<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211</id><updated>2012-02-17T11:00:43.393+09:00</updated><category term='others'/><category term='movie'/><category term='travel'/><category term='daily life'/><category term='words'/><category term='handmade'/><category term='food'/><category term='society'/><category term='study'/><category term='politics'/><category term='culture'/><category term='gardening'/><category term='music'/><category term='nature'/><category term='art'/><category term='cat'/><category term='book'/><category term='life'/><title type='text'>Steps to the sky</title><subtitle type='html'>I love the sky, with no boundaries... I desire world peace.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>318</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8634819330930492510</id><published>2012-02-17T09:32:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2012-02-17T09:32:43.668+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Ranunculus</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XwZ6uc1-gHA/TzpvUBodI9I/AAAAAAAAIhM/Odw3x9QTztQ/s1600/%25E5%2590%258D%25E7%25A7%25B0%25E6%259C%25AA%25E8%25A8%25AD%25E5%25AE%259A%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A9%25E3%2583%25AB%25E3%2583%2580+31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XwZ6uc1-gHA/TzpvUBodI9I/AAAAAAAAIhM/Odw3x9QTztQ/s320/%25E5%2590%258D%25E7%25A7%25B0%25E6%259C%25AA%25E8%25A8%25AD%25E5%25AE%259A%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A9%25E3%2583%25AB%25E3%2583%2580+31.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surprisingly, Ranunculus flowers I decorated for a New Year's day have lasted for more than a month. &amp;nbsp;Now the petals are very transparent. &amp;nbsp;I've been completely hooked on Ranunculus flowers, which are available in &amp;nbsp;different varieties. &amp;nbsp;The blooming season is spring and I'm really looking forward to seeing them outside under the warm sunshine. &amp;nbsp;I've spent inside my house almost for a week as I got a flu last week. &amp;nbsp;I quite miss the sunshine and doing the gardening now:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;お正月用に飾ったラナンキュラスがまだ枯れずに咲いています。もうひと月以上も経つのに...びっくりです。 今、花びらが透き通ってとってもきれいです。その様子がとてもきれいなので調べたらいろ〜んな種類のものがあるのですね。すっかり魅せられてしまいました。春、青空の下で陽射しを浴びて咲くラナンキュラスが早く見たいです。先週、インフルエンザにかかってしまって約１週間家に缶詰でしたので、お日様が恋しいです。それに、庭仕事もしたくなってきました＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8634819330930492510?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8634819330930492510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8634819330930492510&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8634819330930492510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8634819330930492510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2012/02/ranunculus.html' title='Ranunculus'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XwZ6uc1-gHA/TzpvUBodI9I/AAAAAAAAIhM/Odw3x9QTztQ/s72-c/%25E5%2590%258D%25E7%25A7%25B0%25E6%259C%25AA%25E8%25A8%25AD%25E5%25AE%259A%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A9%25E3%2583%25AB%25E3%2583%2580+31.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7636937262197193793</id><published>2012-02-04T07:03:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T10:16:55.884+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Five senses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bCIi_WXaRtY/Tyh5kUkK3WI/AAAAAAAAId0/XqI4nC0ex-I/s1600/P1040064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bCIi_WXaRtY/Tyh5kUkK3WI/AAAAAAAAId0/XqI4nC0ex-I/s320/P1040064.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm so grateful to be able to feel and taste by using five senses. &lt;br /&gt;I really thankful for those senses.&lt;br /&gt;How precious and valuable it is just to be here. &lt;br /&gt;See?! The flowers ( My birthday present on Jan.31) are still smiling at me gently this morning. I'm enjoying bathing in the tender love:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;五感を持っているからこそ感じたり味わったりできる。ありがたいことです。存在していること自体すごいことですね。今朝もね、お誕生日にもらったお花の優しさをたっぷり味わっています＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7636937262197193793?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7636937262197193793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7636937262197193793&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7636937262197193793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7636937262197193793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2012/02/five-senses.html' title='Five senses'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bCIi_WXaRtY/Tyh5kUkK3WI/AAAAAAAAId0/XqI4nC0ex-I/s72-c/P1040064.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-217935289511487966</id><published>2012-02-01T00:08:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T01:46:38.422+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><title type='text'>Be natural</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mw7ECHjurr4/Tylkauvei7I/AAAAAAAAIeE/bYlMgeboatI/s1600/P1030977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mw7ECHjurr4/Tylkauvei7I/AAAAAAAAIeE/bYlMgeboatI/s320/P1030977.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can not deny what I feel.&lt;br /&gt;It's not necessary to lie to myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;感じたことに嘘はつけないし...ごまかす必要もないんだな。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-217935289511487966?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/217935289511487966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=217935289511487966&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/217935289511487966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/217935289511487966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2012/02/be-natural.html' title='Be natural'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mw7ECHjurr4/Tylkauvei7I/AAAAAAAAIeE/bYlMgeboatI/s72-c/P1030977.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-632932802208807487</id><published>2012-01-22T22:54:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T05:28:28.011+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Into the white light..</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FdD7gAppM3c/TxdTOX56lBI/AAAAAAAAIdg/lEAWSlvtOGw/s1600/P1030931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FdD7gAppM3c/TxdTOX56lBI/AAAAAAAAIdg/lEAWSlvtOGw/s320/P1030931.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our moments turn into memories so fast, and then the memories, good or bad, gradually fade into the white light... On the one hand, memories are too beautiful to let them go, and on the other hand, they are too painful to hold even for a second. However, in either case, they fade into the white light, which is warm, peaceful and positive. I don't know how to describe my feelings, but I felt like everything is all right. There's no worries in this world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;瞬間瞬間の出来事はすぐに記憶に変わり、その記憶は良いものであれ悪いものであれ、徐々に白い光の中にうっすらと消えていってしまう...。素晴らしくてなかなか手放せないものだったり、ほんの一瞬たりとも抱えていたくないものだったりするけれど...どちらにしてもやがて白い光の中に消え入ってしまう。その光は暖かく穏やかで...うまく説明できないけれど...すべて問題ない、大丈夫。そんな気がした。この世に心配するものなど何もない。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-632932802208807487?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/632932802208807487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=632932802208807487&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/632932802208807487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/632932802208807487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2012/01/into-white-light.html' title='Into the white light..'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FdD7gAppM3c/TxdTOX56lBI/AAAAAAAAIdg/lEAWSlvtOGw/s72-c/P1030931.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8554471293516146489</id><published>2012-01-16T13:59:00.013+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T04:38:41.085+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><title type='text'>Cat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4k6gUDjl5zs/TxN5B9YMp6I/AAAAAAAAIdQ/gYOuu4tQQcM/s1600/P1020867-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4k6gUDjl5zs/TxN5B9YMp6I/AAAAAAAAIdQ/gYOuu4tQQcM/s320/P1020867-1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been almost two years and three months since my cat Nyan passed away. I didn't feel like having another cat somehow. I felt Nyan was too special to me(I still feel he is). However, my husband(he was not such a cat fancier before..) and my daughter have been asking me if we have another one. Then my feelings have been changing little by little. More than anything, it was when I happened to hold the cat which one of my friends had asked me to have that I was sooo tempted. Since then, my feelings have changed a lot. Maybe...we will have another cat(s) within this year...if given the opportunity:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;ニャンくんが逝ってしまって、約２年と３ヶ月が経ちました。ニャンくんへの想いが特別すぎて、なかなか新しい猫ちゃんを飼う気にならないでいたのですが、夫（以前はそんなに猫に興味を持っていなかった人なのに）や娘から「猫、飼わないの？」と言われ続け、少しずつ気持ちが変化してきてしまいました。何より、ご近所で里親を探しいるお友達がいて、先日たまたまその猫ちゃんを抱っこしてしまってからはいけません^^; 今年のうちに新しい猫ちゃんを飼うことになるかもです。もし機会があったら...ですけれど＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8554471293516146489?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8554471293516146489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8554471293516146489&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8554471293516146489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8554471293516146489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2012/01/cat.html' title='Cat'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4k6gUDjl5zs/TxN5B9YMp6I/AAAAAAAAIdQ/gYOuu4tQQcM/s72-c/P1020867-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2425110377376285225</id><published>2012-01-12T23:17:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T02:25:08.979+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Come and go...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-csqsWbYwZZc/Tw7Yl8I3T_I/AAAAAAAAIcs/trqFpXYhQlg/s1600/Dec.26%252C2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-csqsWbYwZZc/Tw7Yl8I3T_I/AAAAAAAAIcs/trqFpXYhQlg/s320/Dec.26%252C2011.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The light of the last sunset glanced across the calm sea and the smooth beach.&amp;nbsp;It was too gentle and warm to let it go...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2425110377376285225?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2425110377376285225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2425110377376285225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2012/01/come-and-go.html' title='Come and go...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-csqsWbYwZZc/Tw7Yl8I3T_I/AAAAAAAAIcs/trqFpXYhQlg/s72-c/Dec.26%252C2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1218946954639124463</id><published>2012-01-04T11:36:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T09:28:55.291+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Part of the ocean</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RH5c6P-YUOQ/TwOiX49lkOI/AAAAAAAAIbM/awwwvmY-Wp8/s1600/P1040055-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RH5c6P-YUOQ/TwOiX49lkOI/AAAAAAAAIbM/awwwvmY-Wp8/s320/P1040055-1.jpg" width="262" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My days have passed gently. &amp;nbsp;I feel grateful to be alive and enjoy new year's days with my family, in the warm room.&amp;nbsp;While my heart aches when I think about people who lost their houses and families and people who still don't know their future directions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;年が明け、穏やかな日々を過ごしています。こうして家族と暖かい部屋でお正月を過ごすことができることを本当にありがたく思います。家や家族をなくした方々、今後どうなっていくか不安の中にいる方々はどんなお正月を過ごしていらっしゃるか...思うと胸が痛みます。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bpBpxQlXJgA/TwOif5D2ahI/AAAAAAAAIbY/IiAr9vC71nc/s1600/p20111227-074452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bpBpxQlXJgA/TwOif5D2ahI/AAAAAAAAIbY/IiAr9vC71nc/s320/p20111227-074452.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember a little story in the book of Tuesdays with Morrie. &lt;br /&gt;It goes like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;”I heard a nice little story the other day," Morrie says.  He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait. "Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. &amp;nbsp;He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air---until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore." "'My God, this is terrible,' the wave says. &amp;nbsp;'Look what's going to happen to me!' "Then along comes another wave. &amp;nbsp;It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?' " "The first wave says, 'You don't understand! &amp;nbsp;We're all going to crash! &amp;nbsp;All of us waves are going to be nothing! &amp;nbsp;Isn't it terrible?' " "The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. &amp;nbsp;You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'" I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again.  "Part of the ocean," he says, "part of the ocean. I watch him breathe, in and out, in and out.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes. I am Part of the whole. We share everything good or bad.&lt;br /&gt;I will live my life well this year as what I do matters to the whole. Well..having said that...I will enjoy my everyday life naturally:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;『モリー先生との火曜日』という本の中に次のような一節があります。&lt;br /&gt;...「この間おもしろい小話を聞いてね」とモリーは言い出し、しばらく目を閉じている。ぼくは待ちかまえる。「いいかい。実は、小さな波の話で、その波は海の中でぷかぷか上がったり下がったり、楽しい時を過ごしていた。気持ちのいい風、すがすがしい空気ーーところがやがて、ほかの波たちが目の前で次々に岸に砕けるのに気づいた。『わあ、たいへんだ。ぼくもああなるのか』　そこへもう一つの波がやってきた。最初の波が暗い顔をしているのを見て、『何がそんなに悲しいんだ？』とたずねる。最初の波は答えた。。『わかっちゃいないね。ぼくたち波はみんな砕けちゃうんだぜ！　みんななにもなくなる！ああ、おそろしい』すると二番目の波がこう言った。『ばか、わかっちゃいないのはおまえだよ。おまえは波なんかじゃない。海の一部分なんだよ』ぼくは笑った。モリーはまた目を閉じる。「海の一部分、海の一部分」息づかいが見える。吸って、吐いて、吸って、吐いて...（別宮貞徳氏訳）。&lt;br /&gt;私は全体の中の一部。良いことも悪いことも私たちひとりひとりに関わりのあることなのだと思います。今年も自分なりに正しく過ごして行きたいと思います。全体を良くしたいと思ったら、ひとりひとりの行動が重要になってくるのでしょうから...でも、あまり気負わず自然体で、楽しみながら＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1218946954639124463?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1218946954639124463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1218946954639124463&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1218946954639124463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1218946954639124463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2012/01/part-of-ocean.html' title='Part of the ocean'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RH5c6P-YUOQ/TwOiX49lkOI/AAAAAAAAIbM/awwwvmY-Wp8/s72-c/P1040055-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7998702596609140936</id><published>2011-12-31T04:26:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T09:49:48.934+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>With love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W_RD8uFaYuY/Tv3ojRiubeI/AAAAAAAAIa4/68fejgmUjNE/s1600/P1030328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W_RD8uFaYuY/Tv3ojRiubeI/AAAAAAAAIa4/68fejgmUjNE/s320/P1030328.JPG" width="308" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I've learned this year is huge!&lt;br /&gt;I've learned a lot from the disastrous earthquake, from my friends, let alone from the tiny things of my everyday experience.&lt;br /&gt;I wrote that "our consciousness creates our world" &lt;a href="http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/12/key-to-freedom.html" target="_blank"&gt;on the end of last year&lt;/a&gt; and I feel that's really right. Our consciousness even can change the world! &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Living our own life faithfully and wishing for the world peace strongly will change the world for the better. In a way, we have a responsibility for our life and for the world.&lt;br /&gt;The earthquake this year showed us that life, in fact, is simple. We just make it complicated. We are all the same, we are all full of LOVE at our core! &amp;nbsp;I convinced that when we had a huge love from all over the world on 3.11 earthquake. The above photo is LOVE from French girl Agathe who is one of &lt;a href="http://www.poetic-chronicles.org/" target="_blank"&gt;my blog friend,Valerie's&lt;/a&gt; daughters.(now I see Valerie my real friend:)) &amp;nbsp;We can connect with people beyond countries, with love, if once we have a conscious desire! &amp;nbsp;We can create a peaceful world without war, just simply by using LOVE. &lt;br /&gt;I really thank you to all my friends for being there..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;今年得たものはとても大きかったです。日々の些細なことからはもちろんですが、３月11日の震災やお友達の人生を通して、たくさんのことを学びました。昨年の暮れに&lt;a href="http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/12/key-to-freedom.html" target="_blank"&gt;こちら&lt;/a&gt;に書いたことですが、「意識が世界を創る」というのはほんとうだなぁと改めて思いました。意識で世界を変えることさえできるのだと思います。自分の人生を誠実に、そして世界が平和になることを強く願って生きて行けばきっと世界を変えることができる。。。ある意味私たちには自分の人生にも世界にも責任があるということなのですね。あの地震が、人生ってほんとうは単純なもの。私たちが複雑にしてしまっているだけなのだと改めて気づかせてくれたような気がします。私たちは根底ではみな同じ。あふれる愛そのものなのだと...地震のとき世界中の人たちが見せてくださった愛で確信もしました。上の写真は、３月11日の地震のときに、ブログを通してお友達になった&lt;a href="http://www.poetic-chronicles.org/" target="_blank"&gt;ヴァレリーさん&lt;/a&gt; のお嬢さんが描いて送ってくれた愛いっぱいの絵です＾＾　つながりたいと強く意識しさえすれば、国境を越えてつながることはできるのですね。愛を込めれば平和な世界をきづくことはできる...そう思います。出逢ったすべての方に今年も感謝です。一年間ありがとうございました。 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7998702596609140936?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7998702596609140936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7998702596609140936&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7998702596609140936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7998702596609140936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/12/with-love.html' title='With love'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W_RD8uFaYuY/Tv3ojRiubeI/AAAAAAAAIa4/68fejgmUjNE/s72-c/P1030328.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1828993335371482436</id><published>2011-12-24T05:00:00.022+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T09:14:44.096+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Stras and Cranes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vnaq15wwxXc/TvTUR_DksmI/AAAAAAAAIU4/AQ-tWuzsM-o/s1600/P1040014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vnaq15wwxXc/TvTUR_DksmI/AAAAAAAAIU4/AQ-tWuzsM-o/s320/P1040014.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I crocheted stars, folded paper cranes, strung beads, praying for people in the disaster area and world safety and peace..&amp;nbsp;and decorated my small Christmas Tree with them...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;今年震災で被害を受けた方々や世界の安全と平和を願いながら...星を編み、おりがみで鶴を折り、ビーズをつなぎ、小さなクリスマスツリーに飾りました＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1828993335371482436?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1828993335371482436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1828993335371482436&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1828993335371482436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1828993335371482436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/12/stras-and-cranes.html' title='Stras and Cranes'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vnaq15wwxXc/TvTUR_DksmI/AAAAAAAAIU4/AQ-tWuzsM-o/s72-c/P1040014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8202112823724680269</id><published>2011-12-20T11:55:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T02:11:10.844+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Bare trees and Camellia trees</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uzbVoRkd9BM/TvDBIOnz-RI/AAAAAAAAIUc/oPxhq13NO_4/s1600/P1030992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="137" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uzbVoRkd9BM/TvDBIOnz-RI/AAAAAAAAIUc/oPxhq13NO_4/s400/P1030992.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oAD3BlWdTTk/TvDBOxGUAmI/AAAAAAAAIUg/HeJfyNNM5wE/s1600/P1030999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="169" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oAD3BlWdTTk/TvDBOxGUAmI/AAAAAAAAIUg/HeJfyNNM5wE/s200/P1030999.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It's already late December. Deciduous trees have shed their such colorful leaves &amp;nbsp;and been showing their beautiful bare branches. While Camellias add bright red / pink / white colors to the monotony of winter. In Japan, people use Camellia trees as a hedge. In my tiny garden, Camellia flowers are in full bloom now. Bare trees and blooming camellias...Each &amp;nbsp;plant has a different peak season. Every single thing in this universe plays a unique role for balance, and connects each other. So do we:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;もう12月も後半。あんなに色づいていた木々の葉も落ち、あの、きらきらした裸ん坊の枝があらわになってきました。そんな中、道々、垣根として植えられた赤やピンク、純白の山茶花が冬色になっていく街に彩りを添えています。我が家の庭の山茶花も今満開。それぞれにピークを迎える季節が違うのだとあらためて思います。ただ存在するだけでちゃんとそれぞれの役割を果たしてる...。私たちも同じですね。＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8202112823724680269?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8202112823724680269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8202112823724680269&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8202112823724680269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8202112823724680269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/12/bare-trees-and-camellia.html' title='Bare trees and Camellia trees'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uzbVoRkd9BM/TvDBIOnz-RI/AAAAAAAAIUc/oPxhq13NO_4/s72-c/P1030992.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1772388419998406475</id><published>2011-12-07T20:30:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T20:56:40.509+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Knitting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TOkxIrNs_UE/Tt7QnsBipBI/AAAAAAAAISQ/s9N9qJm3iFE/s1600/P1030947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TOkxIrNs_UE/Tt7QnsBipBI/AAAAAAAAISQ/s9N9qJm3iFE/s320/P1030947.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, I've finished knitting the blue cardigan. It took months to finish it. I had started knitting it before the earthquake, then, after the earthquake, I didn't feel like knitting until September.  But...well, now that it has been completed, I like it anyway. The number one reason is that&amp;nbsp;the yarns are hand-dyed using plant-dyes.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Besides, it's light and &amp;nbsp;possible to wear in many ways (at least two ways, short and long).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I crocheted a broach with some pieces of yarn as well :)&amp;nbsp;I already have some interesting plan for next knitting. It's a bit of challenge for me:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CRxL7x5ur0U/Tt7TRhFqb9I/AAAAAAAAISk/gID_TtnZLDE/s1600/P1030957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CRxL7x5ur0U/Tt7TRhFqb9I/AAAAAAAAISk/gID_TtnZLDE/s320/P1030957.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;やっとブルーのカーディガンが完成しました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;3.11の地震前に始めて、その後やる気をなくし、９月頃ようやっと再開したのでした^^;　ずいぶんかかってしまいましたけれど、出来上がってみると結構気に入っています。何より草木染めの糸を使っているので、それだけで気持ちいいです＾＾それと...軽いですし何通りにも着れるので。。。おまけとして半端の糸でブローチも編みました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;次はちょっと挑戦しようと思っていることがあります♪&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1772388419998406475?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1772388419998406475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1772388419998406475&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1772388419998406475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1772388419998406475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/12/knitting.html' title='Knitting'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TOkxIrNs_UE/Tt7QnsBipBI/AAAAAAAAISQ/s9N9qJm3iFE/s72-c/P1030947.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4974667612325587373</id><published>2011-11-29T01:44:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T08:55:15.700+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Persimmon fruit and Chrysanthemums</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJY29xWjt50/Ts9_ALxU3fI/AAAAAAAAIOc/onu3A0tdSvU/s1600/P1030923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="241" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJY29xWjt50/Ts9_ALxU3fI/AAAAAAAAIOc/onu3A0tdSvU/s320/P1030923.