mild winter

A weekend in January,

We've been having a mild winter this year in Hokkaido. It doesn't get real cold. It doesn't snow very much. Although, we all have to remember that the winter won't be over until March. I should go knock on wood now. I like snow, but I don't like the cold!

Burano?

January 13th, 2007

Not 10 minutes away from our house, I spotted a very colorful row of houses in the town of Futomi. Though it was snow instead of water that was surrounding them, and a cloudy sky instead of blue this time, the sight reminded me of Burano, Italy.

The purple hill behind the row is where our "Swedish town" is on.

burano, summer of 2003

This is one of the little paintings I made while in Brano three summers ago.

Skies of Hokkaido

Living in Hokkaido somehow makes me see the skies quite a bit.

and the landscape here seems to emphasize their existence.

I'm painting a lot of sky these days.

2007, l will keep relying upon coffee

A new year has began.

This year, I'm going to travel, and keep trying to find a way to do what I like to do for living.