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- 2008/07/26 09:11Solitude
- a hawk in the skycircles the PointsolitudeDear AnimaI can't find your
blog this morning. I feel sad to know you have disappeared. I like you
r photos, especially the last one. Your partner and you are in the den
se mist. Good luck!Thank you for coming. I’d appreciate it if you co
uld vote. [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/24 15:20Ashizuri Point 足摺岬
- I stayed overnight at a small hotel in Ashizuri Point, Tosa Shimizu Ci
ty. It is a lonely port town having several inns and hotels. There is
an elementary school at the Point having a small playground and a pool
. Children seem to swim in the pool. I couldn't see any beaches to swi
m out there. Steep cliffs make a person difficult to approach the sea
. .This is a subtropical plant before the hotel. [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/23 18:26The 7th Temple Pilgrimage in Shikoku
- I took part in the 7th bus trip as a part of the 88 Temple Pilgrimage
of Shikoku on July 21 and 22. After six and a half hours by bus, we re
ached Shimanto 四万十 area. It was a long, long bus trip. First of
all, we visited Shakkizan赤亀山, Enkouji Temple延光寺 in Sukumo
City宿毛市. A statue of a red tortoise welcomed us. It is carrying
a bell on its back. It's said that the tortoise brought b [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/20 19:53Ex-Family Members
- I went out for shopping with my daughter yesterday. When I reached San
nomiya shopping mall before 11 in the morning, most of the stores were
still closed. They are usually open at 11 a.m. I found some ice poles
on the road in the shopping mall. Some children were touching the ice
pole and playing around there. Some photographers were taking picture
s of the ice poles, perhaps for a newspaper or a m [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/18 16:04Imagination
- My new teacher in the English conversation club gives us a unique less
on. First of all, we choose a main character and a supporting characte
r from a real society, a history, a novel, a movie and so on. Secondly
, we think how two characters interact with each other and make a stor
y. This work needs to develop imagination. Surely enough, my ability o
f making a new thing is declining year after year. [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/17 13:56A New Comer
- The Meteorological Agency declared the end of the rainy season yester
day. We had the least rainfall around Kobe the last five years. Today,
it clears up and cool wind is blowing. A new comer came to my house
a few days ago. That is a slim fan, whose size is 10cm×12cm×78cm. I
saw a slim fan on a catalog shopping and liked its slimness. I thought
it would be better for the small corner of a room... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/16 11:21Summer Mist
- a whitish lanevanishes into summer mistin a valleysummer mistone egret
vanishesafter anotherNotelane=pathThe sky was covered with a thick la
yer of cloud early in the morning, but it clears up now.Happily, cool
wind is blowing. I wonder if the rainy season has already finished in
my area. Three-day weekend and summer vacation are approaching. Do you
have any plans?I want to be wra [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/15 11:55The Film HOTEL RWANDA
- I watched the film HOTEL RWANDA on TV last night. This historical dram
a film was co-produced in 2004 by US, British, Italian and South Afric
an companies, and was released in Japan in 2006.This film is based on
a true story.Shockingly, almost a million African people were killed i
n the small country of Rwanda, near Lake Victoria in Africa. This hist
orical massacre is called Rwandan Genocide and [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/14 15:40Midyear Gift
- I received the first midyear gift 御中元from my sister-in-law this
morning. An alcoholic drink is my husband’s favorite. He seemed ver
y glad to have it. My sister knows his favorite very well. I am going
to send her fine wheat noodles ,soumen. 播州ソーメン is a spe
cialty in Hyogo Prefecture. At this time, we send gifts to people who
have cared for us, e.g., relatives. siblings, doctors and so ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/13 16:25Grilled Meat Wrapped With Beefsteak
- I’ve gotten some green beefsteak plants 青紫蘇 from my kitchen garden. I wondered how to use them usefully before they rot. Tempura of them is delicious, but in the case of tempura, I need only several leaves. Sashimi or somen goes well with them, but only a few. Therefore, I am going to have yakiniku tonight. I wrap grilled meat, vegetables, tofu, konnyaku, etc. with the leaves of a green beefs... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/12 18:37Bullying or A Game?
- On my way to a nearby supermarket, roses of Sharon ムクゲare blooming beautifully. Pink and white flowers look like lovely maidens. They comfort us under strong sunshine. I met a group of five middle schoolboys. I felt somewhat weird when I saw them walking up the road. The road is a gentle slope. Four boys looked so happy, chatting with one another. Surprisingly, one boy looked unhappy and ti ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/10 19:53Innocent Chat
- My neighboring family has two boys. One is a first grader and the oth
er is a kindergartener. They were playing outside in their garden afte
r school, chatting merrily. I overheard them chatting and noticed that
a big brother was saying one word that was not childlike after “Ult
raman”. That word was “Chikyu ondanka”(global warming). I wond
ered why that little boy knew such a difficult word and ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/09 18:49Good Result
- I had a phone call from my daughter again yesterday evening. “Hello
”, she said gloomily. The moment I heard her tone of voice I had an
uneasy feeling about her. I thought her son had gotten worse again.
