I was planning to visit the grave of my mother’s natal home. However, some serious affair prevented me from it.
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昨日は母の実家の墓参りをするつもりでいましたが、別の要件のために行けませんでした。
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The task for today’s practice session was to use more than one brushes at the same time.
I used three brushes for the Chinese characters’ piece on the right, and two brushes for the haiku piece on the left.
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今日は、複数の筆づかいのお稽古。
右の漢字が３本で、左の仮名が２本。
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I used two brushes at a time. According to my teacher, it is OK to use eleven at most.
Daffodils/
Strongly make a point/
So small and white/
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筆２本を使って書きました。先生によると、１１本までＯＫだそうです。
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They carry the same material, a haiku on a scarlet flower. They differ, quite obviously in paper sizes and actually, different scroll mounters.
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題材は同じ紅い花の俳句で、違うのは紙の大きさと表具屋さんです。
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I am not at all pleased with the result of this copying practice. However, many of my friends told me that I have done a good job. What nice friends I have!
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臨書は難しくて、なかなか上手く出来ません。けれども、これは良く出来たと言ってくれる人たちがたくさんいました。気を遣ってもらったかな？
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The small one is the task for today’s practice session, “thinking of you”.
The large one is my work of “love” 愛in the present day form and the ancient form, in connection with the St. Valentine’s Day.
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小さい方は今日の課題で、「君を想う」。
大きい方は私の創作で、現代文字と古代文字の「愛」。バレンタインデーに因んで。
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The task for today’s practice session was again using two brushes at a time. The meaning of the phrase; “meeting with someone and laughing out loud together”.
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今日の課題は、再び筆を２本を同時に使って書くこと。
課題のフレーズの意味は、誰かと会って、一緒に大笑いする、ということ。
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The tasks for today’s practice session were: Using two brushes simultaneously and in a relaxed way, aiming for a leisurely touch and writing haiku on a tanzaku or a thin strip of paper with a fat brush and not a fine one: and both were very challenging.
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今日の課題は、筆を２本を同時に使ってゆったりと書くことと、短冊に俳句を書くのも太筆で、という要求水準の高いものでした。
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At the annual new-year calligraphy exhibition
My mother who turned ninety years old last summer did the last one letter, and I did the other three letters.
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恒例の新春書藝展にて
昨夏９０歳になった母が最後の一文字を書いて、私が他の三文字を書きました。
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My mother did the last stoke of the letter, “DREAM”「夢」to finish the work.
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母に「夢」の字の最後を書いてもらって、これで仕上がりです。
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There are many shrines in Japan that enshrine Ebisu, a god of business prosperity. I went to the one here in Kyoto, which is much smaller than other well-known ones, for its biggest annual festival.
Toward the shrine/
Proceed many wishes of the people dressed in beautiful, cheerful festive kimonos/
Snowy weather/
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えべっさんと言えば、西宮と大阪の今宮戎が有名ですが、私は京都の人なので、京都のゑびす神社に行ってきました。
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First calligraphy is traditionally practiced on January 2nd.
This year I wrote the poem on the written oracle of Himukai Dai-Jingu shrine, which was “excellent luck”.
Anyway the wind blows/
Hundreds of thousands of boats and ships/
Gathering at the good haven/
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今年の書き初めには、日向大神宮のおみくじのお歌を書きました。大吉でした。
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Our entrance on the New Year Day.
The letter may look like a Sanskrit character, but actually it is a Chinese character that expresses “wild boar”. According to the Chinese zodiac, the year 2019 falls on the year of the wild boar.
Rotate it 90 degrees counterclockwise, and it becomes a beast.
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お正月の玄関。
梵字のように見えるかも知れませんが、「亥」です。
反時計回りに９０度回転すると獣になります。
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Today falls on the Winter Solstice.
It is a long tradition in Japan to enjoy a hot bath with a kind of citrus fruits in the bathtub on the night of the midwinter. The refreshing smell and the nice feeling of the water help you to relax.
I read a comment in a post on the Instagram that this custom also shows the Japanese people’s love of taking a bath.