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The persimmon fruit in my parents' garden is just ready to eat. I have been picking some of the ripening fruit since the middle of November, little by little. Last weekend, I picked most of the fruit and trimmed the trees for my parents.&lt;br /&gt;Under the persimmon tree, there are chrysanthemums in full bloom now. &amp;nbsp;Some of the chrysanthemums were snuggling against the trunk of the persimmon tree, which looked so cute in the warm sunshine to me that I took a picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--FiMOjDhkv8/TtBckPXhJQI/AAAAAAAAIOw/C6GRth3Zj5g/s1600/P1030936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--FiMOjDhkv8/TtBckPXhJQI/AAAAAAAAIOw/C6GRth3Zj5g/s320/P1030936.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11月に入って実家の柿が食べごろになってきましたので、少しずつ熟した柿を取り始め、先週大方取り終えました。伸び過ぎた枝も両親に代わって少し剪定しました。柿の木の下には、白い菊が植わっているのですが、柔らかな陽射しを受けた菊の花が柿の木に寄り添う姿が何だか可愛らしかったので写真を撮りました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4974667612325587373?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4974667612325587373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4974667612325587373&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4974667612325587373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4974667612325587373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/11/another-sunny-day.html' title='Persimmon fruit and Chrysanthemums'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJY29xWjt50/Ts9_ALxU3fI/AAAAAAAAIOc/onu3A0tdSvU/s72-c/P1030923.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8623510423692279917</id><published>2011-11-25T09:30:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T18:15:46.617+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>One sunny day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJMhOdj4pek/Ts5gS1hgDbI/AAAAAAAAINQ/zJ8qAmxzve0/s1600/P1030902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJMhOdj4pek/Ts5gS1hgDbI/AAAAAAAAINQ/zJ8qAmxzve0/s320/P1030902.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was a sunny day yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;The sunshine was soft and warm for late November.&lt;br /&gt;I really appreciated the moment, the comfort from nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the world today, everything is complicated, and we don't know what will happen tomorrow and sometimes it is not easy to live according to nature, yet the surest way to cultivate a zest for living is to obey natural laws...I thought like that walking in the sunshine yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;昨日はよいお天気でした。日差しも晩秋にしては柔らかくとてもあたたかでした。とてもありがたいことです。今世の中、いろんなことが複雑になってしまっていて、明日何が起るかもわかりません。自然に添った生活はときに難しく感じることもありますけれど、それでも...自然の法則に従った生き方が一番なんだと、あたたかなな陽射しの中歩きながら思いました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8623510423692279917?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8623510423692279917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8623510423692279917&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8623510423692279917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8623510423692279917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/11/one-sunny-day.html' title='One sunny day'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJMhOdj4pek/Ts5gS1hgDbI/AAAAAAAAINQ/zJ8qAmxzve0/s72-c/P1030902.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7553286276779127245</id><published>2011-11-17T08:13:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T12:15:26.916+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Strength</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1w5ca0uT2fc/TsRAunJCbpI/AAAAAAAAIMQ/fZNTq-F92Gc/s1600/P1030896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1w5ca0uT2fc/TsRAunJCbpI/AAAAAAAAIMQ/fZNTq-F92Gc/s320/P1030896.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; I love the moss on the trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X1c_Ui7Qcoo/TsRAo5W7WdI/AAAAAAAAIMI/QWhFQZwBjWI/s1600/P1030895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X1c_Ui7Qcoo/TsRAo5W7WdI/AAAAAAAAIMI/QWhFQZwBjWI/s400/P1030895.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The trees look deep and strong.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7553286276779127245?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7553286276779127245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7553286276779127245&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7553286276779127245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7553286276779127245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/11/strength.html' title='Strength'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1w5ca0uT2fc/TsRAunJCbpI/AAAAAAAAIMQ/fZNTq-F92Gc/s72-c/P1030896.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4505142916025224155</id><published>2011-11-09T08:51:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T09:48:58.906+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Thinking of you...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eyn9bVyLFnc/Tdc5sjSA8fI/AAAAAAAAHVo/A8F081pfUa0/s1600/P1030198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eyn9bVyLFnc/Tdc5sjSA8fI/AAAAAAAAHVo/A8F081pfUa0/s320/P1030198.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;ダイジョウブ？&lt;br /&gt;いつも思ってます。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4505142916025224155?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4505142916025224155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4505142916025224155&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4505142916025224155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4505142916025224155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/11/blog-post.html' title='Thinking of you...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eyn9bVyLFnc/Tdc5sjSA8fI/AAAAAAAAHVo/A8F081pfUa0/s72-c/P1030198.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4137911229162373330</id><published>2011-11-03T11:30:00.283+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T12:53:54.331+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Retail shops</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGsPy7_mQdg/Tq6uqhrZMrI/AAAAAAAAH6g/gY-N-VEiqxg/s1600/P1030687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGsPy7_mQdg/Tq6uqhrZMrI/AAAAAAAAH6g/gY-N-VEiqxg/s400/P1030687.JPG" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The above photo is an old fashioned specialized geta(wooden clogs) shop. These kinds of retail shops have been driven out of business by large-scaled shopping centers. To me, they have charm and character though. I love visiting the shops where I can feel "craftsmanship" and also "time and space". Unfortunately, I don't feel the same way when I go to trendy shopping malls. They all look the same and I feel something boring instead. I feel this way maybe because too many trendy malls have been built here and there in recent years. Also..I somehow feel we are losing something important...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;写真は昔ながらの下駄専門店ですが、こういったお店、最近では大型店舗に押しやられて少なくなりました。時代の流れでしょうけれど。でもどこか味わいがあっていいなと思います。細々とでも職人さん魂の感じるお店とか、「時」の積み重ねをしみじみ感じるようなお店が好きです。残念ですが、最近流行の大型ショッピングモールではそんな感覚を味わえません。なんだか私には味気なく感じてしまいます。皆同じように見えて。たぶん同じようなモールがあまりにもたくさん建てられ過ぎたからでしょうか。それに、何か大事なものを失っていくような...ちょっと心が渇く感覚がしてしまいます。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4137911229162373330?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4137911229162373330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4137911229162373330&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4137911229162373330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4137911229162373330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/11/retail-shops.html' title='Retail shops'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGsPy7_mQdg/Tq6uqhrZMrI/AAAAAAAAH6g/gY-N-VEiqxg/s72-c/P1030687.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7440381745433970629</id><published>2011-10-22T12:00:00.096+09:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T16:32:17.974+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Praying Mantis and Zen-frog</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsiIDA8yI-g/TqFQYw-QvVI/AAAAAAAAH2w/FxIqvN3lzQs/s1600/P1030704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsiIDA8yI-g/TqFQYw-QvVI/AAAAAAAAH2w/FxIqvN3lzQs/s320/P1030704.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other day, I met a praying mantis at a park. &amp;nbsp; He(she?) was &amp;nbsp;sensitive to my movement. &amp;nbsp;I was too big for his meal though... &amp;nbsp;I wonder how I looked in his compound eyes..(..I still want to have a nice camera with a macro lens..to see his eyes.)&lt;br /&gt;By the way, I find the name "praying mantis"is interesting. &amp;nbsp;It seems its name is for their stance. Do they pray before eating their "prey", I wonder?:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JqX0dWN5_Pg/TqFQRZCzeNI/AAAAAAAAH2o/XYJ3AckHIRE/s1600/P1030694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JqX0dWN5_Pg/TqFQRZCzeNI/AAAAAAAAH2o/XYJ3AckHIRE/s320/P1030694.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I met a frog sitting calm at the corner of an old house. It was like he(she?) had been sitting there for ages in order to achieve enlightenment. &amp;nbsp;So I call him Zen-frog. :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how to describe my feelings, &amp;nbsp;but I get encouragement when I see small creatures and see their uniqueness. &amp;nbsp;It is not only human beings who live in this world. &amp;nbsp;Sometimes they show me a different perspective of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*******&lt;br /&gt;Well...my mother has been in a bit negative mood again.. &amp;nbsp;I always hope she sees things from a different way...&lt;br /&gt;Hummm..I find it's really hard to change her root thought though (maybe never possible).&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps, in order to see things from a different perspective, we need meditation like that zen-frog, I suppose:) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The water lilies (Suiren in Japanese) are still there at the park.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xu7lb5oLqhw/TqIh_NKQViI/AAAAAAAAH3Y/2p5Bp98t1Lo/s1600/P1030705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xu7lb5oLqhw/TqIh_NKQViI/AAAAAAAAH3Y/2p5Bp98t1Lo/s320/P1030705.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;写真は先日公園にいたカマキリ君とカエル君です。カマキリ君のあの動きの察知能力ってすごいですね。まぁカマキリ君の食事にしては私は大きすぎですけれど^^;ぐびっと首が動いたのが面白かったです。あの複眼の目に私の姿はどんな風に映っていたのでしょう。（あぁ、やっぱりマクロのレンズのついたカメラが欲しい...複眼の様子とかもっとよく見てみたいです）ところで、英名のpraying Mantisですが、pray=祈るという名がついてるが面白いなぁと思いました。確かにあの前足は祈っているようにも見えなくはないけれど....^^; 獲物（＝prey)を食べる前にお祈りしてからいただくのかしら...^^;　カエル君は静かに古民家の柱の隅のところでじ〜っとしていました。色といい...なんだかもう何年も悟りを開くためにそこに居たかのような感じでした。なので、禅フロッグと名付けました^^　どう説明したらよいかわからないのですが、こういった小さな生き物を見るたびにどこか元気をもらえます（確か以前も書いたことですけれど）。この世界に住んでいるのは人間だけというわけではないのですよね。彼らのユニークな姿とか見てるともっと大きな気持ちになれるというか...何か違う視点を教えてもらえるというか...。　このところ、母がまたネガティブになってしまっていて、何とか違うものの見方とかしくれないかなぁと働きかけてるのですが、人の根本的なものの見方とかを変えるの難しいですね^^; たぶん他人には不可能なことなのかも。自分の内側を自分で内観した上でないとなかなかその見方は変わらないかも...禅フロッグ君みたいに内観しないと^^;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7440381745433970629?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7440381745433970629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7440381745433970629&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7440381745433970629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7440381745433970629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/10/praying-mantis-and-zen-frog.html' title='Praying Mantis and Zen-frog'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsiIDA8yI-g/TqFQYw-QvVI/AAAAAAAAH2w/FxIqvN3lzQs/s72-c/P1030704.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2905716622798661734</id><published>2011-10-12T08:50:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T06:42:40.367+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>One sunny day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MMxnQj1XPQw/TpQfA8mSTiI/AAAAAAAAHx4/Zs1ll8lnyEQ/s1600/P1030665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MMxnQj1XPQw/TpQfA8mSTiI/AAAAAAAAHx4/Zs1ll8lnyEQ/s400/P1030665.JPG" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a small car accident the other day, and I had to take my car to the sheet-metal plant which is located about 30minutes by car. A man at the sheet-metal plant recommended me to take a bus to the nearest station when I go back, as it takes about an hour by foot, but &amp;nbsp;I chose walking. Walking is comfortable on a sunny day. I could find sweet small things on my way. I stopped off at a temple. There, I met a stray cat and spent some time and enjoyed lovely autumn sunshine with him(her? I don't know). It was a sunny autumn day.　(more photos&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/suiren.pica/Cats" target="_blank"&gt;"here"&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;先日、軽い接触事故を起こしてしまいまして(x_x)　それで車で30分ほどの板金工場に車を預けに行きました。帰り、最寄り駅まで歩くと一時間ほどかかってしまうので、板金工場のご主人さんはバスをすすめてくださったのですが、歩くことにしました。お天気でしたし^^ いろいろなものに出逢えましたし、歩くのはいいものですね。途中寄ったお寺では野良猫くんと会ってしばらく秋の日差しを一緒に楽しみました。&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/suiren.pica/Cats" target="_blank"&gt;"こちらにもちょっと野良猫くんの写真あります"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2905716622798661734?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/2905716622798661734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=2905716622798661734&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2905716622798661734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2905716622798661734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/10/one-sunny-day.html' title='One sunny day'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MMxnQj1XPQw/TpQfA8mSTiI/AAAAAAAAHx4/Zs1ll8lnyEQ/s72-c/P1030665.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7469942602593027766</id><published>2011-09-27T20:41:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T09:04:20.364+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>September 25.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-051FciR6YTE/Tn8VXgVjZKI/AAAAAAAAHs0/5zQk4H9zLos/s1600/20110519-081204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-051FciR6YTE/Tn8VXgVjZKI/AAAAAAAAHs0/5zQk4H9zLos/s400/20110519-081204.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following the equinox, everything is suddenly enfolded by the autumnal air. &amp;nbsp;The day gets shorter. &amp;nbsp;In the evening, the sky changes its color to golden orange and cobalt blue, then the colors fade into dark gray clouds, faster than summer days, which makes me feel a bit melancholy...&lt;br /&gt;In such a season, she came to my life... &lt;br /&gt;It's a bit funny feeling and I don't know well where it comes from and what it is, but vaguely,&amp;nbsp;I feel I'm free from the ego's idea&amp;nbsp;when I'm with her. &amp;nbsp;I feel a sense of peace and it's relaxing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;お彼岸を過ぎると急に秋めいてきます。日は短くなるし、夕刻の空を染める金橙色と青色は、夏のころより早く暗い雲の中に消え入ってしまいます。そんな秋の夕空はどこか寂しげ。。。そんなお彼岸のころ娘は私のところにやってきました。どうしてこんな気持ちになるのか、不思議で、何だかよくわからないのですけれど、娘といっしょにいると何となく自我というものをあまり感じなくなって、気持ちがいいのです。平和な気持ち。。。（この気持ち、英語にするの難しい〜。あまりに　”なんとなく”　すぎて...^^;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7469942602593027766?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7469942602593027766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7469942602593027766&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7469942602593027766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7469942602593027766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-25.html' title='September 25.'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-051FciR6YTE/Tn8VXgVjZKI/AAAAAAAAHs0/5zQk4H9zLos/s72-c/20110519-081204.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1873970067349989213</id><published>2011-09-19T08:34:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T07:25:54.329+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NXwuC9FjLD0/Tl7B53rrfII/AAAAAAAAHnU/cqW57hvEQVY/s1600/P1030452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NXwuC9FjLD0/Tl7B53rrfII/AAAAAAAAHnU/cqW57hvEQVY/s320/P1030452.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was feeling sick last week, as I had caught a cold, but mainly because I was overcome by the heat and humidity. I think I got along with heat much better during August...  However, the time is harvest season now. The clouds flow fast high in the autumn sky and the rice fields have turned golden yellow. Looking at the golden rice fields, I can't stop thinking of Fukushima where is rich in nature...What a heartrending it must have been for them to leave such a beautiful home..&lt;br /&gt;Well...considering hazardous nature of nuclear power, I just feel that all nuclear power plants should be eliminated from this world. If there wasn't the nuclear plants accident, the recovery from the earthquake would have been much easier. If we really had been aware of the dangers of nuclear power generation or had thought about it more seriously and acted to prevent....we could have avoided the construction of NPP(at least it would have been less..) and could have used natural energy sources instead. We have a responsibility for allowing the construction... I just hope more and more people will unite in their opposition to NPP and will be accepted as one of the means of expressing our opposition, and not be viewed as a special or a weird movement...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;先週はちょっと風邪をひいたこともありましたが、蒸し暑さにやられました。なんだか８月中のほうが暑さとうまくやっていたような気がします。でも、もう季節は収穫の時を迎えています。雲は姿を刻々と変え秋空を流れて行きますし、田んぼも黄金色に色づいています。そんな黄金色の田んぼを見ていると、どうしても福島のことを思ってしまいます。自然豊かな福島...そこをどうしても離れなければならなかったなんて...切ないですよね。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;原発...どれだけの危険があるかを考えると、やっぱりこの地球上にはあるべきものではないと思えてならないです。もし原発事故がなかったら地震後の復興はもっと早かったでしょうに。今までほんとに無知だったと反省しています。もっと原発に真剣に向き合って建設に反対していたら...もっと自然エネルギーの開発を進めることができたかもしれません...。私たちにも責任の一端があるのだと思います。今からでも原発に反対の意思表示をしてくれる人たちがいっぱい増えてくれたらいいなと思います。その意思表示が自然な行動という風に社会で受け入れられればいいのに。。とも思います。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1873970067349989213?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1873970067349989213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1873970067349989213&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1873970067349989213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1873970067349989213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-was-feeling-sick-last-week-as-i-had.html' title=''/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NXwuC9FjLD0/Tl7B53rrfII/AAAAAAAAHnU/cqW57hvEQVY/s72-c/P1030452.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5958559563928920593</id><published>2011-09-06T08:39:00.014+09:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T12:19:35.851+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Scent of autumn rose...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qff23HY4pM/TmLUyqTmnAI/AAAAAAAAHpU/-bX7oasMLg4/s1600/P1030495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qff23HY4pM/TmLUyqTmnAI/AAAAAAAAHpU/-bX7oasMLg4/s400/P1030495.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having been stopped by the wafting sweet scent,&lt;br /&gt;I found a tiny rose, an autumn gift from nature. &lt;br /&gt;It has brought me a sense of joy and wonder&amp;nbsp;in being here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5958559563928920593?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5958559563928920593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5958559563928920593&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5958559563928920593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5958559563928920593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/09/scent-of-autumn-rose.html' title='Scent of autumn rose...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qff23HY4pM/TmLUyqTmnAI/AAAAAAAAHpU/-bX7oasMLg4/s72-c/P1030495.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-6982797897076866396</id><published>2011-09-02T10:13:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T10:13:13.375+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Okura flower</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ozNiyNvtCY/Tl9NPudCVcI/AAAAAAAAHoE/BUJfbcB8D9Y/s1600/P1030456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="285" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ozNiyNvtCY/Tl9NPudCVcI/AAAAAAAAHoE/BUJfbcB8D9Y/s400/P1030456.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, I succeeded in taking a photo of Okura flower! &lt;br /&gt;It's difficult to take a picture of it, because each okura flower blooms just only one day, opening in the morning and fading as dusk draws near. However, the flower is beautiful and its pure pale yellow petals are like butterfly wings. So pure...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;やっとオクラの花の写真が撮れました。朝、花ひらいたオクラの花は夕刻には閉じてしまうんです。咲いている時間がこんなに短いとは...^^; でも、とてもきれいです。薄くて澄んだ黄色い色をした花びらはまるで蝶の羽みたいです。ホントに楚々としてきれいです＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-6982797897076866396?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/6982797897076866396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=6982797897076866396&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6982797897076866396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6982797897076866396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/09/okura-flower.html' title='Okura flower'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ozNiyNvtCY/Tl9NPudCVcI/AAAAAAAAHoE/BUJfbcB8D9Y/s72-c/P1030456.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-163081985304849443</id><published>2011-08-30T10:00:00.013+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T23:51:34.260+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>LIFE311</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yRElFW94OYM/Tlz1K-mHnnI/AAAAAAAAHmw/lFDHXXoW8VM/s1600/jun+110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yRElFW94OYM/Tlz1K-mHnnI/AAAAAAAAHmw/lFDHXXoW8VM/s400/jun+110.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;It has been nearly six months since the earthquake occurred.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The disaster victims who lost their houses have gradually moved into temporary housing, it is said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;y the way, the grey color has been my concern about the temporary housing. I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;t's depressing when I think of living there.&amp;nbsp;Sadly, I don't think that the victims are able to get their own houses soon. &amp;nbsp;So a bit brighter color that make them relax would be better. &amp;nbsp;Also, it would be nice to have a shared flower garden or vegetable garden where people can come together and share their problems. &amp;nbsp;Hopefully, it will at least help to prevent them from isolation and solitary death, I suppose..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;While thinking like this, I happened to find an earthquake disaster support project, called "LIFE311"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.more-trees.org/eng/more-trees/introduction.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;"more trees organization"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;, founded by Ryuichi Sakamoto, a musician and a representer. &amp;nbsp;They offer wooden temporary houses using domestic timbers to the people living in the disaster area. (Please go&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://life311.more-trees.org/en" target="_blank"&gt;"LIFE311"&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;and see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;more information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Wooden temporary housing sounds nice. &amp;nbsp; By nature, we all want to connect with "living things", and want to share our love,&amp;nbsp;I wonder,&amp;nbsp;and wooden house might be able to satisfy our own neediness...　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;あの地震からもう６ヶ月近くが経ちました。家を失って避難所生活をされていた方々も徐々に仮設住宅へ入居しているようです。ところで灰色の仮設住宅のことですが、ずっと気が滅入る色だなぁと思ってきました。仮設住宅を出て自分の家で暮らすというのも、残念ですがすぐにできるわけではないのですから、住んでいる間は気持ちの安らぐような色の家だったらいいと思います。それに、共有できる花壇とか家庭菜園とかがあってもいいかなとも思います。そういう共有の場所で悩みを含めいろいろなことをわかち合えれば...そしたらひとりぽっちを感じて自ら命を断つということも、少しは防ぐことができるかもしれない。そんなことを考えていたら、先日、&lt;a href="http://www.more-trees.org/project/project_010.html" target="_blank"&gt;"LIFE311"&lt;/a&gt;という災害地支援プロジェクトの存在を知りました。