I had a lot of fun bathing in the bath with iris leaves, traditionally believed to promote your healthy condition.

Bathing in iris leaves/

Blood from the vein/

Circulate with gusto/

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昨夜は菖蒲湯につかりました。

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I heard we would have good weather all during this Golden Week holiday, which made me very happy.  Although the weather for the week doesn’t matter to me at present, it was a big deal when I was younger.

Every single day will be sunny/

Of the consecutive holidays/

O flowers of Japanese radish/

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連休はずっと好天のようで、よかったと思います。今の私には連休は関係ありませんが、若かった頃にはやはり大問題でしたから。

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May started yesterday, and it was rainy for almost all day yesterday.  I would like the rain if it were beautiful purple.

O the month of May/

Starts with purple rain/

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昨日から月が変わりましたが、なかなかの雨降りでした。綺麗な紫色の雨なら好きですけれど。

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“Dreams in spring”, I learned, is a season word in haiku society.  People dream in all seasons, and “dreams in spring” expresses fleetingness.

If compared to color/

It is the color of a pearl/

Dream in spring/

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「春の夢」は季語のようで、夢はどの季節にも見るけれど、春の夢は「儚い」の言い換えらしいです。

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The photo shows another springtime flower, reeves spirea, the tiny white flowers. Spring flowers are really lovely and soothing.

Reeves spirea flowers look/

Easily slop over/

But they won’t/

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今度は小さな、小さな白いお花の小手毬です。春咲くお花は本当に可愛らしいし、心が和やかになります。

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After I hadn’t felt very well, cherry trees now seem to boast of their young leaves.

Large cherry tree with new leaves/

Has its story/

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気分がすぐれずぼんやりしているうちに、本当に見事な葉桜になっています。

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It is now getting brighter and brighter; and warmer and warmer.  However, because of certain conditions, I wrote a fall-season haiku.

All the people I would like to meet/

Are the deceased/

O autumnal wind/

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どんどん明るくなって、どんどん暖かくなっていますが、ちょっと事情があって秋の俳句を書きました。

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Because of this nasty cold, I have been less energetic than usual for some time, and then I noticed the cherry blossoms had already passed their peak.

Invited to be in the wind/

Of remaining flowers in bloom/

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風邪のためになかなか元気が出なくて、ぼんやりしているうちに桜はとっくに盛りを過ぎてしまっていました。

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