Snow and post card



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Last weekend was very cold which started with snow during the Friday night. I did not expect it at all, and I found the snow was very heavy after I said 'well I'll be there around 10' to one of the clients on the phone. I regretted saying it after I opened the curtain and saw the sight as the top of this entry!

Partly because of the global warming, it does not snow very often around Kyoto area. When it does, we are in a total panic. This time I had to think how to keep my promise which I made with the half-sleep head. After checking some different weather forecasts on the net and TV, I thought the snow would not be harder in the late morning. So I decided to drive, and I could keep my promise.



Snowman of 23 century.

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It is now time to prepare for the new year holiday here in Japan. Christmas is already one of the big events of the year too, but new year takes more people away from their usual life. What we do this period includes cleaning up the house (especially the places we do not clean very often such as windows, lamp shades etc etc), planning what to do during the new year holiday... and make new year cards.

Many people now utilize PCs and printers for the both sides of a post card, but I stick to write each addresses by hand and make my own messages by an ancient silk-screen printing machine.


Put a card on the machine...



Press the lid...



And you get another printed post-card!





I know it is out-of-date thing to do, but there are some people I remember once a year only at this occasion. I want to take a little time to think of them, at least when I write them new year cards.

I'll be happy to receive a post card from someone I haven't seen for ages, and know I am still remembered.

Posted: (火) - 12 23, 2003 at 12:22 AM          

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