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Me in the midst of my Saturday morning chores, still in my my pyjamas!10:38:18
An awful insight into what I look like before I've had a shower and got dressed in the morning.10:38:46
Finally the strawberry plant is flowering! This variety is quite unusual for having pink flowers.10:39:04
Courgette!
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One of the three tomatoes on the tomato plant.10:39:22
One of the two surviving apples on the apple tree.10:39:30
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The three tomatoes.
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Quite a promising looking bunch of grapes on the vine!10:41:48
13:19:29
At the Japanese festival in Acton now, Erika fishing for balloons.13:20:48
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Chie buying onigiri.13:31:39
Erika and Kenji.
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And there's Kai.13:51:31
The main event of the festival, the Anpanman shows. 13:51:36
Charmingly home made look to the costumes.13:53:44
There's Currypanman and Shokupanman.
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...and Dokinchan and Baikinman.14:07:54
...and there they all are hula dancing. Of course.14:24:18
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Erika doing some bon odori (summer festival dancing).
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Erika eating a taiyaki.14:31:22
My taiyaki. No fish contained!14:32:31
Erika and her taiyaki.
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Erika and Kai-kun eating Taiyaki.15:18:59
Funny little wild playground at the corner of the sports field where the festival was held.15:19:17
Totoro.
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Neko-bus.15:55:46
After leaving the festival we stumbled across a fun fair on Ealing Common.15:56:17
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I thought Erika looked rather cool driving this car.
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On the next ride Erika chose to drive a bus.16:02:36
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Leaving the fun fair.16:08:28
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Erika was not particularly happy about leaving.16:36:17
Quick stop in the pub next to Santa Maria pizzeria, the reason we'd headed to Ealing rather than straight back home.16:49:18
Our pizzas from Santa Maria - not really sure if this was a very late lunch or a very early dinner.16:49:24
Anyway, these were very good I thought.
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The Santa Maria box.17:11:49
We stumbled across Walpole Park which was quite pleasant.17:16:02
In Walpole Park.18:54:41
The first courgette from our courgette plant, which I decided to eat this evening.
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The tomato and courgette pasta sauce I made. Can't really see much evidence of the courgettes here!19:40:57
Tomato and courgette pasta.19:59:15
Chie and Erika being silly at dinner.20:01:32
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Erika wanted to take some photos.20:03:13
Interesting portrait by Erika.20:03:45