I apologize in advance for the following...

So we went on a walk (the four Suidens and I), and we discovered on the way that we had a stow-away.
A camera. Heh heh.
We start by taking meaningless pictures. (I mean what do you expect, the excitement of having a camera is quite too much for us to rein in just yet):

(actually, it was just windy)

Our first stop is the famed "Orange Store" or "Old Lady Store". We call it various names, none of which are its actual name "Tajiri Mart". It doesn't deserve to be a "Mart", it's about as Indian-looking a place as you can find around here. The gum on the gum rack has a serious layer of dust over it.
(HEY EM! Why didn't we take a picture of that?)

Now we're getting a little more objective:

I can read all the names beside the houses except THIS ONE. And it's always made me very angry that I am not able to read it. It's an odd name, to be sure. Someone do me the honors and tell me what it says.And now as we rest at Takoju, I will give you a little showing of Japanese currency. (None of the above bills, except the 5000 second from top, are actually in circulation.)
I have 4 Natsume Sousekis. (that's the handsome man on the old 1000 yen bill) I consider him to be MUCH more handsome than the new guy, whatever his name is, with the weird haircut.
The one at the top is a 100 yen bill, by the way. I think I'm showing the side that doesn't have tape on it. Heeheehee.
OH OH OH. And I discovered something. If you have a kid who picks their boogers or bites their nails or something, paint their fingernails purple with a marker. That way, they'll have purple teeth or purple nostrils. (I did not actually discover this by MISTAKE, but I did have to go through a little bit of an experiment to see if it did work.)
I also have the chubbiest hands ever. (Don't all of us McNair girls? It's Mom's fault I say.)

Now we're getting a little more creative:

Aaaaaand a picture of our beloved and universally defamed...


And I leave you.