Hey, look at my new wheels...

My mama-char bike has been on it's last legs for a while, it's had a slow puncture for months, the gears slip, the breaks squeal and my hands get covered in black gunk after holding the handle bars. Sounds great right!

So I decided it was about time I upgraded to a new bike and here she is... brand colours too! It makes such a difference riding a decent bike again.

That said, I threw my bike out last week so I wasn't really up to riding anywhere! A trip to the chiropractor has helped.

Yesterday was the first time I managed to get out and give it a proper spin, I took a 12km ride through the paddies and along the cycle path. Managed to spot the kingfisher, which always brightens my day!

Not the best shot but I was just amused at seeing all these cranes hanging out in one field, maybe the frogs taste good here...

I always for get about this sign on the cycle path but it always makes me laugh when I spot it again, two headed giraffes? Just after crossing her I got sprayed with chemical god-only-knows-what by a stupid farmer. Which meant having a shower as soon as I got in, I was not amused and it kinda put a dampener on my bike ride!

This is my favourite season in Japan so I'm looking forward to more long bike rides!

Out Exploring...

Daddy was working on Saturday and the weather forecast was for rain so we planned to just hang out at home (we usually go out on an adventure when daddy is working) but it turned out to be a beautiful day so on the spur of the moment we went out on a bike ride.

We had a conversation earlier in the day about tree huggers, Ebi-kun thought it was one of my many made up terms, I had to google it to prove that I hadn't made it up! So it was only right that he hugged a tree whilst we were out...

We discovered a new-to-us temple, there are lots of tiny old country road where we live so we just randomly went down a few, you never know what you might find! One thing I hadn't seen before were the statues wearing pearl necklaces....

These statues I think are for babies or children that have died, usually the statues wear a red hat and bib. 

Turned out to be a lovely day and it was actually nice to just to potter around and not have to go anywhere or be anywhere, just some quality downtime.