Happy Halloween folks, and in usual Andysworld! tradition, Carved pumpkins this year!

Carved Pumpkins for Oct 31 2011
I’m in the middle of stripping the Fish House door!

Carved Pumpkins for Oct 31 2011
A few pictures of the Doves that nest in our front garden every year, next to the pear tree.
More photos from the Japan holiday archive.

Coca-Cola vending machines in Asakusa District, Tokyo, Japan

Calpis, Sapporo and Asahi vending machines in Asakusa District, Tokyo, Japan
In Japan, everywhere on the streets, they have vending machines serving hot and cold drinks from the same machine, from Coca-Cola, coffee, tea, pancake syrup drinks and beer!
So you never short of a drink, anywhere you travel in Japan! (very handy if you have a Coca-Cola addiction!), and the umbrella I’m using was free, people leave them on buses and trains for the next person to pick and use. Now that’s Recycling! Very kind!
and that does say Calpis!
I have a 2GB SD and 4GB SDHC Eye-Fi wireless memory card, if you have a digital camera (and don’t most people today?), and it takes SD, then why haven’t you got one. Transfers digital pictures off the camera automatically to your Laptop, iPad or can upload directly to the internet.
Must be the best Gadget ever!
Video coming soon, photographs straight from a Canon DSLR to iPad via WiFi.

Cloud Power - Microsoft advertising in Japan
I spotted this on the Shinkansen (bullet train) in Japan in March! When was the last time you saw a nicely framed advertisement on a British Train! (and this was not in First Class!)

Hawthorn bush on the Yorkshire Wolds
This was a photograph that Lindsey took, over looking our house in the background, when we walked to the polling station in May.
You can see the “shire” where we live in the background.