あの坂本龍一さんが代表の&lt;a href="http://www.more-trees.org/eng/more-trees/introduction.html" target="_blank"&gt;"more trees"&lt;/a&gt;という森林保全団体が立ち上げたもので、被災地周辺の地域産材を活用した木造仮設住宅を被災地に暮らす人たちとともにつくるというものだそうです。うまく説明できないのですが、人間って本来「いのちあるもの」と繋がっていたいとか、愛を分ちあいたいとかいう気持ちがあるではないでしょうか。。木の家ならそんな気持ちもちょっとは満たされるかもしれないなと思いました＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-163081985304849443?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/163081985304849443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=163081985304849443&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/163081985304849443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/163081985304849443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/08/temporary-housing.html' title='LIFE311'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yRElFW94OYM/Tlz1K-mHnnI/AAAAAAAAHmw/lFDHXXoW8VM/s72-c/jun+110.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-61627139539414140</id><published>2011-08-21T12:33:00.016+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T10:04:44.769+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Colorful</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c20Ga5Mt0v8/TlBZQ1RLjuI/AAAAAAAAHl8/fdI4tmYwTyA/s1600/616doVVZZwL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c20Ga5Mt0v8/TlBZQ1RLjuI/AAAAAAAAHl8/fdI4tmYwTyA/s320/616doVVZZwL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="307" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rain has brought the coolness here.　&lt;br /&gt;Motivated by the temperature, I restarted crocheting my blue cardigan left undone for months because of lack of energy after the earthquake, together with the busy days in June and July. &amp;nbsp;I am rushing to finish it now anyway:)&lt;br /&gt;The other day, I found the above colorful book, which is what I imaged for a wall hanging that I wanted to make when I first started crocheting. (And my idea was that each crochet is detachable and able to wear, according to the day's feelings.)&lt;br /&gt;As for color, by the way, I think it is one of the mirrors that reflects its own culture. &amp;nbsp;The image of Japanese color is monotone or dusky, while it's colorful and vivid for western countries. I love Japanese Wabi-Sabi and Iki(chic) color world, and I rather choose something monotone for my clothes, but after visiting western bloggers sites and enjoying their amazingly creative works, I have been attracted to the colorful-colors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;雨が降ってずい分涼しくなりました。涼しいとまたかぎ編みなどがやりたくなります。地震のあとは編む気にもならなかったし、６月と７月は忙しくてその時間も持てなかったので、３月に始めた水色のカーディガンは完成もせずそのままでした。でも、また編み出したところです。早く終わらせてしまおうと今頑張ってます。上の写真は先日見つけたかぎ編みのパターンの載った本なのですが、かぎ編みを始めたころ、ちょうどこんな感じの作品を作って壁にかけたいなぁと思っていました(私の考えていたのは、それぞれのお花は取り外し可能で、その日の気分で選べるというものでした＾＾）そういえば、色って、それぞれの国の文化を反映してるなと思います。日本の色のイメージって、どこか抑えた感じの色ですが、西洋のイメージはとても色鮮やか。私は日本のあの侘び寂びや粋の色の世界が好きで、服を選ぶときもどちらかというと抑えた色を選んでしまいますが、海外のクリエイティブなブロガーさんたちのカラフルでとても素敵な作品を見ているうちに、鮮やかな色もいいなぁと思うようになりました＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-61627139539414140?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/61627139539414140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=61627139539414140&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/61627139539414140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/61627139539414140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/08/colorful.html' title='Colorful'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c20Ga5Mt0v8/TlBZQ1RLjuI/AAAAAAAAHl8/fdI4tmYwTyA/s72-c/616doVVZZwL._SL500_AA300_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7590322297002544046</id><published>2011-08-15T08:34:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T22:27:09.415+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>mini-pumpkin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ty9c6d8gBQg/TkW6ohntFNI/AAAAAAAAHjc/1aHCTDkWT8k/s1600/P1030434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ty9c6d8gBQg/TkW6ohntFNI/AAAAAAAAHjc/1aHCTDkWT8k/s320/P1030434.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;This is my mini pumpkin, first fruit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I'd been wondering if it was ready to eat or not...but&amp;nbsp;yesterday, I picked it and cooked it. &amp;nbsp;The size was just only palm size, and I saved a half of it for my parents as this is my first pumpkin fruit. &amp;nbsp;So what I ate actually was just a quarter (another quarter was for my husband), though. &amp;nbsp;I ate it with my other vegetables (green peppers, eggplants, and Okura) with gratitude. &amp;nbsp;Since the earthquake, I've felt thankful to be able to eat, even thankful to be able to get sweaty:) &amp;nbsp;I feel deeply these days that we've come to this world to experience and enjoy both good and bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;食べごろかどうかしばらく迷ったのですが、写真の状態で、ミニパンプキンを初収穫しました。手のひらサイズで小さいし、半分は（初物ですので）両親にも味わってもらおうと残したので実際に口にしたのは4分の1だけですけれど^^;　他にも収穫したピーマンとなすとオクラといっしょに、多謝、多謝といただきました^^ &amp;nbsp;おいしかったです。3.11の地震後は、食事のたびにホントにありがたい気持ちいっぱいでいただきます。汗をかけること自体、なんだかありがたい^^; 　私たちはいろんなことを経験し、味わうために生まれてきたのだなぁとしみじみ感じる今日この頃です。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7590322297002544046?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7590322297002544046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7590322297002544046&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7590322297002544046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7590322297002544046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/08/mini-pumpkin.html' title='mini-pumpkin'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ty9c6d8gBQg/TkW6ohntFNI/AAAAAAAAHjc/1aHCTDkWT8k/s72-c/P1030434.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-6652069381329445126</id><published>2011-08-11T23:59:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T10:07:01.749+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Feeling cooler</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G9F_Ed5858o/Tj48-EJEWUI/AAAAAAAAHgg/mARwYJspRbA/s1600/P1030426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G9F_Ed5858o/Tj48-EJEWUI/AAAAAAAAHgg/mARwYJspRbA/s400/P1030426.JPG" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;It has been very hot and humid these days.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Yesterday, a lot of people were hospitalized due to heat stroke...It was another hot day today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Since the earthquake, people have been trying all kinds of things to produce "feeling cooler", for power saving as well. &amp;nbsp;For example, recently, it has become very popular to grow leafy plants to shade windows from the sun. &amp;nbsp;Sudare(Bamboo blinds) and Furin(wind chimes) are also popular now, which are the ways that people in the past devised to stay cooler in the hot summer days.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I am trying things to feel cooler too:) &amp;nbsp;In addition to them, I use glass plates or bowls to serve the meals during the summer. &amp;nbsp;In my garden, I grow some cool looking flowers. &amp;nbsp;Visually, they help us to feel some relief from the heat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;このところ蒸し暑い日が続いています。昨日はたくさんの方が熱中症で病院に運ばれたそうですね。今日もそんな暑い日でした。最近、節電のためにも、多くのご家庭であれこれ涼しさの工夫をこらしていますよね。緑のカーテン、あちこちのご家庭で見られます。昔、涼を演出するのに使われたすだれや風鈴も今また大人気です。私もちょこっとやってますよ＾＾&lt;/span&gt;すだれや風鈴も楽しんでますが、他にも...食事にガラスの器を使ったり、庭に涼しげな花を植えたり。。。目で涼しさを感じています＾＾&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-6652069381329445126?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/6652069381329445126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=6652069381329445126&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6652069381329445126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6652069381329445126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/08/it-has-been-very-hot-and-humid-these.html' title='Feeling cooler'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G9F_Ed5858o/Tj48-EJEWUI/AAAAAAAAHgg/mARwYJspRbA/s72-c/P1030426.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4870332062430964326</id><published>2011-08-04T23:59:00.094+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T13:22:28.091+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>It's August now..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-VjXA_Ls3M/TjdII5Js-JI/AAAAAAAAHd0/OVefFvY4ALs/s1600/P1030404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-VjXA_Ls3M/TjdII5Js-JI/AAAAAAAAHd0/OVefFvY4ALs/s400/P1030404.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;It's August now. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;My hydrangea has lost its color and been dried, yet it's still beautiful!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Well...The months of June and July were extremely busy months for me. &amp;nbsp;Now, I really feel tired all over, and can't move well. &amp;nbsp;However I do happen to think of the earthquake victims! Their tiredness and anxiety must be huge, compared with mine. &amp;nbsp;I also have friends who have taken care of their mother and father and a friend who has fallen sick... This summer must be tough for them.　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I &amp;nbsp;can't do much...but they are all in my prayers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;もう８月。庭の紫陽花は色があせて乾燥してしまいました。でも...それはそれで素敵です^^&lt;br /&gt;６月と７月はとっても忙しい月でした。８月に入ってからどっと疲れがでてしまった感じで体が動きません。それにしても...被災地の方々の疲れと不安を思うと胸が詰まります！私のとは比べものにならないくらいの大きさでしょう...。私にはお母様やお父様の看病をされているお友達、ずっと体調を崩しているお友達がいるのですが、彼女たちにとっても辛い夏です。ほんとに...(思うことしかできませんが..)早く状況がよくなりますようにといつも思っています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4870332062430964326?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4870332062430964326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4870332062430964326&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4870332062430964326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4870332062430964326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/08/its-august-now.html' title='It&apos;s August now..'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-VjXA_Ls3M/TjdII5Js-JI/AAAAAAAAHd0/OVefFvY4ALs/s72-c/P1030404.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1154257749911336041</id><published>2011-07-12T10:33:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2011-07-12T11:05:35.026+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>My vegetables</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OdR_rAJA6lo/ThuE-yYIhQI/AAAAAAAAHbs/7JPCEc3-_30/s1600/P1030384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OdR_rAJA6lo/ThuE-yYIhQI/AAAAAAAAHbs/7JPCEc3-_30/s320/P1030384.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I have grown summer vegetables at the corner in my garden I made two years ago. This year, I planted seedlings, not in planters, but directly into the soils. &amp;nbsp;Now they have grown denser and bigger. &amp;nbsp;I planted three eggplant seedlings, one molokheiya(Jew's mallow) , three okras, paprikas(red and yellow), one green pepper, and two Shishito peppers, and one small pumpkin. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I grow some other herbs in some pots and planters, but I feel these summer vegetables are more cheerful.&amp;nbsp;I have already harvested the first two eggplants.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Every day, I find something new and get encouragement from this corner as well as other flowers in my tiny garden:) &amp;nbsp;Right now, I'm really looking forward to seeing okra flowers ♪&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fwe5HV4RTEg/ThuFEST1o9I/AAAAAAAAHbw/GLCwam_fdE8/s1600/P1030385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fwe5HV4RTEg/ThuFEST1o9I/AAAAAAAAHbw/GLCwam_fdE8/s320/P1030385.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;今年も夏野菜の苗を植えました。２年前に設けた野菜コーナーに、今年はプランターではなく地植えにしました。なすを３苗、モロヘイヤ１苗、オクラ、パプリカ黄色と赤を１苗ずつ、ピーマン、ししとう、それと小ぶりのカボチャ。なすはすでに２個いただきました＾＾ 他にもハーブものを鉢に植えていますけれど、地植えにしたこの野菜たちの元気には負けます。庭に出ると他の草花からはもちろん、日々元気に育つこの夏野菜からも新しい発見と元気をもらっています。今とても楽しみにしているのはオクラの花です♪&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1154257749911336041?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1154257749911336041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1154257749911336041&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1154257749911336041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1154257749911336041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-vegetables.html' title='My vegetables'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OdR_rAJA6lo/ThuE-yYIhQI/AAAAAAAAHbs/7JPCEc3-_30/s72-c/P1030384.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7238482038961597603</id><published>2011-07-07T23:43:00.019+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T10:05:41.275+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Balloon flower</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FnNH4NvtdeU/TgBvPMu33oI/AAAAAAAAHZw/TJqvHXG639k/s1600/P1030344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FnNH4NvtdeU/TgBvPMu33oI/AAAAAAAAHZw/TJqvHXG639k/s320/P1030344.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;It has been hot and humid here. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The balloon flower in my tiny garden is soothing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;When I come home and before I open the front door, &amp;nbsp;I see its purple color and star shape at the back of my garden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I realize that I have been enchanted by the beauty and uniqueness of each flower. They also have the beauty in each stage; I mean seeds, buds, and so on. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;By the way, the Japanese name of this flower is "Kikyo".&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;It is said that the name is derived from the Chinese medical plant "Kikkou", and the Chinese name is derived from its hard and straight root which is used for the medicine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;On the other hand, the English name of this flower is "balloon flower". The bud just before it opens is exactly like a paper balloon:).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mg6IcfgzBsw/TgBvPLbP1jI/AAAAAAAAHZw/I9OFmxsf5VY/s1600/P1030339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jj6porY2T9M/Thq8i1JVfVI/AAAAAAAAHbU/oeV8lHzqXNE/s1600/P1030351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jj6porY2T9M/Thq8i1JVfVI/AAAAAAAAHbU/oeV8lHzqXNE/s200/P1030351.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;蒸し暑い日が続いています。そんな中、家の裏庭に咲いている紫色の星形の姿に癒されています。帰宅すると奥のほうで出迎えてくれているかのような気がします^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt; 最近、植物ってホントにそれぞれ特徴があって面白いなぁと実感してます。この桔梗もそうですけれど...それぞれの成長段階もまた面白いと思います。蕾も咲き方もいろいろです^^ &amp;nbsp;ところで、桔梗の名前は中国の薬草の名前から来ているそうでね。中国ではキチコウとか読まれるみたいですが、漢名はその硬くてまっすぐな根っこに由来していると、語源辞典に載っていました^^ （漢字でまっすぐの意味の字は梗直と書くようです）漢方薬としてそのまっすぐで硬い根っこが使われるそうです。英名ではというと、面白いなと思ったのですが、花開くほんの少し前の蕾がまさしく風船のようなのですね♪で、その様子とぴったりのバルーンフラワーです！＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7238482038961597603?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7238482038961597603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7238482038961597603&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7238482038961597603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7238482038961597603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/07/balloon-flower.html' title='Balloon flower'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FnNH4NvtdeU/TgBvPMu33oI/AAAAAAAAHZw/TJqvHXG639k/s72-c/P1030344.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2871541958273038563</id><published>2011-06-28T08:13:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T08:23:16.819+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Talking to myself</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6TKpPuLRhKk/Tdc5uPCAbOI/AAAAAAAAHZE/LVsCTrfELj0/s1600/P1030239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6TKpPuLRhKk/Tdc5uPCAbOI/AAAAAAAAHZE/LVsCTrfELj0/s320/P1030239.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Center yourself.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Be honest and simple.&lt;br /&gt;Do your best.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;That's the best way to go...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2871541958273038563?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2871541958273038563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2871541958273038563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/06/talking-to-myself.html' title='Talking to myself'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6TKpPuLRhKk/Tdc5uPCAbOI/AAAAAAAAHZE/LVsCTrfELj0/s72-c/P1030239.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4523519472442590061</id><published>2011-06-22T17:22:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T10:06:28.258+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Hydrangea</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4JQLvxVAPvM/TgBvPXgnMuI/AAAAAAAAHZw/HAQvIFSg3d0/s1600/P1030345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4JQLvxVAPvM/TgBvPXgnMuI/AAAAAAAAHZw/HAQvIFSg3d0/s320/P1030345.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flowers in season make the garden so fresh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"&gt;Hydrangea in my tiny garden is in full bloom now,&amp;nbsp;which was a bit later than usual. &amp;nbsp;Through centuries, a variety of hydrangeas have been developed, but I love a classic one, especially pale purple color :). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Softly-colored purple flower gives me a sense of generosity, and I feel calm whenever I see it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;四季折々のお花っていいなぁと思います。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;我が家の庭の紫陽花は少し咲くのが遅れて、今満開です。&lt;/span&gt;最近では、いろいろな種類がでまわっているけれど、やっぱり昔ながらのものが好きです。優しいうす紫の色がとても寛容に見えて...何だかほっとした気持ちになります。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4523519472442590061?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4523519472442590061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4523519472442590061&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4523519472442590061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4523519472442590061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/06/hydrangea.html' title='Hydrangea'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4JQLvxVAPvM/TgBvPXgnMuI/AAAAAAAAHZw/HAQvIFSg3d0/s72-c/P1030345.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5605603845180102416</id><published>2011-06-14T23:50:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-16T07:20:49.293+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Persimmon leaves</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wCEnYrqf0Xk/Tdc5sZBWzhI/AAAAAAAAHVk/unmYkBP4OAM/s1600/P1030192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wCEnYrqf0Xk/Tdc5sZBWzhI/AAAAAAAAHVk/unmYkBP4OAM/s320/P1030192.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Just outside my parents' house, there is a persimmon tree&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;and it has reached the balcony.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Every year around the first week of May,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;the fresh young leaves are beautiful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I love the sunshine through the fresh green leaves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;実家に柿の木があるのですが&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;今、二階のベランダにまで成長していて&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;毎年５月のゴールデンウィークのころになると&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;青い若葉がとてもきれいなのです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;この若葉に透けた陽の光を見るの、大好きです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8e31l7I2_L4/Tfc93d5jIgI/AAAAAAAAHYg/9AWMIsE19_M/s1600/P1030266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8e31l7I2_L4/Tfc93d5jIgI/AAAAAAAAHYg/9AWMIsE19_M/s320/P1030266.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I wonder why I didn't notice the flowers before!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The yellow flowers are so cute!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;今までなぜだか気づかなかったのですが&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;柿の、黄色の花って可愛いのですね。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-weWVeflWvTg/Tfc-MVqoCOI/AAAAAAAAHYk/HQUy1Wn7CrE/s1600/P1030311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-weWVeflWvTg/Tfc-MVqoCOI/AAAAAAAAHYk/HQUy1Wn7CrE/s320/P1030311.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;When they finish flowering,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;お花が咲き終わると&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HLPDclCMk-Y/Tfc-XFdgz_I/AAAAAAAAHYo/jAzRJ9VDyFo/s1600/P1030312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HLPDclCMk-Y/Tfc-XFdgz_I/AAAAAAAAHYo/jAzRJ9VDyFo/s320/P1030312.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;They produce fruits...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The fresh green leaves soothe my parents' hearts,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;especially, my mother seems to get encouragement&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;every morning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I enjoy the full circle of persimmon's life;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;budding, flowering, and fruiting...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;We really love persimmon tree :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;実をつけます。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;柿の若葉は両親の心を和ませてくれるし&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;（特に、母は毎朝元気をもらっているようです）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;私も...柿の一部始終を見守れるし。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;ほんとにありがたいのです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5605603845180102416?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5605603845180102416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5605603845180102416&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5605603845180102416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5605603845180102416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/06/persimmon-leaves.html' title='Persimmon leaves'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wCEnYrqf0Xk/Tdc5sZBWzhI/AAAAAAAAHVk/unmYkBP4OAM/s72-c/P1030192.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2147483254823606085</id><published>2011-06-05T07:56:00.084+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T08:17:15.239+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Rainy days and Sunny days</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--2KOyR7F4W0/Tdc5tSfCHLI/AAAAAAAAHV4/Ncj_r1BvvWA/s1600/P1030220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--2KOyR7F4W0/Tdc5tSfCHLI/AAAAAAAAHV4/Ncj_r1BvvWA/s320/P1030220.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The rainy season has already started here. &amp;nbsp;It's a bit earlier than usual. &amp;nbsp; We had a few cold rainy days and hot sunny days last week. This cold/hot weather tends to make us sick.. &amp;nbsp;I've felt tired these days. I think I've caught a cold. &amp;nbsp;It must be terribly hard for people in disaster areas...　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今年はもうすでに梅雨入りしたとのこと。例年より少し早いですね。先週は寒かったり暑かったりと気温の差が激しかったです。こんなお天気のときは体調を崩しやすいですが、私もこのところ疲れると思っていたら、どうも風邪をひいたみたいです。。。被災地の方々はこれからの季節、ほんとに大変ですね。。。。。。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2147483254823606085?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/2147483254823606085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=2147483254823606085&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2147483254823606085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2147483254823606085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/06/rainy-days-and-sunny-days.html' title='Rainy days and Sunny days'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--2KOyR7F4W0/Tdc5tSfCHLI/AAAAAAAAHV4/Ncj_r1BvvWA/s72-c/P1030220.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8783804106195306676</id><published>2011-05-22T08:50:00.019+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T23:05:38.941+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Morning task</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKWruuDe1I/Tdc5u1ST9uI/AAAAAAAAHWY/wWljPts1P4M/s1600/P1030256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKWruuDe1I/Tdc5u1ST9uI/AAAAAAAAHWY/wWljPts1P4M/s320/P1030256.