Before Wakana left home she mailed herself a box full of her favorite videotapes and books. Among the videotapes are three animated movies from Ghibli Studios. If you haven't seen anything from there do yourself a favor and find something. The movies we have watched so far are Porco Rosso (I know, it's Italian), and Naucissa Of The Valley of Wind. they are beautiful movies with rich color and very detailed backgrounds. Porco Rosso (The Red Pig) is especially cool with wonderful seaplanes and sailboats cruising the Mediterranean Sea. She has one more that we will probably watch tonight.

We spent today cleaning up the workshop and putting together an erector set workshelf. What a piece of trash that shelving is.