Shin, Mikan-chan and Mei-Shun walked to the nearest shrine together on weekend, after months. Fragrant olive gave them nice scent: that made them look for those trees in bloom. One was planted in the middle of a garden, others seem to be guardians at open gates. Now what luck Gods provide the family? 大吉=the luckiest for the husband, 吉=lucky the wife received.
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Optimistic October
StandardYes, solar one started with a quiet rainfall. Nice watering for garden plants, genuine 雨読 Mei-Shun enjoys at home. She reserved a lot more horsey-riding lessons meaning 晴耕 than long, torrid summer: it arrived as early as the middle of June, continued until yesterday. From now on, good sleep and appetite would require sanguine control in both mind and body.
Summer Soup
StandardWelcome back from Canada, Shin, via Kyoto. He caught a cold, yet seems to have recovered on board thanks to virus-free air. Mei-Shun cooked 冬瓜 gourd, one of this couple’s favorite vegetables. Do you kind 529 followers wander why it has winter in name? Kept fresh until freezing season in storage is the reason. Autumnal 季語 for haiku includes it as well.
Shiny Silver
StandardMei-Shun noticed that her passport and driver’s license will expire soon; the former at the end of March 2026, the latter in mid February. She makes it a kind of rule to take required photos putting on kimono. Her allergy between clavicles has avoided it so far, yet is healing little by little thanks to good medication. Cooler air came into Kanto region, would help her in near future.
Elegant Eyes
StandardHello, Mr. MATSURI or Monsieur Fête. You were the 1st partner after Mei-Shun’s 11 days of no dance — Mikan-chan is quite satisfied as well. It is amazing yet normal that sunset got earlier, already dark when they left the club. Oh, how nice shower is returning home! Now what would Ms. Scale say regarding her 晴読 for above period? Excellent, thanks to let her go on.
Nice Numbers
StandardYes, Mei-Shun saw them after enjoyed trotting with Princess Maria. It started from 17 : 15 when the field was almost covered by gentle woods shadow: cool wind helped riders to get along. And her locker today held 3 following 1 last time. Oh, clear 7th crescent appeared in light shade of Mikan-chan; orange. Since we are in lunar July, 織姫 and 彦星 might meet again.
Wonderful Wajima
StandardThanks a million, Shin. He kindly brought home Mei-Shun’s one of favorite sweets. She heard that cherry blooms all through the year, somewhere in our country. On the contrary, 楓=kaede maple does from May to June with baby greens. Flowers are so little that few people recognize them. However, red adult leaves represent autumnal beauty. Both plants and night-sky splendour are perfect matches.
Terrific Tran-chan
StandardMei-Shun’s irritation mark on right arm has almost disappeared, thanks to excellent medication. She is usually cared by pills to alleviate melasma, who requires 2-month taking before respite for the same period. Since above trouble occurred during the latter, she adopted similar one whose ingredients work to lessen pigmentation. A paperweight from 砥部 fits its bottle cap.
Horribly Hot
Standard40 degrees Celsius is rarely seen on weather map in Kanto region, yet it is forecast for a few days this week. Mikan-chan and Mei-Shun felt a bit scared, while more intention to dance with Mademoiselle Angel again. Yes, they made it — might come out of a slump at last. By the way, what happened to that pedestrian crosswalk signal? If it got serious heatstroke, emergency call is necessary.
Horsey Beauty
StandardMikan-chan and Mei-Shun were finally able to dance with Mr. Marumorita. As long as 17 days have passed since they made it before, when Monsieur Fête played a role of gentle partner. Mr. U, a new-graduate instructor kindly praised her riding posture saying direction to go became clear. Now they returned home, met the 4th crescent floating among rosy dusk clouds.