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posted: January 31st, 2021

This page begins with December 31st, 2020 and the Annual Fireworks Festival up at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks, West Ridge, an event enjoyed by all of Fairbanks.  Then we show you some of our New Year's Eve Soba meal and our New Year's Day Osechi (a prepared set of food).  There are a few photos of plants in our home, a special order cake by Kazuya and some examples of another hobby of Kazuya's - crochet work.  Click on any thumbnail to begin.

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  Here are two shots of Fireworks up at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks, West Ridge. This Fireworks display is looked forward to with great anticipation by the people of Fairbanks, especially in this year of COVID-19 and people staying home for the previous 10 months or so. This event is sponsored by several local businesses, and thankfully, it was not canceled.
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  Here are two more fireworks photos - the final two for this year. This year we got into just watching the fireworks and saying "ohhh" and "ahhh" along with the rest of the socially distanced people instead of spending the entire time with our cameras in front of our faces.
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  Here is a moon shot - also taken up at the UAF campus as we were walking back to our rig after watching the fireworks.
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  After we came back home from the fireworks show we (Kazuya mostly) prepared a traditional Japanese New Year's Eve spread. The first shot here shows some Brie Cheese with Saltine Crackers and some dried Asian Pears, sent to us by a friend in Oregon. The second shot shows New Year's Soba Noodles with fried Tofu and spinach.
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  Now it's New Year's Day and these photos show the Osechi (special meal) prepared by Kazuya. The Lazy Susan was made for us by a different Oregon friend than the one who sent us the dried Asian Pears. Note that we have some nice Japanese Sake to go with our meal.
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  Here is a shot of our New Year's morning meal of Ozoni with natto and mochi rice. The second photo shows a Minerva Amaryllis which we purchased and are presently growing.
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  The remainder of the photos were taken by Kazuya. The first shot is a closer shot of the Osechi plate he made. The second shot shows our Aloe vera "farm".
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  Here is another shot of our Minerva Amaryllis, taken 2 days later than the one up above. The second shot shows a special order cake which Kazuya made for a Japanese customer.
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  Here is one more shot of that same special order cake.
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  These two final shots show some examples of Kazuya's latest work with needle and thread, although these are actually made with crochet hooks, not needles. Amazing talent, eh!
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