It's April 30th and we woke up to 34 degrees and this. Snow. Sarah, you are so lucky. The weather in Japan looks warm and beautiful from your pictures! Doesn't look like we lost the fruit yet, though, thank heavens. It didn't actually hard freeze so hopefully we'll still get peaches and pears. The Apricots have already set so we should have a good harvest of those despite the weather. The tall green shoots you see are garlic plants, the short green shoots in front of the pink peach trees are onions, and maybe you can see the chives, strawberries and rhubarb in this post. The potatoes, peas, and carrots are also coming up and don't appear to be harmed.

Oh, we are anxious for the sun!

Sarah

My baby is at this moment flying somewhere over Russia on a Chinese 747 heading for Osaka, Japan for three months to live. Without me, her mother. What is wrong with this picture? I have been obsessively watching the flight tracker status hoping and praying she will arrive safely. She has a layover in Beijing. It is hard to believe she has really pulled this off. I am very proud of her. For any family who wants to follow her adventures, feel free to go to her blog. She'll be posting entries and pictures of her trip over the next three months. It's http://gaijinzilla.blogspot.com/. That was undoubtedly the worst nights sleep I've ever had. I should have bought her a cell phone before she left so at least I could talk to her between flights. Sigh.