2010/8/7
Today koharu enjoyed playing the piano on the stage.
First she played a piano solo--「古いフランスの歌」
composed by Tchaikovsky.
Next she played the piano to her father's soprano
saxophone and mother's alto saxophone--「旅愁」.
It is 200 years since Schumann was born.
koharu likes Schumann very much, she says.
She played a solo again--「シシリアふうに」「楽しき農夫」
and 「はじめての悲しみ」 composed by Schumann.
You did very well, koharu.
2010/8/5
In the morning we, 12 members of Harmonica Circle,
practiced playing the 15 songs on the harmonica.
Some of us had lunch at a restaurant named のらや.
It was my first time to have lunch there.
The restaurant looked like a farmer's house
and I had to take off my shoes at the door.
The restaurant was large and crowded.
I hear のらや is famous in Kansai District.
There are three のらや in Tokyo, I hear.
After lunch we went to a nursing home for the aged
and played 15 songs on the harmonica.
・夕焼けこやけ ・しゃぼん玉 ・村祭り ・我は海の子
・かかし ・椰子の実 ・夏の思い出 ・港
・浜辺の歌 ・手のひらを太陽に ・お江戸日本橋
・五木の子守唄 ・南国土佐を後にして ・長崎の鐘
・ふるさと
Elderly people there looked tired by the summer heat
but I was glad to see them singing songs to our harmonica.

2010/8/3
My quilt teacher assigned some summer homework.
I have one lesson a month, and my next class will be at
the end of September.
It will be OK if only I have finished my homework
by the end of September.
But I was afraid I'd forget what and how I should do
with my homework.
So I finished my homework-- listening to music!
It took me a lot of hours --15 hours in three days.
It made my neck and shoulders stiff.
I knew needle work was too tough for me.
How glad I am to be free from my homework!
Can you guess what I am making?

I've just finished washing, cleaning
and practicing playing the harmonica.
(too many 〜ings!)
I'm now feeling completely relaxed.
Have a good day.
(keyaki I like so much)