A year of photojournalism and documentary

Just a little description of today’s photos:
a cat and a rooster living in perfect harmony on the grounds of a Buddhist temple in Matsuyama, more cherry blossom, pet cemetery, bamboo shoot harvest, a very cool junkyard, a very cool little car, an amazing gorge/waterfall, a tree with spiderleg-like roots, tools at an old Japanese farmhouse and a derelict japanese storage house. The very pregnantcat belongs to the organic farm. We went to friends of my vegan friend to drop off some of the seaweed we were given and to say hello. They have the cutest kid. As we arrived Momoko just started to prepare to make her own miso, which takes about a week.
Kika, their kid runs around barefooted in the cold hill weather and doesn’t seem to mind.
They had a friend and her 2 kids visit as well and made us all a nice vegatarian home grown meal.
The cute kids reminded me of own of my own godchildren whose birthday it is today.

Happy birthday Mans and I wish I could give you a big hug in person!

After dinner we went to look at the local Sakura tree which is 400 years old and needed some well deserved support.