Thank you...

I spent three days(Dec.27-29) in Okinawa.
(The weather was fine and the temperature was high all the time.
I couldn't think it was in the end of the year. I will write about this short trip later).

After coming back from Okinawa,I have been preparing for the New Year. Yesterday, I adorned the room with flowers and placed Kagami mochi etc.. Today, I will prepare for New Year food (just several kinds, in order to celebrate a New Year Day).

I would like to thank you for visiting and reading my blog this year...inspite of my slow update.
I hope you all will have a peaceful healthy happy New Year!

年末の忙しい時ですが、27日から２泊３日で沖縄に行ってきました。天候にも恵まれ、夏のような陽ざしに年末であることを忘れてしまうほどでした。３日間のことはまた後日書きますね。昨日は正月飾りを終え、今日はいつもお決まりのものですが、少しばかりの正月料理の用意をするつもりです。

何ヶ月も更新しないこともあるし書く内容もまったく個人的なものですが、立ち寄ってくださった皆様、ほんとにありがとうございました。感謝しています！　皆様、どうぞ良い年をお迎えくださいね！

I'm always beside you...

When you were a baby, I hoped the time would have stoped.
You were like the little raindrops on the leaves,
so pure, so peaceful for me.

The time we spent together,talking about various things
were all so blessing to me.

Time flows...
You've grown up enough to leave our nest.
You've found your own way to go..

I feel so bright when I see your face telling me
about your everyday life and how you think about your future..
I'm so proud of you.

Please remember I'm always beside you, and I will be as I used to be.
However much time flows, however far we are away,
I will always look at you and I listen to you.
Always...all ways, and it will never change.

What do you do when you feel sick and can't sleep?

Yesterday, I wasn't in good shape, feeling sick. At night it got worse. The problem was that I couldn't specify where my pain came from:kind of back sore(not my muscle), somewhere inside between my back and my upper stomach.
The pain might have been caused by "Autumn Eating( we say shokuyoku no aki)". Autumn when the weather is comfortable brings us the healthy big appetite! Oh yes, I had eaten too much these days:p

Anyway, I knew the pain wouldn't go away until next morning(I've had the same symptom in the past), so I just tried to sleep. But everything came to my mind was something disgusting: pictures were all monochroms which made me feel cold, or a face with pain, etc.. Even when I tried to think of my favorites, they soon changed to things which made me feel sick and prevented me from sleeping.

Finally, thanks to be God that I fell deep asleep in the course of imagining some milky pink coloured flowers and myself surrounded with the soft cotton pillows under the warm lights.

Well, no problem today. I'm quite fine !!

昨日はどうも体調がすぐれず、夜には背中と胃の真ん中あたりが痛くなってしまいました。以前にも何度か起こったことがあるのですが、ここが痛い！と特定できない困った症状なんです。痛いのは胃の辺りのような気もするので、これは食欲の秋をいいことにたくさん食べ過ぎたのが悪かったのかなぁと思います。　とにかく、起こってしまったらもう次の日まではひたすら我慢しかないので、なるべく寝てしまおうと、何か気持ちのいいものを思い浮かべて眠ろうとしましたそういう時に限って眠れず、頭に浮かぶのは寒々とした白黒のシーンや痛みに苦しむ人の顔だったり…余計に眠れなくなってしまいました。最後には淡いピンク色の花とか、ふっかふかの枕で寝ている自分を思い浮かべているうちに深い眠りに落ちることができたのでよかったのですけれど。 あっ、今日は元気回復しましたのでどうぞご心配なく^^

Autumn leaves

Winter is almost there. Yet,autumn leaves which have changed their colours into red, yellow, orange, brown are still amazingly beautiful.(though usually most of the leaves fall off in the beginning of December. This might be a cause of Global Warming,I wonder?)

Early last sunday morning, what took my breath away was a sight of a shrine. Its garden was stunningly beautiful and it was like a fairyland, with colourful autumn trees and colourful autumn leaves on the stepping stones which lead to the shrine.

I should have brought my camera! These photos were taken with my mobile phone. It's a shame that I can't show you how beautiful they truly were.
It was serene, quiet, and beautiful moment.

もうすでに12月。冬の足音もちらほら聞かれるようになりました。それなのに、今でもまだ赤や黄色、オレンジや茶色に彩られた葉が辺りを包み込んでいます。これって、温暖化の影響のひとつなのかしら。そんな例年とは違う秋の一日、たまたま早朝通りかかった神社の境内の美しさにハッと息をのんでしまいました。まるでこの世のものとは思えないような色彩の世界でした！音も無く舞い降りた色とりどりの葉が境内の石に重なり合い、拝殿へと導くさまに心がすーっと静かになるような気がしたくらい。　ここにアップした写真は携帯で撮ったもので、ほんとうのあの美しさをお伝えできないのが残念でなりません～(いや、どんな写真機であってもそのままを撮るなんて無理なんですけど)。