Later this month on 26th will be YT 60th birthday and to celebrate we will host a garden picnic at home with friends and family. After so many months without rain we are half expecting to be sheltering throughout, under the car port or in the virus shelter but join us if you can please.
A decade ago we did much the same, enjoying a lovely sunny party though it was such a busy afternoon and evening we didn’t have a chance to stop for a moment and capture images.
When very recently looking through the million of images recovered from Yoshi’s house, discovered a huge set of my 50th. Each shot featured great friends, some up meeting for the first time, others sharing the fun of such a festive reunion. Please have a scan through and find yourselves grinning back.
Droog Alexei Blinov and our Ruby were consumed for some time constructing the reflector telescope that Hackney mates presented me with. Check wild barbecue, tended by Adnan Hadzi, a stack of salads by lovely Lisa and Yoshi’s famous Miso soup all helped keep us sustained between the booze and cake. So many gorgeous people! The daughters were horrified at the recycling bins of all the neighbours brimming with the empties! Well before the evening was done Lurca ignited the 50 charge firework cake. Marvellous!
Our friend Yoshi Zen aka Kinetorori Mamura died in April but it has taken until August before access to his apartment enabled recovery of treasures featured in his blog. Southwark council will be along very soon to dispose of whatever is left, fair enough.
The mass of fabrications materials, electronics and tools we found there surpasses anything we anticipated, for as well as many cameras and lenses were beautiful wire sculptures, embellished circuit boards, sets of printed and cut papers, carved spoons and foil figurines alongside many boxes of magazines, books and documents stored over decades. His collections are now being processed at Limehouse Town Hall – Boxing Club and the very overdue funeral is now booked for September 12th 9.30am at Honor Oak Crematorium SE23. All are welcome.
