Did I Miss Anything?

The translation is almost done. The plans for our next customer (coming in less than a week) are not set yet. The house looks worse than when we moved in. My parents, my sister, her husband, and her somewhere-between-one-and-two-year-old twins will be visiting for ten days in July. The rice fields are doing well. The hie (weeds in the rice fields) is still abundant, but a lot less than a few weeks ago. The other fields are mostly planted with lots of peanuts, potatoes, edamame, soy, tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, rhubarb, popcorn, egg plant, and something else, but I forgot. (very late to plant, but late is better than never). There are Kentucky wonder beans sprouting (a gift from my parents smuggled through customs - I think they wanted to eat them when they are here, but they will not be ready). The Rhubarb is thriving. The raspberries and radishes are our first harvest. we get four eggs a day. One chicken, whom we have named Lucy Looser or Lucy Loner (they are all called Lucy) is a bit anti-social/bullied. We worry for her. I gathered a couple hundred worms from the rice paddy yesterday after the big rain, and have transplanted them into our yard/compost area. A few were eaten by the Lucies. I am waking up at 4:30 recently to beautiful views, but have not taken the camera out for about a week now. Volunteer fire brigade trumpet practice is in full swing (every other night - way past my bed time). I am making plans for my epic hike following the border of our village this summer. I am looking for anyone who wants to join me (estimated on-trail time is 7 days.)

Did I miss anything?

The photos are from about a month ago. In order:

• Me getting my picutre taken for once - by the Fuji Television people. I will keep everyone updated when I find out the broadcast schedule.
• Tomoe pushing the weeder through the rice field. The weeder tills the eeds under the mud where they can not grow.
• Frogs
• Customers having a picnic break at a shrine along the bike route.
• Customers planting rice in our field