season words in June

Kids' summer vacation has started, so everywhere every morning in July kids and senior people get together to do radio gymnastic exercises in each local community.

 

 

If you are interested in it, try it!

 

Another season word is "stag beetle".

 

 

Can you find stag beetles in woods or parks naturally?

Nowadays many kids think they are bought.

 





 

 



Eel and river fish

Yesterday, we went out. The main aims was playing near the river. 

However, it was too hot, we ( more collected three adults) gave up being outside.

So, we se eels and river fish, which are speciality of this town. 

We did one hour drive to play near the clean river and buy these things 

While driving Ah-chan was sleeping. So we didn't know whether she enjoyed the drive, but, anyway we were really satisfied with this dinner.

Hot, hot, hot

Hot days have been continued
Though it is said that it is unusual, nowadays, every season seems to be unusual everyhere.
Since our daughter and grand daughter came, 20 days have passed. All of us are getting used to be this life.
Serving breakfast is Ah-chan's chore, she decides, which bread is for whom, how many kidney beans should be put on each one's plate.

Today she made rice balls.

Sounds fun? Sounds noisy? Sounds troublesome? 

Kitchen seems to be messy? It seems to be exciting? 

According to the weather report , the hot day will be continued during this month.

It is OK to coninute the not days. However , in our house only two aireconditoners work at the same time. It sometimes causes a problem, especially Yuki is at home.-- someone has to bear to stay in the room without air conditioner, if he or she wants  his or her personal time.

seasonal word 0712 report card

 

It is a season of report cards.

Every the end of a term, students are handed in their report cards.

Actually I also -- not am handed in, have to hand report cards to my students.

I thought  until high school students, their parents knew their scores.

However, I was very surprised that I got a report card from university when my younger daughter was in university.

==== And they did individual interview with parents checking up the report cards.

I wanted to say that "it is not my business" ---- but I couldn't do that. Just I was listening quietly to her professor with patience. Her score was on the whole, not so bad. However the contents were --- A or D. It means what she was not interested in, her attitude to study seemed to be very bad.

It can't be helped. It is the "her".

 

--well, well, it is a nostalgic memory.

 

At Karaku

Yesterday it was the day of Karaku. I went there to play the piano. It was my only day after 10 days.
I always complain about being lonely. I know I'm not very good at spending my leisure time by my self.
On the other hand, I used to spend "nosy" days.
So I remembered at Karaku that the day of Karaku was a relaxing time and my day without kids.
Since I started to play the piano there, more than 20 years passed.

Yesterday I enjoyed sweets after the performance as usual.
And I bought some cake for my family.
---- actually at that time I would often buy sweets there for my kids, though I seldom buy ones for Yuki.

summer cold

Now there are four members in my house. From Ah-chan's view,  her grandfather, her grandmother, her mother and her.
When she came, she was already caught  a "slight" summer cold with a runny nose.. though according to her mother, that was the way small kids being are. Actually she and her mother were fine.

First I caught a cold. I had sore throat for 4 days. Today it is not so bad.
Next Ah-chan ran a high fever on Saturday morning.
And  on the afternoon, her grandfather caught a cold with a sore throat and a slight fever.
Though her mother had no problem, she cringed to her. So she did not anything to help me.

So this weekend all of us were staying home.
And yesterday ( it was a weekday) her grandfather took a sick day from work. Probably three years passed since he did it.
He was not used to getting sick, so he was in very bad mood. Of course Ah-chan was also in bad mood.
I'm not used to being in such situation. It made me being in bad mood, too.
On the other hand, my daughter is with "great presence of mind" (Does it make sense?)
It makes me mad more on the other hand I really admire her attitude.


Anyway he went to work, today Tuesday.
And I'm going to Karaku café to play the piano.

Three month new life has started!

For while my daughter and our granddaughter live together. In October they are going to leave Japan for Thailand. Her husband has already left Japan and started a new life there.

 

Though our granddaughter Ah-chan went to kindergarten in Tokyo, here she doesn't go to such school. She spend all days with our family.

From late July to early September they have summer vacation at school. So we decided not to let her go such school.

On the other had we let her join some after-school programs. On Mondays and Thursdays she goes to sports club to swim and do exercise. On Tuesdays and Fridays she goes to educational school to learn math and Japanese.

Usually my daughter take her there, I do lessons at home.

What are we going to do in the morning.

For a while my daughter is busy in paper work for leaving for Thailand. They have to take health check , get some vaccines, and etc.

So for a while I need to take them places they have to go by car. My daughter can't drive.

 

Anyway our usual day has started since before 5 o'clock.

 

laughter yoga in June

Our laughter yoga in June was finished. Three members took part in it.
Unfortunately a regular member couldn't come because she had to go to hospital.
Mothers sometimes aren't able to participate  in meetings because their children sometimes get sick.
The elderly sometimes aren't able to participate in  meetings because of their sickness.

Anyway the other three members enjoyed the laughter yoga.
And I served this rhubarb syrup.

 

In this season some people make Japanese plum syrup. I used to do it.

However this year, I got lots of fresh stalks of rhubarb, so I made this bottle of syrup.

Well, well, I planted rhubarb in my garden. However  it doesn't grow well.

--- my favorite phrase "It can't be helped".