These roses were a delightful gift from a garden of a friend who is a keen gardener. I hear having more than two roses bloom simultaneously is next to impossible.
In an empty bottle/
Standing with all their might/
Are roses/
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このピンクの薔薇は園芸がとても得意な友達のお庭からやって来た素晴らしいプレゼントです。2輪以上のバラを一度に咲かせるのは至難の業のようです。
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I couldn’t help buying this frog ornament because its facial expression looked so cute. I wonder if you have anything you want to say about it…?
Among the duckweeds/
Are newborn/
Young frogs/
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カエルの表情が可愛いので買ってしまいましたが、何か・・・？
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In this season, only one leaf has more than one color, including “young leaves color”.
Breeze in the morning/
Come straight/
From young leaves/
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この季節には、一枚の葉っぱも若葉の色が混じって見えます。
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This is the solar term for the five days starting today, meaning safflowers begin blooming so proudly.
Plentifully sunbathed safflowers/
Sound of drying/
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今日からの５日間の七十二候で、紅花が盛んに咲き出すとの意味です。
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White little flowers and a frog-shaped ornament. Both are in my garden, and both were my mother’s favorites.
O frog like breath/
Of white flowers/
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白い小さなお花と蛙の置き物。どちらも私の家の庭にあって、どちらも母が好きなものでした。
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This is good news from my friend’s flowering garden. She says passion flowers began blooming. I feel a mysterious kind of attraction from the flowers.
Passion flower in the morning/
Awaken after a dream of Dali/
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友人の花盛りのお庭からのお知らせで、時計草が咲き始めたそうです。時計草は何かしら不思議な魅力を感じるお花です。
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Because a good friend in a faraway country recommended that I eat almonds for the poor condition of my eyes, I eat some pieces every day.
O nuts of almond/
Sad is the morning after enough sleep/
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遠い異国の友人が、目の不調にいいからとアーモンドを薦めてくれたので、毎日いただいています。
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I went to see the exhibition of Japanese-style paintings, where a work by my friend was displayed. Her work was impressive, as always, both in terms of the picture itself and her sensibility in choosing the material.
After having painted peony flowers/
Vivid color paint is left on the container/
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友人が出展している日本画展を見学してきました。いつもながらさすがの出来栄えです。絵そのものも、題材を選ぶ感性も。
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The blue sky in early summer is lovely on sunny days.
Maybe the color of the sky/
Or maybe the color of the water/
Early summer wind/
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天気のいい日の初夏の青空は本当に綺麗です。
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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/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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昨夜は菖蒲湯につかりました。
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