M&M

Japan

TOKYO TOWER

MOUNT FUJI

MUSTACHE MIKE

A LONG WAY DOWN

THE TEMPLE AND THE TOWER

GATEWAY TO THE TEMPLE

TEMPLE AND THE TOWER

BUDDIST DOLLS USED FOR WORSHIP

SO MANY!!

THE GREAT BELL

WALKING AWAY

THE HEAVY WOODEN TEMPLE DOORS

POSING WITH THE JAPANESE YOUTH

WHAT?! I CAN'T READ THE MENU...

A PEACEFUL REFUGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY

HAPPINESS!

KYOTO IN THE RAIN

MIKE'S MEGA UMBRELLA

FIVE-STORY PAGODA

MONEY

WHAT A NEAT VIEW

POTTERY SHOP WHERE I BOUGHT SOME THINGS

A SWEETS SHOP

MAKING THE FAMOUS KYOTO SWEET

GOLD TEMPLE (REAL GOLD LEAF)

SERENITY OF THE MOSS GARDEN

TODJI (SP?)

TAKING A LOOK AT THE MAP

PRETTY COLOR

VIEW FROM OUR HOTEL WINDOW

TADITIONAL TEA SHOP

TOO MANY CHOICES!!

TASTE TEST

SO VERY TRADITIONAL

SHE HELPED US OUT A LOT!

A MAIN STREET IN THE OLDER PART OF KYOTO

TINY TINY STREET

MIKE

TOGETHER

PICKED FOR THE TRADITIONAL TEA DEMONSTATION

REAL GEISHA

VERY ELEGANT

SATISFYING THE SWEET TOOTH

We have so many more! It was a fabulous trip over all and eventually it will all make it onto the blog.

Easter

I had a wonderful Lord's Day! I was greatly encouraged and supported by my church family. The Lord has blessed me abundantly, and this is only one of the many ways.

"Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name."
— Ps. 103:1.

John Donne

Holy Sonnet 14

Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force to break, blow,burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurped town, to another due,
Labor to admit you, but O, to no end;
Reason, your "viceroy" in me, me should defend, "gov in your stead"
But is captivated, and proves weak or untrue.
Yeat dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,
But am betrothed unto your enemy.
Divorce me, untie or break me that knot again;
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.