Nina's new camera in action in Japan

Nina's new camera in action in Japan

yes?

meanwhile in NZ

meanwhile in NZ

on the Thames

on the Thames

cold in Oxford

cold in Oxford

Hydro

Hydro

Forth

Wallace

Wallace

old boys

old boys

New Williamfield

New Williamfield in winter

bros

bros

stay where you are girl

stay where you are girl

Paddington Bear and friend

Paddington Bear and friend

brrrrrr

brrrrrrr

meanwhile back in Hat Head

meanwhile back in Hat Head, it's Tommy's beach

beach

a typical beach scene

strolling towards Dinosaur Beach

Hat Head with clouds

Hat Head with clouds

Pomegranate Palace

Korogora House

girl and dog

kicking in the shallows, a girl and her dog

snuffling down the side

snuffling down the side of the house in search of crumbs ... this is coming down the left of the house as you walk from the front on Straight St to the backgarden and Oak St

whose bedroom

whose bedroom is it anyway

which way now

serious discussion on which way to go down the beach on another bloody evening in paradise

front porch

the sloping ceiling of the front porch area, just in from the Straight St entrance

looking out to the front

standing in the kitchen in the side flat, looking out towards the front garden and Straight St

Hat Head living room

this is the main living room right in the middle

Hat Head kitchen

the old kitchen ... probably to become the edge of the deck?

Hat Head shed

it's down the back right of the back yard, at the Oak St fence

no smorking

no smorking in the hotel, o no

day one in Tokyo

day one in Tokyo, and confusion all round

deer dancing

the Nara deer know where the biscuits live

big carp, Nara gardens

big carp, Nara gardens

a small hut in Japan

a small hut in Japan

conference teabreak

Kyoto, SARMAC conference ... it's the teabreak ...

Miho tunnel

this is the way in

Miho Museum tunnel

at the other end

Miho Museum walkway

walk this way ... out of the mountain, into the Museum

Miho tunnel tension

Miho tunnel tension

Nina saw the tension

Nina saw the tension

our tunnel

our tunnel

more of the Miho Museum tunnel fixtures

more of the Miho Museum tunnel fixtures

Nara temple steps

Nara temple steps

temple steps with intruder

temple steps with intruder

temple slopes at Nara

temple slopes at Nara

Two Giants

Reaching for the skies, together

hill temple high above Nara

Sticky, resting on a wooden bench. Once a year, the initiate monks rain down fiery embers from this balcony onto the crowds below.

Poki

This will be a good anime day out

Castle in the Sky

On the Ghibli Museum roof is a vast creature from Laputa

Ghibli Museum beer

Miyazaki's own label. Ghibli beer and a chicken roll on the shady terrace.