snowflakes on the window edge

ilya took a snapshot of this patterned snowflakes on the plane window when we arrived in narita for transit on 8 dec 08 : )

they are not the last snowflakes for 2008. but this is posted on the last day of 2008, from this side of the globe, anyway : )

happy 2009, everyone! :D

a trio + one owls

oooh, and a trio + one owls for the contemplative! :D

christmas special!

whose foot does this father christmas sock belong to?! :D

yep, luna! ^_^

an abandoned pikachu in the rubbish

ilya spotted a much crushed and abandoned pikachu amidst the rubbish at the back of a building enroute from shimbashi to roppongi

what luna had for dinner

sweet potato puree! ^_^

without a doubt, she is absolutely the most adorable baby! and she has an inherrent love for nature - you should see the the way she carefully touches the delicate petals of the flowers and leaves! :D

merry christmas - from dr tom

maddie dressed tom with a cheery cap and a tie for christmas ^_^

(and this dressup for christmas was within minutes of jerry summarising the

news that morning of how some chinese activists were trying to encourage restaurants to take cat meat off the menu and how some chinese in guangdong province, china, were afraid to let their pets out of their houses.)

and tom, you know we all love you! :D

suica penguin makes a maru!

this is the suica penguin doing a maru!

kekek dash totally adores him! :D

totoro-ing along!

a totoro wedding! :D

a wedding gift from my colleagues :) dash took ilya's totoro to join in for the totoro couple's wedding march kekek :D

a feather for papa moomin's top hat!

^_^

hmm, who is "Mr Eng Heng Kean"?

... ?!

could it be ...

nooo.

did the student mispell the minister's name? O_O

zam-zam-zoom-zoom! ~

~ schizo-bear drives a matchbox forth!

moo(ving) on

dash took a photo of these four cows taking a break in the swiss appenzellerland mountains :)

luna and jerry read

:D presenting a curious luna who loves a good read with her grandpa jerry!

time of man on earth

drawing by james thurber in his book "lanterns and lances"

as gandalf says to frodo in "the lord of the rings" when frodo seemed unsure of the quest he had taken, "all you have to do is to decide what to do with the time that is given to you."

dash's batik of buddha

dash's "meditating buddha"

with the second layer of waxing, dash added more design in the green background and circle of enlightenment : )