Good morning 0704

 

Last night we had really terrible thunders. Is it still rain season? I think summer has already come. 

Today’s our mission is going to the pension office to get some advice. 

Finally Yuki starts to receive his pension even though it is not still full. 

Good morning 0703

It is the first Monday in July. I changed sofa cove and carpets into summer version. Yesterday we washed and dried them in a laundromat nearby.

In July, a morning errand has been added. Weeding. I weed having a big bucket. I finish weeding of the day when the bucket is full.

Lunch diary 0701 short version

 

Last week, it started with having meat outside, and finished with having meat outside again

June has gone. July has come.

Today our sun in-law finally comes back. Probably he is now in Narita airport.  We are relieved because our borden to support his family ( our younger daughter and ground daughter) get lighter. 

(On the other hand our ground daughter won’t call us so much like before)

I am still making making sachets to share the fragrance of my lavenders in the garden. (Making them is one of the way to discard things. I am puttig away my collection of offcuts little by little)

Haga shrine short video

 

I made this short video and went to the gym yesterday. 

And in the afternoon a friend came. It was a really fulfilled day.

Today it doesn’t rain yet. But according to the weather report it is going to rain in an hour.

So Yuki’s tennis is cancelled. He asked me to go shopping together. So today I don’t go to the gym.

It is June 30th.  On today’s newspaper “minazuki” Japanese sweet is introduced. It is not so difficult to make it. It used to eat to celebrate(?) starting to the latter  half of e year. I might make it after shopping. I need to buy some ingredients.

Good morning 0629

 

Good morning. It is sunny, and it has already got hot. 

However our rainy season doesn’t finish yet according to Japan meteorological agency.

Did I weed yesterday?

No.

Suddenly we decided to go seeing hydrogen to a shrine where it takes 30minutes by car. So I made rice balls quickly, and we ate them while driving.

Later I will make short youtube about the shrine.

Later? In the morning of today? Which is better, going to the gym or making the youtube? In the afternoon a friend comes.

Good morning 0628

 

It is sunny. In the afternoon it will rain. 

If it doesn’t rain in the afternoon I will weed in the evening. Yesterday my neighbor weeded in front of his house. In the side of the road in front of my house there are weeds.

Good morning 0627

 

It’s sunny, but it will start rain all of a sudden like yesterday. 

I have already aired Futon. I need to take them in before going to the gym. Today’s my mission is going to the gym.

I started making small sachets with dried lavenders to share my friends.

Lunch diary 0624 short version

 

Monday has started. Herbs in the garden are growing, they are not weeds.

Good morning 0623

 

It is Friday. It is the last weekday of this week. I feel this week is longer than usual.It is “cold” for me today. The heater is “on”. 

Anyway yesterday I went to the gym. And I will go to the gym today again. 

This weather makes me depressed. 

Nowadays it is difficult for me to keep my emotion positive. Do I need to go out to eat something luxurious?

Good morning 0622

 

Yesterday I didn’t go to the gym. 

Because my friends coincidently come here in a row. 

When I was leaving home, my neighbor came. And we decided to have morning tea time in my house. So I changed my schedule of going to the gym. Then another friend called me if she could come here or not. So I said “no problem”. I prepared lunch and three of us including Yuki had lunch together. Then Yuki went fishing, we started chatting. Then another friend called me. In her case we had long talk on the phone. 

I was busy. 

So anyway I declare to go to the gym today.

Good morning 0621

 Yesterday I stayed home all the day. Visiting mothers made me very tired. Both of them are fine, but I really realize their lifespan. Considering their age it is only natural. And everyone experiences losing someone. 

Anyway today I go to the gym. It is what I should do. 

Good morning 0620

 

Yesterday we visit our mothers in Tokyo.

One month has passed since Yuki’s mother moved into a new nursing home. However She doesn’t seem to get used to the life there, though she is fine. She is in between independence and dependence.it seems to make her irritated and anxious. We hope she will get used to the life as soon as possible. 

We also saw our elder daughter. Thankfully she is busy in making her artwork. In July one of her work is displayed in a big art museum. In the half of this year we will go see her work to galleries once a month or every two month. 

Lunch diary short version 0617

 

This season I got lots of lavenders from the garden. I shared them with some friends, made the bouquets, and the tincture. Then I got this big vase from a friend.

Good morning 0616

 

Anyway it is sunny now. Yuki is going to play tennis. So I should go to the gym. 

