Marcel and I were invited to "excavate" a barn, and in fact a whole mountainside property, in Saratoga, California. It’s just 10 minutes from our house, but it felt like a world away. It’s the estate of a Japanese family who immigrated to San Francisco in the 1920s. They started a farm in Sunnyvale in the 1950s and lead a rich and colorful life, as I witnessed through the artifacts that were holding vigil on their property. These are just a sampling of the still-lifes and vignettes that I came across on my "journey":
Steamer trunk in the barn…
The trunk was full of kimono belts, hand painted fans, a souvenir from Japan Air Lines, and a bag with about a dozen pair of well traveled baby shoes…
Dishes blooming in the barn…
Outside the barn…the barrels contained dried, salted plums, the baskets are suitcases…
Still-life landscape…
Pots, before with clay dirt, & after a wash…
In honor of the spirit and memory of Mr. and Mrs. Yonemoto.
ありがとう
So Sylvie 
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