my recent condition

My dog is staying at my home now, so my husband and I are spending happy time with her! She is already 10 year-old but still cute, I think. ...

Lavender

I planted a lavender last year. And now, it is blooming! It smell very nice (*^^*) I want to grow many lavenders, but I withered a few ones ...

I found a persimmon bud

I finally found a persimmon bud!! There is only one bud on tree's upside, so I couldn't take a photo finely... But I think bud will increase...

My dog will come here!!

The other day, my mother phoned me that she wanted me to take care of our dog for 1 month. I'm not living with my dog now. Because when I go...

Lupines

I don't like lupines, but I have some Lupines in my garden. M y grandfather likes them because it looks like rising. I mentioned about Wiste...

Blue Rose

I have two blue roses in my garden. And this is the photo of one of them. It is not real blue, I guess. But it is too hard to make real blue...

Rose

Roses in my garden are blooming! I love rose, especially drab-orange rose in this photo. This rose's name is "Julia". Its name is also beaut...

My holiday

I stayed at my parents' house with my husband for 4 days. During our stay, we drove to Morioka city and " KOIWAI FARM ". I took this photo...

A kind of Iris

It is an endemic plant to Japan. We call it "Hime-shaga" and it doesn't have English name. But it is a kind of "Iris", so many people have s...

Blueberry blossom

Blueberry trees are coming into buds right now! I planted three trees to get berries at first. But now, they feed my eyes (*^^*) They prefe...

Wisteria

I went to my parents-in-law's house yesterday. There was a beautiful wisteria ( we call it "Fuji" ) in their garden, so I took this photo. I...

Hosta

I want to introduce "Hosta" to everyone. Hosta is common in Japan too and there are many kind of them. Of course, we can enjoy their flower ...

A lily of the valley

I took these photos in my garden this morning. They are "Suzu-ran(lily of the valley)"... very small and cute!! I really love them. The flow...

my staple dish

I sometimes cook this dish during summer. Because it is very easy to cook and not heavy. I can eat it on very hot days even though I suffe...

Golden Week holiday

Golden Week holiday is unique to Japan. There are 4 national holidays a week. In addition to these holidays, we can take a day off on weeke...

Festival in my hometown

It's a festival in my home town. I couldn't go to see it this year... It is the most beautiful festival I have seen so far!! And it is fami...

Cherry blossom

I finally went to see cherry blossom last Saturday. It has been one week since I took photos though... But I want you to see cherry blossom!...

Reuse!!

I made it a few days ago!! It is reuse...isn't it? Flowers in Japan are very expensive, so I didn't want to throw them away when they were ...

Do you remember?

I've been drying these flowers for 3 weeks. Have you seen them?? Yeah, I used them for IKEBANA before and I'm drying them now because I wan...

Flowers!!

I went to a park that is near my house with my husband last Saturday. There were a lot of flowers in the park!! Yellow flowers are rape blos...

Scones I made (*^^*)

I baked scones with chocolate chips. I had wanted to have scones since I wrote about afternoon tea. I prefer them to bread... actually, I d...

Plum Blossoms

I went to see plum blossoms with my mother-in-law yesterday...not cherry blossoms. Because the cherry blossoms don't bloom around my area ye...

Inari-zushi

I made INARI-ZUSHI for dinner last night. It's a kind of SUSHI. And according to my dictionary, it's a pouch of fried bean curd stuffed wit...

Wheatears

I went to my parents-in-law's house to take the lesson of IKEBANA on Friday. I used 5 wheats and a subdued red freesia this time. Sometimes ...

Britain in Japan??

I live in Japan but Britain is near here! To be more exact, "British hills" is correct. What is it?? Uh... I don't think most of people kno...