Yesterday I talked with the stuff of the library. They told me to do English picture book reading meeting together. So probably in a few months I will do a volunteer activity again. Not soon, they said they should do some steps to resume such volunteer activity with local people at the official place. 

On the other hand we hear the number of people who are caught by corona virus. I know we don’t need to be afraid so much. However it seems to be strict again to visit elderly nursing home and regular hospital. 

Anyway next week we visit our mothers in a Tokyo, (My mother lives in her home so she doesn’t care this situation.)

Good morning 0615

 

Today I have a meeting with a stuff of the library. The other day they asked me if I could start volunteer reading at the library. 

Though I will talk with them, I don’t decided if I do it or not. Now I have no members to do with it. For these three days each daily life has changed. It is difficult to rearrange their schedule now. 

And also it must be hard to collect other members. 

Before corona pandemic, we used to do twice a month. Th Rome is on the third Tuesday and the other is on the third Sunday.

 I have decided not to do it on the Sundays. To tell the truth there were a few audience on third Tuesday reading meeting. It was a kind of member meeting. 

So if I do it alone, I might be only sitting and reading there for 30 minutes there because of any audience. 

It might be all right,I often go to the library to borrow some books. So reading there for 30 minutes is no problem for me. But I am tied up with the meeting once a month, or I have something to do once a month.

Good morning 0614

 

It is drizzling. We should to the city hall to submit a document. I want to go there in the morning. Yuki is wondering if he can play tennis today or not.

Yesterday I could perform at Karaku cafe with my friend happily. 

I wore pants which were made by my friend from my old kimono. They got a good reputation. I was also happy.

While I am writing now, rain seems to stop. Do we go out in the morning?

Good morning 0613

 

Today it is cloudy. So Yuki will be able to go to tennis, though it might start rain in the morning. 

He was asked to get some rice crackers at our favorite shop. He went there and kept in our house, he wants to give them to his friend as much as possible. I hope the friend will come to the tennis court.

Yesterday suddenly my on froze up. My pc is still three months old. So I called the pc center of my pc company and got some advise. The adviser asked me whether it I stole old version apps. I said “yes”, she said “they might be working , but they are not admitted to work on windows 11. In this case even they are not working, sometimes such situation(freezing) might occur”.

I need to buy two new version app, additionally when I changed the computer, we also changed a printer..

Good morning 0612

 

Monday has started. It is cloudy. Yuki is thinking whether he goes fishing or not. Without his active, I will go to the gym.  This afternoon a friend will come. 

This week I have some activities outside. When I am busy, I want to go to the gym, but when I have nothing special and stay home, I don’t go to the gym. It is funny, isn’t it?

lunch diary 0610 short version

 

It is raining. Both of us are staying home lazily. Probably in the afternoon Yuki will go somewhere tiring of staying home.

I am updating my blog sites, and browsing other sites. 

I've alreday discarding 10 things of this week. 

Good morning 0609

 

It is raining. Yuki stays home. I probably won’t go to the gym. Even though depends on the level of the rain, we might go out to a big supermarket. 

In the evening I am going to talk with my friends on zoom.

Can you see a triangle yellow cup. It is our new mayonnaise stand holder.

Good morning0608

 

Thankfully it is still sunny. Tomorrow it might be rain.

I started picking lavenders and making small bouquets . I handed them some friends  of my gym.

Our garden isn’t big, but thankfully I can enjoy with herbs in my garden especially in this season. 

Good morning 0607

 

Thankfully it is sunny today. According to the weather report rainy season will start from this weekend.

Constantly I have picked mulberries. It is difficult to take off their small stem, so we eat them together!  No problem.

 I finally took a kimono apart. A friend is going to change it into a casual dress. 

I took it apart, washed and ironed it.

A temple with lots of Japnese irises

 I made some Haiku using seasonal word "japanese iris". But I didn't see them directly with my eyes. So we went a temple to see them.

We could talk the monk of the temple. We really really enjoyed. He gave a bunch of Japanese iries.

lunch diary 0604

 

Last week we went out twice a little bit far away. Both of them were very nice places.

One of places was an old house. Without any historical information we went there. But we really enjoyed the nostalgic atomsphere.

Good morning 0603

 

In Kantou an Chuubu area they had heavy rain. Fortunately here I Tochigi, even it is in Kantou we had not so heavy rain. 

Well We don’t need to go out at night. So without any worry we stayed home. 

I soaked flowers of Dokudami I in alcohols to make tincture.