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Watering the flowers early in the morning is a blessing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Despite the disaster, still young leaves open their hands, and flowers are blooming gloriously...　When I went outside to water my plants, I found a visitor already working busily,&amp;nbsp;for tomorrow. &amp;nbsp;By the way, I‘m a little worried... I don't see honeybees around here...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;朝の水やりはとても気持ちいいです。まだまだ震災後の問題は進行中だけれど...若葉も花もなぜか今年はとてもきれい。朝、お花に水をあげに行くと、すでに先客が忙しくしていました。...明日へ向けて。ただ...ちょっと心配なことがひとつ。ミツバチが見られないこと...大丈夫でしょうか。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8783804106195306676?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8783804106195306676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8783804106195306676&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8783804106195306676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8783804106195306676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/05/morning-task.html' title='Morning task'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKWruuDe1I/Tdc5u1ST9uI/AAAAAAAAHWY/wWljPts1P4M/s72-c/P1030256.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1739053914326622829</id><published>2011-05-17T20:29:00.013+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T22:36:22.562+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Power saving</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGUkSz1YF84/TdHA59OTofI/AAAAAAAAHQg/GZNFP9O8E7c/s1600/P1030170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGUkSz1YF84/TdHA59OTofI/AAAAAAAAHQg/GZNFP9O8E7c/s320/P1030170.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the earthquake, I have been trying to save on electricity as much as possible. As a result, the consumption of electricity from March 11 to April 12 was cut more than 50% and from April 11 to May 12 was cut more than 40%, compared to the same months last year. This gave me a chance to reflect deeply on how I had been consuming vast amounts of electricity, without thought!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;地震後、できるだけ電気消費の節約をしました。そしたら...先月は去年使用量の半分以上、今月も40％以上使用量を抑えることができました。&lt;br /&gt;これだけ抑えることができるのに、今までなんて考えなしだったのだろうととても反省しています。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1739053914326622829?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1739053914326622829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1739053914326622829&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1739053914326622829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1739053914326622829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/05/power-saving.html' title='Power saving'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGUkSz1YF84/TdHA59OTofI/AAAAAAAAHQg/GZNFP9O8E7c/s72-c/P1030170.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5810032587318211561</id><published>2011-05-11T21:50:00.030+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T22:59:18.071+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Running fast and smooth</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--4ji4TULUXc/Tcp9R5jA4bI/AAAAAAAAHQA/vC-nw7064aM/s1600/May.1.2011%2B028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--4ji4TULUXc/Tcp9R5jA4bI/AAAAAAAAHQA/vC-nw7064aM/s1600/May.1.2011%2B028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--4ji4TULUXc/Tcp9R5jA4bI/AAAAAAAAHQA/vC-nw7064aM/s320/May.1.2011%2B028.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Finally, my new computer (I'm a MAC user now)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;has been connected into the network, and running very fast and smoothly!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Now, I can visit my favorite blogs whenever I want to. &amp;nbsp;Well...I'll update my blog more frequently hereafter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;やっと新しいPCのネットがつながりました。&lt;br /&gt;とても快調です。&lt;br /&gt;これでまたお気に入りのblogにいつでも行けます。&lt;br /&gt;それに...新しいPC、MACです。ちょっとうれしい。&lt;br /&gt;これからはもう少し頻繁に更新しよう。。。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5810032587318211561?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5810032587318211561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5810032587318211561&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5810032587318211561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5810032587318211561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/05/running-fast-and-smooth.html' title='Running fast and smooth'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--4ji4TULUXc/Tcp9R5jA4bI/AAAAAAAAHQA/vC-nw7064aM/s72-c/May.1.2011%2B028.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-6135480140103345776</id><published>2011-04-24T10:35:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T23:15:37.223+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Korekara...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-feUjSyG7Skg/SeJi1uRMquI/AAAAAAAAF0U/nHqaqBC9lYw/s1600/P1000166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-feUjSyG7Skg/SeJi1uRMquI/AAAAAAAAF0U/nHqaqBC9lYw/s320/P1000166.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;滝は滝になりたくてなったのではない&lt;br /&gt;落ちなければならないことなど&lt;br /&gt;崖っぷちに来るまで知らなかったのだ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;まっさかさまに&lt;br /&gt;落ちて落ちて落ちて&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;たたきつけられた奈落に&lt;br /&gt;思いがけない平安が待っていた&lt;br /&gt;新しい旅も用意されていた&lt;br /&gt;岩を縫って川は再び走りはじめる&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**********&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;昨日の朝日新聞の天声人語に&lt;br /&gt;島田陽子さんのこの詩が&lt;br /&gt;震災後日本への励ましに思えてならないと&lt;br /&gt;とりあげられていました。&lt;br /&gt;私にもほんとにそんなふうに思えます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でも…奈落へ落ちる前に何とかなって欲しい。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;原発反対の集まりが都内で二つ持たれます。&lt;br /&gt;今日の午後のことなので&lt;br /&gt;ここに載せても遅いかもしれないけれど…。&lt;br /&gt;ｲｯﾃｷﾏｽ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.enepare.org/"&gt;http://www.enepare.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peace-forum.com/gensuikin/news/110424news.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peace-forum.com/gensuikin/news/110424news.html"&gt;http://www.peace-forum.com/gensuikin/news/110424news.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-6135480140103345776?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/6135480140103345776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=6135480140103345776&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6135480140103345776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6135480140103345776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/04/korekara.html' title='Korekara...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-feUjSyG7Skg/SeJi1uRMquI/AAAAAAAAF0U/nHqaqBC9lYw/s72-c/P1000166.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-6211615583824041893</id><published>2011-04-22T08:16:00.232+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T21:50:11.746+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>......</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;I am SO SORRY for being quite absent here! My computer has not been working well. It takes sooo long to start up and to load the pages. I didn't feel like using my computer as I also was busy doing some volunteer work. Now, I got a new computer, and it will be ready for Internet next month (after GW), so, I promise I will update more often and will visit your blogs again!!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;The season is spring now.&amp;nbsp; Here, flowers and young leaves are opening one after another. Even in the disaster area, Cherry blossoms are opening and encouraging people. However, this spring is NOT as usual, especially to the sufferers..&lt;br /&gt;It was TOO heart-breaking for me to see a woman in Fukushima, with tears in her eyes say that they have to bear this situation and stand up for the future.&amp;nbsp; She seemed to be inspired by the cherry blossoms' strength,when she saw its blossom. People in some of the districts in Fukushima were forced to leave their hometown with little more than the clothes on their back and might not be able to come back again!&lt;br /&gt;(Here, &lt;a href="http://hanami.walkerplus.com/list/fukushima.html"&gt;http://hanami.walkerplus.com/list/fukushima.html&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;you can see some pictures of the cherry blossoms in Fukushima).&lt;br /&gt;Japan is filled with Ganbarou, Ganbatte spirit right now, however, I somehow cannot stop having some mixed feelings. The situation is too much for them, I am afraid...&lt;br /&gt;Fukushima's nuclear disaster is NOT just a natural disaster. I just don't understand what the government has been doing!!! I don't feel they are with us... Also, I have a big concern about the radiation. We have received HUGE LOVE from all over the world! So,&amp;nbsp;if this radiation problem affected worldwide,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;would feel terribly&amp;nbsp;sad ... I admit that one of the reasons of having not&amp;nbsp;been able to update this blog is my sense of distrust in government and the mixed feelings.&amp;nbsp; I didn't know how to express about them... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I will keep doing what I can do.:)&lt;br /&gt;And here I would like to share spring flowers with you:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Il3Q8m1jugo/TbDV3VZ0bYI/AAAAAAAAHNA/BhcPD-hknPo/s1600/sakura-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Il3Q8m1jugo/TbDV3VZ0bYI/AAAAAAAAHNA/BhcPD-hknPo/s320/sakura-1.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6tpBowIxKJY/TbDYgZt5KEI/AAAAAAAAHNI/S2gOxvw8DAg/s1600/spring+flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6tpBowIxKJY/TbDYgZt5KEI/AAAAAAAAHNI/S2gOxvw8DAg/s320/spring+flowers.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-6211615583824041893?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/6211615583824041893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=6211615583824041893&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6211615583824041893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6211615583824041893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html' title='......'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Il3Q8m1jugo/TbDV3VZ0bYI/AAAAAAAAHNA/BhcPD-hknPo/s72-c/sakura-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8713725758812699911</id><published>2011-03-21T14:25:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T23:23:59.618+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><title type='text'>Hope</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b0CTFRw-GKg/TYZoZrxOl2I/AAAAAAAAHJc/Tqusjcp1XuU/s1600/3.11+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b0CTFRw-GKg/TYZoZrxOl2I/AAAAAAAAHJc/Tqusjcp1XuU/s320/3.11+004.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;大震災から10日…。&lt;br /&gt;余震は少なくなってきました。&lt;br /&gt;でも依然原発の問題、そしてこの先の長い長い復興への道のり…&lt;br /&gt;深刻な問題はかかえたままです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そんな中で&lt;br /&gt;自分より大変な人がいるのだから…&lt;br /&gt;そう言って&lt;br /&gt;被災地の方々は大きな苦しみを抱えながらも&lt;br /&gt;手に手を取り合って乗り越えようとしています。&lt;br /&gt;使命感を胸に危険に挑む消防隊員の姿もあります。&lt;br /&gt;そんな姿が画面に映し出されるたびに心打たれます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;被害の少なかった私たちの周りでも&lt;br /&gt;最初の一週間は余震も多く&lt;br /&gt;私たち自身あたふたしてしまった感がありますが&lt;br /&gt;被災地の人たちのことを思えば&lt;br /&gt;少しぐらいの暗さも寒さも物不足も問題ない&lt;br /&gt;私たちのできることをして被災地の方々を支えたい&lt;br /&gt;何とかこの苦境を乗り越えたい&lt;br /&gt;そんな声を多く聞くようになりました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;日本以外の多くの国の人たちも&lt;br /&gt;心をここに置いてくれています。&lt;br /&gt;このことはホントに大きな励みです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;人を思いあうようになると&lt;br /&gt;不思議と知恵が生まれてくるものなのですね&lt;br /&gt;一食一食を心からの感謝の気持ちでいただくようになりました。&lt;br /&gt;少しの燃料でやりくりできるか…&lt;br /&gt;それを楽しむくらいになってきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きっと大丈夫。&lt;br /&gt;みなで乗り切ることができる&lt;br /&gt;そんな希望も、私たち自身の意識が作るものなのかもしれないですね…。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;みんなで希望へ向けて力をあわせ続けられるといいなと思います。&lt;br /&gt;行政もその気持ちをちゃんと後押ししてくれますように。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ten days have passed since the earthquake.&lt;br /&gt;Now, we have less afterquakes, though we&amp;nbsp;still have serious problems such as radioactivity problem, low supplies, fuel shortage, blackouts, reconstruction problem which will take years, and etc. However, even victims in Tohoku area have started coping with their hardships by helping each other, saying that there must be people who are much worse than&amp;nbsp;them (their pain is huge, needless to say..). Also rescue workers&amp;nbsp;are working for us despite the risk of radioactivity. Those scenes are touching and also encouraging.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Seeing their efforts, now,&amp;nbsp;many people around me, who live far from the disaster area, seem to be ready for sharing the victimes' hardships(by electricity conservation&amp;nbsp;for example)&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp;Also I&amp;nbsp;often hear&amp;nbsp;lots of people&amp;nbsp;say that &amp;nbsp;they will do&amp;nbsp;whatever they can&amp;nbsp; for supporting them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I do have the same feeling.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;From all over the world, we have recieved huge love, encouraging us, supporting us in many ways.&amp;nbsp; Knowing&amp;nbsp;we are not alone brings us power to overcome the difficulties.&lt;br /&gt;When we&amp;nbsp;care for&amp;nbsp;others, we&amp;nbsp;get feeling of gratitude and wisdom,,, Then we can see hope... Our consciousness probably creates hope, in a way, I suppose.. &lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;hope&amp;nbsp;everyone of us&amp;nbsp;keeps walking together towards recovery. (And I hope the government gives us effective supports!!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8713725758812699911?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8713725758812699911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8713725758812699911&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8713725758812699911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8713725758812699911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/03/hope.html' title='Hope'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b0CTFRw-GKg/TYZoZrxOl2I/AAAAAAAAHJc/Tqusjcp1XuU/s72-c/3.11+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3560858336405645035</id><published>2011-03-16T01:13:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-03-19T13:55:48.739+09:00</updated><title type='text'>3.11 earthquake</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;大地震から5日…。&lt;br /&gt;亡くなられた方々、ご家族を失くされた方々のことを思うと&lt;br /&gt;たまらなくなります。&lt;br /&gt;心からお祈りしたいと思います。&lt;br /&gt;少しでも早く不明の方が見つかりますように！&lt;br /&gt;皆様が少しでも安心できますように！&lt;br /&gt;もうこれ以上の痛みがふりかかりませんように！&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;地球が早く癒えますように…！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the people all over the world!&lt;br /&gt;I am so touched with your heart praying for us, encouraging us &lt;br /&gt;and supporting us!!!&lt;br /&gt;From the bottom of my heart, I would like to say thank you&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;for&amp;nbsp;your love energy, which is soooooo encouraging.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3560858336405645035?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3560858336405645035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3560858336405645035&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3560858336405645035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3560858336405645035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/03/311-earthquake.html' title='3.11 earthquake'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2158790460991402303</id><published>2011-03-09T13:42:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2011-03-09T19:45:06.160+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Slow..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6Q8rhuTC1u0/TXbpPeJghkI/AAAAAAAAHIk/gkKaYU9EUp0/s1600/P1020791-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6Q8rhuTC1u0/TXbpPeJghkI/AAAAAAAAHIk/gkKaYU9EUp0/s320/P1020791-1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My computer often has problem recently. I've got a cold and took some medicine. The sunlight through the curtain is soft and warm... Well it is perfect to make me lazy.:) Though Hina dolls are waiting for me to keep them back where they were as their duty was over a week ago... hmmm...I feel so dull and sleepy now...so I'll&amp;nbsp; ask them to enjoy the sunshine a bit longer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oUmigjUrJ1w/TXb-Mq5UfMI/AAAAAAAAHI4/MlLbsIRA8m8/s1600/blue%2Bscarf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oUmigjUrJ1w/TXb-Mq5UfMI/AAAAAAAAHI4/MlLbsIRA8m8/s200/blue%2Bscarf.jpg" width="177" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;By the way, I finished that blue crochet a month ago and have started knitting for spring cardigan. I'm using plant-dyed yarns for the cardigan. I like them and am looking forward to the completion..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;PCの調子悪いし、風邪ひいて先ほど薬を飲んだためかとても眠くて…。窓から入ってくる陽射しの柔らかさと心地よさに体中がまどろみ中…。雛人形を片付けてあげなければいけないのですが…。雛人形にはもう少し日光浴を楽しんでもらうことにします。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RQUQ8P9Fcwg/TXb8xBcCQII/AAAAAAAAHIw/3jZ0rabwDPM/s1600/temp.+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RQUQ8P9Fcwg/TXb8xBcCQII/AAAAAAAAHIw/3jZ0rabwDPM/s200/temp.+009.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;ところで、あの青いスカーフですが、ずい分前に編み終わり、その後春物のカーディガンを草木染の糸を使用して編んでいます。ちょっと気に入っています。出来上がりが待ち遠しいです^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2158790460991402303?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/2158790460991402303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=2158790460991402303&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2158790460991402303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2158790460991402303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/03/slow.html' title='Slow..'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6Q8rhuTC1u0/TXbpPeJghkI/AAAAAAAAHIk/gkKaYU9EUp0/s72-c/P1020791-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8444678953196838001</id><published>2011-02-28T08:35:00.011+09:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T07:40:36.158+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Full circle...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iWpCI7WP9hU/TWrCPyAXM6I/AAAAAAAAHHU/Vm4I67GifHQ/s1600/SN3M0030_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iWpCI7WP9hU/TWrCPyAXM6I/AAAAAAAAHHU/Vm4I67GifHQ/s320/SN3M0030_0001.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a while..&lt;br /&gt;The season has come when we can feel the tender warm sunshine (It's raining and a bit cold today though...). The seasons go round. Yesterday, I saw two pigeons working on their nest in the Camellia tree which&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;the Hiyodori (bulbul) made last year"&lt;/a&gt;. Life goes round and round...:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;ご無沙汰してしまいました＾＾；　また柔らかな春の陽射しを感じる季節がやってきました(今日は雨降りで少し寒いけれど…）。去年庭の椿の枝にヒヨドリが作った巣に、昨日鳩が巣作りしていました。今度は鳩?!　命も廻っているのですね。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8444678953196838001?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8444678953196838001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8444678953196838001&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8444678953196838001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8444678953196838001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/02/full-circle.html' title='Full circle...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iWpCI7WP9hU/TWrCPyAXM6I/AAAAAAAAHHU/Vm4I67GifHQ/s72-c/SN3M0030_0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3420969500335800826</id><published>2011-01-26T08:47:00.071+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T11:30:54.428+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Every single stitch...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TT7WlQyJQgI/AAAAAAAAHBo/70EeXsSZ7D0/s1600/P1020973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TT7WlQyJQgI/AAAAAAAAHBo/70EeXsSZ7D0/s320/P1020973.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every single stitch brings me peace of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interestingly, when I just keep knitting, I feel some of my confusions disappear, then I find I have nothing on my mind. This is comfortable and just makes me keep knitting....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;かぎ針を動かすごとに、何かこころに引っかかったものが消えてゆき、いつしか何もなくなっているのを感じます。それが気持ちよくてなかなか止められなくなります^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3420969500335800826?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3420969500335800826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3420969500335800826&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3420969500335800826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3420969500335800826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/01/every-single-step.html' title='Every single stitch...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TT7WlQyJQgI/AAAAAAAAHBo/70EeXsSZ7D0/s72-c/P1020973.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1673652018735570866</id><published>2011-01-20T07:20:00.012+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T11:32:03.132+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Bare trees, bare trees...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TTdlElLfBqI/AAAAAAAAG_w/DcupBxpu39c/s1600/old+house+006-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TTdlElLfBqI/AAAAAAAAG_w/DcupBxpu39c/s320/old+house+006-2.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beyond this clear sky, there is a heavy snowfall area....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the calendar year, today is &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahan_%28solar_term%29" target="_blank"&gt;DAIKAN&lt;/a&gt;, the coldest day in winter. 　It has been very cold these days indeed. However, around here, we are lucky to have a clear blue sky and I feel the bare trees holding the feeling of spring already, while somewhere under this sky, there is an area where people are struggling with extremely heavy snowfalls. I hope spring will come there soon...Bare trees, bare trees, bring the spring soon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;今日は暦の上では大寒。確かにこのところずい分と寒い日が続いています。それでも、この辺りはずっと青空に恵まれていて、お蔭様で青空の下、裸んぼうの木々に春の訪れさえ感じます。。。でも…この空の先のどこかに、豪雪で大変な思いをしている方々がいらっしゃるのですね。。。。そんな寒い空の下にも早く春が訪れますように！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1673652018735570866?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1673652018735570866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1673652018735570866&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1673652018735570866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1673652018735570866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/01/bare-trees-bare-trees.html' title='Bare trees, bare trees...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TTdlElLfBqI/AAAAAAAAG_w/DcupBxpu39c/s72-c/old+house+006-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5088291290298551363</id><published>2011-01-09T23:55:00.077+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T07:43:22.173+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book'/><title type='text'>Gift from the sea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TSPuPV9S6fI/AAAAAAAAG-c/mwczuH26ExE/s1600/P1020824-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TSPuPV9S6fI/AAAAAAAAG-c/mwczuH26ExE/s320/P1020824-1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;span id="goog_15941899"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_15941900"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Gift-Sea-Anne-Morrow-Lindbergh/dp/0679732411" target="_blank"&gt;"Gift from the sea"&lt;/a&gt;　is the first book I chose to read this year.&lt;br /&gt;I have just started reading, but I feel that this book will give me peace of mind.