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[BEST WISHES FOR A BRIGHT AND CREATIVE 2018]




[Nengajo 2018]

New Year fireworks -
a frightened dog runs
helter skelter
© gillena cox 2018

#Nengajo: The Japanese may not send very many Christmas or birthday cards, but they do send a lot of special postcards called nengajo that are delivered on New Year's Day. New Year's is a very special holiday in Japan - it's probably the biggest item on the calendar of annual events.

## Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu: A Japanese phrase which means Happy New Year



[HAPPY]




[collage]




Blog Hopping today with


Paint Party Friday Week 44, Year 7


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Three Muses - WORD


AND

Revisit
Nengajo 2012
Nengajo 2014
Nengajo 2017



Enjoy The Music

Hoarding Chocolates - 1

hand mill image from...


My paternal grandmother, Veronica Mitchell(whom we fondly called Dee)(many years deceased), used to grind cocoa beans which she would shape into cocoa logs and balls, to be used for making hot chocolate. Dee sold them, along with herbs and spices in the old Chaguanas market revisit Dee

out in the street-
the barking dog chasing
after passing cars
--gillena cox



Cocoa Pod image from

Dawn's silence

Lapping