thank you!

hello!  It sure has been a long time.  I have finally decided to end this blog.

After so many years and most of my posts coming from excitement of living abroad, I don't feel like posting like I used to now that I'm living back in California.

To those few readers who have always left comments and been so wonderful, (you know who you are) THANK YOUUUUUU !

I still have a tumblr where I post instagram photos and other stuff I like: http://marisachan.tumblr.com/

                                                              <3,
                                                             marisa

canyon climbs

it was really gloomy yesterday... and just when I thought this endless ca summer would never end. Oh well, it was a good day to stay indoors and get cozy. 

Last weekend we went on a glorious hike, here are some of my iPhone shots.  ps, I love my barefoot merrells!

the valley

a new city and place to call home - via instagram (my name is starisa)

CS

my beautiful friend's artwork is now on etsy.  

check out her shop.

natsukashiiiiiii

thank goodness we didn't lose all of our photos during our move back to CA.  our laptops and backups were stolen from the mail, with the exception of one little 320gb hard drive had *most of our photos... well up until last winter anyway.  here are a few random shots that took me back . . .
I need to move on, I know.

a fresh start

2012 has arrived, we are settled down (kind of) in our new little house, and starting to explore. . .
new grocery stores, surf spots, restaurants, trails, people, and everything else~ a world away from japan.  the iphone 4S takes some pretty decent photos, doesn't it?