Happy new year (belated) 2022

Hi, friends. Let me say a belated happy new year. It falls on the new year's day of Japanese lunar almanac today (February 1st on the Gregorian calendar this year). I'm grateful of all of you for your support and warm heart in the past year. I hope you are doing well and have peaceful days. 

2021立冬

立冬からもう半月近くが経ち、あとひと月ほどで冬至と、月日の経つのは早いものです。今年は暖かい日が続いて、紅葉も青いままでしたが、最近ようやく赤くなってきました。朝晩の冷え込みも増してきましたが、みなさま、お元気でお過ごしですか？

2021 November greeting

Hi, friends. How have you been recently? More than half a month has past and the winter solstice will come in less than a month. How fast time flies.

As it has been warmer than usual this year, leaves of momiji maple tree in my garden were still green earlier this month, but they have gradually turned red these days. Yuzu citrus fruits in my garden had slight yellow tint a few days ago, but now, they are eye-catching vivid yellow.

2021年秋のおたより

秋分も過ぎて、日暮れが早くなり、夜が長く感じられるようになってきました。みなさま、お元気でお過ごしでしょうか？　

こちらはこのところ、さわやかな秋晴れが続いていて、先日は夏の土用に干せなかった梅を干しました。うちの庭は蚊が多すぎるので、蚊が比較的少ない真昼の時間帯に梅をひっくり返すのですが、夏の土用の時期は暑すぎるので真昼にその作業をするとしんどいし、かといって朝晩の涼しい時間帯だと蚊に刺されまくるし……ということで、ここ数年、いつもこの時期に梅を干しています。この時期なら真昼の時間帯もそれほどしんどくなく梅をひっくり返すことができ、蚊に刺されることもあまりなくて済みます。

Autumn Greeting 2021

Hi, friends. How have you been recently? I hope you all are doing well and have a nice time.

Autumn has come here my place. Sunset has been getting earlier and the night has got longer since the autumnal equinox. It's been beautiful crisp autumn weather these days, so I dried pickled ume plums the other day to make umeboshi.