I was able to catch lots of
Dorado this year, more than plenty. The 1st day, it was 15. The 2
nd day, it was 12. However, the local authorities introduced a law and they limited our catch of fish for each day as follows:
Dorado ... 4 per person or 6 for 2 people
Marlin/Sail fish ... one per boat. You can catch more, as long as you release them.
今年はドラードが沢山釣れました。嫌と言うほど沢山。 1日目は15尾、2日目は12尾。残念ながらと言うか、幸いに、今年から厳しい法律が施され一日に持ち帰れる魚の数を制限されました。
例えば、ドラードは一人4尾又は2人で6尾まで。マーリンやセールフィッシュはボート単位で連れるのは1尾まで。もちろん、何尾でも釣れますが、制限以上の数の魚は海に返さなければなりません。
This year was the first time ever for me to catch this type of fish!
今年は今まで釣りたくても釣れなかった魚をついに釣りました。
It was so big and heavy. It weighs approximately 100 pounds. I was trying to spread its sail, which is the top fin.
こうしてみればずいぶん大きく見えますが，約45キロ位とのこと。私は魚の帆（ひれ）を広げようとしているのですが...
It was a sailfish that I caught.
In addition, I also caught a marlin (about 140 pounds), the first time I caught a marlin for a while. It took about 25 minutes before we released it. It was an exciting year for fishing.
実は私が釣ったのはバショウカジキと言う訳のついたセールフィッシュです。
このほか、久しぶりにマーリンというカジキ魚（63キロ級）も釣りました。船まで引っ張って来るのに25分掛かりました。今年は、十分に釣を堪能できました。
Reference: (
Billfish ... カジキ)
Information source:http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/hana-tuna/Kajiki.htm
Striped marlinマカジキ
The best to eat among
billfish.
Black Marlin....シロカジキ
Grilled marinated black marlin with soybean paste is said to be good.
味噌付けのシロカジキを焼いたものは天下一品だそうだ。
Blue Marlin...クロカジキ
Not so tasty as
Sashimi. 刺身としてはそれほど美味しくない。
Sail Fish...バショウカジキ
Sailfish has less fat than striped marlin but used as alternative fish of striped marlin.
マカジキほど脂がのってないが、マカジキの代用魚として使われるそうだ。
Sword fish.... メカジキ
Can be eaten as
Sashimi or as steak.
Bait for
billfish is
saury(
Sanma). かじきの餌はさんま。
I made an apple cake, called Yogurt Pom Pom. This is the best apple cake I ever had in my life.
I recently had a very interesting and rare dish while in the U.S. It is called spaghetti with halibut sauce. Instead of using regular spaghetti, we used spaghetti squash. This squash has so much fiber that, after steaming, it can be shredded with a fork and will look like spaghetti.
A pansy plant was given to my mother by the day care center. It has grown to have tens of flowers. A pot of Cyclamen was given as the prize at a year end lottery. Blue daisies, yellow Julian, red Gerbera and cabbage flowers were added. They are turning out to be a pretty flower arrangement.
Blue daisies, yellow Julian, 
"Some type of a Japanese traditional event is being conducted in the neighborhood. Would you like to come and see what it is?" This is what MyD came back and reported to me on December 30, 2008.「マンションの前の家の庭で日本の伝統的な行事らしいものが行われているよ。ちょっと来てみてくれない？」とMyDが私を引っ張り出した。日付は2008年12月30日。
身だしなみ リップクリームを 眉毛にも。 
This is a photo of the time share residence where we are going to stay for our first week next year in Cabao
I was able to catch lots of Dorado this year, more than plenty. The 1st day, it was 15. The 2nd day, it was 12. However, the local authorities introduced a law and they limited our catch of fish for each day as follows:
It was a sailfish that I caught.
Striped marlinマカジキ
Black Marlin....シロカジキ
Blue Marlin...クロカジキ
Sail Fish...バショウカジキ
Sword fish.... メカジキ
This signage caught my eyes during our drive between El Segundo and Redondo Beach in Southern California. I imagine this is for the elderly people's facility, so called "Group Home" in Japan. The phrase is gracefully avoiding a direct word such as dementia.
母にとり 何でも入る 冷凍庫
Gerbera (Pink) ガーベラ
These photos of flowers were sent by MyD. We planted them in early July. When I was there, many of them did not have many blossoms and some were laying down. Since then a lot have grown and they are still coming out. How pretty they are!
The purple floweres with the white dot in the center are Lobelia. The pink flowers are Geranium. They are at the side stairs towards the entrance.
