After Valentine's day

As soon as Valentine's day was finished, I put Hina-dolls. March 3rd is Doll Festival Day (or Girls' Day), the traditional Japanese festival is held to wish girls' both health and growth with Hina-dolls.Usually  families of girls  display Hina-dolls representing the emperor, empress, their servants, miniature furniture, and so forth, on a  seven-tiered stand. Actually the Hina-dolls I put consist of more than 10 dolls, but it was troublesome to put all of them. So I just put a main couple of Hina-dolls.

 

When I was born, my grandmother gave me. So once they were mine. When I married and came to Utsunomiya, I didn't take them, but when we had a detached house and had a girl, my mother sent them. Since then they were my daughters'. But when our two daughters left here, they didn't take them, so now they are mine again.

I'm not sure what  I will do when I have a grand daughter.  Will I send these dolls to her? I think they are too old, unfortunately.

 

Can you see two couples of wooden dolls? They are made by my daughters who were little.

It is a good memory to celebrate HINA-festival with them.

 

Well, today I had a tea-time at a cafe with my friend. She brought me her handmade pickles.

I'm a lucky woman, thanks of it, this week I can avoid lacking of vegetables without special cooking. (What a lazy housewife I am!)