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Sometimes you take things for granted because it's there.  Until of course it is time to part with it.  It's then that you wish you could carve it out and take it with you to the next place.  This squid tile belongs to this category. 

The squid in the middle  is a chopstick holder that Sakai brought back from Japan.  I thought it was a humorous ugly piece, and a little too big as a chopstick holder.  It sat in our kitchen drawer for sometime until Sakai used it when he retiled the bathroom.  This tile is made of many things Sakai, Sakae and I collected. There is an antique porcelain chip and green glass that I found at the beach in Kamakura.  There are stones from our garden.   Sorry I can't take this tile with us but then Bina said a good thing the other day. Whenever she can't have something, she photographs it and remembers it.  There are many things in this house that I will always remember.

Today, I packed most of the kitchen. I am leaving the kitchen barebone... just a pot and a pan to cook in.  Some plates and bowls. The essential condiments.  Everything else is in boxes.  Count down is starting.  We have to move out by April 11.  Still no house to move to. We are looking.   It's tight but we will make it.