Friday, June 15, 2012

Joys Of Summer

Smells are one of the joys of summer.  One smell I particularly like is the smell of pineapple weed when I mow the lawn.  Also known as wild chamomile, pineapple weed is edible in salads and in tea.  Rubbing a bruised plant on your skin temporarily repels insects.  Quite a bit of pineapple weed grows next to my driveway so that part is particularly pleasant to mow.

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Hirado Castle

Today we took a 40 minute ride north to Hirado. This is a temple outside of Hirado Castle. This area was the first in Japan to encounter Chr...