halloween hits

~ What will you be for Halloween?

Take a peek at the fun emerging in Harajuku::look at his live goldfish earrings...

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~ Disney Family Fun has a Halloween Melon Brain in it's craft section that is simply creepy perfection.

MELON BRAIN
1. Use a vegetable peeler to remove the entire green rind, exposing the inner white rind.

2. Slice off the bottom of the melon to create a flat base that will keep it from rolling. With a toothpick, outline squiggly furrows that resemble the folded surface of a brain.

3. Finally, carve narrow channels along the tracings with a sharp paring knife (a parent's job) to expose the pink fruit beneath the rind.

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::If you still don't know what to be for Halloween, maybe this will give you a few ideas::

dis and dat

~ sweet rain nurtures nature...

con funghi


a new "volunteer" palm thriving

between the block wall & fireplace


our water conserving Bottle Tree,

reaching for the sky


~ would you Ha-ra-ju-ku?

~ racial profiling::

+ NEWBO New Black Overclass +

~ Yakuza tat...
Shoko Tendo - daughter of Yakuza boss, Hiroyasu Tendo,

shows her tattoos, including a large one on her

left shoulder of Jigoku Dayu, a famous courtesan

from the Muromachi era. Shoko is the author of

“Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster’s Daughter”.

She describes the tattoo as her way of bidding farewell

to her past life, and starting a new one as a writer, and

now as a mother.
Guardian News

Photo: Reuters

~ Sakura :: Cherry Blossoms ::

Sakura represents Spring, & is an

omen of good fortune, and is also a

symbol of love, affection.

Cherry blossoms are an

enduring metaphor

or the fleeting nature of life,
In Japan, cherry blossoms are thought

to exemplify the transient nature of life,

because of their short blooming times.

Cherry blossoms blooming en masse,

resemble clouds; besides being an enduring

metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life.
The extreme beauty and quick death of

cherry blossoms, has often been

associated with mortality.

b.q.