Getting green again!

YUM!

Can't cope, won't cope - we have moved away from the noise and the dirt and found a little piece of zen in a big city of crazy! Lucky. I am back in the garden, hubby is watching his tomatoes, and Elbi is happy rolling on the rug! Time for a deep breath...no more avoiding main roads and hiding on the back streets! Now, we are already there! Suddenly, the city is do-able again!! YOKATTA!

I wasted no time planting those sunflower seeds....!

Even the spider plant is happy!
Cuttings galore for many more plants!

This year's hibiscus! Fingers crossed she survives!

The big City

 The big city…It’s hard to think I lived here before and loved it!

Am finding the adjustment a little hard, but at least we have a great view across the west of Tokyo!

Christmas has passed with lots of cake! Thank goodness it is not a public holiday as we are still organising the apartment and running around a little on errand. But, there was plenty of cake and I am happy!

No more boxes…am even happier!

Time to get ready for the New Year! Looking forward to 2013…many adventures planned!

Moving (blog) HOUSE!

Moving back to the city and...moving over to Tumblr!!!....MAYBE...it seems blogger is working for me again...maybe I really AM here to stay!! Hope so - it's nice and easy here :)

Let's see how it all goes! But, at least I can go photo crazy there!!

http://leonorasophie-everyday.tumblr.com/

More on the move later, but for now - bye-bye Kauskabe!!! Sad to go, but new beginnings ahead....on tumblr!!! MAYBE...

Bananas & Bubble Wrap...

I don't know why I have never really gone bubble wrap crazy before. I have always used newspaper, although in retrospect, this is incomprehensible. It doesn't pad anything. It offers virtually no protection of your previous goods at all. Why on earth did we think it would be a good idea?

However, that said, I haven't had anything break yet with the old faithful. Touch wood.

We invested in a massive roll of bubble wrap (massive) and last night, we were up till the small hours, wrapping and wrapping. I am pleased to say that the contents of the kitchen are done, and while bubble wrap isn't a guarantee, I would like to think I have done a good job. Fingers crossed.

Bananas? Well, I emptied the fruit bowl and made a delicious, healthy breakfast with kiwi, strawberries & the last banana! Time to get healthy. Moving house seems to incur more meals out than we would like and very few of them are good for the soul let alone the stomach. Still, not long now...




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Tokyo, bye-bye

The thing with blogs is the ability to keep regular updates. Not so easy is it?

Since my last subway rantings, so much has happened.

In short, I quit work, we found a house, in the countryside and are moving on Friday! Talk about a dream come true! We wanted the country, we got the country!

We move on Friday, today is Wednesday. Are we ready? We will be!

We stormed ahead a couple for weeks ago and, although we have done very little since, it has all been pretty straight forward.

We were given a whole heap of boxes from the moving company. They aren't going to be cheap, but they are going to do everything for us. Come 2pm on Friday, we can just supervise and then run ourselves up to Kasukabe, our new home!

Elbi chan shall be going into a hotel for the night while we unpack the boxes, but, fear not, he shall be out in time for his 1st birthday!!!! Sunday shall be great! Walking around the lake and lots of birthday doggy cake for the little mutt! He might even have a girlfriend too, but more on that later!!

Location:１丁目,Itabashi,Japan