i was able to put the futons out yesterday!! they were getting pretty manky, it was gross! possibly the worst thing about rainy season: can't hang out the bedding. *sigh* yoshi even beat them and then brought them downstairs for me. what a man. *swoon* (i'm serious!)
it was sunny this morning so i put out the wash, too. then it started to rain so i brought it back in. a few minutes later it was sunny again. *sigh* the worst part about the end of rainy season is that it can't make up it's mind whether to finish or not! we need a nice (not too strong nor destructive) typhoon. that usually sends rainy season out. i put the laundry out again and it didn't rain again (as far as i know).
saturday i found a huge caterpillar and using the previous caterpillar page, i found out it becomes a moth. yes, i captured it, and bought a new bug box for it. i think i'm turning japanese! ha! it has already made a cocoon, which is something new and different for the kids to see. too bad it becomes a boring white moth and not a beautiful big colorful thing.
i made another dress for sasha today. well, almost. i got a couple of remnants and neither one was quite big enough for the dress. it's in two pieces so two remnants are fine--if they were wide enough. but no fear! going for version two they work (actually, one remnant would work) and i just needed to get a contrasting fabric. which i did today (and hey! i forgot my wallet and had to go back home to get it, that was fun) and will hopefully finish it tomorrow. pictures tomorrow, too (i hope!)
i recently got some fabric for making a quilt and hope to share that with you tomorrow, too. until then, i have two small ones waiting for me to brush their teeth.
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I am puzzled as to why you hang your laundry out to dry. In Hawaii, I always use the dryer.
Can't wait to see the pics!!!
gigi, dryers are pretty rare in japanese houses. for one, there's not exactly enough room. for another, they don't work well and seem to take forever to dry things. (dryers are improving and some even have external vents (!!) but are still hideously expensive so i don't see us having one any time soon.) our bathroom is actually a huge dryer--if i had the means to hang up laundry in there.
i dislike hanging clothes in the house so i usually do one of two things: wait until a sunny day is expected and do laundry, or FINALLY do the wash and then take it to a coin laundry (laundromat) to dry in an especially efficient dryer. thankfully i live in an area with lots of coin laundries (the previous town we lived in had three--and were nearly always busy during the rainy season!!)
i don't particularly like sun and air dried laundry but it *is* environmentally friendly....
I heard on the news that Southern Kyushu has officially finished tsuyu and wondered if that was you.
We have the bathroom dryer room too and it works quite well. But you can't use the bath while you're drying things though so not so convenient.
Can't wait to see Sasha's dress.
I am looking forward to Sasha`s dress picture also! Also to see what you will do with the quilt fabric.
I really want to make a baby blanket once we move (so I can set up the sewing machine) but have no idea where to start.
Today is sunny and I should really do washing - but I have left it too late now I think since I woke up at 9:30am...maybe tomorrow.
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