I have framed these from around the places:
  01. D&DEPARTMENT, Tokyo
  02. My "potted garden"* from last summer, Tokyo
  03. Cafe in Barwon Heads, Australia
  04,07,08. Maison La Roche, Paris
  05. A small garden house I forgot the name of, Kyoto
  06. Somewhere in Paris
  09. La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

*"potted garden"?

minä perhonen seasonal catalogue "紋黄蝶 2009 Spring / Summer Collection" arrived yesterday in my mailbox carefully wrapped in a beautiful fine paper. This time all the photographs are done in the timeless family portrait style and I quite like it.

"Onion and Ginger" - my favourite.
Miso soup is one of the most essential things in a Japanese cuisine, we have it for breakfast, lunch, dinner... can be for anytime, with other things of course. If you're familiar with Japanese cooking you might think "a recepi book just for miso soup!?" like I did when I first saw this book a few years ago, but no this book has been one of my favourites in my kitchen! You don't really need a "recipe" to make miso soup, but this book has got 100 miso soup recipes and has so many different ideas which you would never have heard of or thought of for miso soup ingredients. I just open this book while checking what's in my fridge for inspiration. I know many of the ingredients for Japanese cooking can be difficult to get outside Japan, but there are many non-traditional miso soup ideas (such as "pumpkin and cheese" and "corn, milk and butter") and you probably don't need to be able to read Japanese for this one so I thought I might put it up here.

The secret is to mix 2 different types of miso paste.
"Dashi" (broth) is very important too, but for a start you can get the powdered dashi which was very easy to find in any supermarket in Melbourne so I think it would be in many other cities too.

Everyday Miso Soup 100 by Kazuo Hida
毎日のみそ汁100 飛田 和緒
I found a great way of enjoying the rain without having have to go out and get wet, I just have to look out the window with my camera! (I know some people don't mind rain but I have to say that I do.)

The first photo appeared in one of my favourite blogs the blue hour (rather surprisingly) in a photo mosaic, and is done quite nicely - it's nice to see my photo in someone else's place. good surprise and fun, thanks to Brian. And of course, to the rain.

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