These days, we can enjoy eating any kind of vegetable in any season, however, I am sure tomatoes are the delegate of summer vegetables.  I love tomatoes.  I love their taste, color and forms.  I am always tempted to buy some when I see them at supermarkets, regardless of their sizes.

In the fridge/

Going colder/

Are the tomatoes of love/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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今どきは、どんな野菜もどんな季節にでもいただけますが、やはりトマトは夏野菜だと思います。大好きです。お味も色も形も。いろんな大きさのトマトがありますが、スーパーで見つけると必ず買ってしまいます。

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Chinese lantern plants are often offered to the deceased ancestors during the Bon period.  They may be more like a symbol of the period, I think.

O Chinese lantern plants/

If missed this time/

Would never meet again/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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Chinese lantern plants are often offered to deceased ancestors during the Bon period.  However, I think they may be more of a symbol of the period.

O Chinese lantern plants/

If missed this time/

Would never meet again/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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鬼灯はお盆のお供えというか、お盆を象徴しているもののように思います。

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These white flowers on one branch at a florist caught my attention with their cool, refreshing impression.

Single white bellflower/

Choosing a friend/

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お花屋さんでふと目についたのは一枝の白桔梗です。涼しげな印象なので。

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〜Life following the old calendar　星祭り〜

My calligraphy here is a modern haiku about the Star Festival.  I posted it today because, according to the old lunar calendar, today falls on July 7^th.

Visible stars/

Invisible stars/

O star festival/

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旧暦では今日が7月7日なので、星祭の現代俳句です。

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Because of this extreme heat, I had some shaved ice for the first time in years, and I remembered my old piece, which I have always loved.

If forgetting should be people’s gentleness, I may not be very gentle.

Gentleness called “to forget”/

O shaved ice/

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あまりに暑くて、久しぶりにかき氷を食べたら、自分の旧作を思い出しました。本人がとても気に入ってまして。

忘れることが優しさだったら、私はあまり優しくないのかもしれないのです。

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There was such shocking thunder and lightning yesterday afternoon.  The shower lasted for a rather short time, though.

Triangles and squares/

In the streets/

Comes a rain shower/

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昨日の午後には、びっくりするような雷雨がきました。短い時間でしたが。

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