Spring In Japan - After Golden Week We Did a Bunch More Stuff

This is another hundred and something pictures of things we did this spring.  With everything in bloom and the snow melting we spent a lot of time outdoors.  And that means we have a lot of nature shots and close ups of plant and bugs for all of you lucky viewers!

This album includes a few different Hanami Parties (Cherry Blossom viewing parties), which is really just a BBQ under or in the vicinity of a Cherry Tree in bloom.  There are also some shots of the mountains in our town and some amazing yellow plants called Rapeseed which is where they get Canola oil from.  They are the brightest yellow and almost blinding.  Then we finish up with some shots of Chrissy chewing on octopus and more sparkler maddness!!!  We have developed a new tradition that whenever we BBQ we light a bunch of sparklers after and take pictures.  This time there was a casualty, i lost a bit of hair and burned a whole in my scalp (a burning chunk of sparkler fell on my head when I was running down the street).  You can see the bald spot in the last picture!  Also, I accidentally hit the camera with a sparkler when Chrissy told me to throw it towards her.  Sparklers fly much further than you think, I almost burned her face off!