185/365: Jan 5 2009. Everywhere in this city, if you look closely, you will see little signs indicative of the national obsession the Japanese have with cats. There are little shelters constructed for the strays in nooks and crannies everywhere. This one sits atop a mains box next to the Lawson at Nishi-Ogikubo Station. The cat who lives there was heavily pregnant last time I saw here, before Christmas. I'd say she's had them now - I wasn't game to get too close and cause any stress.....

186/365: Jan 6 2009. Today I opened one of the 2 exhibitions I'm hanging this month (both quite by accident!) - this one is at Mikorins Bar in Kichijoji, and features the long-lost canvas prints that finally arrived recently. They are all the same pictures that you saw at the Dr Sketchy's exhibition party back in November, only this time on canvas. I think they look beautiful. Please go check them out and - better still - buy some if you feel so inclined....

Today was also Kat's birthday, and her little bro flew in from London especially. We met up for dinner then Darin took Jake home and Kat partied-on on her first big night out since she got pregnant with Jake. Awesome fun. Happy Birthday Kat!

187/365: Jan 7 2009. Tonight the Dr Sketchy exhibition was re-featured, this time at The Pink Cow. It also happened to be Deanne's birthday and was quite a night. Lovely. You can see my pic's there for the month also.

188/365: Jan 8 2009. My student Haru-chan bling-ed up her nintendo DS with pink sequins. And then she embossed my new moleskin diary with gold embossing sand. Looks lush.

189/365: Jan 9 2009. Every so often I take a different route into Kichijoji. I should do it more often as it often affords lovely unexpected pleasures such as this view.

190/365: Jan 10 2009. The trees are dead. The afternoon sun is golden. The days are gorgeous, the nights freezing. It's been a lovely winter so far.

191/365: Jan 11 2009. More dead nature. I'm obsessed with it, making the most of a season I'm not likely to experience again for a long time.

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