Land of the rising sun - Part 3

Japan continues to be in my prayers..

During my visit, I spent some time visiting the Tsukiji- fish market and the nearby produce markets.

I did not get to Tsukiji in the wee hours of the morning, but did get to see a lot Tuna being carted around to be sliced and diced for sale. Lots of exotic sea creatures also to be seen. It's a humming place, with carts zipping in and out at lightning speed, quite amusing to watch - as long as you are out of their way

The produce market too was interesting It's always fascinating to me the things you find - like different grades of wasabi - for 22000 yen (possibly by the kilo), but that is approx $220 - very EXPENSIVE!

Other foods like cherries and mangoes were also pricey!

Other highlights included a walk to see the imperial palace, ginza and shibuya.

Getting around was quite easy- i saw everything using public transport and walking - everything is well signed - though i have to admit, you forget how populated Tokyo can be, can be quite overwhelming

This is the pedestrian crossing at Shibuya.

Still I love the hustle and bustle of this city.

Week one down

365 Project Day 9 - Rose
Originally uploaded by StephJefferson

Sharing my favorite photo for this week. I have enjoyed the process thus far. Happy to say that i have continued to keep up with my bible reading too!
today is going to be hot in Sydney, so we are staying indoors and i will attempt to do some cleaning as well as upload a whole bunch of photos of our trip from the US in September. We're also going to head out to the opening night of the sydney festival so should be fun!

2010

Happy New Year from Sydney! we watched the sun set over the bridge and waited for the sky to be lit by the huge fireworks display. it was a display of vivid colours, unfortunately i didn't bring my tripod - so no photos to share.

New Years day was spent around the house - M working on a jigsaw puzzle, me trying to sort out our photos from our last trip.. and planning for the next. Have also started on two 365 day projects - reading my bible and taking a photo daily.. fingers crossed for me! Will be updating my progress here.

We hope you have a great 2010 filled with much peace and joy!

share my favorite

photo i took during June.

it was a cold morning in the blue mountains, but the results are worth it!

June was a busy month and it appears that it will continue to be so until August. I really need a break. One of the highlights was spending a day and night with my dear sil!! and a new tradition has begun!

Got some time set aside today to play, so will share some of my LO's later in the weekend.

i was there

waiting in the rain.... but a memorable experience ..
the opening of the apple store in Sydney.
This is the photo i took using iphoto on the mac!