Gold medals

Don't these pears look like 'gold medals'?

As I see the Oympic medalists every day on TV, I associat these pears with 'gold medals'.

Anyway, Japanese players are very strong in Athens, arn't they?

Special product

'Ote -manjyu' is one of the special poducts in Okayama.
It is a sweet bean paste covered with a film of rice cake.

It is very good to eat over a cup of green tea.

Tea break

Today is Sunday.

Let's have a break over a cup of tea！

This is my favorite tea cup made in England.

This Bone China of 'WEDGEWOOD' is very famous and popular

in Japan and perhaps all over the world.

Fruitful season

The other day we were presented these musk melons having grown in Yamagata. I didn't know that they grew melons there.

Especially the region is famous for growing cherries. They also taste good and beautiful to see.

In fall, many kinds of fruits, for example, pears, grapes,tangerines,kiwis,apples,persimmons,figs,chestnuts, ripen.

There are four seasons in Japan, so various kind of fruits grow in each season.
We are blessed to be able to taste them.

Medalists at the Olympic games

This flower is Verbena hybrids, 'ha-na-te-ma-ri ' in Jpanese.

Japanese Olympic players are getting many gold, silver and bronze medals in Athens now. I see the medalists on TV every day.

Although they look very severe and hard during the fight, their looks become quite diffrent after they won.
Smiling softly, each medalist looks happy and charming. They make us happy too.

The appearance of man and woman seems to be influenced by the mind very much.
So the man who is content and happy looks nice,isn't he?

Morning Glory

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I have been studying English using this free service for about two years.

This flower grew naturally in my yard.

Red pepper

These are red peppers which my husband's mother grew.
Now she is drying them.

I use them various cookings as a spice.

Isn't everyone sleepy?

Last night, I watched volleyball game, soccer (kirin cup), Jyudo, table tennis (by Ai-chyan), and swimming on TV till about 2:00a.m.
So I am sleepy a little.

Watching them on live is more exciting than on video.
And watching winning game is also fun.

I will watch tonight too.


This picture is a sunflower.

Seven grasses in fall

Seven grasses in fall are ' hagi, obana, kuzu ,nadeshiko, ominaeshi, fujibakama, kikyou ' in Japanese.

The yellow flower of this picture is ominaeshi.

When I see these flowers, I feel the comming of fall.

An annual event

Yesterday an annual event called ' SEGAKI or SEJIKIE ' was held at our ZEN temple.

A few priest and the members of the temple got together and prayed for our ancestors for about an hour.
After praying, we enjoyed eating and drinking.

It is held on August 17 every year.

Christiamity is the religion of love.

Meanwhile Buddhism, especially 'ZEN' is the religion of spiritual enlightenment.
Though it is very difficult, we aim for the enlitenment which is a goal.

This picture is 'Shaka or Budda' painted by one of the famous painters in Japan, Ikuo Hirayama.

The Takahashi River

There are three big rivers in Okayama prefecture.
They are the Takahash,the Asahi, and the Yoshii.

This is a picture of a dry riverbed of the Takahashi river.

The river gives us good rich water.
Our drinking water come trough underground, so It is very pure and tasty.

Water is indispensable for our life, so we must keep clean the rivers and water.

7599T

Though the stock today is not a satisfactory one at all, the price of 7599 is rising little by little.
But I can't sell it yet.

This tree is a hibiscus cyriacus, 'mu-ku-ge' in jpanese.

The memorial day

This flower is 'se-n-ni-ti-kou' in Japanese.

Today, August 15 is the memorial day of 'the end of World War II.'
It has passed 59 years since it was over.

I don't think there is a man who likes war which kills many people.
Yet there are wars in the waorld.
Why?

May the people all over the world live in peace！！

Prayer at the grave

Today I went to my parents' grave with my husband.

We go there to pray three times a year. In March, August and September. I think almost all Japanese do so.

Japanese people respect ancestors very much. Especially Buddhists do.

This is one of the annual events.

What's this?

Can you say what this is?

We are living with my husband's mother who is eighty-four years now.
She enjoys growing various kinds of vegetables all the year round. So I don't have to buy vegetables. Thanks to her, we can eat fresh ones.

These are sesame trees.
After drying them, she takes out sesame seeds.