31st.May "Way To Cambridge"

At last we arrived in Cambridge yesterday, after driving 8 hours on the motor way (Jimmy and kate - I did not drive!). Next day took us almost all day to set up the show, then went into the town of Cambridge to have a drink and a meal to celebrate (it was too late to get anything to eat when we arrived last night). Jimmy is painting plinths, and Kate's hanging pictures. (HK)

30th.May "Middleby Street Baby Day"

Sean and Emily very happy to be on the way to school! Mary set Robyn in the push chair for the walk to school with the her older cousins, and she is ready to go to her office, and we can set off for Jimmy's studio to pick up the rest of the sculpture and then on to Cambridge with a hire van full of sculpture. Ann-chan is now left with Robyn and Liz's twins who arrived just after this shot was taken. Sean who is a primary 1 school boy in Scotland is very proud of his home work, which he never has in Japanese kindergarten (school starts at 6 not 5 years old in Japan). (HK)

28th.May "First School Day"

The children were up since five thirty this morning, and came into our bed saying "Let's go to the school!!" This is NOT too bad! Last year they were up at 4 for a week long! It is called jetlag. (HK)

26th.May "Out of Ukishima"

At last, we are off! (HK) To actually sit down for a couple of hours - bliss! (KT)

22nd. May "NHK"

Ms.Aizawa from NHK Morioka came to make a short Evening programme of Kate Thomson to be broadcast on18th June. We were not quite able to concentrate or to get rid of her as soon as possible, so that we can get on with preparations to go to UK. But She was so interested that it took us until 8in the evening to persaude her to stop filming and leave! (HK)

19th. May "Mr.Sakashita"

We met Mr.Sakashita in Sendai who is relative of Mr.Sakashita in Morioka! Yesterday we started drinking from lunch and eventually ended up in the middle of Sendai's famous drinker's street, Kokubuncho at 3am! Hang overs again!! (HK) Ah the temptations of city life, and children babsat by their grandparents in the eveing. Sean in the background using the sculpture plinths as an obstacle course for his toy cars. (KT)

15th. May "Opening of the Sendai Show"

Our joint exhibition opened in Sendai. This is going to be the beginning of the long touring shows in UK and Japan until Christmas. (HK)

12th.May "Preparing for the Show in Sendai"

Famouse moment of cliff hangers!(HK) We had to drive down to Sendai a few hours later and set the exhibition up on 13th May! (KT)

11th.May "Emily's New Opticles"

We discovered that Emily's eye sight is only 0.2(2)! So, we went to the doctor again and got these glasses. She said, "Daddy, everything looks so clear!!" (HK)

11th.May "Parcels to Africa"

These are the boxes sent to an organisation in Kobe. They collect unnescesary clothes and send them to Asian,or African countries. You also have to send postage cost to those countries (1,500yen per box), as well as the Takkyubin cost from here to Kobe. But, I feel much better than giving 100yen to Red cross or something which we don't know what they do with it. (HK)

5th. May "Spring Has (at last) Come"

(We have at last completed the children's House. Flowers out in their bed the children made last year. (HK)

5th. May "Yorozu Tetsugoro Festival""

Rabbits at the Yorozu Museum in Towa.(HK) The exhibition was interesting too! (KT)

2nd.May "Invitation to The Show"

Busy writing addresses on the invitation cards to our Sendai show. (HK)

1st.May

"Where's Willie?"(HK)