moffule ( mochi waffle)

These are moffles which I made a few days ago. They were tasty while they were hot. They were crunchy and chewy.

Plowing at midnight

Although we did not have lots of snow today, a worker is plowing the snow right now.

Tonight

Tree stenciled capcciono

Messy garden

Happy Merry Christmas to everyone!

christmas chocolate cake

さんぽうろくのように作りたかったけど・・・・、

christmas cake white

Moffule

I bought this moffule pan a couple of days ago. Moffule is a new word which is mixed with Mochi or rice cake, and waffle. The day I bought it, I made some moffule. I ate them dipping with sugar and soy sauce, and morasses sauce. They were tastier than what I expected!!!! Yay!

Pumpkin zenzai

Since today is the winter solstice, my mother made some pumpkin red bean sweet soup called "zenzai". I helped only making dumplings. We eat pumpkins on this day not to have paralytic on this day.

Yuzuyu

Since today is the winter solstice, we took a yuzuyu. They smelled soooooo good! We usually take some bath powder or bath salt, but we use fresh Yuzu ( Japanese citrus called Yuzu) to take a bath only once a year.

Kuma muffin

This is my quick & easy cooking.I decorated on some muffins with icing sugar , confetti, and Kuma Santa jelly.

Since I am wishy-washy,

I went to an electric appliance shop to buy a compact digital camera yesterday, but I could not choose . I really want to buy a single-lensed digital camera, but I can not afford to but it. That day, I just brought some brochures.

OMG!

Something is wrong with my digital camera again!!!! Maybe, I should buy a new one.

The Forbidden Kingdom

Since I love watching Jet Lee's action movie, I rented "The forbidden kingdom". I thought this movie is a Hongkong movie, but it is a Hollywood movie. In this movie, I only know Jet Lee and Jackie Chen..................It was......so-so.

nector or honey?

How do you say this Fuji apple's honeyed part? nector or honey in English?

macha bush de noel

From 5th(?) episode of Ugly Betty

I saw the Thanksgiving dinner which Vanessa Williams ( I don't remember her name in the drama.)made for her daughter. Turkey, sauteed Brussels sprouts and carrots...
Martha Stewart acted as Martha Stewart!........I love watching the NY's scenery in this drama. I hope I can see a Christmas scene from this drama next or a few more episode?

Blurred picture

Early this morning

Ummmm, this picture is not clear!!!! A few days ago, it was mild and most of the snow melted , and it started snowing last night.

apple pound cake

Japanesuque....

This is a macha flavored bush de noel which I made.

I've finished

reading "Weedflower".

Weedflower

This is a book which I am reading now. It is a kids novel written by a female Japanese American. I have 24 more pages to finish reading. Eventhough it is a kids novel, I still can not understand 100% about it. Therefore, I will read a Japanese version of this book next.

Salty caramel flavored Cheetos

This is a Japanese seasonal FritoLay. It's a salty caramel flavored corn snack. Ummmm, I would say,"Once enough!"

To make an apple pound cake

Sigh!

Today, I made a tiny snowman and a loaf of apple pound cake, and took some pictures of them. OMG! I deleted the pictures by accident! Well, I will make some other ones again.

Since I am lazy....

I won't decorate a christmas tree or other ornaments this year. hehehe. I 'll watch other people's illuminations. LOL

Yoghurt mousse

Pound cake

I love buying grocery. The other day, I checked out the stock, then I realized I have so much flour, such as bread flour, confectioner's flour, corn meal, oat meal, Japanese rice flour and so on. I should eat them as much as I can! So, I baked a loaf of pound cake.
It was yummy but was greasy, so I will use less margarin (I love margarin to make sweets, because it is cheaper than butter, and low cholesterole.) next time.

Elementary school's hedge

It was soooo freezing outside a couple of days ago.

blizzard in 2004

Mirotic(K&J-pop group singers' song)

This word was now to me. So , I checked out this word on the net. "Mirotic" is a coined word. "Miro" is Korean word which meands maze, and added English "ic".

I've heard that it's banned and deemed inappropriated for 18 and under 17.
I wanted to figure out what parts are inappropriate, so I watched this song on You-tube for many times. BUT I could not find any..........my English is betting worse . hahaha!

My Sassy Girl

Today was a rental video shop's half price sale, so I went the shop.

I wanted to rent a Hongkong movie called "Dragon Kingdom", I don't know its English title. Jet Lee and Jacky Chen were starring. The stocks were out. I found an American version of "My Sassy Girl". Its Korean version was more fun, the actress acted as an unbelievably wild obnoxious selfish woman, and the actor acted as a nurdy obedeint man. The drama started a nurdy man saved a drunk woman in the subway, and he didn't know where he took her............The movie was a romantic comedy (?) , so I laughed a lot. The ending was good.

Banana doughnut

It was rainy yesterday, so it was very mild.
I got up very late this morning. I just spotted a banana doughnut mix which I bought a few months ago, and we had some bananas. So, I made some banana doughnuts for branch today. The mix was cinnamon flavor, and tasty. Yummy, BUT they were high-calolie and made me heart-burn.
It's snowing now, and the sky is very dark. I can't see the sun at all!!

weed

Thyme in the snow

christmas cake

My mother's homemade Sanjozuke

Ingredients: sliced fresh chili peppers
: koji(molted rice)
: soy sauce
Direction......mix them, and set aside to brew(?) That's it!

Steamed pumpkin bun,kabocha manju

This is a steamed pumpkin bun which my mother made. Sweet red bean paste is in the bun. It goes with green tea.

Cream cheese +mamarade toast

I love creamcheese + jam toast very much. Yum.

My mother's homemade Sanjozuke

This is Japanese dipping sauce called "Sanjozuke" which my mother made this year.Yummy!

I love cookie cutters.

I cut the sliced cheese and the bread with some cookie cutters.

Bushed Du Noel(misspelling?)in 200?.

I bought about 1ooyen(1 dollar) rolled cake, and decorated it with whipped cream and some ornaments.

withering

Happy thanksgiving !

I want to eat lots of delicious thanksgiving dinner!!!hahaha

Icicles

It's been so cold in the past few days.

Nanakamado

I dont know how to say this tree inEnglish. Please teach me this word.

Corn field in Autumn

-14 celsius outside, and -20 celsius somewhere in Hokkaido this morning

１１月に北海道で－２０℃を記録したのは２０年ぶりだそうです。

It is said that it has been about 20 years since it recorded -20 C in November in Hokkaido last time.(I can't translate this nicely. Anyway, this morning was freezing outside!)

blizzard in 2004

a little more snow

Corn field

This is a corn field for cattle near my house. During the summer I can't see the houses on the foot of the mountains. Most deciduous trees are bare of leaves now.

Asparagus

It snowed a little this morning, and I took some pictures of our garden. I also took a walk to take some pictures. It's a nice exercise.