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It's rainy season here now, so the weather is often changeable. During the day, it's usually clear and sunny, but in the evening, dark clouds come in the sky and soon it gets rain and storm.  and  the next day, the ground is usually already dry and all the water gone.      Recently I happened to see double rainbow again ! Last time was about 3 years ago and I saw it after the storm had gone.  https://miho-entwistle.blogspot.com/2015/09/double-rainbows.html But this time, it happened before the storm came up , so the sky looked dark and gray.  I was happy to see it again so I quickly took a photo of it. There are many beliefs about double rainbows. Quote from my past post about double rainbows, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~ Message from rainbow to you ~ " If you see a rainbow, it's a message from the rainbow that you have been doing great work.  Now you will...

Wow, Wow, Wow !  Finally !!  finally !!        The biopic movie about the British rock band Queen and their lead singer Freddie Mercury will be coming on November 4 !!!  ( in UK, it's October!)  We are sooooooo excited !!!                                            Freddie Mercury                                            Honestly, my husband and I almost gave up that they would ever make it because we felt like it's been forever since we first heard the news that they were working on a film about the ba...

My husband had been suffering from insomnia until recently from around March 20. His work shift had changed from evening shift to morning shift and this  caused him to get the insomnia. Seems like when people get older, ( over 50 years old ), it's easy to get insomnia when their life style changes and many people are experiencing the same issue as my husband. I was very surprised to see it happened to him because  I've never seen he had such an issue since we got together.   He was always no problem to fall a sleep no mater what, until recently. and it always looked deep sleep, and he was not easy to wake up even I was making some noise while he was sleeping. But since he got the sleeping problem, his sleep looked shallow, and easy to wake up whenever I close or open the door , taking a shower, using faucet to wash my hands or face. Some days he could not sleep whole night and had to go to work without sleeping. Some days he could sleep 3 hour...

It's already spring !!! OMG, It's been forever since my last post. I don't know why but recently I didn't get the feeling to write something in my blog.   and realized that the more I don't write something , the more I don't get an idea and don't get the feeling of writing. But it's already the end of March and it's already past almost three months since new year ( 2018 ), so I thought  I should write something to bring back my passion for writing. Kabocha Pumpkin power My husband and I have been doing fine and this winter season, we both did not get flu or cold. And I noticed the reason we   did not catch a flu or cold this season is since we   started eating Kabocha Pumpkin ( Squash? ) daily, we are really healthy . Also our nails got stronger and hard. I suppose it's good for our bones as well. I'm really impressed with the power of Kabocha, so we will keep eating it everyday for our health.  Great thing is it's very delicious, ...

I'm really into Pumpkin/Kabocha for foods recently, so we eat it every day. and yesterday, I made a Pumpkin/Kabocha cheesecake again! It was soooo delicious ! so I wanted to share the recipe of the Pumpkin/ Kabocha cheesecake. Recipe of Pumpkin ( Kabocha ) Cheesecake Ingredients *  Kabocha/Pumpkin  -    1/2 *  Organic Sugar - 100g to 120g  ( based on your taste )  I put about 110g. *  Cream cheese spread :  250g *  Flour : 40g *  Milk : 200cc   (   or Milk 150cc, Half & Half 50cc ) *  Eggs  -  3 *  Olive oil or butter - about 10g How to make it ? 1. Put butter or olive oil inside of a baking pan all over, then put a baking sheet on the baking pan. 2. Heat up the cream cheese spread in the microwave until it gets soft. 3. Cut the Pumpkin/Kabocha about 3cm each and wash it with water and heat it up in the microwave until it gets soft.  4. Remove all the Kabocha skin...

Today, I would like to write about our new discovery , amazing benefits of Pumpkin / Kabochas ! Originally, my husband and I both were not so crazy for Pumpkins except for pumpkin pie.  But since I happened to find the recipe of pumpkin cheesecake in online recipe site,  I was curious to make it because it looks very delicious. So, last week I tried to make it.  During Halloween season, Pumpkins were everywhere but after finished the holiday,  it's all gone and it was hard to find it .  But finally we could get it in the farmer's market place  called " Sprout ". This place has both western Pumpkins  ( orange color ) and Japanese pumpkins ( dark green or almost like black color ) which is called Kabocha in Japan.    I made  a  pumpkin cheesecake  in the evening and needed to cool it down in the refrigerator all night so my husband ate it in the next morning after breakfast. Soon,  he said he got ...

Today, I would like to share my new discovery , yummy potato salad recipe  ! My husband and I felt it's the most delicious potato salad we have ever eaten. Very yummy !  Originally I was not so crazy for potato salad in the past,  but recently when I was looking for a new menu and a recipe I've never cooked,  I found this recipe for potato salad.   The picture looks like normal potato salad,  but when I saw the ingredients and the recipe for it, it's different from the recipes I knew, so I felt like let's try. The recipe of the potato salad Ingredients  *  Potatoes  -   3 or 4  (medium size )  *  Olive oil  -  one tea spoon *  Slice Ham or Bacon  -  about 80 ~ 100g *  Asparagus - about 80 ~100g *  Eggs - 2 *  Mayonnaise - 6~ 8 table spoons (  Two table spoons for One potato )   *  Salt -  to your liking (ba...