&lt;br /&gt;*******************&lt;br /&gt;Nine days have already passed since 2011 started. After the New Year holiday, I suddenly became busy, and I have not been able to get some time alone and think about this year relaxing yet. But&amp;nbsp; I will always remember the calm breath through this year :)&lt;br /&gt;Also, "BLUE-color" popped up into my mind as an inspiration for this year.&amp;nbsp; I don't know why I got this color inspiration at all.&amp;nbsp; I will wait and see why I feel this way...:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope this year brings peace and happiness to everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;『海からの贈り物』という本を今年最初に選びました。まだ読み始めたばかりですが、何かとてもいい感じ。こころが落ち着く本です。。。。新年を迎えてすでに９日が過ぎてしまいました。三が日が過ぎてから急に身辺が慌しくなってしまい、まだゆっくりとひとりでいろいろなことを考えて過ごす時間が持てずにいます。でも…この一年を通して平穏な息遣いを忘れずに過ごして行こうと思います＾＾　それから…今年に入って、「青いいろ」が常に意識にのぼります。青いいろが気持ちよいというか。。。どうしてかわかりませんが…きっとそのうちどうしてかはっきりするのでしょう＾＾　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;今年がみなさまにとって平和でよい年となりますように…☆&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5088291290298551363?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5088291290298551363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5088291290298551363&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5088291290298551363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5088291290298551363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2011/01/gift-from-sea.html' title='Gift from the sea'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TSPuPV9S6fI/AAAAAAAAG-c/mwczuH26ExE/s72-c/P1020824-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-578223312974905155</id><published>2010-12-30T08:35:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-14T00:33:32.424+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Key to freedom...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TRupzzj_qfI/AAAAAAAAG9s/lG6GMnHQyv4/s1600/old+house+002-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TRupzzj_qfI/AAAAAAAAG9s/lG6GMnHQyv4/s320/old+house+002-4.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is always us who create the world that we live in.&amp;nbsp; Our consciousness creates our world... I feel that I've known this, but I could understand it more clearly this year.&amp;nbsp; Negativities such us fears and worries come from our own minds. Even the thought that fears and worries are negative things is what we determine. It's possible to think that they are just natural things...&amp;nbsp; What we see and how we see things matter.&amp;nbsp; I think&amp;nbsp; consciousness is a key to open the door to true-freedom and true-happiness...&amp;nbsp; And of course, it is never possible to come to be aware of those things alone..&amp;nbsp; Everything around me, flowers, birds, trees, and PEOPLE I meet, reflects this wisdom reminding me of my "center". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;So...from the bottom of my heart, I would like to say THANK YOU to all who have stopped by my blog and who have left the lovely comments on my writings, which always gave me a lot of encouragement, during this year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Best wishes you all for coming New Year! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;今年は…今までよりポジティブになれた一年だったような気がします…。ネガティブになる材料はあちこちに転がっているかもしれませんが、それらをどのように考えるかですべては変わってくる。。。結局、私たちの意識がすべてを創っているのだなぁと、今まで以上に腑に落とすことができたような気がするのです。そして…その気づきは、ひとりでたどり着けるものでは到底ないこと、日々の生活の中で出会うすべてのもののお陰だということは深く感じています！　その気持ちがこちらへ足を運んでくださった皆様にもお伝えできたらうれしいです^^　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;一年間足を運んでくださった方々、コメントをくださった方々(ひとつひとつのコメントがどんなに励みになったことか!!）に感謝いたします。　どうぞ皆様、よい年をお迎えください…！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-578223312974905155?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/578223312974905155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=578223312974905155&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/578223312974905155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/578223312974905155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/12/key-to-freedom.html' title='Key to freedom...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TRupzzj_qfI/AAAAAAAAG9s/lG6GMnHQyv4/s72-c/old+house+002-4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7759124188061128559</id><published>2010-12-15T08:00:00.135+09:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T08:13:50.498+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Downsizing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TQfzluLHG-I/AAAAAAAAG50/Nj1DG_QqMl4/s1600/P1020748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TQfzluLHG-I/AAAAAAAAG50/Nj1DG_QqMl4/s320/P1020748.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven't updated for almost three weeks! My computer sometimes has trouble these days.. Hmm..maybe..it's about time to renew...hmm...hmm...I want to keep using it for a while longer.. Well...It's already in the middle of December anyway! How time flies!!&amp;nbsp; Yet, it has been a bit warm for December, I feel. The roses in my garden still live on and give us beautiful smiles:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TQgC0zXeaoI/AAAAAAAAG58/uwGpDE-6J_0/s1600/P1020770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TQgC0zXeaoI/AAAAAAAAG58/uwGpDE-6J_0/s200/P1020770.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;By the way, for a couple of days, I have been downsizing my stuff .&amp;nbsp; The older I get, the more I feel I need to live simply!  While downsizing, the problem is memories! When I was downsizing a pile of books, I was kind of at a loss. Especially...some hundreds of picture books I enjoyed with my daughter caused the problem..&amp;nbsp;  All of them have beautiful memories with her.&amp;nbsp; She learned some words from Nontan series when she was a baby... Other books are the ones we spent nights together reading again and again...etc. I think I'll keep them, instead I'll give up my books.&amp;nbsp; KEEP IT SIMPLE! KEEP IT SIMPLE!&amp;nbsp; I'll continue downsizing for simple life:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;ちょっとご無沙汰しちゃいました。パソコンの調子が悪くて立ち上がるまで時間はかかるし、突然シャットダウンしてしまうし…マウスは動かなくなるし…（T_T)　そろそろ買い替えの時期でしょうか。。もうしばらくがんばってもらいたいのですけれど。。。そうこうしているうちにもう12月も半ば！早いですねぇ。12月にしては割りと暖かいのではないでしょうか？庭のバラがまだ咲いていてくれるんですよ。お日様にとても気持ちよさそうに花びらをほころばせて…こちらまで元気になります＾＾　ところで、ここ数日身の回りの整理をしています。歳を重ねたら…いろんな意味で身軽でありたいと思うようになりまして＾＾　でも…品々に思い出という厄介なものがしっかりとくっついているので、思い切って処分できず少々途方に暮れることもしばしばです。　年々増えていく書籍も主たる対象物です。特に…娘との思い出がたっぷりくっついた数百冊の絵本は、どれも思い出がいっぱいなので手放せません＾＾；　写真のノンタンシリーズは娘がようやくしゃべり始めたころ、（バアとかベエから＾＾；）とてもお世話になりました。夜寝る前は必ず本を読んで寝ましたが、何度も何度も読まされたお気に入りの絵本も大事な思い出のある本です。。手放せない～～。まぁ、絵本はもう少し手元においておくとして、まずは私のものから処分していこうと思います(ブックオフで引き取ってくれるかしら…＾＾）　とにかく…これからはなるべくシンプルで中身の濃い人生を目指します＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7759124188061128559?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7759124188061128559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7759124188061128559&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7759124188061128559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7759124188061128559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/12/downsizing.html' title='Downsizing'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TQfzluLHG-I/AAAAAAAAG50/Nj1DG_QqMl4/s72-c/P1020748.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3179483636071030516</id><published>2010-11-26T07:46:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T23:40:54.757+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>I owe you a lot!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TO5u-0iRkkI/AAAAAAAAGvA/OlDqUkTN6x0/s1600/temp+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TO5u-0iRkkI/AAAAAAAAGvA/OlDqUkTN6x0/s320/temp+10.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The autumnal colors have reached here from the mountains, and they are at their peak now. Without going far, we can enjoy beautiful colors here and there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In late October, my father fell down and broke his hand. It has got better, but the pain from his spine has got worse since then, it seems.. Besides, it gets tougher for him, as he also has emphysema, to walk outside as the air gets colder. Recently, he has been reluctant to go out... Well..both my parents started showing their depressed faces... During November, we couldn't go far....So, I took them to nearby parks as many times as possible.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mother also can't walk a lot, but she seemed to enjoy picking up fallen leaves, like a small girl.:)&amp;nbsp; It was obvious that the autumn sunshine and magical colors of leaves gave them smiles.&amp;nbsp; I owe you a lot, Nature :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;紅葉が山からこの辺りまで下りてきて、行く先々で見事に色を変えた木々が迎えてくれます。遠くへでかけなくても楽しめるのでほんとにありがたいです。父は…10月下旬ごろ転倒して手を骨折したり(骨折はもうだいぶよくなりましたが）もともと悪かった頚椎が転倒が原因で悪化したり…もともと肺気腫の症状がありますので、このところの冷え込んできた空気に呼吸が辛そうで、本人もなかなか外出を渋るようになってきておりました。まぁ、いろいろあって母も相変わらず気持ちが沈んでいる様子^^;。今月は遠くには連れて行ってあげられませんでしが、できるだけ近くの公園などで息抜きするようにと連れ出しました。母も足が悪いのでたくさんは歩けないのですが、それでも公園の落ち葉を楽しそうに集めていました。何だか子供みたかったです^^　秋の陽射しと色とりどりの木の葉のおかげで両親に笑顔が戻りました。ほんとにいつも自然にはお世話になりますです^^　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3179483636071030516?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3179483636071030516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3179483636071030516&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3179483636071030516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3179483636071030516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-owe-you-lot.html' title='I owe you a lot!'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TO5u-0iRkkI/AAAAAAAAGvA/OlDqUkTN6x0/s72-c/temp+10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-777839438295561171</id><published>2010-11-10T07:55:00.014+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T17:30:27.106+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><title type='text'>Prayers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TMo1G6e18XI/AAAAAAAAGk0/QCxk4glmT1E/s1600/koma3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="254" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TMo1G6e18XI/AAAAAAAAGk0/QCxk4glmT1E/s320/koma3.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About 20 minutes away from my house by car, there is a shrine called Koma-jinjya（Koma shrine), in which Jakko, an envoy of the royal family of Goguryeo who escaped to Japan with other refugees 1300years ago and rebuild his kingdom there, was enshrined.　The other day, on a lovely day,&amp;nbsp; I visited there.&amp;nbsp; Some parts have been assimilated into Japanese culture through a thousand and more years, but certain Korean cultural relics still remain（..and there are several signs written in Korean), to which I felt drawn. I also visited Seitokuin next to Koma shrine, the king Jakko's family temple and the neglected graves of Japanese-Koreans died during the World War II.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/suiren.pica/KomaShrine#" target="_blank"&gt;Click here for ｍore pictures of Koma shrine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking at &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_origami_cranes" target="_blank"&gt;the thousand origami cranes(one of Japanese traditional crafts) &lt;/a&gt;hanging in the shrine--well, this origami culture was originally from China, I suppose---, and walking around the&amp;nbsp; family temple in which you can see Japanese garden and temple also, I felt that we shouldn't forget about people's sufferings caused by an invasion and colonial rule, but at the same time, I felt something, say, sort of "we are all one" feeling.&amp;nbsp; Prayers for peace and health for the people who we care about,&amp;nbsp; are universal.　The cultural difference is just what gives us an other window to see the world through. What matters the most always exists beyond the cultural boundaries, I feel... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;車で20分ほど行ったところに&lt;a href="http://www.komajinja.or.jp/" target="_blank"&gt;高麗神社&lt;/a&gt;があります。先日ちょこっと行ってきました。1300年の歴史を持つ、ずい分と古い神社だったのですね。気持ちよく晴れた日ということもありましたが、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;韓国語の案内板や、どこか普通の神社と違うところに惹かれて&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;、神社だけでなく、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;若光王の菩提寺（聖天院）や第二次世界大戦中に亡くなられた&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;在日韓国人の無縁墓へも足を伸ばして&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;周辺をゆっくり歩いてみました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;境内には千羽鶴&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;が掛けられ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;、聖天院には日本庭園や菊の紋のお寺も建てられいました。日本はもちろん、世界中で繰り広げられてきた侵略や植民地支配による人々の苦しみという負の部分はもちろん考えなければいけないと思いましたが、それよりも「私たちはほんとうは元はひとつなんだよなぁ」というような気持ちにもなりました。大切な人の健康や幸せのための祈りは、どんな文化をも超えて共通なものですよね。文化の違いは別の観点から世界を眺める窓を与えてくれます。でも、一番大事なことはいつも、文化の違いを超えたところにあるもの。。。なんて思いながらぶらぶら歩いてきました＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-777839438295561171?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/777839438295561171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=777839438295561171&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/777839438295561171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/777839438295561171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/11/prayers.html' title='Prayers'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TMo1G6e18XI/AAAAAAAAGk0/QCxk4glmT1E/s72-c/koma3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3851633170449003533</id><published>2010-11-01T08:44:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-02T23:40:52.293+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><title type='text'>Light</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TM4IRcW6xHI/AAAAAAAAGlI/83T6WY6exLM/s1600/maple+leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TM4IRcW6xHI/AAAAAAAAGlI/83T6WY6exLM/s320/maple+leaves.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;どんなときでも&lt;br /&gt;ひかりをかんじていられますように…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3851633170449003533?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3851633170449003533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3851633170449003533&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3851633170449003533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3851633170449003533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/11/light.html' title='Light'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TM4IRcW6xHI/AAAAAAAAGlI/83T6WY6exLM/s72-c/maple+leaves.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5265139668597224054</id><published>2010-10-21T07:25:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T08:52:42.395+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Nikko</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TL9iKj8r6WI/AAAAAAAAGhk/Vv_XB-WM3-w/s1600/autumn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TL9iKj8r6WI/AAAAAAAAGhk/Vv_XB-WM3-w/s320/autumn.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Autumn is getting deeper, though we still have some hot days.&amp;nbsp; Every October, we usually go to Nikko to enjoy autumn colors, but it seems that we can't make it this year...I'm wondering how the colors of leaves in Nikko are now....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nikko is located in a part of Tochigi prefecture.&amp;nbsp; There are lots of famous sightseeing spots there, such as Nikko Tosho temple, Kegon-no-taki(falls), Chuzenji-lake, Senjogawara, Yumoto(a spring spot), ski sites, etc.&lt;br /&gt;Every year, a lot of people from all over the world visit there.&amp;nbsp; When you drive, it's popular to take the route passing a winding mountain road called Iroha-zaka, which has 48 sharp curves to reach those places.&amp;nbsp; (Iroha is a Japanese poem which has a perfect pangram, containing each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once and it is used as an ordering for the syllabary(48)).&lt;br /&gt;During the sightseeing seasons, the route gets very busy.&amp;nbsp; However, there is another route.&amp;nbsp; If you are a person who love nature, you can enjoy the route from the ski sites (Shirane ski sites, Yumoto, and Kotoku farm...).&amp;nbsp; The route is not so busy, more relaxing, and you can view several serene lakes and Shirane mountain and Nantai mountain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;まだ暑いと感じる日もありますが、だいぶ秋らしくなってきました。秋めいてくる10月の半ばごろ、うちではよく日光へ紅葉を楽しみに行くのですが…今年はちょっと行けそうにありません。今年の紅葉はどんなかなぁと思ってます。日光に行くときはいつもイロハ坂は避けまてす。かなり混みますものね。中禅寺湖があまり好きでないということもあります。湖に浮かんだ白鳥のボートとかあまり見たくないかも＾＾；　いつも白根山の方面から中禅寺湖のギリギリのところまで行って戻ってきてしまいます。それほど混雑しないし、途中いくつか点在する池も静かです。　紅葉も静かな中でかなりいい感じ＾＾　いつも同じ場所ですが、気をつけてみていると毎回何かしら新しい発見なんかもして楽しめます＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5265139668597224054?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5265139668597224054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5265139668597224054&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5265139668597224054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5265139668597224054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/10/nikko.html' title='Nikko'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TL9iKj8r6WI/AAAAAAAAGhk/Vv_XB-WM3-w/s72-c/autumn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8015071856164403718</id><published>2010-10-17T08:42:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T08:54:54.756+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><title type='text'>nyan-kun</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLoq6YdhARI/AAAAAAAAGhU/TZqjfsXeZpg/s1600/gse_multipart23483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLoq6YdhARI/AAAAAAAAGhU/TZqjfsXeZpg/s1600/gse_multipart23483.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It has passed a year&lt;br /&gt;since you went there...&lt;br /&gt;Time flies so fast, indeed.&lt;br /&gt;I still feel you beside me...&lt;br /&gt;I smell the clear autumn air, catch a sunbeam, follow birds with my eyes,&lt;br /&gt;together with you....&lt;br /&gt;zutto zutto zuuutto&lt;br /&gt;daisukidayo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJ2s4zQWHCI/AAAAAAAAGVY/E1YrLoQ8PKQ/s1600/temp+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJ2s4zQWHCI/AAAAAAAAGVY/E1YrLoQ8PKQ/s320/temp+012.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, we often hear the news about bears, boars, deer, wondering around the town. They are caught and released into a forest, but sometimes killed due to human's safety. 　It breaks my heart, when I hear the news about this kind of thing.&amp;nbsp; They never thought that they'd come down to the village and hurt people, they had to come down just because they simply wanted to live.&amp;nbsp; There is not enough food for them to survive in the forest anymore.&amp;nbsp; It is quite obvious that their territories have been devastated... Environmental destruction has been a serious problem for years...and it 's not getting any better, but worse, it seems...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well...this morning, when I trimmed the herbs in my garden, I saw several grasshoppers come out.&amp;nbsp; Lifestyles of little creatures or wild animals are quite simple.&amp;nbsp; However, we have made our lifestyles complicated and furthermore, we have destroyed our environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;最近、熊やイノシシや鹿が街中まで下りてきて食べ物を漁ったり、人を傷つけたりするというニュースをよく見聞きします。捕獲され、山奥へ再び追い戻されますが、うまくいかないときはには、人に危害を加える前に射殺されることも少なくありません。こういったニュースを見聞きすると本当にたまらなくなります。熊たちだってわざわざ人里まで下りてきて人に危害を与えようなど考えてもいなかったでしょうに…。今まで暮らしていた場所にはもう餌がなくなって、生き抜くために餌を求めて下りて来るしかなかったのでしょう。明らかに彼ら自身の居場所がなくなってきているということの表れです。環境破壊の警鐘はもう長いこと鳴らされ続けているのに、いまだに悪くなる一方で、良くなる兆しが見えないような気がします。 …今朝、庭のハーブが伸びすぎてしまったので少し刈り込んで姿を整えたのですが、そのとき、数匹のバッタが飛び出してきました。小さな生き物たちの生き方も野生動物の生き方もとてもシンプルなものです。生き方をずいぶんと複雑にしてしまい、更には地球の環境までも壊してきてしまったのは、私たち自身なのですよねvv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5184619327385507732?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5184619327385507732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5184619327385507732&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5184619327385507732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5184619327385507732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-verge-of-danger.html' title='On the verge'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJ2s4zQWHCI/AAAAAAAAGVY/E1YrLoQ8PKQ/s72-c/temp+012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5295019480392486637</id><published>2010-10-12T08:30:00.084+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T20:14:16.923+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Grasshoppers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLTsfTcGdQI/AAAAAAAAGdU/HhDINke49yM/s1600/walking+Oct.+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLTsfTcGdQI/AAAAAAAAGdU/HhDINke49yM/s320/walking+Oct.+007.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a clear blue autumn sky yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;Even the iron towers in the field, piercing the blue sky, looked as if they were going to be sucked into the clear blue sky.. The expressway which runs through the autumn rice fields and the concrete buildings in the distance were shown clearly in the clear air after the rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLO5YTmgQrI/AAAAAAAAGbQ/x9lvN4iPFzU/s1600/walking+Oct.+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLO5YTmgQrI/AAAAAAAAGbQ/x9lvN4iPFzU/s320/walking+Oct.+002.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the riverside, a surprising numbers of grasshoppers were hopping and flying all around. They were hopping really high and flying very fast...and they were also mating on the asphalt concrete pavement, for the future. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLOgwmAXrrI/AAAAAAAAGbA/14jHVfBPw7Y/s1600/walking+Oct.+006-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLOgwmAXrrI/AAAAAAAAGbA/14jHVfBPw7Y/s200/walking+Oct.+006-1.jpg" width="195" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;きのうは、青空を突き抜けるように建つ鉄塔さえも吸い込んでしまいそうなくらい、澄み渡った青空でした。澄んだ空気が、秋の田んぼの真ん中を走る高速道路も、遠くに建ち並ぶコンクリートのビルもはっきりと見せていました。土手ではたくさんのイナゴが草むらを跳び交い、そして…舗装された歩道で人目を憚らず、あすへ向けて交尾していました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5295019480392486637?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5295019480392486637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5295019480392486637&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5295019480392486637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5295019480392486637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/10/grasshoppers.html' title='Grasshoppers'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TLTsfTcGdQI/AAAAAAAAGdU/HhDINke49yM/s72-c/walking+Oct.+007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7880550029686623722</id><published>2010-10-04T06:55:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-04T08:48:07.257+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>An autumn event</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TKii6zbULkI/AAAAAAAAGX8/FB6MZDCFSyM/s1600/sports+meeting+002-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TKii6zbULkI/AAAAAAAAGX8/FB6MZDCFSyM/s320/sports+meeting+002-1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;The sports meeting was held in my community yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;I helped to make miso-soup for the participants. It's nice to enjoy doing something together with people in the community once in a while.　The above picture is the relay race. The relay members had to run with some removal boxes. The final runners had to run with three boxes, which made them mess^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;昨日は市民体育祭で、私もお味噌汁やらかき氷やらのお手伝いをしてきました。&lt;br /&gt;地域の人たちと一緒になって何かするのもたまにはよいものです。写真は引越しリレー。最終ランナーは３箱運ぶことになるのですが、なかなかうまく行かず皆大慌てしてました^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7880550029686623722?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7880550029686623722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7880550029686623722&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7880550029686623722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7880550029686623722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/10/autumn-event.html' title='An autumn event'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TKii6zbULkI/AAAAAAAAGX8/FB6MZDCFSyM/s72-c/sports+meeting+002-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1709270581399648219</id><published>2010-09-30T06:00:00.076+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T17:26:42.296+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><title type='text'>Yellow</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJ2tJI42eNI/AAAAAAAAGVc/DJcJWxIJP7c/s1600/temp+022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJ2tJI42eNI/AAAAAAAAGVc/DJcJWxIJP7c/s320/temp+022.