August 6, 2009
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Hey Peter K, Any recipes for volcanic ash?
Back in Fukuoka from Kagoshima and getting MIL checked into a hospital for some diagnostic tests. Kagoshima enjoys a sister city relationship with the Italian town of Naples near Mt. Vesuvius (as in Pompei). Kagoshima also is host to an active volcano, Sakurajima. It has frequent minor eruptions and chose this week to act up and belch out a few ashes. The winds were out of the East, and sent all of the ashes over the city. Nothing major, but you don't want one getting in your eye. I did a bit of yard work as long as I was there. All of the greenery was coated with a light dusting of ash, the weed wacker stirred up little dust clouds at my feet, and my hair was full of fine grit. The tiny crunchies even get into your mouth. Volcanic ash does not taste good, no matter how freshly fallen it may be.
People actually live at the foot of this volcano. A ferry runs over several times a day, and there is a very nice hot springs with an ocean view!
I did not appreciate the 4 inch long centipede that made its way across MILz kitchen floor.
This is not my picture, because rather than running for my camera I just grabbed the nearest wastebasket and imprisoned the thing underneath. It is not that I don't enjoy God's wonderful design in the nature that He has created, but these critters are venomous and cannot be killed by swatting, stomping or spraying. They will outlast roaches and Armageddon. It is still under the wastebasket because I did not want to deal with it.
