Lana, I have been teaching her the old "Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyaaaah, nyah, I know something you don't know." She has learned it well.

The weather has been near perfect lately. It hasn't been very hot and the sun has been shining. The surf is beautiful. It's still high and the bright son gives it a gorgeous blend of blues and greens which change to white as the waves curl over and collapse.

Tonight some friends come in from Japan to visit for a few days. They are old friends of Wakana's who have been educated in the USA so they speak clear English. I don't have to sit silent and wondering as the conversation carries on around me. Should be fun.