2016/11/30
Today it was very cold but not windy.
It was a good day for walking.
I walked to an Italian restaurant
which is about 15 minutes’ walk
from my apartment.
I had a delicious lunch there with a few of
my good friends.
We had a long relaxed talk together.
What a happy time I had today!
Thank you so much, Ladies!
It was a good day for walking.
I walked to an Italian restaurant
which is about 15 minutes’ walk
from my apartment.
I had a delicious lunch there with a few of
my good friends.
We had a long relaxed talk together.
What a happy time I had today!
Thank you so much, Ladies!
2016/11/25
I was so busy yesterday.
In Tokyo area, we had the first November snowfall
in 54 years.
According to the radio news, the Ome and
Chuo lines were suspended.
I was wondering if my daughter's family could go
to work or school.
All of them have to take the train daily to go there.
Suddenly I had a phone call from my daughter.
“The washing machine has suddenly stopped and
will not work while the clothes are being washed.
I'll bring these wet clothes to you, and will you
do the washing for me?”
I know she is very busy every morning.
She has to do many things before going to university.
So I myself hurried to her house and brought the washing
for a family of four to my apartment.
My washing machine is a small one and I did the washing
three times!
I went to my daughter's house and back three times a day
walking the snowy slippery road.
I was glad I am good at walking on the snowy road.
I was glad to be able to help my daughter.
“A new washing machine will arrive tomorrow,”
she said this morning. She bought a new one.
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By the way, my belated birthday party was held
at my daughter's the day before yesterday.
It was the only day all family could get together
for dinner. They are all very busy every day.
Oh, how beautiful their bithday song for me
in a vocal quartette!
Thank you so much, my dearest ones!
In Tokyo area, we had the first November snowfall
in 54 years.
According to the radio news, the Ome and
Chuo lines were suspended.
I was wondering if my daughter's family could go
to work or school.
All of them have to take the train daily to go there.
Suddenly I had a phone call from my daughter.
“The washing machine has suddenly stopped and
will not work while the clothes are being washed.
I'll bring these wet clothes to you, and will you
do the washing for me?”
I know she is very busy every morning.
She has to do many things before going to university.
So I myself hurried to her house and brought the washing
for a family of four to my apartment.
My washing machine is a small one and I did the washing
three times!
I went to my daughter's house and back three times a day
walking the snowy slippery road.
I was glad I am good at walking on the snowy road.
I was glad to be able to help my daughter.
“A new washing machine will arrive tomorrow,”
she said this morning. She bought a new one.
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By the way, my belated birthday party was held
at my daughter's the day before yesterday.
It was the only day all family could get together
for dinner. They are all very busy every day.
Oh, how beautiful their bithday song for me
in a vocal quartette!
Thank you so much, my dearest ones!
2016/11/20
Are you interested in manhole covers,
I mean, their patterns or designs ?
They have stories.
I happened to know I could get
a manhole cover card of Kodaira City
at 「ふれあい下水道館」
（小平市公共下水道管理センター）.
I don't know how many cards they prepared.
It was written there were 500 cards left and they would give
us those cards in order of arrival.（先着順）
So I left my apartment at 10:00, walked in the rain
along Tamagawa-josui and arrived 下水道館.
It was my first time to visit it.
(tamagawa-josui)
This is the manhole cover card I got.
(the back)
This is a picture of our city's manhole cover
I took on my way back.
Are you interested in manhole covers?
I think I will take pictures of manhole covers
when I visit different towns or cities.
I mean, their patterns or designs ?
They have stories.
I happened to know I could get
a manhole cover card of Kodaira City
at 「ふれあい下水道館」
（小平市公共下水道管理センター）.
I don't know how many cards they prepared.
It was written there were 500 cards left and they would give
us those cards in order of arrival.（先着順）
So I left my apartment at 10:00, walked in the rain
along Tamagawa-josui and arrived 下水道館.
It was my first time to visit it.
(tamagawa-josui)
This is the manhole cover card I got.
(the back)
This is a picture of our city's manhole cover
I took on my way back.
Are you interested in manhole covers?
I think I will take pictures of manhole covers
when I visit different towns or cities.
2016/11/13
It took us about two hours to enjoy the exhibition.
Mrs. M and I had a late lunch at a terrace table
at a restaurant精養軒.
Then we strolled leisurely towards 不忍池.
（花園稲荷神社）
（弁天堂）
Mrs. M and I sat on a park bench
and talked a lot as we always do.
Both of us felt thankful for being alive
and enjoying talking there like that.
