Happy Thanksgiving! We enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving meal at our home. We invited our neighbors and a young single sailor from Dave’s work. It was lovely and delicious. Amazingly enough, we fit five adults around our cozy kitchen table! 

Besides listening to Alice’s Restaurant while making dinner, the highlight of the day was the snow! Yes, SNOW! According to local news, this is the first November snowfall in Tokyo in 54 years! 

It was a very wet snow with huge snowflakes! Beautiful to watch. 


I had fun photographing the Japanese maples with snow. 


The evergreens made a winter wonderland scene. 


No shoveling was required. Which was great because we put our snow shovel in long-term storage! 


I couldn’t resist the opportunity to don my hot pink snow pants! 


I matched the camellia bush! 

The spider web is covered in snow!


By the time we finished eating and said goodbye to our guests, the snow had melted. 

We miss you all so much. I am grateful for the opportunity to share our experiences with you and thankful you take the time to read about them. Sending hugs and kisses to all of you this holiday! Xoxo