okinawan Summer (????)

September 2006 Total:
S-sunny (4/365) C-cloudy (10/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
R-rainy (3/365) SR-scattered rainshowers (2/365)
W-windy (6/365) LW-light winds (9/365) VW-very windy (1/365)
H-humid (15/365) SH-slightly humid (3/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (26/365) C-cloudy (38/365) PC-partly cloudy (46/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (32/365) LW-light winds (65/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (74/365) SH-slightly humid (32/365)

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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Tuesday September 19, 2006 [C(10/365) LW(8/365) SH(3/365)]

Julian Calendar Summer (????????????) Okinawan Summer (????)

September 2006 Total:
S-sunny (3/365) C-cloudy (10/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
R-rainy (3/365) SR-scattered rainshowers (2/365)
W-windy (6/365) LW-light winds (8/365) VW-very windy (1/365)
H-humid (15/365) SH-slightly humid (3/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (25/365) C-cloudy (38/365) PC-partly cloudy (46/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (32/365) LW-light winds (64/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (74/365) SH-slightly humid (32/365)

This is our sun wind chime.

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Monday September 18, 2006 [PC(6/365) LW(7/365) H(15/365)]

September 2006 Total:
S-sunny (3/365) C-cloudy (9/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
R-rainy (3/365) SR-scattered rainshowers (2/365)
W-windy (6/365) LW-light winds (7/365) VW-very windy (1/365)
H-humid (15/365) SH-slightly humid (2/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (25/365) C-cloudy (37/365) PC-partly cloudy (46/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (32/365) LW-light winds (63/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (74/365) SH-slightly humid (31/365)

This is another of our wind chimes.

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Sunday September 17, 2006 [PC(5/365) W(6/365)]

September 2006 Total:
S-sunny (3/365) C-cloudy (9/365) PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
R-rainy (3/365) SR-scattered rainshowers (2/365)
W-windy (6/365) LW-light winds (6/365) VW-very windy (1/365)
H-humid (14/365) SH-slightly humid (2/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (25/365) C-cloudy (37/365) PC-partly cloudy (45/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (32/365) LW-light winds (62/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (73/365) SH-slightly humid (31/365)

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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