last day of June

Time flies and a half year of 2005 has passed. What have I done? The most unexpected occurrence was that I had my left ankle broken.

I enjoyed my quiet days and I started "karin's English writing." When I felt I was almost all right, I decided to make 99 articles ( from Feb.10- to May 30 ) into a bound volume.

The book is very nice. It will always remind me of my break and I will be careful not to fall. There is nothing useless in life, I think.

gardenia, kuchinashi in Japanese

The seasonal rain front brought heavy rains and caused floods in Niigata. I'm from Niigata.

They are enduring disaster after disaster--bad floods after the typhoon in July last, a big earthquake in October last, the heaviest snowfall in these 19 years and again serious floods. May God help those honest people!

When I got up this morning, it was raining hard here in Kodaira, Tokyo. It was a welcome rain. All the plants seemed happy.

I went for a walk with a camera and took a picture of gardenia, kuchinashi in Japanese. This flower awakens one of my sweet memories.

hottest day in June

Today is the hottest day on the record in June. The thermometer has recorded 36.2 ℃　in the center of Tokyo. I'm sweating all over. Nobody is walking along the Tamagawa-josui.

This is the picture of today's Tamagawa-josui which my apartment looks to.

a big tree

I saw a very big tree with a lot of big flowers. It stood solitarily and majestically. The flowers were white and pure. They were very big and noble. It is a kind of magnolia, and is named taisan-boku in Japanese..

a dog on a lady's back

On my way home I was surprised to see a lady carrying her dog on her back. The she-dog was called Nana-chan and she was a homeless dog ten years ago.

The lady felt sorry for the dog and took her home. Nana-chan likes to see cars running on the street on the lady's back, just as a baby does. She likes coffee, too! The lady allowed me to take Nana-can's picture.