Soft steam/
Is the central player/
Bath on the winter solstice/
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今日は冬至。
柚子湯はこの寒い時季のいい習慣だと思います。
誰かがインスタに、日本人の風呂好きがよく分かると書いておられました。
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The first line: Good fortune, worldly happiness, including economic aspect and a happiness of longevity.
And the second line expresses a destination for the year 2019, which is, life full of smile and laughter.
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幸運なこと、経済的を含めての現世的幸福、長生きという幸福。
そして来年の目標。
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The task for today’s practice session was a calendar for the year 2019.
As you can see, the last stroke of the letter 『DREAM 夢』is still missing.
I am going to ask my mother to finish the letter when we practice together next time.
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今日の課題は、２０１９年のカレンダー。
ご覧の様に『夢』の最後の点はまだ書いていません。
今度一緒にお稽古するときに母に書いてもらいます。
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I wrote this one, being inspired by a good, old friend who contacted me for the first time in a long time.
It is such a fun to write something getting inspiration from and thinking about someone really precious!
And I would like to see her soon!
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旧い友人が連絡してきてくれて、ふと書きました。
大切な存在からインスピレーションをもらって書くのって楽しい！
そして、早く会いたい！
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These are “LOVE’s” by my teacher and myself. There is a distance beyond belief.
Incidentally, my teacher employed the cursive style, which explains the difference in forms.
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我が師の愛と私の愛。格が違いすぎてどうにもなりません。
因みに先生は草書の『愛』を書いておられるので、字姿が違うのです。
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Today we learned Seal script. It was almost an unknown world to me.
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今日は篆書体のお稽古。ほぼ未知の世界で。
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I have always tried to realize “pleasure of calligraphy in daily life” an ideal my teacher upheld all his life. So, these are my modest but heartfelt gifts to the sightseers from abroad.
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生活の中に書の楽しみを、という我が師の生涯のモットーのためになればいいと思うのです。という訳で、外国から観光においでの皆さまへのお土産です。
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In today’s practice session, I asked my teacher to comment on my works for my valuable overseas friends. These are only inchoate and I will post something of higher degree of perfection later.
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今日は、海外の大事な友人たちのために書いたものを添削していただきました。これらは途中経過ですので、いずれもっと完成度の高いものをアップします。
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The task for today’s practice session was to write like a ten-year-old would do, which was such a tough task.
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After dinner on the eve of harvest moon, I went out for a short walk with my mother on her wheel chair and was in an ill temper a little, hoping she would feel better. As she was appreciating the huge, beautiful moon, she obviously began to feel better and peaceful.
Bright moon/
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中秋の名月の前夜、食事の後で、ちょっとご機嫌斜めの母と夜の車椅子散歩に出ました。大きくて綺麗なお月さんを見ているうちに母の心もほどけて行きました。
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One heart, ten thousand flowers
A devoted mind to what you value will yield lots of fruitful results.
Just as we did last year, I asked my mother to write one letter, the last one, “flower”.
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一心万花
何かに専念して、多くの結果を出す。
昨年と同様に、母に一文字「花」を書いてもらいました。
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This is my first picture letter.
My longtime true friend who always helps me with many things came to my house with pears and Japanese citruses on a rainy day. Thank you always for everything!!
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いつもいろいろ助けてくれる大事な友人が、雨の中、梨とスダチを持ってきてくれました。いつもありがとう！！
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“Even in a wildwater, the moon would NOT flow away.”
The phrase implies how important it is to stick to your philosophy.
Now, here I am who just can’t decide which style will be more well-received.
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急流にあっても、月は流れない。
ブレないことの大事さ。
でも、一つのスタイルに決められない私がいます。
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Similarly to my post about the double rainbow, this happened a couple of weeks ago. I went to enjoy the latter part of the Gion Matsuri, one of the most famous and important festivals in Kyoto. At the Koiyama Float, I received a chimaki, generally, a kind of rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves and steamed, but here, a kind of talisman with a solemn feeling. The symbol of this float comes from a well-known legend from the ancient China. According to it, there was a torrent upstream of the Huang He River. If a carp succeeded to climb up this rapid flow, it would change into a dragon. A story of a carp becoming a dragon is very encouraging for me, mysterious and profound as well. For, my mother, my first calligraphy teacher and my valued friend are all born under the signof the dragon.
