Our friends living in water are main residents here, yet some came from land. Mr. or Ms. Lizard, your warm smile was shared with a sea lion lady on poolside. Such basking was enjoyed by fluffy 縄文柴犬 dog and an otter couple as well. Bright sunshine made human beings rush toward a souvenir shop serving monaka wafer ice cream, shaped like coelacanth.
Momo-chan, our garden princess puts on a dozen of pink flowers these days, attended by similar green leaves. Mei-Shun has seen this beauty in the same kimono several years before – might experience quite severer summer. Many baby buds stay at branches, covered with cocoon-like silver shells. However, their spring stage seems to require more nutrition.
We have 寒露=kanro, the 5th of autumnal 二十四節気 today. Yes, it finally has come – later sunrises, earlier sunsets are seen; cooler dawn and dusk felt. Momo-chan took off green yukata, grows new leaves blooming a few. A hygrometer set within a clock shows below 50%. That is not why Mei-Shun made disastrous mistakes in your beautiful scores, Master Beethoven?
… Mei-Shun would not take in a horsey riding field. We are on the last day of solar September, meaning her first “summer vacation” ends after as long as 4 months. This period was really inundated by rainfalls, which make her cancel any lessons; she is made of sugar. With Wednesday treats her to sweets, final piece of good chocolate from the U.S.A. was consumed.
Hello 7th crescent, great to see you. Clouds of Mikan-chan’s coat shade have covered that celestial beauty so far, excepting new moon on 11th. Shin headed Haneda Airport by Ms. Moon early in the morning: his destination is London this time. When Mei-Shun gazed after him, her nose might catch fragrant olive. It lets her recall high-school festival decades before.
Mei-Shun found clear 十三夜 yesterday, the second best shape of that celestial beauty in night sky. Solar August 2026 would expect 4 including above, 小望月or 幾望, 十五夜 and 満月; makes her look forward to see them all. On the other paw of Mikan-chan, Ibaraki Prefecture heard the 2nd serial heatstroke alert aired today. That means at least half of her wish could come true.
Mei-Shun walked toward a hair salon in high heels. Thunderstorm in daytime washed air and ground, let her feel refreshed. Hello 百日紅=crape myrtle, great to see you again. Your breed blooms later this summer, might prefer higher temperature. She actually worried about your health; a next-door neighbor kept gorgeous one just under her kitchen window, who fell in several years.
… schoolchildren on summer holiday seem like to visit: we have the former day last month, while the latter today. However, Typhoon 15th or Chan-hom over Pacific Ocean heads west, might make the first landfall in Ibaraki Prefecture at night. Shin and Mei-Shun therefore took early care of garden plants; the husband used a lawn mower, the wife fixed Momo-chan babies’ poles.
We expect a 下弦 half moon tonight, while a slight rainfall in the morning led a lot of clouds. Once bright sunshine came onto Mikan-chan and Mei-Shun, then gray sky shed foggy tears. Which scores would the latter choose in such a dizzying change, Ms. Piano? Her normal practice starts from “Clair de Lune” – might always call for that celestial beauty in wet weather.
Yes, it is a young tree mom-in-law planted in our garden. Mei-Shun heard from younger sister-in-law M that her mother loved one of that fruit in winter, tasted very good. She therefore put some seed into a pot, saw green babies. The eldest had grown enough to bloom last spring, further to bear above. “I pollinated it with a flower my research institution gave me”, she said.
