Belatedly, I started studying in a coaching course. Although it is not good to excuse myself because of the study, I am spending much time to study and it is difficult to continue this blog. I am thinking of when to close this. However I will update (even if it...

Yesterday the harvest moon was celebrated. I believed it was a kind of Mid-Autumn event since I was a child. But… it is still hot as if it is in mid-summer. Everyday I check the weather forecast and wonder how to survive a hot day. No matter how carefully I...

It is still hot but the days are getting shorter. The sun is strong during the day but it is obviously agreeable during morning and evening. This month I started taking an intensive English training course. Like a student I am now working on the basis things. It is an...

Like a student, I started to memorize basic English words, which can be an excuse that I have not updated this blog so often… Many words seemed familiar to me but turned out to be vague when I tried to translate each word. It was shocking but I became motivated....

Not only humans but also plants are exhausted in this heat. Potted miniature roses in my small garden are strong throughout four seasons before now but this summer they seemed not well, maybe affected by a disease. Leaves were getting discolored and falling. Yet they still had ability to absorb...

It doesn’t rain today too. I feel there are fewer people in town during daytime these days. Yesterday I was walking on a shopping street around noon and stopped at a pharmacy. Usually many people are lining at checkout there but there was no lining. I could swiftly finish shopping...

In the middle of scorching summer, there is no place to escape the heat. It is difficult to find which is better, staying at home and resting myself during the weekend to work weekdays, or going outside in the heat of the day to accustom myself to the heat. Today...

Two days off is allowed for summer holiday in my workplace. Plus two days of paid holiday and weekend, then I had a week holiday. Despite the weakest of yen in a few decades, and besides, very short term of my holiday, I went to New York, since I had...

Impatience cantabile flowers look like small carnations or roses. They are growing fresh and having more flowers each day. The lilies, which were grown from a small bulb and had some giant flowers last year, become a bit smaller this year but grew up strong in a small planter. They...

Using rum steeped raisins and leftover ingredients, sunflower seed cookies and an almond cake were made and very delicious. Wholemeal flour was left over after making bread. There were short dated sunflower seeds and almonds. A variety of recipes are always available on line. There is no choice but to...