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二重の虹の件と同様、これも２〜３週間前のことですが、祇園祭の後祭で、鯉山に行って、粽をいただいてきました。
鯉が龍になるとはとても勇気付けられるお話ですし、何かしら深いご縁も感じます。書の師も母も大事な友人も辰年生まれです。
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While a large, powerful typhoon is approaching, I suddenly remembered this: A good friend of mine had given me an image of a double rainbow two weeks ago.
They say people who had a chance to see colorful clouds or a double rainbow will have good luck. I wish I were to enjoy good luck just like those people.
On a difficult journey alone in autumn/
Appeared a double rainbow/
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大きくて、強力な台風が近づく中、これを思い出しました。二重の虹の写真をもらっていたのでした。２週間も前に。
彩雲も二重の虹も、見た人は幸運に恵まれると言います。あやかりたいものです。
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The photo shows a result of a little experiment I made to see how my little calligraphy work on a postcard would look after it traveled abroad. These postcards first flew to the United States and then traveled back to Japan. An incredibly kind friend there surely made this experiment possible.
Moreover, the two letters are the first letters of the names of my irreplaceable friends who have been extremely supportive for me both mentally and practically to establish a career as a calligrapher.
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ちょっとした実験をしてみたのです。
私の字を乗せて、ハガキが外国に行ったらどんな風になるのかしら？ と。このハガキは、まず日本からアメリカに行って、それからまた帰国しました。もちろんアメリカの親切な協力者あってこそ可能だったことです。
また、この二つの文字は、私が書家として身を立てるために心身両面から様々な協力をしてくださっているかけがえのない友人たちの名前の初めの字です。
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Today marks the birthday of the wife of the couple who both have helped me with expanding my horizon as a calligrapher for many years. I wrote the letters 祝“to cerebrate” and 延“to wish for future longevity full of happiness” in a kind of mode of the primitive characters from the ancient China. The reason I chose this style is simply I am very interested in the origin of Chinese characters.
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今日は、ご夫妻揃って、書家としての私の世界を拡げることに尽力し続けてくださっている奥さまの方のお誕生日ですので、お祝いの言葉「祝」とこれからの幸福に満ちた長寿を願う「延」を甲骨文字風に書いてみました。何故甲骨文字かというと、漢字の原点に興味があるからです。
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An old friend of mine asked me to write the name of her company, “Sunflower”. The photo shows a first small try of the letters. Later, I will write them on a big sheet of paper and made it to be framed for displaying in her office.
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旧い知り合いが、会社名を書いてほしいと言ってくれました。試しに小さいものを書いてみました。もちろん、社長室に飾ってもらうためには大きな紙に書いて表装もしてもらいます。
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I have already sent abroad these four fans with my calligraphy on them. I hope people in Western world will like them.
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この４枚の団扇は既に遠い異国に送りました。
西欧の人たちに気に入ってもらえたらいいな。
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Since these are quite small (calligraphy on postcards), how to present them, I think, must be even more important. I have been wondering which way will be more received by people interested in Japanese style calligraphy like mine.
Right: Overflow Left: To walk, to proceed
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小さい作品だからこそ、飾るときの体裁にこだわらねば・・・と思い、ハガキ作品を飾るときにどちらが映えるかなと考えています。
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このところ考えているのは、おうちでも書作品をお気軽に楽しんでもらえますように！ ということで、再度ハガキに書きました。
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As the hot days of unbearable heat never seems to end, I did works of three more fans. I wish they would create an atmosphere of cool and refreshing.
“Fruitful rain” “Quietism” “Refinement of poetry”
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酷暑の日が続きますので、団扇作品を追加しました。涼やかさが演出できればいいのですが。
慈雨。無事。詩雅。
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Today is my mother’s ninetieth birthday. We received best wishes for her from a number of people and some pretty flowers from her pretty niece.
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今日は母の９０回目の誕生日。お祝いの言葉が届き、可愛い姪っ子からは可愛いお花が届きました。
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Tomorrow, we students of our calligraphy school will have a convivial luncheon gathering.
