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Cannot Wait

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Mom, I’m still hungry. Why you take so long a time to clean my restroom? Please serve me crispy food, rather than wet one. I finished up all gel around them. Meow, that’s it. You weigh and pour it onto my bowl, before leaving again? Okay, I’ll help myself.

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Now, on behalf of my mom, I would express the most profound appreciation to you gentle followers. Today’s post is the last for 2016. Looking forward to finding you well next week and year, please kindly let us say 良いお年を！=Purrrrrrr …

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Happy Riding

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Today’s lesson was the last of this year for Mei-Shun. Thank you, Madoka-chan. She has learned so much from you. Image of the first day they met with each other is still clear in her mind: you were so shy that never let her see your front face. Ms. I, your main “mom” in our club always had to prepare something tasty to lead you out of the stall. It is once upon a time for you, smart girl? And to you as well, dear Dreamer. It is a kind of surprise luck to see you again after 10 months.

As You Like It

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They look so cute, don’t they? And it depends as well. They are free to choose places to bloom; some are on the leaf while others below. They accompanied the bouquet of 40 roses, gift for松風 or Mei-Shun from her prime patron Shin. We have not seen them until she dismantle the big bundle to clean. Such humble supporters are sincerely respected in Japan, called 縁の下の力持ち=en-no-shita-no-chikaramochi. One of them keeps to help the last rose for longer than a month.

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After 1Y + 37Wks

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She was right. How great it is to have a “Yes” phone call from Dr. A! Mei-Shun was out when her smartphone rang, yet immediately contacted her mother and Shin to let it know. Last time, the former chided her younger daughter that she had not informed on her seeing Dr. A. Oh? She gives no details on the day; sample analysis would need at least 2 weeks. “That may be true,” she said. “But you have to understand what mothers are like. They want to keep all tabs on their children.”

Last Leaf

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He looks so lonely. His countless number of family members are already involved in their last job to make up bright yellow carpet under the father tree, getting browned day by day. When he is blown away, what would happen? Fortunately, that story by Mr. O. Henry does not reflect Mei-Shun’s family; it seems they have nobody to leave soon. Autumn 2016 would have gone away completely, won’t it? Well, it was bizarre one. Snow in November, yellow maple leaves, etc.

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Prompt Progress

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Our backyard gingko put on green-yellow coat just a week before. He is so quick to turn it into all yellow by this morning — perhaps caused by warmth of these several days. Mei-Shun enjoys a seasonal carpet on the balcony. On the other hand, she keeps taking care of the gorgeous bouquet of roses from Shin for three weeks. Yes, such a long time has passed since she danced 汐汲. Her twin sister 松風 still wants to sleep. No problem, go ahead as you like it.

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Nice Couple

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We had 小雪=shosetsu, the second of winter 二十四節気 today with an unwelcome earthquake early in the morning. It reminded Mei-Shun of five years before — she seems to have a kind of allergy to image of tsunami since then. Her symptom might not appear if Shin, too busy last night and forced into a hotel in Tokyo, stayed with her. They were unable to represent いい夫婦の日 this year, reading numbers of November 22nd in Japanese.

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Happy Riding

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More than 2 weeks have passed since Mei-Shun rode horseback before. She was a bit tense until seeing Admire Serena for the first time, yet such a feeling immediately flew away when she found her round eyes with brown, long eyelash catching her own. Yes, all you have to do on horseies is to trust them. They are so clever that you should just relax to inform them of the next action. By legs, spurs and short- or long-whips if necessary, although Mei-Shun does not like the last one.

菊丸, Kikumaru

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You must be very polite toward him: say hello and bow when you enter his stable for example. Only instructors and staffers of our club are able to lead him out of privacy. In addition, he dislikes to be harnessed so much that nobody could relax beside him. Once he starts to walk into the field, however, everything returns to normal. He knows exactly what to do next. Just trust him, and you would be content on his back, enjoying autumnal sakura — oh, she forgot to take photos again. Please kindly let Mei-Shun apologize.