Many people consider Dokudami is weed. Actually I also struggle to weed Dokudami this season. They are easy to spread.

But they are also famous for medical Japanese herb. 

Dokudami petals being picked for tincture, one way of SDGs

Good morning 0602

It is raining. Yuki stays home. I am going to attend my haiku meeting.

Yesterday a music live house where Yuki used to perform there at night was reopen. The owner decided to open his restaurant even in the daytime as a cafe without live performance. So he has moved the near the station. Probably more businessmen will come to have lunch. On the first day a band did performance outside. It was a weekday, so unfortunately not so many people were there. But we could enjoy it.Two members of the band are Yuki’s friends.

 

Good morning 0601

 June has come. In this weekend it will be rainy season. 

Yuki’s ankle is not bad. He could play golf without problems yesterday. However today he is going not to go playing tennis to rest his ankle.

So, we will go shopping in the morning instead of my going to the gym. 

For ten days I haven’t my mother though I always wait for her calling  from 2:30 to 3:30.  It means she is all right. On the other hand I feel I don’t join her nursing. 

Short movie of mountain azeleas

 

How do you hear this sound? Zee-pyoru-roo?

We went to see mountain azeleas at Happou field. It took one and a half hour by car.

Did I walk a lot?

No. Because Yuki sprained his ankle, though today he has alreday gone to play golf.

Good morning 0530

 

Yuki sprained his ankle last Sunday playing tennis. Not so bad. Yesterday  it was Monday, so usually public tennis coats are closed, so he could rest his ankle. Though  he has applied a cold compress, he is all right. 

Today we are going out together to see azaleas on a small hill. Yuki chose not to go to play tennis to rest his ankle. Additionally he chose not to go to play tennis because he wants to go playing tomorrow.

However he told his tennis leader “I have to take my wife to see azaleas”

And unfortunately or fortunately I “can’t “ go to the gym either today.

I know I don’t like playing sports “very much”.

Good morning 0529

 

A Monday has started. 

We had chicken nuggets of KFC for our breakfast. (I won’t mention cholesterol) 

Yesterday it was 28th. 

2 can be pronounced “ni” in Japanese. And 8 can be pronounced “ha” in Japanese. Of course both numbers have other ways to be pronounced. 

So this time, 28 can be pronounced “ni ha”.

“Ni ha” is close to “ni wa”.

“Ni wa” has the same sound of “ni wa to  ri” , which means chicken. 

So yesterday a pack of fried chicken of KFC was on sale. We bought one. We left these nuggets for our breakfast.

That’s all.

Lunch diary 0527 short version

 

If you are interested in my haiku, please pause each photo. 

I use Clip App on my iPhone. It automatically edits the time each photo is on. 

Good morning 0526

 

Today I could put this breakfast photo.

I deleted lots of photos from this iPad and got enough capacity to work this app.

Today it is the day of Haiku meeting. Yesterday afternoon I was reconsidering my haiku which I show.

Probably I get suitable?strict? advice from the senior members today again. Anyway I will go. 

Good morning 0525

 Unfortunately photos can’t be put on this blog from my “old” iPad.. Why? I know the other a message appeared ; new ISO is prepared to be installed. But this iPad seemed not to accept it because of lack of capacity. I am trying some things but I can’t. This iPad is over 10 years old. Little by little some apps doesn’t work because not to adjust to the old ISO. 

It might be a trouble of this blogger app.

Anyway normal days have come back. I will go to the gym. But I might stay home to face to this iPad. 

Good morning 0524

 

It is Wednesday. Last Wednesday I was almost in panic. We are relieved to finish our mission this weekend.  Today it is a garbage day for non-burnable garbage. We discarded lots of electrical small gadgets of Yuki’s mother. And —— though we were going to take some  tableware to a used shop, we didn’t. We discarded them. Oh, I took some branded tableware and keep them.

We have still some small? problems including brothers’ troubles, but anyway my mother in-law is always nursed by nursing home staff, which makes us relieved.

I think it is about time that my mother moves to a nursing home from home. I know my brother cares her very well. I am afraid he won’t talk with us (me and my youngest brother.)

Good morning 0523

 

It is raining. 

Today it is the garbage day for recycled things like bottles, cans, paper, plastic things, batteries and dangerous things like knives. Yesterday it was the garbage day for burnable things. 

Last week we took back lots of garbage from Tokyo in our car. Our car was full of garbage. We sorted  them. Tomorrow it is the garbage day for non-burnable things. Our mission will have finished tomorrow. 

