Hedges

This March, the widow of the house below passed away, leaving the houses above and below my house empty.

I feel that the collapse of the stone wall built by their great-grandfather in the house above and the overgrown hedge in the house below are becoming a burden on my life.

I quit the neighborhood association two years ago, which had many outdated restrictions, but I still pay the neighborhood association fees and the fee for using the shared antenna.

I asked a team leader in his 60s to cut the hedges, something I couldn't do myself.

The reply was heavy, but someone has to maintain the hedges in an abandoned house.

For some reason I moved from a convenient city life to a depopulated village 24 years ago, but with each passing year I feel that the difficulties are more than just inconvenience.

But we have no choice but to do it. Today, i will overcome the difficulties with wisdom and smile, heading towards the light.💪😊😄🤗

Flowering Declaration

2025/3/26 The Shimonoseki Meteorological Observatory has declared the cherry blossoms blooming this year.

The new fiscal year begins.🌸💐🎉

♪～"桜咲いたら１年生、誰でも最初は１年生、ドキドキするけどドンと行け～♪"

"If the cherry blossoms bloom, it's a first grade, everyone is a first grade at least once, so I'm nervous but go with a bang~♩"

I want to continue to greet every morning with this same excitement.

Now let's go!🙌😊😄

After graduation and enrollment

This spring, our little girl will be entering junior high school. She has been studying phonics with her 4-year-old sister since she was 5, with the aim of making a soft landing into junior high school English and learning English on her own.

Yesterday was her last lesson.

At the end of the lesson, she read a letter she had written in English that she had thought about, researched, and memorized the day before.

She also said she will continue with the 2000 hours of imput.

Seven years of lessons would not have been possible without the support of her family. I was so happy I cried.

It's amazing how quickly children grow.

You did a great job, Suzu!

We'll continue to support you.

Keep enjoying listening, too.

Damage caused by deer

For some reason, I have been living in the countryside in the mountains for 23 years, where it is inconvenient, difficult to live with troublesome human relationships, instead of the convenient city life.

-w-w😊

Yesterday, all of the violets that i had been so happy to see blooming the day before had been eaten up by the deer.😆😲😅

It's finally getting warmer, and spring is now the active season for deer and wild boars.-w-w😊

White Daphne

I brought a white wintersweet plant from my parents' house, which was closing down about seven or eight years ago, but I pruned it heavily two or three years ago, and it didn't bloom last year.

In addition to heavy pruning, last year, due to my health condition, I only watered the plant once a week during the winter and only used liquid fertilizer.

In such harsh conditions, the remaining branches have produced many lantern-like buds, blossoms, and sweet fragrances. I am grateful.

After experiencing a spring without flowers, I realized that the fragrance of these flowers tells me every year that spring has come. It's truly wonderful and I'm grateful.

I was inspired by the wintersweet, which recovered from a terrible situation and made a spectacular comeback.

I'll try my best too and not give up.