WWOOF

So it was brought to my attention that I never actually explained what WWOOF is. WWOOF stands for "World Wide Organization of Organic Farmers". The organization exists to connect hosts with volunteers. The hosts originally were farmers practicing a totally organic lifestyle, but these days it has extended to any organic minded establishment or family. From organic restaurants and farms to nature tours and ceramics shops, WWOOF covers a large variety of hosts. The volunteers are fed and housed in exchange for doing whatever work needs doing. No money is exchanged between host and volunteer, which is convenient and also avoids complications when applying for a visa. So that's a brief explanation of what I'm doing here. Here is the link to the WWOOF Japan home page if you're interested.

Also, For your view pleasure, here is a cat in a basket.

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This is "Mini Mike" he is one of the two cats that lives on Nakagomi Orchard. during lunch the other day he decided to crawl into one of baskets we were using to pick blossoms and take a nap. The girl holding the basket is Phina A.K.A. "Niko Niko-san" A.K.A. iPhone. (From what I understand Niko Niko-san literally means "Miss Smiley". Obaa-chan gave her the nickname and it has stuck.) and blurred out in the background is Yoko, Kazu's sister-in-law.

Anyway, that's all for now.

~Daniel