American Gamees

We were asked to play an American game with kids this weekend at the Echizen International Association's yearly festival. They choose pin-the-tail on the donkey for us. Also, they kindly made the donkey poster. Here's Rob doing a demonstration of how to play .

I will admit I'd never considered drawing the donkey from behind. Also, this one's teeth are a little bit scary. Maybe the kids were afraid of it. I was sorta creped out by it. Lots of kids and adults too tried our game - so I feel like internationalism was a success. We also got to make some crafts and eat Brazilian food for really cheap. Delicious!

Then we went to look for blooming plum blossoms with Joe and Kyoko. Unfortunately there was only one tree barely in blossom at the Manyo garden. So we went to find a waterfall. It was a nice walk up the foothills of Mt. Hino. I don't really think Hino-san has foothills, but I don't know what else to call the hills at the base of a bigger hill/mountain. It's not quite spring yet, you can tell everything is still brown, but it was a really warm and sunny day. I think spring must be right around the corner.