“What’s the matter? Is Ken all right?” I asked her, being choke
d. “He is getting better, but I myself have a problem. I’ve just r
eceived the result of mammography screening to detect breast... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/08 15:18Today's Blessing
- I had a worrying phone call from my daughter about her younger son la
st night. He had coughed for about two weeks and had taken medicine of
a cold from a doctor. Suddenly, he had a fever as high as 38.5 degree
s yesterday morning. My daughter took him to another doctor. He was di
agnosed as pneumonia. His cold may have developed into pneumonia. Fort
unately, it was not so serious and it was not nece... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/07 15:05Star Festival
- Today is Tanabata, the Star Festival. We write our wishes and dreams
on tanzaku, small colored strips of paper. We tie the tanzaku to branc
hes of bamboo trees. Colorful tanzaku is very beautiful and gives a po
etic touch to a hot summer day.This festival came from a Chinese legen
d in which the star Altair crosses the Milky Way once a year and meets
the star Vega. It will be fine tonight and they ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/06 15:25A Gecko and I
- A geckoヤモリ appears around my house every year in this season.
I haven’t seen it yet this year, but no doubt, it will show up and f
righten me all of a sudden in the near future.It seems to be living ne
ar the sliding shutter雨戸 in my room. It sometimes comes into my ro
om when I am opening and closing the shutter. As soon as it comes into
my room, it hides behind the chest as quick as lightnin... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/04 14:47Summer Rose Garden
- summer rose gardenfragrance melted intomountain mistIt's very hot and
humid from this morning. I'd like to go up Mt. Rokko again. The temper
ature on the mountain is a few degrees lower. In spite of the rainy se
ason, we have not had much rain so far. Sunny marks lines up in a row
in the coming ten days on a TV weather forecast. Scorching hot summer
is just around the corner.Thank you f [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/03 18:42A Fire Alarm
- It has been windy all day long. Rather strong wind is rattling the do
or and all things around me. The wind was strong enough to turn over a
bicycle before the supermarket nearby in the afternoon. Now the siren
of a fire engine is being heard and it makes me feel uneasy.Coinciden
tally, a fire alarm” けむぴこ” was set on the wall of my upsta
irs corridor by a gas company this morning. One device w... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/02 16:23TASPO Card
- The other day, I saw a paper of applying for a TASPO card on my husba
nd’s desk. Today I wanted to take a picture of the card for my blog
since I thought that he had already gotten the card. However, actually
, he hasn’t applied for it yet, because he feels troublesome in fill
ing out the paper and he can buy cigarettes anywhere except a vending
machine. From July1, you can’t buy cigarettes from... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/01 16:00Free and Comfortable Ethos
- Orchid cactus 孔雀サボテンis now blooming one after another. Th
is flower is very gorgeous. Its diameter is about 7cm. The life of the
flower is very short, say, one day. I was given one root of it by one
of my neighbors about ten years ago. It grew very well and I propagat
ed the plant by dividing its root 株分けして増やした.The neig
hbor moved to a neighboring city some years ago. Whenever the flo... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/06/30 15:29Old Microwave Oven
- I've used my microwave oven for nearly 25 years. Its dimension is 55c
m×40cm×40cm. Have you ever seen such a big microwave oven?It has be
en very tough and has never broken down since I began to use. I may be
able to use it for another several years or more. However, I've heard
that an old electrical appliance would cause a fire if worst comes to
worst最悪の場合には. So I decided to buy a new one... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/06/29 16:06White Gardenia
- clouds hanging lowwhite gardeniaat its whitest曇天に山梔子の白極まれりYesterday I attended the English conversation club(90 minutes)in the morning and haiku in English club(120 minutes) in the afternoon. I'm glad to have opportunities to speak English. I can check it out if my daily effort in learning English at home works in both clubs. I'm not good at speaking English still now, but [続きを読む]
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- 2008/06/27 15:33篤姫
- Today is already Friday. How fast time flies! Although I am always at
home, I feel somehow relaxed on weekend as well as working people or s
tudents.On Sunday, I watch NHK TV saga “Atsuhime”. This saga is on
e of the biggest hit in recent years and a talk of the town. My daught
er and her two sons in their teens also like to watch it. The drama se
ems to be supported by wide range of generation.Ats [続きを読む]
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- 2008/06/26 14:33Mt. Rokko (2)
- From Rokko-san Country House, I got on a lift for a few minutes. Afte
r getting off the lift, I walked on the mountain path in a forest for
about 20 minutes. There are many wild boars 猪 living in Mt. Rokko. T
here were some lands dug by animals on the path. I was sure that the l
ands had been dug by wild boars. I made sure that I didn’t have any
foods which were aimed by wild boars. Some people li... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/06/25 20:40Mt. Rokko (1)
- The weather was holding this morning, so I went up Mt. Rokko by cable
car. I got around at the top of the mountain.Rokko-san Country House
バラの小径 ローズウオーク June 14~July 31This rose garde
n is not a formal garden and is more naturally arranged with roses and
trees. You can enjoy the harmonious beauty of roses and trees. The ga
rden is more like an English rose garden, though I haven't se [続きを読む]
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