Visit to the grave

My husband I visited my parents' grave in the afternoon.

After that we went to my elder brother's house.
I prayed at the Buddhist alter there too.
We enjoyed chatting and having a rice-cake over a cup of cofee.

This is one of the annual events.
The flower is a kind of 'aster';'Ku-jya-ku-so-u.'

Proverb 4

Do as you would be done by.

If everyone in the world did like this, there would be no war or quarrel.


The flower is 'ma-tsu-ba-bo-ta-n.'

Event of the eqinoctial week

We had two guests today.
They visited graves of our ancestors nearby and afer that they came to my house.
They prayed both at the grave and at the Buddhist alter in my house.

We enjoyed chatting and having 'ki-na-ko-mo-chi';a kind of rice cake which were made by my mother-in-law for lunch.

This year the autumn equinox is September 23.
There is a saying;The heat or cold lasts only until equinox..

Which do you like ?

We can see the flower of 'cosmos' here and there.
They are swaying in the wind.
We also call the flower 'a-ki-za-ku-ra' in Japanese.

In spring, 'cherry-blossoms' charm the Japanese.
The flower blooms only a short while.
So the people like them all the more for that.

Now in fall, 'cosmos' is blooming.

Each flower has its own fascination.

Which do you like better, 'cherry blosoms' or 'cosmos'?

It is too difficult to answer the question.

Wonder of nature

Yesterday was the entrance day of 'HIGAN'.

Every year 'Hi-ga-n-ba-na' or 'Ma-n-jyu-sya-ge' bloom aronnd HIGAN.
They bloom here and there like the light.
Though the flower is generally associated with the grave, they are beautiful.

What time is it now?

I saw some 'to-ke-i-so-u' blooming on the wall of neighborhood.

It's like a watch !

Red- seeds of ' go-ya'

At the beginning of fall, the summer vegetable, 'go-ya or ni-ga-u-ri' also ripen too much.
The seeds of go-ya become red.

The other day on TV, I heard they tasted good.
So I tried some.
It was not tasty at all.

Respect-for- the-Aged Day

Today is Repect-for-the-Aged Day.

My mother-in-law is now 84 years and she is very lively.
This morning she was presented a beautiful flower- basket by her grand-son living in Tokyo.
She was very delighted to have it.

Though I often have a quarrel with her, we soon cease fire.
It is a kind of play.

May she live long happily!!

Sleepy !!

I am now 19 years old and I am always sleepy.
It is troublesome to catch a mouse , a sparrow , an insect and so on.

The most fearful things are the homelss cats walking around my house.
They are young and strong though nobody looks after them.
When they happened to see me, they pick a fight with me and I take up it.
Lastly I am beaten and hurt myself.
So I don't go out of my house at all.

Day and night, I am sleeping and sometims I get up to eat.

Mom looks after me and I am leading a very comfortable life now.

Rose mallow

Rose mallows ;'fu-yo-' are also blooming beautifilly.

Perhaps this flower is the same as Mr.La Rose et Le Vin was saying about.

At the end of summer

This 'sun flower' which is called 'shi-ro-ta-e hi-ma-wa-ri' in Japanese as the leaves
are coverd with white down are still blooming.
Before long, they will wither.

The flowers of 'ha-gi' began to fall down.



And the flowers of fall began to bloom one after another.

Tangerine

This year too, the tree of tangerines in the yard bears many fruits.

Though they are green yet, they taste more sweet and sour than the ones sold at the store when they ripen.

Soon we can eat them.

Resignation of the mayor

Today the mayor of our town tendered his resignation to the chairman of the town assembly.
The assembly will hold the meeting and discuss it tomorrow.
The mayor was disappointed with the result of voting on August 22 about the union with other cities, because he had wanted to unite.
More than half of the voter was against the union.

So he decided to resign and run in the coming election again to ask the people of this town about the union.

To hear this news on TV today, I was surprised.

Sky in fall

Though it's hot during the day, it's cool in the morning and evening.

The sky looks high.
It's the one of fall.

In the evening, we can hear the sound of various incscts.
And the flower of cosmos which is one of the most favorite ones began to bloom.

Frog

There are some frogs on the windows of our kitchen.

They catch and eat tiny insects at night throughout summer.
We can see their bellies from inside of the windows.
And we also see some geckoes (house lizard) there.

At the end of summer they disapper.