koharu's family is going to Kyushu

Tomorrow koharu's family is flying to Ohita, Kyushu
to visit her grandparents.

They will be back on May 5th.

Oh, I've never been to Kyushu yet.
I wish I could go with them!

I have to stay at home to take care of koharu's hamster,
Maro-chan and her brother's goldfish, Donald.

At nine in the morning I will go to koharu's house.
I'll say "Hello" to Donald.
I'll say "Have a good sleep" to Maro-chan.
Hamstars sleep in the daytime.

At six in the evening I will go to koharu's house
and say "Good night" to Donald; "Hello" to Maro-chan.
Maro-chan is active at night.

I think Donald and Maro-chan will miss koharu's family
so much.

koharu told me how to take care of her Maro-chan.






Donald, koharu's brother's goldfish, is turning white.

exhibition of lithographs

I went to Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
and enjoyed works of Émile Prisse d'Avennes--
"Characters of the Valley of the Nile in the 1840s."

http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/egypt/

I saw manners and customs of the Egyptians
in the 19th century.

They were very interesting.

I'm now interested in how the commoners in Egypt
lived in the old times.

to Mt Hiwada in Okumusashi (2)

I went down to Kinchakuda and had lunch there
--tow onigiri I had bought at a convenience store
on the way.

( Kinchakuda )


Kinchakuda is along this river.


Some families were enjoying BBQ party on the river side.

to Mt Hiwada in Okumusashi (1)

I woke up at six this morning.
I got up at seven.
Wow! What a bright spring day!

I decided to go hiking to Mt. Hiwada alone.
Mt. Hiwada is 305 meters high.

koharu is going for an excursion to Kinchakuda
and Mt. Hiwada in May.

Yes, I did a dry run of her school excursion.

Kinchakuda is famous for its higan-bana.
koharu will have lunch there.

The top of the mountain is too small
for 120 students to eat lunch.

They will climb Mt. Hiwada first and go down
to Kinchakuda.

I hope koharu will enjoy her first mountain climbing.

I transferred four times and arrived at Koma Station.


I decided to go up Onna-saka here.


view of Kinchakuda from the Torii of Kompira-jinja.


Do you see Mt. Fuji? I did.


I went up toward the top.

Do you like apples?

I like apples very much.

Today I made three quilt apples in my quilt circle.
I took those apples to koharu's home.

koharu and her family all admired the apples I made.

The smallest apple---koharu will put it in her doll house.
The other two apples will be put in the living room.

The saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away"
came into my mind.