Thanks again to everyone who hosted us, met us, picked us up, dropped us off, bought us lunch/dinner/breakfast, ate with us, played games with us, or were just generally gracious/kind during our recent America visit! And sorry to those we didn't have a chance to meet-we were on a tighter time schedule this time and had only one day in Portland. Nozomi immediately started her new teaching year after we returned (the next morning!) and I've been trying to get organized with my new private tutoring plan.
Some pictures from the trip will get posted (eventually....), but for now I'll post this picture I took yesterday on Easter. Nozomi & I were driving to visit her grandmother, and suddenly the light filtering through the clouds was so stunning I stopped the car to take pictures. I only had the cell phone camera, so some of them turned out so-so; this one doesn't compare to what it looked like in person, but might give you an idea. The short, white flowering trees are nashi, Asian pears.
