Monday, January 16, 2012

SNOW COUNTRY SEATTLE

It's just looks like Sapporo, but it's Seattle. Kit and I went to Volunteer park, and found a dragon there.

まるで札幌みたいだけど、シアトルです。キット とボランティアパークへ行ったら、龍がいました。



I love Enka and Kayoukyoku, especially songs about north country and fisherman. There are many songs about Hokkaido. 

歌謡曲や演歌が大好きですが、とかく北国と漁師の歌が好き。北海道はしょっちゅう、北国歌謡の舞台になってます。
裕ちゃんは北海道がお好き。
ロマンチカも北海道がお好き。

Friday, January 6, 2012

UNAGI-INU (EEL-DOG)

My daily planner 2012 is UNAGI-INU (Eel dog) design with the manga of Tensai Bakabon. I bought it at LOFT in Japan.

私の今年のスケジュール帳は、ウナギイヌ天才バカボンのマンガ付き。帰省した時にLOFTで買ったもんね。スケジュール帳のかゆいところについに手が届いた、日本の天才バカ手帳(英訳しません。無理)。








Wednesday, December 14, 2011

DOG PARK

Kit tried Westcrest park off-leash area for the first time with his new friend Croquette. He enjoyed the park a lot. We'll try to go there soon again!

Still many dogs and cats are waiting for Santa Claus at Rescued Paws,  where Kit was from. I'll wish to Santa for their new home for Christmas. Happy holidays, everyone!

Kit が、ウェストクレストパークというドッグパーク(リードを放して良い公園)初体験。友達のコロッケくんと一緒に行きました。とっても楽しかった様子。また行こーっと!

KitをアダプトしたRescued Pawsでは、たくさんの犬や猫が、サンタさんが来るのを待っています。私は、みんなが新しい家族とクリスマスを迎えられるよう、サンタさんにお願いするとします。みなさん良い年末年始を!

Croquette & Kit
Take me home!
Please Santa!


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

TUCSON, AZ

Visited Tuscon, Arizona. The starry heavens reminded me my home town Naie.

アリゾナのツーソンに行ってきました。満点の星空を見て、故郷の奈井江町を思い出しました。





Thursday, November 17, 2011

AMERICAN 80s IN JAPAN

SWEET STREETS annual exhibition opening this Saturday. Visit WWA Gallery website for more information.

SWEET STREETS のグループショーが、今週土曜日から始まります。詳細、お問い合わせはWWA ギャラリーへ。
More info about this painting here.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

FOXY PUPPY

This is my dog. He is 7 month old Papillon mix boy, named Kit (KITSUNE = Fox in Japanese. not from Knight Rider). My husband and I adopted him in 3 weeks ago from Rescued Paws in Longview, WA. To own a dog is a hard work, but definitely it's fun to live with the little pooch. He wasn't social with the out side world in the beginning, but now he is much better. Kit was grew up like a cat, but now he loves to roll in mud and run crazy in a park, just like a dog. It's my joy to see him that way. Be a dog of the dog, Kit!

犬を飼いました。生後7ヶ月のパピヨンの雑種の男の子、名前はKit (KITSUNEの頭文字。ナイトライダーではない)。ワシントン州ロングビューの動物救助団体 Rescued Paws から、3週間前に引き取りました。犬の世話は「仕事」のように大変だけど、犬との暮らしはとっても楽しい。3週間前はまだ社会性が身に付いておらず、ビクビクして散歩もままならなかったけど、最近やっと普通に歩けるようになり、ヨソの犬も怖がらなくなりました。ネコのように育ったKitが、犬らしく泥んこになって野原を駆け回る姿を見るのが、喜びです。犬らしい犬に育て、Kit!
Photo by Fumiko Yarita 
Photo by Fumiko Yarita
Walk in rainy Seattle...

*アメリカで人気のペットファインダーを利用しました。希望の条件を入力すると、全米の里親を探しているペットのリストが出てきます。例えばシアトルでパピヨンを探している場合、Animal(動物)の欄に 「Dog」、Breed(犬種)の欄に「Papillon」、 Location(郵便番号)の欄に「98122」と入力して検索するとこんな感じ。パピヨンの純血種、雑種共に出てきます。


Wednesday, November 9, 2011

LOOKING FORWARD NEW YORK

I'll be a part of Foley Gallery's 7th anniversary exhibition. Opening tomorrow, please drop by if you are in NY.

Foley Galleryの7周年記念グループ展に参加します。ニューヨークにお住まいの方はぜひ明日のオープニングにお越し下さい。

FOLEYgallery
press release
     
Looking Forward
7th Anniversary Exhibition

November 10 – December 23, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 10, 6-8 pm

Foley Gallery is pleased to announce our seventh anniversary exhibition featuring seven different artists, most of whom will be exhibiting at Foley Gallery for the first time. Although the core of Foley Gallery continues to be photography, there is a growing emphasis on other media. The 7th Anniversary Exhibition is concerned with looking forward and exploring the ways in which this diverse and dynamic group of artists translate, create and understand our environment.
Yumiko Kayukawa’s acrylic and ink works combine her immersion in traditional Japanese culture with her adoration of American pop culture, two worlds that are inextricably linked in her work. Lauren Seiden’s ink and graphite drawings create new, ethereal environments in which the composition is at once, sturdy and delicate.  Each and every line and layer is intentional and seems absolutely necessary in order to maintain the structure as a whole. The ways in which our environment is constructed is also realized in Amy Casey’s paintings of houses precariously stacked or strung together, as she questions the concept of what it means to be secure in one’s world and find a solid foundation within a community.
Combining the mediums of painting and photography, Bradley Castellanos is deeply invested in understanding the relationship between people and the earth: the ways in which they connect with one another, depend on one another and destroy one another. The way we see the world is also highly influenced by film, which is an essential consideration in the art of former cinematographer, David Trulli. Working primarily in scratchboard, Trulli scratches glimpses of city life into ink-coated clay surfaces on masonite with a mastery of perspective and precision that is unparalleled. Dennis McLeod’s abstract work explores fundamental ideas of simplicity, order, and repetition, to create a sense of infinite space that exists much deeper than the surface, expanding right off the edges of the paper. Zoe Zelby’s paintings are a translation of her personal response to her encounters with different cultures and natural environments, into abstract images of motion and kinetic energy.
The exhibition will remain on view until December 23, 2011. Foley Gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 11AM – 6PM. For more information or to request images, please contact the gallery at 212.244.9081 or via email at info@foleygallery.com.
[Pictured Above: Yumiko Kayukawa, Cremation, Acrylic and Ink on Canvas, 18 x 14 in.]