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yellow color is not my favorite, but sometimes I feel the need for it, especially for flowers. I feel it gives me some energy as the warm sunlight does for me.&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of colors, plants and leaves of the trees have started changing colors from vigorous summer colors to a bit lonesome autumn colors.&amp;nbsp; The thick grasses which had covered the path of the riverbank are withering so the path looks wider.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The other day, when I walked along the riverbank, I saw cluster amaryllis was in blossom.&amp;nbsp; In the withered plants, red colored cluster amaryllis seemed to watch the passing of time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;きいろが好きな色というわけではないけれど…ときどき無性にきいろのシャワーを浴びたくなります。特にきいろの花が見たくなります。暖かな陽のひかりを浴びると気持ちよくなるのと同じで、何かエネルギーをもらえるのかも。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;色といえば…あたりはだんだん元気いっぱいの夏の色から少しさびしげな秋色に変わってきています。いつも行く土手も、夏の間はあんなに草で覆われていた小道も、なんだか道幅が広くなった感じ。そんな中で曼珠沙華の花が過ぎ行く時を見送っていました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1709270581399648219?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1709270581399648219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1709270581399648219&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1709270581399648219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1709270581399648219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/09/yellow.html' title='Yellow'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJ2tJI42eNI/AAAAAAAAGVc/DJcJWxIJP7c/s72-c/temp+022.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3770226803792473816</id><published>2010-09-16T11:00:00.039+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T12:01:48.695+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Missing the liveliness, Welcoming the stillness</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJBAtjUXFGI/AAAAAAAAGU4/oqmsy38WeD8/s1600/temporary+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJBAtjUXFGI/AAAAAAAAGU4/oqmsy38WeD8/s320/temporary+019.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, Autumn has come! It's raining hard, and it's really cool this morning. The rain seems to have brought this comfortable temperature.&amp;nbsp; The heat during this summer was incredible, and it was tough to do even a small thing, however...I somehow miss the summer already.. I love its lively atmosphere..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The above picture is an old stump covered with mosses and lichens. I took some pictures of them at Mt. Nikko-Shirane this summer (July). I love them. To me, those plants look something lively, artistic, and beautiful. If you look into them carefully, you may see a small world unfolded there.&amp;nbsp; They also conjure up an image of the process of how life is being created..&amp;nbsp; Soon, they will be covered with fallen leaves and then snow... They will keep silent for a while holding their energy inside. It makes me feel a bit lonely..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well..having said that, I love autumn as well :)&amp;nbsp; I love that clear air and blue sky... Each season has its own beauty. Autumn is also a great season for doing anything. So, I'll enjoy autumn a lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;今朝は雨が結構降ってます。それに涼しい!　この雨のお陰でしょうか…やっと過ごしやすい秋がやってきたようです。この夏の暑さは尋常ではありませんでした。何をするにも暑くて暑くてかなり大変でした。…それでも、なぜかすでに夏が恋しい^^;　あの生き生きとした様が好きです。　写真は今年の7月、日光白根山に行ったときに撮ってきたものですが、山中にはこんな苔植物に覆われた古木のきりかぶやがあちこちで見られました。私、この苔の類がとても好きです。何か生命力のようなものを感じますし、どこか芸術美なんかも感じて^^　よおく見てみると小さな世界が広がっているようにも感じます。生命がうまれる過程さえ想像できる気がするのです（なんだか大げさだけど^^;）　秋になるとそれらも、枯れ葉に、そしていずれ雪に覆われ、しばし静寂が訪れるのでしょうね。。静寂に包まれはしても生命はなくなることはないはずですが、ちょこっと寂しい。。とはいえ、実は秋も好きです^^　澄んだ空気も空も…。それぞれの季節はそれぞれの美しさがありますものね。秋は何をするにも楽ですし。　秋を、満喫しようと思います！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3770226803792473816?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3770226803792473816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3770226803792473816&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3770226803792473816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3770226803792473816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/09/missing-liveliness-welcoming-stillness.html' title='Missing the liveliness, Welcoming the stillness'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TJBAtjUXFGI/AAAAAAAAGU4/oqmsy38WeD8/s72-c/temporary+019.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2276474919384591925</id><published>2010-09-03T10:12:00.010+09:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T07:51:19.794+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>It's already September!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TIA9IDJL_HI/AAAAAAAAGQs/w69t93atyqg/s1600/temporary+062-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TIA9IDJL_HI/AAAAAAAAGQs/w69t93atyqg/s320/temporary+062-1.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's still deadly hot, but it's already September.&lt;br /&gt;Time flies!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I did during the summer holidays...&lt;br /&gt;*Walking and Jogging early in the morning: &lt;br /&gt;Whenever I walked along the riverside, I heard birds singing, a huge chorus of flogs(bull flogs!) and crickets at the same time, and also saw &lt;a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AD%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C" target="_blank"&gt;dragonflies&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;*Read some books:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%93%E3%82%8C%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE%E3%80%8C%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AE%E8%A9%B1%E3%82%92%E3%81%97%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E2%80%95%E2%80%95%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%82%92%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8D%E5%BB%B6%E3%81%B3%E3%82%8B%E3%81%9F%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E5%93%B2%E5%AD%A6-%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB/dp/4152091312/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1283474645&amp;amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"&gt;"Justice"by Michael J. Sandel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A6%E6%AD%BB%E3%81%AC%E7%A7%81-%E3%81%A1%E3%81%8F%E3%81%BE%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E8%8C%82%E6%9C%A8-%E5%81%A5%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E/dp/4480422188" target="_blank"&gt;"Ikite Shinu Watashi" by Kenichiro Mogi&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%A3%B8%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8B%E2%80%95%E2%80%9525%E6%AD%B3%E5%A5%B3%E6%80%A7%E8%B5%B7%E6%A5%AD%E5%AE%B6%E3%81%AE%E5%8F%B7%E6%B3%A3%E6%88%A6%E8%A8%98-%E8%AC%9B%E8%AB%87%E7%A4%BEBIZ-%E5%B1%B1%E5%8F%A3-%E7%B5%B5%E7%90%86%E5%AD%90/dp/4062820641" target="_blank"&gt;"The naked life"and "Keep walking" by Eriko Yamaguchi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Went to see some movies:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=24298211&amp;amp;postID=2276474919384591925" target="_blank"&gt;"Karigurashi no Alliettie"(Hayao Miyazaki's film) &lt;/a&gt;(Ordinal work is&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Borrowers-Mary-Norton/dp/0152047379" target="_blank"&gt;"Borrowers" by Mary Norton&lt;/a&gt;), and &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/" target="_blank"&gt;"Inception"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;まだまだ暑い日が続いていますが、なんともう9月。&lt;br /&gt;ふ～、時の経つのはなんて早いのでしょう。この夏休みは特に遠くへ出かけることもなく過ぎて行きました。毎朝、ウォーキングかジョギングはしました。　健康を維持せねば^^;。。。土手では鶯の囀りと、ウシガエルやキリギリスの大合唱が一度に聞こえていました。しかもトンボまで…春と夏と秋が一斉に訪れたかと思えるほど賑やかでした。&lt;br /&gt;読んだ本は、マイケル・サンデル氏の「JUSTICE」、茂木健一郎氏の「生きて死ぬ私」そして山口絵理子さんの「裸でも生きる」「裸でも生きる２」どれも今私の心を捉えているものとマッチしていたからでしょうか…一気に読めました。おもしろかった。見に行った映画は借り暮らしのアリエッティ（今、&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tmcsk/episodes/player" target="_blank"&gt;BBC radio7で原作Borrowers&lt;/a&gt;のお話が楽しめます^^）とインセプション。（映画館が近くてありがたいです）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2276474919384591925?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/2276474919384591925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=2276474919384591925&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2276474919384591925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2276474919384591925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/09/its-already-september.html' title='It&apos;s already September!'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TIA9IDJL_HI/AAAAAAAAGQs/w69t93atyqg/s72-c/temporary+062-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-6621902041003525070</id><published>2010-09-03T08:36:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T07:50:00.564+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Watching and praying</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TIAydFdpW5I/AAAAAAAAGQg/e_-W6WJZxeE/s1600/butterfly2+043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TIAydFdpW5I/AAAAAAAAGQg/e_-W6WJZxeE/s320/butterfly2+043.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some caterpillars succeeded in changing into the beautiful butterflies, some of them didn't. It was not easy for them to complete their entire process of metamorphosis. Yet, they did all those tasks on their own.&lt;br /&gt;I just watched and prayed for them to succeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Likewise, we have to live our lives on our own. When my dear ones were in some problems, what I can do is always limited.&amp;nbsp; Watching and praying for them to overcome is mostly what I can do.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe what we encounter in our life is planned before birth by ourselves to experience for our awareness, which we might just forget about.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope they are not sucked into the problems, take everything as a whole, feel the sunshine and a delicious breeze, and then move on. ...Also I hope they feel that they are not alone....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;青虫さん…羽化したものもいれば、実は羽化できなかったものもいたのです。青虫から蛹になって無事羽化する…この一連の成長段階は結構大変なのだと思いました。それでも、時が来たら迷うこともなく、どんな結果が待ち受けていようと自分のなすべきことを淡々とこなしていく。誰も助けてなんかくれない孤独な工程を、あるがままに全とうしていく。私はそんな青虫さんを見守り無事蝶になるよう祈るしかありませんでした。(パセリはの苗は増やしちゃいましたけど^^;)&lt;br /&gt;それで…私たちもある意味青虫さんと同じだなぁと思いました。自分の人生は自分自身が責任もって生き抜くしかないです。家族やお友達が何かでツライ思いをしていたとしても、私にできることは限られていますし…大抵見守ることぐらいしかできないものです。&lt;br /&gt;思うのですが、自分の人生に起こるすべてのことは、あらかじめこの世に生まれ出る前に計画していたのかも。これとこれが成長のために必要なんだ…って（ただ忘れてしまっているだけで…）。人それぞれみんな違う、見方も感じ方も…これはどう考えても、それぞれの人が自分で解決するために自分にだけ必要なものを用意したのだろうと思えてしまうのです。感情という、ちょっとばかり面倒なものを備えているのも、成長するのには必要なのでしょう。この辺が青虫さんたちとは少々違うところ。良いこと悪いこと全部含め、いろいろな経験をして、人と関わりあって、感じることで、青虫さんのように脱皮していくしかないのでしょう。すべては綺麗な蝶になるための手段。問題がおきたとき、飲み込まれることなく、あぁ、これだけの手段があったらうまく脱皮できるかも…と構えるくらいがいいのかもしれないです、ほんとは…。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;実際に現実の中で全とうするのは大変なこと…でも「大変なこと」のまわりには、陽のひかりも心地よい風も吹いています。同じように　四苦八苦している仲間もいる。いつか、みなであのキアゲハのように青空へひらひら飛び回ることができるかもしれない。そう信じあって祈る…そうできたらいいな…と思うのです。　自分自身にも言い聞かせつつですが。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;あれ…英文よりちょっと多くなってしまったかも。でも…面倒なので英文はこのまま＾＾； &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-6621902041003525070?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/6621902041003525070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=6621902041003525070&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6621902041003525070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/6621902041003525070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/09/watching-and-praying.html' title='Watching and praying'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TIAydFdpW5I/AAAAAAAAGQg/e_-W6WJZxeE/s72-c/butterfly2+043.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5465457715612856657</id><published>2010-08-26T19:23:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T10:05:47.186+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Swallowtail Butterfly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/THV-DeAGLBI/AAAAAAAAGJk/d_1uFkn_ZeY/s1600/butterfly+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/THV-DeAGLBI/AAAAAAAAGJk/d_1uFkn_ZeY/s320/butterfly+012.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday morning, I saw a swallowtail butterfly resting on the edge of a pot near the front door.&amp;nbsp; It （maybe "he"?...I'm not sure. ) didn't move even when I closely approached it.&amp;nbsp; Oh yes! It was the butterfly which had just emerged from the pupa on the wall near the front door. It was resting there while its wings dried.. I missed observing the whole process of its emergence, but I'm so happy to know it safely changed to the beautiful butterfly. After a while, it fluttered to the Heavenly Bamboo(Nandina) and rested for a short time, then fluttered away higher...I saw another swallowtail joined it.&amp;nbsp; They fluttered away, high up into the sky.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The sky was clear blue and there was a nice, gentle breeze...　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/THWG2D8O9hI/AAAAAAAAGJw/OLvO35TEl3Y/s1600/butterfly+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/THWG2D8O9hI/AAAAAAAAGJw/OLvO35TEl3Y/s200/butterfly+011.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;昨日の朝、玄関先の植木鉢にキアゲハさんが一匹。そろそろと近寄ってみたのですが動く様子もないので不思議だったのですが…そう、あの最初にサナギになったキアゲハだったのです!　羽化したばかりのキアゲハでした!!　羽を乾かしていたのですね。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;…羽化の瞬間は見ることができませんでしたが、無事に蝶の姿に成長したのを見てとてもうれしかったです!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;準備を終えたキアゲハは、ひらひらと近くの南天の木に飛んで行きました。南天の葉のところで一休みしたキアゲハは青空の見える高みへと羽を広げて飛んで行きました。しばらく飛んでいったところでもう一匹のキアゲハと一緒になって…青空の先をひらひらと飛んで行きました。　昨日の朝は、とても澄んだ青空で、気持ちのよい風が吹いていました…。 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5465457715612856657?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5465457715612856657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5465457715612856657&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5465457715612856657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5465457715612856657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/08/swallowtail-butterfly.html' title='Swallowtail Butterfly'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/THV-DeAGLBI/AAAAAAAAGJk/d_1uFkn_ZeY/s72-c/butterfly+012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3984737902652707877</id><published>2010-08-17T23:01:00.013+09:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T09:45:00.077+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillars.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGsFe77qdsI/AAAAAAAAGI0/Mk4Vyq_QweI/s1600/catapilar+8.12-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGsFe77qdsI/AAAAAAAAGI0/Mk4Vyq_QweI/s320/catapilar+8.12-02.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Thank you for visiting my blog and reading this post. Well...I'm afraid if some of you don't like caterpillars...If so,I'm sorry for these pictures, but I have affectionate feelings towards them now.. I hope you won't feel sick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found some caterpillars on my parsley leaves last week. They are &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World_Swallowtail" target="_blank"&gt;Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) caterpillars&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I didn't feel like getting rid of them....So I decided to leave them alone to grow into the complete butterflies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGor_0WbuoI/AAAAAAAAGIc/gO0y5NDAL5M/s1600/catapilar+Aug.+16.-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGor_0WbuoI/AAAAAAAAGIc/gO0y5NDAL5M/s200/catapilar+Aug.+16.-03.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They are really like that &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Very-Hungry-Caterpillar-board-book/dp/0399226907" target="_blank"&gt;"very hungry caterpillars"&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I have (well, "had", actually now...) three parsley pots in my garden, but their appetite was so big that they ate up all my parsley in one day!&amp;nbsp; I had to move some of them into my mitsuba leaves and also had to go to the store to buy some more parsley for them.&amp;nbsp; This is a sad story, but one of them was eaten by a mantis. That's a normal event in the natural world,isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGorcB3lQvI/AAAAAAAAGIU/MF8wAMWwkSU/s1600/catapilar+Aug.+17.-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGorcB3lQvI/AAAAAAAAGIU/MF8wAMWwkSU/s200/catapilar+Aug.+17.-01.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday one of the caterpillars left the mitsuba pot. I found it on the wall of the front door of my house, about two meters away from the pot. Maybe this was a little journey for the caterpillar in order to find a suitable place for the chrysalis phase, I suppose.&lt;br /&gt;I'm crossing my fingers that they change into the beautiful butterflies in safety!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;今回は青虫の写真を載せてます。ご訪問くださった方の中には青虫など見たくない方いらっしゃるかもしれませんね。ごめんなさい。先週、パセリの鉢に見つけた&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World_Swallowtail" target="_blank"&gt;キアゲハの幼虫&lt;/a&gt;に愛着を感じておりまして…あしからず…ですm(__)m　その青虫くんたちを取り除いてしまう気にならず、ちゃんと蝶になるまでの間そのまま育ってもらうことにしました。ですが彼ら、かなり大食漢で、まるであの「はらぺこ青虫」くんそのものといった感じです。３鉢のパセリをなんと１日で食べつくしてしまったのですから。おかげで何匹かは三つ葉の鉢へ移し、あらたにパセリの苗も買い足さなければなりませんでした^^;　それから…ちょっと悲しいできごとなのですが、一匹はカマキリに食べられてしまいました。やはり自然界とはきびしいものですね…。昨日は、三つ葉の鉢から抜け出す青虫くんも出てきました。鉢から２ｍほどの玄関先の壁で見つけたのですが、どうやら蛹化のための場所を見つけるためだったようです。　ほんとにみんな、ちゃんとキアゲハになって飛び立って欲しいです。がんばれ～！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3984737902652707877?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3984737902652707877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3984737902652707877&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3984737902652707877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3984737902652707877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/08/swallowtail-butterfly-caterpillars.html' title='Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillars.'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGsFe77qdsI/AAAAAAAAGI0/Mk4Vyq_QweI/s72-c/catapilar+8.12-02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3547139619799335313</id><published>2010-08-11T08:11:00.010+09:00</published><updated>2010-08-16T08:57:18.335+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Weeding and vegetables</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGFt8kpTGBI/AAAAAAAAF8w/zR5WHLk2CJk/s1600/8.10+003-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGFt8kpTGBI/AAAAAAAAF8w/zR5WHLk2CJk/s320/8.10+003-2.jpg" width="217" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Since the day before yesterday, it's been a bit cooler. I pulled up the weeds yesterday morning before it gets that hot again. It took about three hours. Phew, I was dead tired, but looking at the weeded nice tiny garden took my exhaustion away!&lt;br /&gt;By the way, I haven't written about my vegetables for a while, but I've already harvested eggplants, grape tomato, lettuce, komatsuna, mitsuba and goya and have eaten them. Most of the vegetables in the planters were finished already, so I'll plant some other vegetables for Autumn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGFuD2HGjeI/AAAAAAAAF84/-f2IGMhabEw/s1600/temporary+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGFuD2HGjeI/AAAAAAAAF84/-f2IGMhabEw/s200/temporary+008.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As for goya, the first fruits became orange color, while I was waiting for them to grow bigger.&amp;nbsp; I'd heard that orange colored goyas taste sweet, but they seemed to be bitter as well as green ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;一昨日から少しばかり涼しいです。またあの暑さに戻る前に…と思って昨日草むしりをしました。3時間ほど…。もうくたくたになりましたけれど、きれいになった庭はやはり気持ちがいいものです^^　しばらく野菜のことに触れませんでしたが、ナス、ミニトマト、レタス、小松菜、三つ葉、それからゴーヤはちゃんと収穫していただいています♪　プランターで育てていた小松菜とレタスはもう全部食べてしまいましたので、また秋に向けて何か種を蒔こうと思っています。そうそう、第一号収穫のゴーヤなのですが、大きくなるのを待っているうちに、オレンジ色にしてしまいました^^;　オレンジに熟したゴーヤは甘いと聞いていましたが、緑のものと同じように苦かったです^^　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3547139619799335313?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3547139619799335313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3547139619799335313&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3547139619799335313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3547139619799335313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/08/weeding-and-vegetables.html' title='Weeding and vegetables'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TGFt8kpTGBI/AAAAAAAAF8w/zR5WHLk2CJk/s72-c/8.10+003-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2576305084758527856</id><published>2010-08-09T19:12:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T19:43:01.539+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Playing a very good game...</title><content type='html'>Sometimes I feel it's tough to pick them out of their negative.. Sometimes I feel sad to know I couldn't succeed to do what, I thought, was good for them. &lt;br /&gt;However I always realize later that when I feel sad, I truly think of my position, not their position.&amp;nbsp; It's them that feel too much pain. I decided to support them. I also forget about that the truth of the fact is that this decision is for myself.&amp;nbsp; I shouldn't forget about that everything happening during our life is a gift from God as a game to experience, play and solve one by one, for building a better self. &amp;nbsp; So...I'll play a better game next time!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;時々彼らをどうにもポジティブにしてあげられなくて困ってしまうときがある。　彼らのためによいと思ってしたことが空振りに終わって悲しくなってしまうときもある…けど、いつも後で気づく。　　悲しくなるときは、ほんとうは自分の立場に立って考えているときで、彼ら側に立っていないときだ。　　充分辛いのは彼らで、私はそれをサポートしようと決めた。　　そう決めたことはほんとうのところは自分のためだということも忘れている。　　人生においていろいろなことがあるけれど、その場面ひとつひとつは、それを自身が自身のために解いていくゲームの駒として存在してもらっている。　次にはよい作戦を立てて良いゲームを心がけよう！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2576305084758527856?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/2576305084758527856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=2576305084758527856&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2576305084758527856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2576305084758527856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/08/playing-very-good-game.html' title='Playing a very good game...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-870690248171372262</id><published>2010-08-06T08:48:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T08:50:01.292+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Aug. 6, 1945</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TFtGqXszjqI/AAAAAAAAF7Y/qMCHpWXt0mM/s1600/black+and+white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TFtGqXszjqI/AAAAAAAAF7Y/qMCHpWXt0mM/s320/black+and+white.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyday, the glaring white sunshine creates the contrast of light and shadow.&amp;nbsp; Recently I have heard the buzzing of cicadas from the thick green trees.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; For most of us, the buzz of cicadas is a kind of a nostalgic symbol of summer.&amp;nbsp; Nostalgic of usual summers and usual everyday lives...even they are always very ordinal, not special, but we'll know how valuable the layers of these ordinary lives are in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;65 years ago today was one of those summers, before the atomic bomb was dropped.&amp;nbsp; The atomic flash of white light brought dark shadows into people's lives.&amp;nbsp; Not many people who survived the atomic bombing spoke about their experiences soon after it.&amp;nbsp; It took over 50 years for them to tell their stories... Which tells us, I suppose, how deep their shadows have been.