When we woke up Sunday morning, and I walked out into our main room where the whole wall is tall window sliding doors, I gasped. The sun was shining perfectly on the calm, flat Sea bringing out the vibrant turquoise and blues, so clear you could see down to the corral and all the way out to the Kerama islands, their silhouette backlit by the bright puffy white clouds. September mornings are our favorite on Oki. We can tell the summer is ending because as we sit right now on the deck ... continue reading...
Roasted Vegetable Pesto Shells with Toasted Pine Nuts
If you were to look in our fridge in the summertime, nine times out of ten you'd find a mason jar of homemade pesto. It is definitely a favorite of ours. Cam loves it just as much as I do, if not more. My good friend Meredith brought me a whole bag of fresh basil from the vegetable market last week, so I restocked our pesto supply. It's just too good not to eat all summer long! It's adds an amazing freshness and flavor to many different kinds of dishes. This time, I used my pesto on large pasta ... continue reading...
Miyajima Island, {Mainland} Japan
From Iwakuni, we took a train North and hopped on a ferry to Miyajima Island, which is believed in the Japanese Shinto religion to be sacred. There are wild deer everywhere that freely roam the village streets and are also believed to be sacred. You can touch them {little kids were hugging them!} and walk around with them, and they come up to you and nuzzle your side. Because it's a sacred island in Japan, no one is allowed to be born there or die there... It is a beautiful, mountainous ... continue reading...
Travels on Mainland Japan {Part 1}
{taking the cable car up to...} {Iwakuni Castle} {Stella is thee most angelic baby alive. Even while traveling!} {Prayers hanging from trees and posts around the temple} We just got back a few hours ago. Ah, it's good to be home! Now I'm just waiting for my honey to get back home too. We're all making it just in time - Okinawa is supposed to get hit Saturday by the biggest typhoon it has had in 13 years. If we don't lose internet this weekend, I will ... continue reading...
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