Fort Worth, Fort Woof, Etc.

This July, Kate and I will be moving to Fort Worth, Texas, because of a job that I got. I am extremely excited about this job, and I am also excited about moving to Fort Worth. One of the nice things about that city that Kate just noticed is that their dog park is called Fort Woof. That is a good name for a dog park.

We named our blog "fish for breakfast" shortly before we moved to Japan, and its name is a reference to traditional Japanese breakfasts. Now that we are moving to Texas, we are contemplating changing the name of our blog. We have a few good ideas, but we would appreciate ideas from our scores of loyal readers as well. So, loyal readers, what should we call our blog?

Oregon

We had a great few days of mini-break. Remarkably, it was sunny - it feels so much like spring that it's hard to believe that the rain will be back [but, oh, it will . . . ]

First, we went to the Oregon coast. We were lucky enough to be staying in someone else's beach house and visiting with a friend of Mike's from the ag. school.
On Monday, we headed north. We stopped at my favorite Oregon coastal attraction. We also visited Blue Heron French Cheese company, which was a first for me. The best part of Blue Heron? Why, the wildlife, of course!
We spent Monday night in southern Washington, on the coast. The best thing there? Well, while walking on the beach, we saw a bald eagle.

Catching up

I've been a bit busy these last few weeks - too busy to put pictures up, but not too busy to be taking them. Now I have a few days to catch my breath; Mike and I have just returned from a lovely sojourn on the Oregon coast.

Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks. I'll put the Oregon pictures up in the next few days:

Hooray for cupcakes!
My most recent knitting creation, expertly modeled. The cutest baby on earth:Rare, clear, sunny winter day:Cat:Super-delicious cookies!Green Lake, frozen in January:

stories like

this

make me cry.

[since it's actually a happy story, probably you won't cry. I don't know why I am such a freak]

A great video

Nakamura Kinniku (translated as "Nakamura Muscles") is brought in as a "muscle food researcher" to talk to some chefs. He dumps "muscle cinnamon powder" on their cakes. They are unhappy with that. He asks for permission to apologize. His apology consists of a dance that includes much flexing. The chefs are not impressed, and he dumps more powder on their cakes.

It makes more sense in video form.