Greetings from Nakatsu, Wyoming

Greetings from Nakatsu, Wyoming
Originally uploaded by p1ckle.

It doesn't take much, here on Kyushu, to find a scene like this - pretty much any space that isn't housed is cultivated. This was taken on the way back from Jusco, a big old shopping mall a couple of miles outside the centre, where we went today. It was about 25 degrees outside and humid as, well, something humid (what's a good comparative for humidity; somehow 'humid as hell' seems inappropriate) so it was very nice indeed to be inside a big air-conditioned box for the hottest hours of the day. We got ourselves some lunch, some other assorted stuff, and also bought some more stuff for fishing tomorrow. We're going with Dan and Narumi, and although we fully expect to catch nothing at all, it'll be fun to sit about by a river and do very little.

We went training tonight - Paddy, the task-master/coach, was only up for an easy one, and he and Katie are coming over for some Lost. Emma N handed in her resignation at work today, which means that in about a month we'll have gone from 7 teachers to 5, David having been transferred to Kokura for reasons not to obtuse to fathom. Emma, on the other hand, is getting a new job in Kumamoto, which is further south and further left, which should be really good for her. Good on yer, Emma...