The declaration of the end of the rainy season was finally announced today.
I felt refreshed with less humidity this morning.
However, the heat during the day is over 30 degrees Celsius.
Frightened by the glare of the sun, I am in my room with the help of the air conditioner and fan.
Grasses in my garden grows as much as they want.
I can't beat the vitarity of grasses.
My flower garden has become a grass garden.
Hot summer has begun.
water lily
It's very hot today.
Even though the rainy season hasn't ended yet, it's around 30 degrees Celsius in the daytime.
How hot will it be during this summer ?
I leave the flower bulbs that I got from an acquaintance yesterday in the garden because it is so hot.
I don't feel like planting them in the daytime.
I will plant them in the evening when it becmes cool a little.
Bush clover
It's very hot these days.
Seeing this flower, I feel the sign of autumn.
Bush clover is one of the seven herbs in fall in Japan, but real cool autumn comes about two months later.
Please take care not to have heat exhaustion !
It has been very cold and windy all over Japan by the influence of the southern cost low air pressure and a cold wave from the north from yesterday.
We have mild weather here, but I saw snowfall this morning.
The snow has begun to drift in the wind once again in the evening.
So I feel very cold.
Tohoku district and Hokkaido are also very windy and snowy.
I hope it doesn't give any damage to the people there.
The flu has also begun to prevalent.
We should wash our hands and gargle after coming back to our house.
This weather seems to continue for some time.
I thought it was warm this winter, but it wasn't.
Coral flower
flower of Allium tuberosum
Today is 'Sho-sho', one of the 24 seasonal datum points in Japan.
It's the end of the hot days and cool fall is around the corner.
It's cool early morning and at night.
The days are becoming shorter and shorter and we hear the sound of insects at night.
And we see some kinds of flowers that bloom in fall.
I'm looking forward to the coming comfortable fall days.
scenery from the second floor of my house
Hot days are continuing and once I go out of my house, I sweat terribly.
I see few person during the day.
I frequently hear the attention of heat exhaustion on TV.
The senior citizen who is more than 65 years old in particular require care.
I'm one of them, so I must also take care.
Rice plant that needs heat and sunshine are growing well.
Green carpet of rice plants is very beautiful and heals us in the hot weather.
* By the way, I think "Are the persons who participate in construction or work at the outdoors OK? in this heat"
Even if it isn't OK, they can't be absent from their work, so everyone works hard under the sun.
Please take care !
Christmas rose
It is very cold today and it sometimes snowed with strong wind.
It is said it was very cold all over Japan.
I found some snow on the flowers and leaves.
I stopped walking because of this coldness.
The worms that came out of the ground the other day may return to the ground again.
Warm spring is around the corner, but we must wait the coming of spring a little more.
ear of rice
flower of a scallion
Hot summer has passed and cool autumn is around the corner.
we can see ear of rice.
And many crickets are singing at night.
I'm looking forward to spending comfortable autumn days.
It's very hot these days.
This weather will continue for about two months from now.
We must take care of our health.
The number of people who suffers from heatstroke is increasing.
I miss coldness of winter !
Fish mint：Do-ku-da-mi
Rainy season has come at last.
It's cloudy and cool a little today.
Sultry and uncomfortable days will continue for a month or so from now.
Though this plant smells bad, white flowers in the yard look fresh and cool.
Japanese narcissus in my back yard
Today is one of 24 seasonal datum points called winter solstice;to-u-ji in Japanese.
The length of the day is the shortest in the year.
We eat pumpkin and take a Yuzu citron bath this evening wishing for our health.
It is very cold and the daytimes are short these days.
But thinking about the length of the days after today, my heart become bright a little.
It was a warm day today.
Cold winter is around the corner and we will have very cold days, so I was glad to have an Indian summer.
I was very comfortable today.
I like autumn the best in a year, but the weather like today seem to be very short this year.
Japan had had four seasons for a long period, but it seem to have two seasons without spring and autumn recently.
The weather in Japan is changing !
The leaves around us began to turn red or yellow.
Green curtain of Balsam pear or Bitter melon
It's autumn on a calendar in Japan.
But it's very hot these days.
Lots of people suffer from heatstroke and are taken to a hospital by an ambulance.
I hear some died.
This weather seems to continue till August 20.
Please take care !
It's in the very middle of summer and is very sultry every day.
These few days, we heard the sound of thunder and saw lightning in the afternoon.
It sometimes showers heavily.
Though they recommend power saving, it's necessary for the old to use air conditioner to prevent from heatstroke.
This heat will continue for a month or so from now.
We should take care of ourselves.
It was a sultry day today, but it is cool now.
I saw a pink sky in the west this evening.
It was beautiful reflecting on the surface of rice fields.
