Homemade sweets

I failed making yogurt, it turned into cottage cheese. Do I baked it with eggs,milk,and fresh cream.

One of weekly prepared dishes was steamed pumpkin. Usually I made soup from it. This time I baked pumpkin pudding. 

season word 0920 Autumal Equinox Day

Do you know that the daytime is a little longer on Autumnal Equinox Day?

 

 

Daytime is longer.

 

SANMA-bowl

 

Sanma , pacific sauries are seasonal fish of autumn in Japan.

The most popular way is grilled pacific sauries.

This year I ate the first pacific saury at a restaurant.

It is said, if you eat the first catch of something (in this case pacific sauries) this season, you will enjoy a long life. (Well, many Japanese people are already enjoying their long life)

 

 

My daughter's baggage were sent to Thailand by plane.

There are three baggage of suitcases. Their leaving day is approaching.

 

 

repairning sofas by ourselves

 

We have two sofas in the living room. They are not so expensive, but we've been used them for more than 7 years.

Since this summer the artificial leather has started to become ragged, because of this unusual heat, aging or someone's playing on them hardly.

They are not so expensive, however the size is a little bit unique. (It took long time for us to find this suitable sofas to our living room.)

If we asked for a craft man to repair them, it would cost more than twice of the price we bought.

So we decided to repair them by ourselves.

We bought  artificial leather. It cost about 8000 yen.

 

 

Of course they are all patchwork.

So I covered them with good soft fabric cover.

 

It was Sunday's afternoon job for Yuki and me while Ah-chan and my daughter were outside.

I've managed to catch up with this strange weather.

Even Yuki is saying " it is a tough weather, isn't it?".
For these days "suddenly" it got cool, and according to the weather report in a few days hot weather will come back again.
However we've managed to catch up with this strange weather.
And Yuki came to like herb tea.

When we don't have an enough appetite and are not in good shape, I pick up some lemon balm, and add it to some elder flower I bought . Pepper mint must be better, but they have gone in my garden.

Sometimes I have a headache.  So I made my ordinal lavender oil. The lavender was picked up in June.

And I also drink lavender tea with echinacea.

 

 

On the other hand, I take Japanese herb medicine with is prescribed, which means I use our health insurance.

My nearby doctor is good at dealing with Japanese herb medicine.

season word 0913

"Be Kind to Animals Week" is from September 20th to 26th this year.

 I didn't know that it started in America.

 

These days "pet problem" seems to be getting bigger.

While people are enjoying a long life, some people seek pleasure for pets and some people have to give up to feeding pets.

And here in Japan it is usual to find pets at pet shops. But they don't care the pets who are abandoned.

Then, it is getting a problem how the pet shops gain their goods(which means animals).

 

 

Karaku September

Anyway, I did it, though this Saturday my finger hurt. (chip fracture)

 

Why?
As soon as I started with Ah-chan in the park, I fell down and landed on my hands.

That's it.

 





Discarding 10 things

While my daughter and Ah-chan staying, I keep discarding 10 things once a week constantly.

Additionally, whey they come in June, I discard lots of things to make room for them.

 

Discarding 10 things is my and Yuki's weekend routine. Ah-chan knows it.

So I asked her to do the same thing about her things.

She accepted it.

I suggested her to make three groups, one is a bag for material, another one is for her works, and the other is for discarding.

 

It was a good way to kill time or play with her.

She did it.

Fire ! Steak!

 

 

During Ah-chan staying, we don't often go out to eat than the life of two of us.

However, we decided to go out once a month to a rich restaurant to give an experience to Ah-chan.

 

My father in-law used to give his granddaughters (my daughters) the same experience when he came here.

 

This time, we went to a stake restaurant, there the chef cooks in front of us, and give a kind of fire show.

 

 

What do you think of this idea?

I use this apron as a table cover of Ah-chan's scrabbling table.
What do you thing of this idea?

I kept some things for my daughter.
I had thought she might use them while she were a young mother. However she is going to Thailand for a while, and the number of package is limited.
So I decided to discard the things I kept.
This apron is one of them.
However, it is cute.
So I tried using it to cover the scrabbling .
Usually this table is not put in the living room. It is put temporally while Ah-chan is here.
It means temporally "kids' corner" is made in the living room.
It looks good as a kid's table.

season word 0906 grape picking

 

Here in Utsunomiya, we see the sign of "grape picking".

And we also see another sign. It is "(Japanese) pear picking".

And a little later other signs like "chestnuts picking" and "apple picking" are seen.

 

Yes, we are lucky to have lots of orchard nearby.

However do I do that?

While picking , they are all-you-can-eat.

Can I eat a lot?

No, considering the fee, it costs high for me.

So just I enjoy go to orchards and buys fresh fruits.

 

 

 

September has already started.

It has been a long time since I updated this blog. September has already started.
It means our new school term has already started.
Let me introduce an interesting news.

Bad news for students

I didn't know that we were able to buy all summer homework by online shopping until this news was announced.
It prompted debates, like this.

 

 

1. What is the word of homework defined according to the Japanese newspaper?

 

2. What is the problem according to Japan education ministry?

 

3, What do you think of it?

 

 

 

My answer.

1. "homework" is to study at home by themselves. It is one way to engage proactively with learning aimed at independence.



 The important thing is to do, not to submit it.

2. Originally, homework is to be done at home, it is not goods to sell and buy as business.

3. I understand the aim, on the other hand, I know it is very important to submit it.
Probably it is a matter of morale.
If you couldn't saw dust cloth and asked your neighbor to do it, and  your mother gave some present in return (of course your mother couldn't do that), -- it would be acceptable.
If you couldn't research something and asked your neighbor to do it, and your father gave some present in return (of course your father couldn't do that), -- it would be acceptable.
However, it is not acceptable to be done as business.
One the other hand, if such way were acceptable, in a few years summer homework would not be given to kids.