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've read the novels called &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Black-Rain-Japans-Modern-Writers/dp/087011364X" target="_blank"&gt;"Black rain" by Masuji Ibuse&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fires-Plain-Tuttle-Classics-Shohei/dp/0804813795" target="_blank"&gt;"Nobi" by Shouhei Ooka&lt;/a&gt; , which are about survivors of Hiroshima's bombing and about a man who fought in the Philipines during the 2nd World War.&amp;nbsp; I remember how greatly I was shocked by the stories.&amp;nbsp; The war just destroys the natural layers of our lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for us, the Hiroshima bomb is a sad event as a victim, however, there are also sad events as a victimizer during the war.&amp;nbsp; There is a proverb: "History repeats itself"...But I hope it is time that history should stop repeating itself.&amp;nbsp; It has to embrace PEACE now...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-870690248171372262?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/870690248171372262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=870690248171372262&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/870690248171372262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/870690248171372262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/08/aug-61945.html' title='Aug. 6, 1945'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TFtGqXszjqI/AAAAAAAAF7Y/qMCHpWXt0mM/s72-c/black+and+white.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8335642329916705925</id><published>2010-08-02T08:11:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2010-08-02T08:11:51.573+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>A complete medical check-up</title><content type='html'>Last week, I had a complete medical check-up (except gynecological exam) for the first time.&lt;br /&gt;Fifty people were there. We changed clothes in check-up uniforms and the check-up was done with assembly line precision. (oh, I felt like I was one of prisoners.) At the end, a doctor checked us so quickly. Very quickly indeed. I asked him something, but his answer was not about what I asked. Maybe he was too tired to listen to my question.&lt;br /&gt;Well...I don't like a hospital anyway, but I thought I need to have a regular medical check-up at least once a year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;先週初めて人間ドック&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;(婦人科は除いて）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;というのを受けてきました。50人ほどの方が一緒で、皆同じ検診用の服に着替えて順番を待ちました。検診はまるで流れ作業のように次々と行われていきましたが…青い病院服のせいか、どうも私…罪人になったような気になってしまいました^^; 最後に内科医の検診を受けたのですが、かなり形式的で、ちょっと気になっていたことがあったので質問したのですが、質問したこととはまったく関係ない答えが返ってきました。…きっと一斉に50人もの人を診なければならないわけですから先生もお疲れだったのでしょう^^;　それ以上質問はやめました＾＾　あまり病院は好きではありませんが、これからは定期的に(少なくとも年1回の）検診は受けるべきだなぁと思いました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8335642329916705925?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8335642329916705925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8335642329916705925&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8335642329916705925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8335642329916705925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/08/complete-medical-check-up.html' title='A complete medical check-up'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5840114470926739510</id><published>2010-07-25T15:41:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T15:05:17.393+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Time, Space and Memory</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEYdOLzgXRI/AAAAAAAAF4I/Wi-RyThrc5E/s1600/time+and+space.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEYdOLzgXRI/AAAAAAAAF4I/Wi-RyThrc5E/s320/time+and+space.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Retracing my childhood memories, I reach one summer day.&lt;br /&gt;We are driving along the sea coast. I see my father's hardworking thick arms manipulating steering wheel.&amp;nbsp; Next to him, my mother is drowsing nodding her head right and left.&amp;nbsp; From the car window, the blue sky and ocean are stretching endlessly.　By the window is my big brother, who is still a little boy and he's close-cropped and wearing his short-pants.&lt;br /&gt;Time changes things. However, things might exist across time and space, where memories are woven into and keep us connected forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;幾重にも重なる記憶のヒダをめくるといつかの夏…。　恒例の海水浴へと向かう小さな車の中、ハンドルを握る働き者の父の腕と、隣で舟をこぐ母の頭。　車窓には延々と続く空と海原が臨み、まだ小さな五分刈り頭の、半ズボン姿の兄が、そこに &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;いる。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;時はもの事の姿を変えてしまうかもしれない…けれど、記憶の織り込まれた時空のどこかに存在し、私たちを永遠に繋ぎとめる。 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5840114470926739510?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5840114470926739510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5840114470926739510&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5840114470926739510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5840114470926739510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/07/time-space-and-memorry.html' title='Time, Space and Memory'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEYdOLzgXRI/AAAAAAAAF4I/Wi-RyThrc5E/s72-c/time+and+space.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3762282571225868961</id><published>2010-07-23T05:56:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T08:10:52.621+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Cool water is a blessing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEedYait9pI/AAAAAAAAF5o/tMnBd-cV_Sc/s1600/green+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEedYait9pI/AAAAAAAAF5o/tMnBd-cV_Sc/s320/green+013.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEYvUxXz_WI/AAAAAAAAF5A/fu0yeKuyt8w/s1600/P1010949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEYvUxXz_WI/AAAAAAAAF5A/fu0yeKuyt8w/s320/P1010949.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been boiling hot. Everyday, the highest recorded temperature is around 37 degrees. An incredible number!! &lt;br /&gt;The other day, I saw dogs&amp;nbsp; laying on their stomachs with their hind legs sprawling out, just like the above turtle.&amp;nbsp; This extremely hot weather is tough for them for sure, because they are wearing such rich fur. I also seem to have been overcome by this heat. However, as it always has been, cool water is a blessing in the hot and humid summer.&amp;nbsp; Once I imagine the clear cool water, I feel I'm able to get along in this heat and survive. It also encourages me to enjoy this hot summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;茹だるような暑さが続いていますが皆さんいかがお過ごしでしょうか。連日最高気温が37度前後。ものすごい暑さです。先日、腹ばいになり、後ろ足を上の写真の亀さんのように投げ出して何ともだらしなく横たわっているワンちゃんたちを見ました＾＾　あんなに厚い毛皮を着込んでいるのですから、この暑さは辛いに違いありません。かわいそうに。。そういう私もこの暑さにやられっぱなしでおりました。それでも、毎年そうですが、冷たい澄んだ水のことを想像すると何とかこの暑い夏を乗り切れるような気になってきます。そして、夏を楽しもうとさえ思えてきます。　皆さんもこの暑い夏、体調など崩されませんようどうぞご自愛くださいね…。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3762282571225868961?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3762282571225868961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3762282571225868961&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3762282571225868961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3762282571225868961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/07/cool-water-is-blessing.html' title='Cool water is a blessing'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TEedYait9pI/AAAAAAAAF5o/tMnBd-cV_Sc/s72-c/green+013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7115055233689792143</id><published>2010-07-09T09:34:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T20:32:33.219+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiet...</title><content type='html'>I haven't seen the babies this morning yet...&lt;br /&gt;Usually, early in the morning, around 5am, I go to see the nest to check if they are ok, but this morning I felt sick, so I couldn't go to see the nest until 7 o'clock.&lt;br /&gt;Now it's 9:30... Their breakfast time should have started by now...but I haven't seen those cheerful babies yet..&lt;br /&gt;It's quiet there ...&lt;br /&gt;I saw papa and mama birds come to my garden....but..&lt;br /&gt;It's ok if they left the nest with their parents, but if they didn't...&lt;br /&gt;I should have gotten up earlier!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;この日本語をタイプしているのはやはり10日の朝です。昨日は結局鳥の巣にひなの姿は見えず仕舞いでした。いつもなら朝５時には巣の様子を見に行くのに、昨日の朝に限って、朝気分が悪かったもので7時まで見に行かなかったのです。それが悔やまれます…。上の英文をタイプしたのは朝9:30。巣にひなの姿は見えませんでしたが、その後親鳥が父さん母さん両方とも庭にやってきたのを2回い見ています。1回は餌をくわえていたように見えました。。。なので…カラスにでも？と思ってしまったのです(;_;)　巣は荒れた様子はありません。。襲われたなら巣が荒れてたりするかしら…と良いほうに解釈したり…。ホントにちゃんといつものように早くに見に行かなかったことが悔やまれます…。今朝、5時前に外に出て辺りを探して見ました。親鳥と思えるヒヨドリがいつもと同じ電線でいつものように鳴いていました。でも…雛たちの姿は見られませんでした。。。きっとどこかで練習しているのですよね?!　そう…信じたいと思います^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7115055233689792143?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7115055233689792143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7115055233689792143&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7115055233689792143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7115055233689792143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/07/quiet.html' title='Quiet...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1474097562442579544</id><published>2010-07-08T08:21:00.011+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-10T10:33:02.627+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Chicks are getting bigger...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDZfnkbIidI/AAAAAAAAF24/_g6EBtBWDsA/s1600/7.6+049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDZfnkbIidI/AAAAAAAAF24/_g6EBtBWDsA/s320/7.6+049.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The three chicks have grown a lot.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes, one of them flaps his/her little wings.&amp;nbsp; He moves so cheerfully that I am worried if he will fall out of the nest..&amp;nbsp; When their papa or mama comes to them, they can't wait, but stretch their necks as long as they can so cheerfully, asking for food.&amp;nbsp; Their breakfast time seems to start from 6 in the morning.&amp;nbsp; From 6 to around noon, papa and mama birds are so busy for their breakfast.&amp;nbsp; This morning, papa bird brought very long things, maybe an inchworm or something...I don't know.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sometimes, the food is something green, and sometimes it's read fruit.&amp;nbsp; The other day, papa bird was looking for some insects on a stem of my rose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well...I got some information about Bulbuls on the internet.&amp;nbsp; According to the information, after hatching, they will leave the nest in about 10 days, and become independent in two months. They are gonna leave the nest in 10 days....It won't be so long to that day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been excited about these unexpected visitors, but I think if my cat was here, he would have been so excited too. We surely would have sat together at the window and watched them.&amp;nbsp; I feel like hearing his little mewing and his wiggling whiskers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;この日本語を打っているのは10日の朝ですので、もうすでに鳥の巣は空っぽです(;_;)　写真は6日に撮ったものですが、8日にはこの姿よりも成長した姿になっていました。一羽が向きをかえると、この巣ではちょっと小さすぎるかと思えるほどで、時々一羽が小さな翼を動かして、今にも落ちそうになるので気が気ではありませんでした。結局この日が元気な雛たちを見るのが最後となってしまったわけですが、あの元気な姿を思い出すたびに胸がキュンとなります。親鳥がそばに来ると、すぐさま首をできる限り伸ばして、それはそれは元気に餌を催促していましたっけ。親鳥はほんとに午前中いっぱい足繁く餌を運び与えていました。8日の朝は、お父さん鳥がずい分と大きな、あれはたぶん尺取虫？…とにかく遠くからでも長くて大きなものをくわえているのがよくわかりました。それをちゃあんと３羽に分け与えていました。餌は…あるときは緑色のもの…バッタ？青虫？。あるときは赤い実のようでした。先日は庭のバラの枝にとまって青虫を探していました。母さん鳥ももちろん餌を与えていましたが、見ていると大きなものは父鳥のほうが多かったような気がします。父さん鳥はすぐ飛んで行ってしまうのですが、母さん鳥はしばらく３羽のそばにいて細かい世話をやいているように見えました。　雛は卵から孵って10日ほどで巣立ち、2ヶ月ほどで親から独立する…ということをネットで調べておりましたので、あと2.3日のうちには…と思っていた矢先でした。巣立ったのだと信じたいです。。。自分の庭でこんな自然の子育ての姿がみられるなんて思ってもみなかったので私はほんとに興奮の毎日を過ごしましたが、もしニャンが居たら…(鳥さんたちには申し訳ないけれど)窓辺に一緒に座って興奮しながら見ていたでしょう。きっともっと楽しかっただろうな、と思います。ひげを小刻みに震わせ、小さな声でニャッ、ニャッ、ニャッと鳴いていたニャンが思い出されます。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1474097562442579544?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1474097562442579544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1474097562442579544&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1474097562442579544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1474097562442579544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/07/chicks-are-getting-bigger.html' title='Chicks are getting bigger...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDZfnkbIidI/AAAAAAAAF24/_g6EBtBWDsA/s72-c/7.6+049.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-9079075284655686222</id><published>2010-07-06T09:05:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T11:57:02.258+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Protecting her babies...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDZgH9HhDYI/AAAAAAAAF3A/_Cg0M4h5XJg/s1600/7.6+042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="315" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDZgH9HhDYI/AAAAAAAAF3A/_Cg0M4h5XJg/s320/7.6+042.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon after coming back home on the Sunday morning, I went to check the nest. It was quiet at first...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But&amp;nbsp; after a while, I saw the male bird come to the nest with something long and green in his bill.&amp;nbsp; As soon as he came, three chicks started craning their necks with their mouths wide open!&amp;nbsp; Oh, that's the scene I've seen in some magazines, on TV, ...etc.^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, I can't keep sitting for too long while typing this, because during the morning, they keep coming to the nest to feed their babies in turns.&amp;nbsp; Their babies are getting bigger and chirping very cheerfully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**** &lt;br /&gt;What I want to write in this post is a touching scene I saw Yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday morning, we had rain several times.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I was worried about them. But as soon as it had started raining, the female came to the nest and sat on them!&amp;nbsp; She protected them from the heavy rainfall.&amp;nbsp; It was really a touching scene. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday evening, the weather got worse. We had some pretty heavy showers of rain. I really worried about them while I was working.&amp;nbsp; When I came home it was already late at night, so I couldn't check on them to see if they were ok.&amp;nbsp; But!&amp;nbsp; Mama bird did a great job, as far as I can see this morning..^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;日曜の朝戻ってすぐ巣を見に行くと…最初のうち静かだったので少々心配しましたが、しばらくするとオス鳥がなにやら長くて緑色をしたものをくわえてやってきました。すると、3羽の雛鳥が首をくねらせながら、頭全体が口！みたいに大きな口を開けて餌を催促しだしました。そうそう、この光景、テレビとか写真で見たことのあるやつです！午前中は ひっきりなしにお食事時間が続きます。オスメス代わる代わるやってきては餌を３羽それぞれに分け与えるので、おちおち座ってこうして文章を打ってなどいられないのです^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;えと…何をここに書きたかったかというと、昨日母鳥が見せた光景です。昨日は朝から雨がざ～っと降っては小ぶり…を繰り返していました。雨がポツポツっときたので、雨が降ったら濡れちゃうよな…。私が心配するのと同時くらいに、メス鳥が飛んできて雛鳥をかばうように座りました。羽をふくらませて。。。たぶん、ふくらませると水をいっぱい吸ってしまうでしょうに。。。。ちょっぴり感動しちゃいました。夕方はものすごい豪雨になりました。昨日は帰宅がすっかり暗くなってからでしたので、様子は見れなかったのでとても心配していましたが、朝の元気な様子から察するに、母鳥は雛鳥たちをあの豪雨からちゃあんと守ってくれたようです。母鳥も元気だし。。。よかった^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-9079075284655686222?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/9079075284655686222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=9079075284655686222&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/9079075284655686222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/9079075284655686222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/07/protecting-her-babies.html' title='Protecting her babies...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDZgH9HhDYI/AAAAAAAAF3A/_Cg0M4h5XJg/s72-c/7.6+042.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5952219715180276240</id><published>2010-07-01T11:25:00.010+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T08:18:40.692+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Their eggs are going to hatch soon..</title><content type='html'>It has been almost two weeks since she started to sit on the nest...&lt;br /&gt;And it seems that something is slightly different from yesterday...&lt;br /&gt;She looks something different.. Well..I'm going to go out this afternoon, so I can't watch her, but I feel their eggs are going to hatch soon.&amp;nbsp; According to the weather forecast, it's going to rain heavily this evening....hmm.&amp;nbsp; Also, I will be away from home for two days, from tomorrow morning till Sunday morning. So...I hope they will wait for a while longer before coming out, for me...please...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;******&lt;br /&gt;Surely, their eggs have hatched today...&lt;br /&gt;Around 6:30pm I saw the male feeding their chicks.&lt;br /&gt;Curiously, the female still sits on the nest... I wonder if their chicks are ok?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5952219715180276240?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5952219715180276240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5952219715180276240&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5952219715180276240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5952219715180276240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/07/it-might-be-gonna-hatch-soon.html' title='Their eggs are going to hatch soon..'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7366677928759488714</id><published>2010-06-29T08:13:00.014+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T20:56:31.578+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Comparing oneself to others...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TClCJmfMROI/AAAAAAAAF2I/NT6eufNW3hA/s1600/green+024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TClCJmfMROI/AAAAAAAAF2I/NT6eufNW3hA/s320/green+024.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was amazed and inspired by a splendid beauty of a variety of green colours in the mountains the other day......Like each of the colours, we are all different and unique. That's a beautiful thing.&lt;br /&gt;When we compare ourselves to others, we sometimes end up feeling negativity or losing self-confidence. (Respecting others is good, but comparing oneself to others  and having negativity is not good, I think )&amp;nbsp; It's a sort of wasting our time. Time goes by so quickly. It's better to focus on our uniqueness and build it up, in our own way and pace.&amp;nbsp; Then..we will know, someday, that we are a part of the beauty....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;山を彩る、様々な緑色に心打たれた。緑といってもどれひとつとして同じ色なんてない。この様々な緑が美しい山をつくっている。…私たち人間も、ひとりひとり皆違う。この違い、なんて美しいことなのかと思う。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;他者に敬意を払うことは必要だけれど、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;他人と比較してネガティブな感情を抱えてしまったらもったいない。時間は…ホントにあっという間に流れていってしまうのだもの。それよりも…私たちはそれぞれが大事だと思うことに、自信をもって邁進していけばいいのだと思う。ひとりひとりが自信を持って輝くことが、結果として全体を更に輝かすことに繋がるのではないかしら。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7366677928759488714?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7366677928759488714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7366677928759488714&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7366677928759488714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7366677928759488714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/comparing-oneself-to-others.html' title='Comparing oneself to others...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TClCJmfMROI/AAAAAAAAF2I/NT6eufNW3hA/s72-c/green+024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4428260245991496869</id><published>2010-06-25T10:17:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T07:55:13.120+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='words'/><title type='text'>Voice and words</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCfU9suCTwI/AAAAAAAAF1k/2GdJtAiwIew/s1600/green+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCfU9suCTwI/AAAAAAAAF1k/2GdJtAiwIew/s320/green+016.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are people who have enchanting and comfortable voices...&lt;br /&gt;And also their words easily permeate our hearts.&lt;br /&gt;Dearly-held self-belief is what some of them have.&lt;br /&gt;Pure simple words are what some of them use.&lt;br /&gt;Whichever, their voices and words come from the center of their hearts, I suppose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;魅力的な声をする人がいる。とても癒される声…。&lt;br /&gt;語る言葉は不思議と心にす～っと染み込んでくる。&lt;br /&gt;すーっと伸びる竹のようにまっすぐな信念を持って語られる&lt;br /&gt;まっすぐで簡潔な言葉が心を捉える。&lt;br /&gt;偽りのない心の奥底から発せられたものなのだろう。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4428260245991496869?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4428260245991496869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4428260245991496869&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4428260245991496869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4428260245991496869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/voice-and-words.html' title='Voice and words'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCfU9suCTwI/AAAAAAAAF1k/2GdJtAiwIew/s72-c/green+016.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4386617740096171804</id><published>2010-06-24T10:03:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T10:13:49.817+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>A picture of Hiyodori</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCPbcUmx2XI/AAAAAAAAF08/-Xm7NE-7xek/s1600/June22+011-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCPbcUmx2XI/AAAAAAAAF08/-Xm7NE-7xek/s1600/June22+011-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCPbcUmx2XI/AAAAAAAAF08/-Xm7NE-7xek/s1600/June22+011-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCPbcUmx2XI/AAAAAAAAF08/-Xm7NE-7xek/s320/June22+011-1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a picture of Hiyodori sitting on her nest, which I took covertly, staying away from the nest.. Usually, she sits deeper in her nest.&lt;br /&gt;For nearly a week, she seems to have kept brooding.. I wonder when their eggs will hatch?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;遠くからコッソリ撮ってみました。いつもはもう少し深く座っています。もう１週間近く同じ様子ですが…卵がかえるのはいつごろなのでしょう。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4386617740096171804?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4386617740096171804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4386617740096171804&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4386617740096171804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4386617740096171804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/picture-of-hiyodori.html' title='A picture of Hiyodori'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TCPbcUmx2XI/AAAAAAAAF08/-Xm7NE-7xek/s72-c/June22+011-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1938384427689006639</id><published>2010-06-20T08:50:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T19:58:16.501+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>The male feeds the female</title><content type='html'>It was a beautiful scene. 　Just when I went to the window to see the nest, I saw them on the Maple tree next to the Cameria. The male was holding a red fruit in his bill.&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly, he put the fruit into the female's mouth, then flew away leaving the female alone on the tree. The female stayed on the tree for a while, as if she was waiting for the male to come back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a while, I heard a feeble bird chirping. For a split second, I thought it was baby chicks'. But it wasn't. The female was giving the feeble chirping, flapping her wings, just like chicks do!  &lt;br /&gt;Then she moved to the lower place in my garden and kept chirping and flapping for a while. It was very close to the window and I could see her just before my eyes. When she moved to a bowl(parsley bowl), the male came back to her(without a fruit this time), then the male left the bowl and she followed him....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;とても素敵な光景を目にしました。オスとメスが巣のある椿の木のとなりのカエデの木にいるときです(今まで木にとどまっているということはなかったのですが)。赤い実をくわえていたオスのヒヨドリが、その実をメスのヒヨドリの口に口移しで与えました(翼を使えませんものね^^)。　