Sunday, March 04, 2007

Spring has come, the grass has riz ........I know where the birdies iz

On Saturday, Ayako and I traveled to Hamakita Forest Park to go for a walk and do some birdwatching.We could see some birds with my good binoculars but we weren't close enough to get any good pictures. So instead, I have two pictures of Ayako where you can try and guess her expression:
Ayako was wearing a mask since she had a bit of a cold still. But these days, many other people are wearing masks since it's Hay Fever season. There are lots of Japanese cedar trees that were planted north of our city. Unfortunately, many people are allergic to the pollen of it, and so wear masks to prevent breathing it in. Ayako wore one since the pollen might not be best for her cold as well. Luckily I'm not allergic to the pollen yet, but it seems like it might build up in your body over some years and eventually you start getting Hay Fever here.

Anyways, we had a good walk during the day. March is the beginning of spring here, and it definitely was a nice spring day.

At night, we went over to Christine's apartment for a Mexican food/bon voyage party for her boyfriend, Sam, who is going away for a month. Here's Sam (being his usual self) beside his dad:
And here are a couple more photos from the night:

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