First snow of the season (初雪 ハツユキ Hatsuyuki)

We have the first snow of the season yesterday.

We had much more snow last first snow.

This snow disappeared by after raining in a moment.

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The first snowing

Disappear by after raining

In a moment
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Electrical piano (電気ピアノ Denki piano )

We have three kind of keyboard instruments.
One is piano, electronic organ and this electrical piano.

AyeYai is interested in playing this instrument in this year again.
She was bitten with taking care of her blog last year.

Now she is enjoying to play Invention a 2 Voix of Bach.
I like Bach musics.

After playing keyboard, and them enjoy another keyboard.

The left PC is for her.

I gingerly asked her for playing in concert with my flute.

Her answer was "No", ... ha,ha,ha,..............ha!!!

Three tripods for a birthday present

Michelle san, I read your comment in your blog;:) Chris says he wants a tripod for his birthday !

I can not wait for his birthday.
We have prepared three kind of tripods for your Chris san in this picture as the birthday present.

These are AyeYai's stuffs. She made a lot of works with them. The camera is new one for her blog, and I can use old one for my blog.

Yes, he can pick up one of them and download it.

It will be a modest the birthday present for him.

I want to see your beautiful photos more.

The kitchen rose (台所の薔薇)

The rose wilt and change of color to green from white for less one month.



I took the both pictures of the same flower against the sun.

I did shooting left one at 6 am, right one at 7 am today.
Position of sunshine shall make different color on photographing.

Radish leaves and Sign of Sprig again

Before growing radishes, we don't eat the leaves.
Now we can eat very fresh leaves.
These are today's harvest for in lows.




Blueberry in this morning

Today's Radish (今日の大根 Kyo no Daikon)

These are remaining radishes from thinning out.

When shall I get out them?

Wait!!!

Young yet!!!

Hand-rolled sushi (握り寿司 ニギリズシ Nigirizushi)

These are for our dinner which I made today.

We speak of then as Nigirizushi in Japanese.
What do you say them in English?
According to a dictionary,
Nigirizushi means hand-rolled sushi, hand-shaped sushi or portion of rice with fidh on top.
Which one best? Ha.......ha......ha......ha!!!!!

Swamp chrysanthemum (North Pole)

This is a first flower to be posted in this year.

That is the same as last year.

It's cycle of the earth. Hello new year! Thank you for your every things!

Sign of Spring (春の兆し Haru no Kizashi)

There are some plants to break into leaf and put out buds as sign of spring in our garden.

Lilac

Persimmon

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Blueberry

Cherry

Happy New Year! (新年明けましておめでとう！)

The First Sunrise of The Year
Happy New Year !!!!!



These are New Year dishes.

(Rice cakes boiled in vegetable soup) [雑煮 Zoni]



(Steamed Egg Hotchpotch) [茶碗蒸し Chawanmushi]

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Upper plate, from left
"Date Maki" "Squid dressed with Cod ovum"
"Squid dressed with Wasabi preserved in sake lees"

Lower plate, from the left
"Roast pork" "Broiled Shrimp with salt" "Salmon roe"

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"Strawberry tart for the dessert"

Our son back to our home from Tokyo last year, yesterday.
But he went to play golf with his friend, after ate the new year dished.

Radish and Miso soup (大根と味噌汁)

These become a radish.

The right side is amorous radish.

These are side dishes for today's breakfast.

This radish Miso soup had very good taste.

First freezing (初氷 ハツゴオリ Hatsu Goori)

This place is a sink for the tap in our garden.

It must be first freezing this season.

But MA in US had a first freezing on 18/November in this season.

MA latitude is higher than here. So it stands to reason two different timings.

Ant cow (アブラムシ Aburamushi)

Marna san, thank you for your comment.
I have several dots on the petals of rose are interested in.
So I asked AyeYai for shooting a photograph at the point with her camera.

The both pictures taken by her with super macro condition.

You know what these are ant cows!!
Can you live in winter? I asked them unconsciously!!

Watching the rose blossoming

This is today's the rose . There are a white and a pink flowers on the same plant. Why!

The cause is blossom timing or something, which one?

It's on 12/Dec..

It's on 18/Dec..

It's on 21/Dec..

It's today's the flower.

Unusually warm winter? (暖冬 ダントウ Danto)

This is the harvest of green again.

Still we can harvest in spite of winter. Something is amiss!!

It's the green cookery, ohitashi in Japanese.

The boiled green is a very typical Japanese cooking.

Before harvest

After harvest

English Haiku (Eigo Haiku 英語俳句 ｴｲｺﾞﾊｲｸ )

This is an English Haiku which was created by my blog friends.
Like a burrito
Wrapped snug and tight in my crib
Drifting off to sleep
They are nice young couple in US. I love their life stile.

(today's daffodil bud in our garden)

Parents gentleness are expressed in this Haiku.
What a happy their son!!!

(today's rose in our garden)

I did not know English Haiku.
Before they told me it via their blog.
What a fantastic English Haiku too!!!!

Cyclamen on the table in our drawing room

We don't use the drawing room very often.
I was in this room after a long interval this evening.

I found out the cyclamen which was given by AyeYai's brother with the pot.
What a pretty!

Very pleased with the concert

It is a landscape of cleanup stage after the concert.

This concert is the second time around for me.

I was very pleased with this concert more than the last concert.

Because my stand was central stage, and there were four solo singers of each part. Additionally I had a baritone in m face.

From the first to third movement's, I could listen with rapt attention just at the back orchestra. I certainly was ethereal music, and could be enraptured by the beautiful music.

And them the fourth movement, I could be enjoying sing in chorus too.