We promised to meet again next month.
I walked 12036 steps in a day.
Mrs. M and I had a late lunch at a terrace table
at a restaurant精養軒.
Then we strolled leisurely towards 不忍池.
（花園稲荷神社）
（弁天堂）
Mrs. M and I sat on a park bench
and talked a lot as we always do.
Both of us felt thankful for being alive
and enjoying talking there like that.
We promised to meet again next month.
I walked 12036 steps in a day.
2016/11/13
Let me introduce the bronze statues in the front garden of
The National Museum of Wester Art.
（弓を引くヘラクレス）
byエミール=アントワーヌ・ブールデル
statues by ロダン
（カレーの市民）
（考える人）
（地獄の門）
（アダム）
（エヴァ）
The National Museum of Wester Art.
（弓を引くヘラクレス）
byエミール=アントワーヌ・ブールデル
statues by ロダン
（カレーの市民）
（考える人）
（地獄の門）
（アダム）
（エヴァ）
タグ： 国立西洋美術館前の彫刻 ロダン
2016/11/13
Yesterday Mrs. M and I went to Ueno Park
to enjoy the exhibition of Cranach.
「クラーナハ ５００年後の誘惑」
There is a Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472—1553)
exhibition on at The National Museum of Wester Art,
国立西洋美術館.
This is the first exhibition devoted to Lucas Cranach
in Japan.
It was a very interesting exhibition.
He is famous for his paintings of heroines in stories.
His nude paintings were not unpleasant.
Why? I'm sorry I can't explain.
Lucas Cranach and Martin Lurther were good friends.
Cranach had an influence on Pablo Picasso
and other modern artists.
Art is long; life is short.
to enjoy the exhibition of Cranach.
「クラーナハ ５００年後の誘惑」
There is a Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472—1553)
exhibition on at The National Museum of Wester Art,
国立西洋美術館.
This is the first exhibition devoted to Lucas Cranach
in Japan.
It was a very interesting exhibition.
He is famous for his paintings of heroines in stories.
His nude paintings were not unpleasant.
Why? I'm sorry I can't explain.
Lucas Cranach and Martin Lurther were good friends.
Cranach had an influence on Pablo Picasso
and other modern artists.
Art is long; life is short.
2016/11/11
It's Friday today.
I attended Friday English Class at Kominkan.
First we learned what adjectives are.
We learned some rules for putting adjectives
in the correct order.
Then we learned some colorful idioms.
Lastly we enjoyed easy English rhymes.
How about enjoying the following
easy English Rhymes?
1.What do you wear that rhymes with cat?
2.What fruit do you eat that rhymes with hair?
3.What lives in the sea and rhymes with dish?
4.What comes out at night and rhymes with car?
5.What flies in the sky and rhymes with word?
6.What do you read that rhymes with cook?
7.What do you bake that rhymes with rake?
8.What do you eat with that rhymes with moon?
9.What do you drive that rhymes with far?
10.What do you sing that rhymes with strong?
11.Where do you sleep that rhymes with red?
12.What do you eat that rhymes with punch?
13.Where do you sit that rhymes with stair?
14.Where do you go for a walk that rhymes with shark?
All of us are over 60.
We had a very good time,
using our brains.
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(answers)
1.hat 2. pear 3. fish 4. star 5.bird 6.book 7.cake
8.spoon 9.car 10.song 11.bed 12.lunch 13.chair
14.park
I attended Friday English Class at Kominkan.
First we learned what adjectives are.
We learned some rules for putting adjectives
in the correct order.
Then we learned some colorful idioms.
Lastly we enjoyed easy English rhymes.
How about enjoying the following
easy English Rhymes?
1.What do you wear that rhymes with cat?
2.What fruit do you eat that rhymes with hair?
3.What lives in the sea and rhymes with dish?
4.What comes out at night and rhymes with car?
5.What flies in the sky and rhymes with word?
6.What do you read that rhymes with cook?
7.What do you bake that rhymes with rake?
8.What do you eat with that rhymes with moon?
9.What do you drive that rhymes with far?
10.What do you sing that rhymes with strong?
11.Where do you sleep that rhymes with red?
12.What do you eat that rhymes with punch?
13.Where do you sit that rhymes with stair?
14.Where do you go for a walk that rhymes with shark?
All of us are over 60.
We had a very good time,
using our brains.
===============================================
(answers)
1.hat 2. pear 3. fish 4. star 5.bird 6.book 7.cake
8.spoon 9.car 10.song 11.bed 12.lunch 13.chair
14.park