Howes Castle
A place that belongs to us. No need to worry about nails in walls, paying a key deposit, getting your bond back or even just having that...
Student speech recital + Building our castle
Yesterday was the first time I had overseen an English recital from start to finish. It was quite a challenge for the students when I...
CLIL - Bird brain dissection
My last post mentioned the recent publication of an article of mine in a local academic journal. The message may have given the wrong...
Building our castle: A lot can happen in a month
A lot can happen in a month. The weather has changed from oppressively hot to very cool mornings and evenings. The leaves have already...
Building our castle - the roof is coming!
We're adults now. We have a mortgage. It's that kind of feeling, isn't it? Finally, our banking system is in place and we are ready to...
Building our castle - foundations
Took care of home loan matters today and returned to find they had wrapped up the field like a present. Again, this was rain/typhoon...
Building the castle - the beginning
A few days ago, this arrived. The port-a-loo. So that means they're ready to get to work. The reality of us building our house has...
Building our castle - Land Blessing Ceremony
Today marked the most important day in the house-building process so far. In the morning heat we held our "land blessing" or...
Fireworks
Every year each city puts on a one-hour fireworks event, usually in the middle of the summer holidays. They really are quite spectacular...
Fireflies
Yesterday, I went and saw fireflies (hotaru, 蛍) for the first time in my life. We went to a place held secret by friends of ours to see...
