Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A Lovely Weekend
It's been a nice, nice, nice couple of days. Weatherwise and also just general well being. Gabe has had three nights in a row of long and lovely sleeps, only waking up once. And thus, mommy, daddy and baby have all been feeling mighty darn good.
This past weekend, in fact, we made it out and about for a mini adventure. The quest? Go find Koi Noburi, these really nifty koi fish shaped kites that are flown at this time of the year to celebrate Boys Day, and take pictures of them. In some cases they are flown en masse and create a really stunning image. Here are some about 15 minutes from our house.
We went on a long drive up to Motobu as well, where Joe thought there would be another fine spectacle of Koi Noburi. Oops, all we found was this measely little string. Still, they are pretty, and we had one of the really great drives that you can have here on a sunny Sunday in Okinawa.
But we needn't have traveled so far to see the Koi. We've got our own flying right in front of our house. They were a gift from Joe's co-worker. I just think it's fantabulous. What's the symbolism? The top fish is the daddy of the family, the red one is the mommy and the little one on the bottom is the little boy. If you family has more than one son, you add another fishy. Daughters, sorry, no fish for you. (You get dolls for girld day though, so don't feel too left out.) Anyway, take a gander!
This past weekend, in fact, we made it out and about for a mini adventure. The quest? Go find Koi Noburi, these really nifty koi fish shaped kites that are flown at this time of the year to celebrate Boys Day, and take pictures of them. In some cases they are flown en masse and create a really stunning image. Here are some about 15 minutes from our house.
We went on a long drive up to Motobu as well, where Joe thought there would be another fine spectacle of Koi Noburi. Oops, all we found was this measely little string. Still, they are pretty, and we had one of the really great drives that you can have here on a sunny Sunday in Okinawa.
But we needn't have traveled so far to see the Koi. We've got our own flying right in front of our house. They were a gift from Joe's co-worker. I just think it's fantabulous. What's the symbolism? The top fish is the daddy of the family, the red one is the mommy and the little one on the bottom is the little boy. If you family has more than one son, you add another fishy. Daughters, sorry, no fish for you. (You get dolls for girld day though, so don't feel too left out.) Anyway, take a gander!