This afternoon a friend will come here. 

Good morning 0522

 

Usual days have come back.

Today Yuki doesn’t have his tennis meeting (mission?). On Mondays public tennis coats are closed.

Today’s our mission is going to a nearby banks on foot. I will try to resume walking exercise.

Lunch diary 0521 short version movie

You might not see this movie directly on this site. I don’t know why.

The site is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfOagxtaqNw

If you are interested in it, please check it.

Yuki's mother has moved to a new nursing home. Her new life has started. It seems to take a while for her to get used to the nursing home. At the previous nursing home she was independet, though she needed some help. This time she can ask anything to the staff pushing the button. But she doesn't get used to calling some one constantely.  She hesitates calling someone. In another way she should call somone when she wants to do something.

Anyway we hope she is getting used to the life there.

Good morning 0517

 

To tell the truth my brain is full of mothers’ problem now. I know that there is a little what I can do. Yesterday most all of the day I was calling with my daughter or my sister in-law. Both of them is directly caring or communicating with mothers. 

Anyway we are going to Tokyo from tomorrow two days in a row by car. Both trips are day trips. (I might not go there on the day after tomorrow).

Yuki spends playing tennis as usual. He is tough.

I know playing sports should be better. But I can’t. I will,spend at home lazily while preparing for tomorrow.

Good morning 0516

 

Good morning.  Finally it got warm. For these three days it was cold. According to the weather report it will get very hot tomorrow like summer. They say to be careful about heatstroke. 

It is really tough for me to adjust to the weather difference.

Today I will go to a supermarket which has a sale today, instead of going to the gym. Our freezers almost empty after “Golden week” vacation of the last week.

Rose pictures with English picture books

 Last week I visited to friends’ houses to see their rose gardens.

I made short version video using photos of their roses with my English picture books.

What made me surprised was that:

This time the garden of my friend's house was changed a lot. Of course the roses were beautiful. But I saw more vegetables like potatoes, MITSUBA leaves, beans, and other things, than roses. Usually I pick lots of roses there. But this time I picked lots of snow peas and got some seedles of green leaves.

Lunch diary short version 0513

 

Unfortunately it is not a good weather this weekend. Both of us are spending lazily at home. 

Good morning 0512

 

It is a very quiet morning as usual. We miss the nosiness of the last week. However for a while we don’t need it.

Some small problems about our mothers happen. Most of them are caused by their age and dementia.

It is the day of Haiku meeting. I am going to attend it, but I feel weighted down by their high level conversation. Of course all members are very kind to me, because I am a beginner and a kid of new stutend.

Good morning0511

 

Yesterday in the afternoon we visited a old man’s house who used to be a blueberry farmer. Now he opens his big garden as a rose garden. It is not business. In front of his house there is a small donating box to support his rose garden.  

We had a good afternoon.

Well! I should start going to the gym.

Good morning 0510

 

Yesterday it was my performance day.

 Regular customers came. We had a good time.

My mother in-law is going to move to another nursing  home in next week. Finally new home was ugh there are still some problems, anyway we could step forward. 

I good meaning and bad meaning both our mothers show how to age.

Good morning 0509

 

It is a little past 9am. Yuki has already gone playing tennis, it was earlier than usual. His usual days have come back. Today it is my performance day at Karaku cafe.

I have finished  morning weeding of one big basket. 

Thankfully it is warm today. Yesterday it was very cold. 

Anyway our simple days have started.

Good morning 0508

 

Monday has started. It is raining and cold. Yuki stays home. According to the weather forecast, it stops raining at noon. So Yuki will go fishing to a river nearby. A friend of mine will come in the afternoon. 

Two of us feel the last week very long. Probably it means We could spend a fulfilling and busy week thankfully.

We had three time meals at home. To save money, and to avoid crowded places. Actually it was difficult for five members to have lunch or dinner at restaurants without booking.

Instead of it we had tea time at cafe.  Were they crowded?

Yuki and I thought cafes were crowded than usual.

 But our daughters said “how lucky! We can have tea at “this cafe” even during holidays” Compared to Tokyo all cafes were not so crowded.  All of four thought that anyway this city is still active and alive. Some providence cities are in trouble of less population.

lunch diary 0507 short version

 

One week vacation has finished. Our usual days have come back.

Thankfully during this week we could spend with our daughters (and our grandchild) .

It reminded me old our family life with four members. And I am surprised how fine and powerful I was at that time.