on the riverside

fireflies are like gems.
they flicker. thus, we are attracted.
they fly or better to say float beguillingly.

put down roots

put the hotarubukuro in a vase, and then planted in the garden.
supported by a bamboo stick, May they gonna put down roots.

in the gift box(3)

candied black beans.
wonder how the baby is doing. i should ask his mother.

hotarubukuro; a kind of bellflower

as I praised flowers in the garden, she cut some of them and gave me them.
thought some fairy hiding in it, but it was a slug who was in it.

firefly season has begun...

went firefly-viewing for the first time this year.
within the first 10 steps, I saw one on the grass.
then went on walking to find out that there were very few.
other viewers I happened to talk to said it was yet too cool to have enough fireflies to be seen. that made a perfect sense to me.

in the gift box(2)

pine needle motif on it.

aunt's gift

a slice of superb cake roll made of green tea powder.
my mom took the outside aside taking it for wrapping paper and ate the rest.
i was sensible enough to know that is crape...

radio static

although i live rather inland, Korean programs overpowers NHK AM programs especially at night
no matter how i try to tune in.

azalea corridor