see you in April

I was surprised to find pink yuki-tsubaki
blooming in my neighborhood.

Yuki-tsubaki is a tree of Niigata-ken.

I also have a pink yuki-tsubaki tree
in my garden in Niigata.

Probably the buds are now coming out.
They are waiting for me, I'm sure.

See you in April.

happy Saturday

What a lovely day!
What a beautiful sky!
What a happy day!

I am going to my daughter's to celebrate
my grandson's 14th birthday---
with a birthday cake I ordered for him.

He is koharu's brother.
He is older than koharu by six years.

koharu learns by imitating her brother.
koharu is proud of him as a brother.

By the way---
I'm going to join a tour of England.
I'll leave my apartment on Tuesday.

Visiting the Lake District National Park in England
has for many years been one of my cherished dreams.

I'd like to stand where William Wordsworth was born
and wrote such beautiful poems as "Daffodils" or
"We Are Seven."

I learned those poems when I was a senior high school
student.

Anyway I hope everything will be all right with me
-- all by myself.



(someone tramped these flowers)

cold spring rain

It has been raining all day.
This rain has made the air so cold.
I can't do without a kotatsu.

I've found the buds of my karin
are beginning to open up!

I like watching tracks of a railroad.
I like traveling by railroad.

(my karin, today)

movie--- ENCHANTED

It has been warm these days.
Almost all spring flowers have come out.
The cherry trees will soon bloom, too.

koharu is now very happy and excited,
because

koharu is going to watch a movie
with her good classmates.

It is koharu's first experience to go to a movie
with her friends.

She is looking forward to the day March 23.

They will be accompanied by their mothers.
All of them will have a wonderful time.

( today's flowers I enjoyed )

spring colors

Spring weather has arrived here in Tokyo.

It was a warm day and in the afternoon
we had a constant rain.

When I was going to a community center,
clouds covered the sun.

On my way back the sun appeared again
and I enjoyed spring colors of grass or flowers.