COFFER A LOT

"Hey; there's an egret!...I can't believe it...a wild cormorant...a black heron!" There was so much as we walked near the seawall. I wanted to kick myself for not bringing my sketching equipment, at least my camera to snap pictures of these things so I could draw them in detail later.

Oh well; at least today we could walk to all the way to the tourist center nearby, get our bellies filled with some good Okinawan cuisine. We had all day tomorrow and Wed. to sketch and photograph the amazing wildlife I knew I'd missed today.

But...the CLOSER we got to our destination, the more we'd have to walk, we realized. The original directions we'd been given were skimpy, unreliable. Hm; it was getting dark. We didn't know this area; it seemed best to turn back and try the eateries and shops when it got light again.

Kinya and I felt thankful to see a supermarket up ahead and picked up simple bentos for our evening meal, then headed home. After a nice, quiet meal with simple conversation, we Kinya enjoyed some cafe au lait while listening to some of my most recent Japanese blog posts. 

Kinya took a nice, hot shower and then climbed into bed. If he's anything like me, I think his body is tuckered out from today's escapade half way down the coast...and back. But while he was drifting off into dreamland, I was marveling at how much of my posts--actually, even things I knew weren't mentioned in them--had to do with Kinya.

Lord, let all your children realize and awe in how much WE occupy YOUR thoughts!

"How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!" (Ps. 139:17)