Our teacher told us to bring a work to be displayed at the venue and now I am wondering which to choose.
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明日のお昼はお弟子仲間の懇親会。
会場に飾るために作品を持って来なさいと先生がおっしゃったのですが、どちらにしようかな。
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These are the results of today’s practice session; copying practice and having a fun writing on a paper fan. For the latter, I chose the first letter of my mother’s name, 絹(silk).
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今日のお稽古の成果を並べてみます。臨書と、団扇に書きつけるというお楽しみ。母の名の初めの字（絹）を書きました。
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I was really glad to meet with someone from abroad for the first time in years today, and to have a chance to practice calligraphy together as well. I have kept wishing that the people from abroad to be familiar with this culture and art. I wish to convey what I got from my great teacher who I fortunately met as a child as far as ever possible.
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今日は、久し振りにお目にかかった方と、ご一緒にお稽古もしました。海外の人々にこの文化を知ってほしいという想いは持ち続けています。子供の頃に、本当に偉い師匠から頂いたものを出来るだけ遠くまで伝えたい。
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I tried to go for a refreshing cool atmosphere.
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涼しげな佇まいだったのですけど・・・。
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The rainy season may have ended already. However, here is something traditionally attached to the season. This piece shows a popular combination as a motif for a calligraphy work, that is, Mt. Fuji and a snail.
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もう明けてしまったかも知れませんが、梅雨の風物と富士山とカタツムリ、という人気の取り合わせ。
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These express same letters in different cursive styles.
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同じ言葉ですが、二種類の書体で書きました。
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The task for today’s practice session:
A Zenphrase and a wakathat express a sense of security you get when returning to your home or your hometown.
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今日のお稽古の課題。
家や故郷に戻って、ほっこりする、という禅語と和歌。
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Some people may become defensive when hearing “calligraphy works”. That is why I would like to suggest these small postcards with calligraphy on them for your simple and convenient decoration.
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書作品と聞いて、身構えてしまう人たちもいるかも知れません。それで、こんな小さなものならお気軽に飾ってもらえるかも？ と考えたのです。
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Sensing the oncoming of summer, I wrote on a number of fans.
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そろそろ夏到来。
何枚か書いてみました。
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The photo shows a three-parter I am secretly but greatly proud of. When writing these, I employed a brilliant idea by a valued, longtime friend, that is, “combination of paper and cloth”.
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Dream Enjoy Flower
My favorite letters!
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これは自信の、というか、自分が気に入っている三部作です。
大事な長い友人の素晴らしいアイデア、つまり『紙と布の組み合わせ』を採って書いてみました。
随分と自分で気に入っているものですから、
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にも載せています。
夢 游 花
全部好きな字です。
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When I was young and green at heart, I often enjoyed employing this irregular method, that is, using two brushes at a time.
Now, that I am much older, I am thinking using more than two brushes, or more yet, say, using five at the same time.
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若い頃は好きでこれよくやっていました。つまり筆を二本使うのですが。
三本以上、いっそ五本とかもやってみようかしら？ 年取ったし。
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A good friend of mine and I had a luncheon for the first time in a long time. We enjoyed a number of Chinese cuisine dishes served in a wooden box. Lots of chatting about lots of old topics was such a delicacy as well.
Only leisured home makers are having/
Lunch at a hotel restaurant/
Silver tableware/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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中華料理のお弁当で、久しぶりにお昼の女子会。
溜まった話題もご馳走で、美味しかったです。
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My mother has been hospitalized almost three weeks, and she committed to rehabilitation during that period. GOOD FOR HER!
Undergoing rehab/
Anchorage for tomorrow/
Oh, rose periwinkles/
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３週間近い入院でしたが、その間母はよくリハビリを頑張ってくれました！
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Year after year, a kind neighborhood lady gives us gorgeous hydrangea flowers. Just for a moment I thought of bringing them to my mother’s hospital bedroom. However, I changed my mind, since she will be back in a couple of days.
Girl split up/
Thrusting up/
Balls of hydrangeas/
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毎年いただきますが、今年もご近所からもらいました。
母の病室に持って行こうかなと考えましたが、２〜３日もすれば帰ってくるので止めました。
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