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Home again... Yes I have been away, again & not just up the road either... I've been on a week's holiday with my sister to visit her eldest son, his wife & their lovely girls... where you ask?... in Tokushima, Japan.

Yes you can see rice fields in town... so Tokushima is really more a country village even if it has a much bigger population than here...

Ohh what an experience it all was... the old knees let me down a bit but I soldiered on to have a great time... We saw lots of places, enjoyed being the 'only' Europeans in the area where we were treated with such kindness & respect. As for the food it was wonderful & a great experience... just take a look at this... yummmmmmm....

Joan's granddaughter's are beautiful but did get so very tired with all the running about plus going to kindy each day [they love to learn]- here they are having a nap on my bed before the night activities...

I had only been home less than an hour when I got a call from a Aged Care facility with a room for Mum... [& to think it was a facility that we never thought we would have a chance of getting Mum into... as they say 'Never say Never'... ] ohhh what a wonderful end to our holiday... Mum should be settled in permanent accommodation very soon...