Golden Week

I always felt that in the U.S. I got ripped off for not having enough national holidays...real national holidays...not like Columbus Day. We don't even get one a month there. It seems as if everyone else in the developed world gets far more days off. And it's true. In Japan, on top of getting about one national holiday a month, there are two times a year when there is basically a week's worth of holidays right in a row. One happens over the new year and one happens in the last week of April / first week of May. It's called Golden Week. This isn't to imply I don't like working. But I just like having time off more.

Our Golden Week was a bit early and a bit short, since our baby girl is hopefully due any day now. Shelley's Mom is en route and we have a backstop date to induce Shelley in case it gets to that point. So the end is near. Stay tuned, we'll post pictures and let everyone know when Ella arrives.

Anyway, we spent the time off doing things locally - zoo's and parks. In retrospect, a very animal-centric long weekend. You can see pictures by clicking here. My favorite of these pictures is of Anthon trying to feed the goat and the goat getting too hungry and nipping at Anthon's fingers. The look on Anthon's face is priceless.



In other updates...
I've uploaded a few more videos from recent outings - mostly of Anthon during cherry blossom season.

Update: The Cannon Family Travel Map

As many of you know, travel is important to both Shelley and me. We have an insatiable desire to see all the great places of the world. We have a travel map in our home that has pins detailing where we've been in our lives. I've tried to recreate that here with some interactivity. Click on the link to take you to the Cannon Family Travel Map.

The map uses Google Maps and overlays various icons grouped together in various themes. You can pick and choose which theme to view which could range from places we've lived in our lives to our latest trip. What you see today is just the start of what I hope will grow to be something quite interesting. Click an icon and

For more information on how to work the map, click on the link for more instructions.

Update: A New Photo Blog

An emerging interest of mine is photography. I've created a photo blog to share some of my favorite shots I've taken over the years. Please check it out.

Click here for the photo blog.

Yearly Family Pictures

I'm a sucker for nostalgia. Let's be clear on that. So, I've created a section in the photo album that will track yearly pictures of our family.

Click on the link to take you there.

Or you can click on the thumbnail below to take you to the particular gallery...one for the Cannon family, and one for Anthon.

Announcing a new video archive

The video archive is up and running, finally. Here you'll find short video clips of our family - mostly of Anthon, probably. You'll need Apple's Quicktime software to view the files. If you don't have it, download it for free by clicking the link. Or you can click on any of the pictures below to go to the video archive.

Update: A New Photo Gallery

I've added an archived gallery of family and personal photos that you can access by clicking on the link below:

The Cannon Family Photo Album

There's only one set of photos in the gallery as of this post. Shelley and I made a trip with Anthon, my parents and my Grandmother to Kauai back in early September. And I'm finally getting around to putting those photos back up online.