Back in Japan after three weeks in Italy and the UK.

Delightful to see family and old friends again.

And delightful to get back to my oldest friend - the sea.

Here she is on my first morning walkies with Duke. 

A rainy season dawn, humidity hanging heavy in the air.  

Four egrets winging north.

    And a fat Duke (what has he been eating?), glad to be back in the hunt for crabs.