Fantastic Saturday

This could be one of the best days of the year weather wise (or at least a weather person on the TV this morning was saying). It was a spectacular day today.

We drove 45 minutes north to enjoy this great weather by visiting a Japanese garden. It is a part of museum one lady started in 1950s. Surprisingly big garden with pretty authentic layout and trees. There was a bamboo garden (area) where we could see several baby bamboos (Take-Noko). My home in Japan had a bamboo garden behind my house, and we harvested them every morning in the Spring and used them for Miso soup, Ni-Mono (Japanese stew) and others. There was a small private party, and kids were enjoying the weather and chasing large frogs in the pound.

We cooked chicken for dinner along with roasted vegetables and beans salad. We cooked Miso soup and brown sticky rice (but no picture of them) too. Everything came out really good and someone would enjoy the left-overs as much as we enjoyed them as dinner tonight. Oh, did I tell you we bought apple pie for desert? It is ONLY 5 inch (vs. 9 inch), so we don't need to feel guilty having them.