Monthly Archives: July 2010

Included some pictures in this video.  Hope this will answer the rest of your questions about Sachan’s summer camp.

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I don’t know what your summer camp experiences were like as a kid.  I know that the week I was away from my parents every summer was the greatest week of my life every year.  And if that sounds mean, well, that only means you never asked my parents what their greatest week of the year was when I was a kid!!

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It seems kind of odd to put pictures and stories about a trip to Europe on a website called Tales from Japan.  So I knocked the dust off the http://thewalkerhomeplace.com/ website and am posting pictures, videos, and a few tales there…provided I find time to continue posting and writing.  The Walker Homeplace site does not have an email sign-up or RSS feed option, so you are Continue reading

Before heading to Europe I was dealing with my annual aphid invasion.  I hate keeping chemicals around so tried this organic insecticide.  I returned to blooming, aphid free plants.

Here’s the recipe:

2 hot peppers – this is optional; I used a few shakes of cayenne pepper; be forewarned, you will want to use gloves when handling the final product if you include the peppers.

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