Merry Christmas

 I am still a couple of weeks behind in uploading pictures. On this day we had snow again. Now, on Christmas day, we have some snow on the ground and the forecast is for more this afternoon.

 This is my wife putting up our Christmas tree. Since coming to Japan where we were unable to buy a tree we have made our own each year. Now that our kids have grown, we have stopped trying to be original each year and use this one which is made from a green net and green clothes. I will have more pictures of it later.

 On this day it was clear enough to see the mountains which are now covered with snow.

 Work on the new riverbank is now progressing well. It appears that it will be extended until it reaches the same height as the section in the foreground.

The rich guy's house is coming along fine. Since his children are grown and only he and his wife will live there, he has reduced the size of the new house compared to the old one. It looks like it will be about two thirds the size of the one destroyed by the tremors.