Garlic

Garlic. Its more expensive to buy one than it is to buy four.

Brush practice

Postcard watercolors. These are a few of my most recent postcards. There is a postcard painting class I attend once a month.

Macro Science Experiment

I borrowed my friend Tomoko's macro lens and wow I'm really wishing I had my own. It's a bit tricky to use but I'm getting the hang of it. I'll be posting more macro (non insect) shots soon. Check out Tomoko's site for flowers and such.

Miyaura Junior High II

Pixels

Last week I did a little drawing or painting on the computer everyday after work. I should be painting this week too but something about leaving the island in another month and a half is keeping me from concentrating on much at all. I feel like I have so much to do and yet there is almost nothing I can do, yet.

The Science Room

The science teacher at Miyanoura Junior High came back after two years of maternity leave and found that most of the bookshelves had been completely infested with termites. I suspect that it had been a little longer than two years but its still impressive what these little bugs had done regardless of the time it took them. The termites ate through over a hundred books and scientific journals.


The book bindings were the only thing that remained of the original paper. Taking off the bindings, we could see the vast interconnected sponge-like structure that the termites had created.


An old constellation and star globe.




Almost everything in the science room is so outdated that it's more reminiscent of a museum than anything else. Old chemicals that haven't been used for years line the shelves.