Happy New Year from Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan

Ringing in the New Year on the naval base in Yokosuka, Japan is a little different than being back in Texas.

This went on for a long time. If you listen

carefully, you can not only hear the ships'

horns, but firecrackers and the bells of the

nearby temples and shrines.

Mona loves this picture. She tells me
that, according to the Chinese calender,
 this is the year of the monkey.