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2025 in Pictures
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s my 2025 as a novel-length work.
January
Power to the shed 
Simmering color 
Helpers 
Everyone’s lazy afternoon February
Art & Nature retreat #1 
New mailbox 
Pussy willow 
Fuki buds 
Plum branch colors 
Papermaking 
Lake pigments March
Field work 
Cuddle puddle 
Visitors! 
Aloha Garden 
Learning to mull 
Lunch with Naomi 
Fluffernutter arrived 
Farming divination April
Birthday jaunt to Tokyo 
Birthday at Hitomi’s 
56/59 birthday with Tod 
Art class 
Healing back injury 
Spring blossoms 
Morels! 
Best Helper 
Also Best Helper 
Akane at 555 
Moment of calm 
Planting chaos begins May
Art & Nature #2 
Ganko-yama 
Osaka Expo 
Reunion with Kana 
Art WS at Tasukake 
Making inks 
Okugome ochre 
Coreopsis color 
Newest board member June
TV interviews about chikko 
Last rice planting 
Emergency drill 
In the Bonichi 
Family reunion 
Protest 
Diagnosis: herniated L4/T1 
Tanada Yoga 
Beautiful world 
The studio corkboard July
Healing with Maura 
Bamboozling Fritter 
Stalking Beryl 
Pickle mania 
New grills 
Giant construction 
Fresh indigo 
Ladies’ Auxiliary 
Kozuka Art Festival 
Fireworks for Hitomi’s 60th August
Dinner guest 
Points = total 
Editing Ending Note 
Tatakizome 
Glorious sunsets this month 
Prep for nature art WS 
Typical scene 
Witching hour 
Celebrating nothing 
Loose landscape 
Meta-livecam 
PJs and rainboots 
Made charcoal sticks 
Tanada color 
Tanada paint September
Suzumebachi nest 
Launch! 
The best view 
Chlorophyll tests 
Basket weaving 
Handmade chalk pastels 
Cleaned the studio 
Chef Tod 
Three diners 
Picking cotton 
Paste paper + cat 
Art 
Garden painting for Tokyo 
Outdoor living October
Natural Color WS 
Higanbana purple 
Roselle color 
Botanical colors 
Megumi’s 60th 
Sunset from upstairs 
Studio for Happy Experiments & Discoveries 
Peanut harvest 
Nagasa Light Up 
Moth hatchling 
Torch night 
Halloween yokai 
36 years together November
Art & Nature #3 
Screen time 
Goldenrod stems 
Ginning cotton 
Love these colors 
Tokita’s Hi no Maru 
Lamp from Sakaguchi-san 
Maintenance 
Katie has treats 
Catlocked 
Youthful energy 
The new garden 
UltraBob! December
Bonenkai 
Danshari 
Rainy lights 
Country 
vs City 
First frost 
Cats napping 
Following 
Helping 
Opthamology 
Wata-Ai Trust weaving day 
Kominkan Matsuri 
Beach walk 
Festive lights 
2025 Xmas Tree It was a big year. There were many unphotographed moments and events, perhaps enough for a second novel.
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Mediatinker, Kristen McQuillin, is an American-born resident of Japan since 1998. This blog chronicles her life, projects, thoughts, and small adventures.
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