その後、オスはメスをカエデの木に残してまた飛んでいってしまいましたが、メスは、オスがまた戻ってきてくれるのを待っていたのでしょうか…しばらくそこで静かにしていました。…でもよくみると、翼を小刻みに震わせています。ちょうどひな鳥が小さな翼でするように…。そしてどこからか鳥の小さな鳴き声が聞こえてきました。羽を小刻みに震わせながらメス鳥が鳴いていたのです。最初はメス鳥が鳴いていると思わず…一瞬ひな鳥の鳴き声かしら…と思ったほど、かすかな、でも心ひかれる声で。あまりに不意なことで驚いて見ていましたら、今度は枝から私の目の前の窓のところまで飛んできて同じように羽を震わせて鳴いていました。何ともいえず可愛かったです。その後パセリが植えてある鉢まで飛んで行き同じようにしていましたが、そこにオスがやってきて(このときオスは赤い実はくわえていませんでした)、オスが飛んで行ってしまうとメスもオスの後を追って飛んで行ってしまいました。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1938384427689006639?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1938384427689006639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1938384427689006639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1938384427689006639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1938384427689006639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/male-feeds-female.html' title='The male feeds the female'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1053373829551741429</id><published>2010-06-19T01:17:00.055+09:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T19:56:05.098+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Brooding Bulbul</title><content type='html'>My schedule was suddenly changed... and I stayed at home today. So, I could watch the nest for a lot more time than usual.　&lt;br /&gt;Probably she has been brooding her eggs for a couple of days. The time she spends sitting on the nest is getting longer. Several times when the male came to the nest singing, she left the nest following the male. But mostly, she was sitting on the nest silently.  Sometimes she preened her feathers, and sometimes she kept her mouth open for a while(I don't know why she was doing this behavior though)^^　She didn't seem to be upset by car noises or dogs barking or even crows croaking, but I saw her stretching her neck a little bit when the Cameria tree bowed in the wind and rustled the leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;予定が急に変更となり…今日は家におりましたので、ヒヨドリさんの様子を一日見守ることができました。十中八九、卵を抱えているのだと思われます^^　確実に巣にいる時間が長くなったてきましたし。。雄が鳴きながらやってきたときに数回巣から離れはしたものの、午前中も午後もちゃんと巣に座っていました。たまに羽を整えながら。時々、口を開けたままで数分過ごすこともありました（なぜ口を開けたままでいるのかわからないのですけど…^^）　車のエンジン音にも犬の声にもはたまたカラスの声にも動揺することはないようでしたが、風が椿の枝をしならせ、葉を揺らすと、少しだけ首を伸ばしている様子が見えました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1053373829551741429?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1053373829551741429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1053373829551741429&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1053373829551741429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1053373829551741429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/brooding-her-eggs.html' title='Brooding Bulbul'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-843954014107029222</id><published>2010-06-16T09:20:00.012+09:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T12:23:25.413+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Quiet</title><content type='html'>It has stopped raining..&lt;br /&gt;Yet I haven't heard them or seen them this morning.&lt;br /&gt;The nest is quiet....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*********&lt;br /&gt;Oh, she is there! I just didn't notice her.&lt;br /&gt;She is sitting in the nest quietly. So...on her eggs...?&lt;br /&gt;May God keep them safe..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;またまたこの日本語は一日経ってから打っています。なので内容がちょっと違います。昨日は今までと違って朝から静かでしたので、ちょっと心配していました。他に快適な場所が見つかったのならいいのだけれど…と半ばもう来ないかもと思ってその後また見に行きましたら、あまりに静かだったので(巣作りの間見せていた動きがまったくなかったのです）気づかなかったのですが、巣の中にちょこんと座っているのを確認しました。でも…その後は…またどこかへ行ってしまったようです。午後は私も留守にするので見られませんが、夜も来ている様子はないですし…。巣の中は覗いて見ていないのでわかりませんが、もしかしたら…卵を産んだのかもしれませんね。ずっと温めていなくても大丈夫なのかしら…。と、今日もしなくてもいい心配をしています＾＾；（今朝もまだきていないようです…)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-843954014107029222?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/843954014107029222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=843954014107029222&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/843954014107029222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/843954014107029222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/quiet.html' title='Quiet'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4215206754589576145</id><published>2010-06-14T08:19:00.138+09:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T20:48:25.187+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Bird Nest</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TBVhzLkH2gI/AAAAAAAAFf0/Eral5OXGaRQ/s1600/P1010935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TBVhzLkH2gI/AAAAAAAAFf0/Eral5OXGaRQ/s320/P1010935.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found a bird nest between the branches of a Cameria in my garden.&lt;br /&gt;I think it's a Hiyodori's nest（Bulbul...is English name..I'm not sure.).&lt;br /&gt;I found it Saturday morning, and they had just started building it, it seemed.　Yesterday, I wanted to weed my garden, but kept silent as I didn't want to bother them.&amp;nbsp; I was watching their work silently... The above photo is the one I took Saturday morning. It's getting bigger and denser^^.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are sooo cute!&amp;nbsp; They come to the nest in a pair, then one of them passes (without visiting the nest) shouting chirpily, and the other one works on the nest for a short time. Yesterday morning, they repeated this 10 times or more. Sadly, I couldn't watch it all day.....but I can't tell you enough how adorable they looked building the nest! &lt;br /&gt;This morning, I was worried about them and the nest, because it's been raining hard... They came to the nest once about 30 minutes ago, but now the nest is quiet at the moment....&lt;br /&gt;Oh, here they come again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;椿の木に鳥の巣を見つけました。たぶんヒヨドリだと思います。土曜日の朝気づいたのですが、まだ作り始めたばかりのようでした。　ほんとうは昨日草むしりをしたかったのですが、せっかくの巣作りを邪魔してはいけませんので、そっと見守ることにしました。　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;写真は土曜日の朝の写真ですが、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;もう結構しっかりした巣に出来上がってきています＾＾　　巣作りの様子はたまらなく可愛らしいです！　つがいで（だと思うのですが）やってきて、雄か雌どちらかはピィーピィーと大きな声で鳴きながら、巣にはとどまらずにそのまま飛んでいってしまいます。それで、もう一羽のほうが巣作りの仕事をします。ほんの数分巣作りをして…やはり早々に巣から出て行ってしまいます。昨日の朝、これを最低10回は繰り返していました。それにしても、可愛い!!　こんなに可愛い姿を見せてもらえるなんてほんとにありがたいです(;_;)　&lt;br /&gt;この日本語を打っている今は15日、火曜日の朝です。昨日、英文をタイプしたところで、あのピィピィの声。昨日の朝は早朝からずっと雨が降っていましたのでちょっと心配しておりましたが、ちゃんとやってきて巣作りの続きをしていました^^　ほんの数回しか見られませんでしたけれど。…そして今日も朝から♪&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4215206754589576145?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4215206754589576145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4215206754589576145&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4215206754589576145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4215206754589576145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/bird-nest.html' title='Bird Nest'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TBVhzLkH2gI/AAAAAAAAFf0/Eral5OXGaRQ/s72-c/P1010935.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1680873698518602560</id><published>2010-06-04T21:38:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2010-06-05T01:06:28.207+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><title type='text'>Fragment</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TAkZ-OGVkzI/AAAAAAAAFTE/v2TFJrit-qM/s1600/jun+107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TAkZ-OGVkzI/AAAAAAAAFTE/v2TFJrit-qM/s320/jun+107.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few weeks ago, I seemed to have certain things I wanted to say or write, but I feel they are fading away now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fragments of everyday life.&lt;br /&gt;*The book "Chijimi shiko no nihonjin" reached me about a week ago, and I've just started reading it.（It's interesting...)&lt;br /&gt;*The roses in my tiny garden have finished their first blooming and they are resting for a while. Instead, three kinds of hydrangea have started getting ready to bloom...&lt;br /&gt;*As for my vegetables, I gave up growing beans as they attracted thousands of caterpillars; the lettuce and komatsuna are still growing after harvesting them several times; the eggplants and tomato have a few flowers; the parsley and mitsuba(a kind of Japanese herb) are growing vigorously; the goya is also growing cheerfully.&lt;br /&gt;*I crocheted two lace necklaces (as it doesn't take much time).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;*Jogging...I felt pain in my ankles again, so I changed to walking, but it seems to be ok now, so I'll resume it as soon as my cold gets better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fragments of words&lt;br /&gt;*Reflection, object, mirror, sixth sense, some lights, some hopes, believing in things invisible, dots and lines, a moment, nothing and being, unifying...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1680873698518602560?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1680873698518602560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1680873698518602560&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1680873698518602560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1680873698518602560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/06/fragment.html' title='Fragment'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TAkZ-OGVkzI/AAAAAAAAFTE/v2TFJrit-qM/s72-c/jun+107.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-170830814105337397</id><published>2010-05-23T17:51:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-23T18:15:18.961+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><title type='text'>It's raining...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S_jmjBc8_yI/AAAAAAAAFJw/YafiqTu06wU/s1600/2010+spring+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S_jmjBc8_yI/AAAAAAAAFJw/YafiqTu06wU/s320/2010+spring+10.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;負けないでね！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-170830814105337397?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/170830814105337397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/170830814105337397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html' title='It&apos;s raining...'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S_jmjBc8_yI/AAAAAAAAFJw/YafiqTu06wU/s72-c/2010+spring+10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-9067828064922136434</id><published>2010-05-15T08:49:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T09:47:10.340+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Chirping and Zooming</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Walking along the river in the early morning is peaceful.. The atmosphere is quiet and several kinds of birds are singing pleasantly here and there.&lt;/div&gt;One day, I heard several bush warblers' songs. Straining to hear them, I noticed one of them was coming from very close to us. Some songs were heard somewhere far off, then after a short silence, the bird close to us sang back.  It sounded like they were responding to each other.  It was so peaceful and charming(well...for me^^).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way,on the contrary, another day, I heard something different.&lt;br /&gt;I was resting in the park, enjoying the pleasant sunshine in the silence with my parents. Then, suddenly, the park was covered with the zooming sounds of aircrafts from a Japan Self-Defence base....  Four or five big aircrafts flew over us one after another. I wondered what on earth was their purpose...? Our experience was just for a few minutes. It was just a small thing comparing to people living in Okinawa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;早朝、川岸を散歩するのはとても気持ちのよいものです。辺りは静かで…あちこちから聞こえてくる、いろいろな種類の鳥の囀りを聞くことができますし。この時期、鶯の声もよく耳にします。あるとき彼らの声に耳を澄ませていましたら、一羽の鶯の声がすぐ近くからしてくるのに気づきました。いろんな方角から仲間の囀りが聞こえてきます。。。しばらくすると、その近くにいるらしい鶯が仲間に応えるように囀るのを聞きました。お互いに朝の会話を楽しんでいるみたい。なにか…平和なうっとりするような瞬間でした（鶯たちは何を話していたのか…わかりませんけれど)。ところで、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;別の日のことですが、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;早朝の静けさとは正反対の音を聞きました。両親と公園で静かなひとときをすごしていますと、急に公園全体を飛行機のゴォーというもの凄い音が辺りを包みこんできました。あれは…近くにある自衛隊基地からの飛行機だったと思います。４、５機の大きな飛行機がひっきりなしに頭上を飛んでいきました。一体何のために飛んでいたのでしょうか。。。。ほんの数分のできごとではありましたけれど…沖縄ではこれが朝から晩まで、毎日のことなのでしょうね。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-9067828064922136434?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/9067828064922136434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=9067828064922136434&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/9067828064922136434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/9067828064922136434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/05/chirping-and-zooming.html' title='Chirping and Zooming'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-439764845545010404</id><published>2010-05-10T07:52:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T06:40:51.749+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book'/><title type='text'>Chijimi-shikou no Nihon-jin</title><content type='html'>The other day, I happened to see &lt;a href="http://www.nhk.or.jp/bs/teigen/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;this&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/a&gt;TV program.&lt;br /&gt;I was inspired by Lee Eoryeon's talk, a former Minister of Culture. &lt;br /&gt;(It will be aired on BS-hi this coming Thursday again, if you are interested..^^)&lt;br /&gt;I ordered his book &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%8C%E7%B8%AE%E3%81%BF%E3%80%8D%E5%BF%97%E5%90%91%E3%81%AE%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA-%E8%AC%9B%E8%AB%87%E7%A4%BE%E5%AD%A6%E8%A1%93%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E6%9D%8E-%E5%BE%A1%E5%AF%A7/dp/4061598163" target="_blank"&gt;"Chijimi-shikou no Nihon-jin"&lt;/a&gt; yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;先日、たまたまNHKBSで未来への提言「文化学者　イ・オリョン　～韓国合併から１００年　日本へのメッセージ～」という番組を見ました。イ・オリョン氏のお話がとても面白いと思いましたので早速彼の本&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%8C%E7%B8%AE%E3%81%BF%E3%80%8D%E5%BF%97%E5%90%91%E3%81%AE%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA-%E8%AC%9B%E8%AB%87%E7%A4%BE%E5%AD%A6%E8%A1%93%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E6%9D%8E-%E5%BE%A1%E5%AF%A7/dp/4061598163" target="_blank"&gt;"縮み志向の日本人"&lt;/a&gt;を注文しました。ハイビジョン番組ですが…今週木曜日（13日）にまた再放送されるそうです。もし興味がおありでしたら…＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-439764845545010404?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/439764845545010404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=439764845545010404&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/439764845545010404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/439764845545010404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/05/chijimi-shikou-no-nihon-jin.html' title='Chijimi-shikou no Nihon-jin'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-2125625714977825360</id><published>2010-05-10T07:27:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T06:43:08.213+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Dapple light</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-czit7QIXI/AAAAAAAAFE8/dKnlOwKbv7c/s1600/Walking+May-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-czit7QIXI/AAAAAAAAFE8/dKnlOwKbv7c/s320/Walking+May-22.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, I took my parents out and spent some hours in the park. &lt;br /&gt;The weather was fine and they seemed to enjoy a nice "young green" breeze under the tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dapple light from the tree must be warm as usual,&lt;br /&gt;(I don't know how to express) but it looked like a bit of ripple to me...today. Sometimes I feel that way.. well...it's not so serious^^&lt;br /&gt;I will continue to support them as much as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;昨日は両親を外に連れ出し、数時間公園で過ごしました。お天気に恵まれ両親も若葉色の風に癒されているように見えました。よかった、よかった。木々の間からは木漏れ日がいつものようにのぞいていました。いつもと同じように…柔らかく。。。でも、なぜか昨日の私には…うまく表現できないのですが…何か小波のように感じられてしまいました。あはっ、そんな時もまぁありますよね。。ドンマイドンマイ。これからも私のできる範囲で両親をサポートできればと思います＾＾&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-2125625714977825360?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/2125625714977825360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=2125625714977825360&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2125625714977825360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/2125625714977825360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/05/dapple-light.html' title='Dapple light'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-czit7QIXI/AAAAAAAAFE8/dKnlOwKbv7c/s72-c/Walking+May-22.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3296334729565509050</id><published>2010-05-07T08:47:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-08T12:01:04.797+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Walking, my vegetables, and my lace knitting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-NQfQm8CmI/AAAAAAAAFEk/-QB-yfhlw24/s1600/Walking+May-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-NQfQm8CmI/AAAAAAAAFEk/-QB-yfhlw24/s320/Walking+May-13.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;** I did a lot of walking during GW. I walked along the usual river bank, , to the neighboring town, in the park., in Tokyo area (from Shibuya to Naka-meguro)etc... Mostly, I walked at least three hours a day.. Thanks to the lovely weather, I enjoyed the comfortable sunshine and a nice breeze while I was walking.. Besides, at last, I restarted jogging for the first time in nearly a year and half. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;GWの間、散歩ばかりしていました。いつもの土手はもちろん、隣街まで、公園、それに東京の街(渋谷から中目黒まで歩きました)など、最低一日3時間は歩きました。お天気に恵まれましたので、お日様も吹く風もとても気持ちの良いものでした。それに！約1年半ぶりにジョギングも再開!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-NQr7oRIiI/AAAAAAAAFEs/M0b0KweYAdg/s1600/my+vegetables.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-NQr7oRIiI/AAAAAAAAFEs/M0b0KweYAdg/s320/my+vegetables.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;** My vegetables have grown a lot also.(I don't know why, but only Goya hasn't come up yet...)&amp;nbsp; I thinned out some of them and already ate them^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;野菜もだいぶ大きくなりました（なぜかゴーヤだけ芽がでないのですが…）。去年同様、間引いたものは早速頂きました^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-NQ1riBC1I/AAAAAAAAFE0/e-QAQhYizjg/s1600/Lace+knitting+stole+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-NQ1riBC1I/AAAAAAAAFE0/e-QAQhYizjg/s320/Lace+knitting+stole+001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;** I finished knitting a lace stole. I knitted it, not for my mother, but for myself, for the first time, and wore it ^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;自分用に編んだのはこれが始めてになりますが、レースのストールを編み上げ、身に着けてちょっとお出かけしました^^&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3296334729565509050?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3296334729565509050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3296334729565509050&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3296334729565509050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3296334729565509050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/05/walkingmy-vegetables-and-my-lace.html' title='Walking, my vegetables, and my lace knitting'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S-NQfQm8CmI/AAAAAAAAFEk/-QB-yfhlw24/s72-c/Walking+May-13.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-1356115667257107582</id><published>2010-04-28T06:14:00.013+09:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T06:56:48.115+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><title type='text'>Lace knitting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S9N-YBUUGwI/AAAAAAAAE1U/OHZ5-QdALmo/s1600/P1010453-5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="152" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S9N-YBUUGwI/AAAAAAAAE1U/OHZ5-QdALmo/s200/P1010453-5.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A breeze gently caressing my cheek....&lt;br /&gt;Sunshine filtering through foliage...&lt;br /&gt;The spider's web catching the morning sunlight...&lt;br /&gt;These are my images for lace knitting I want to make.　But for me, it is totally difficult to knit the lace like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to put the finishing touches, you need to wash, spray starch, steam iron, and pin them to a certain shape. Yet, I'm not good at that kind of work. Besides, I don't feel like spraying starch on them, because they would become hard...which I don't want them to be.&amp;nbsp; However I can't skip all those procedures if I want to knit good lace designs..(I skipped pinning in knitting the above...)&amp;nbsp; "Don't leave anything half done.." "Step by step is a virtue in doing everything."&amp;nbsp; I should follow these words!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having said this, I'm really enjoying lace knitting....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;頬をなでるそよ風、木漏れ日、朝の光を受ける蜘蛛の巣…こんなレース編み、編めるはずもありませんが…編んでみたいイメージとして持っています。。。。レース編みの仕上げに、洗って、糊付けして、アイロンをかけ、ピンで止めて模様の形を整える段階を踏まなければならないのですが、私はこういったことが苦手です。。糊付けして硬くしたくないなどと思ってもいて。でも、綺麗な作品を作るためにはこれらの手順ははずせません。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;（写真のレース編みは仕上げのピン止めをしていないのです（＞_＜））　 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;何事も中途半端にするな。何事も一歩一歩が肝心。今改めて誓ったところです!　いろいろ面倒なことはありますが…やっぱりレース編みは楽しいです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-1356115667257107582?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/1356115667257107582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=1356115667257107582&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1356115667257107582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/1356115667257107582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/04/lace-knitting.html' title='Lace knitting'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S9N-YBUUGwI/AAAAAAAAE1U/OHZ5-QdALmo/s72-c/P1010453-5.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-28603270751806050</id><published>2010-04-24T10:17:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T10:22:50.634+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Couples</title><content type='html'>Yesterday morning, the train was delayed due to an accident causing injury or death. So...I was packed into the crowded train.&amp;nbsp; I couldn't help but watch the faces or backs of nearby passengers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In front of me, there were two couples.&amp;nbsp; One were young and the other were old.&amp;nbsp; The young couple were chatting; mostly, the girl spoke and the boy was nodding at her. ( His hair style wasn't my cup of tea...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other couple, the old husband and wife, I guess, didn't say anything.&amp;nbsp; But what caught my attention was their hands.&amp;nbsp; The wife's hands were reliant on her husband's back, trying not to lose her balance. While the husband's hands were holding her, trying to protect her from losing her balance.　It was sort of touching.. (His nasal hair was a bit long though...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;昨日の朝、人身事故で電車がかなり遅れ、やってきた電車にすし詰めのように詰め込まれて乗りました。そんなときは目の前の人の顔か背中を見るほかないわけです。。。…私の前には二組のカップルが立っていました。一組は若いカップルで、もう一組はお年を召したカップル（たぶん老夫婦）でした。若いほうのカップルは、女の子が話の指導権を持っているようで、相手の男の子はただ頷いているだけでした。（どうでもいい話ですが…その男の子の髪型は私の好みではなかったです）。老夫婦は何も話はしていらっしゃらなかったのですが、目に留まったのはお二人の手！　おばあさんの手は、おじいさんを頼るようにおじいさんの背中にありました。一方おじいさんの手はというと、おばあさんが倒れないようにと、しっかりおばあさんを守るように、抱きかかえるようにおばあさんの背中にありました。ちょっと感動。（おじいさんの鼻毛はちょっと長かったのですけれど＾＾；）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-28603270751806050?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/28603270751806050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=28603270751806050&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/28603270751806050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/28603270751806050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/04/couples.html' title='Couples'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-550953115488249101</id><published>2010-04-20T08:54:00.016+09:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T05:35:27.436+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='others'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>The depth</title><content type='html'>Lately, I have often found out something new about my friends..&lt;br /&gt;Maybe they have grown...or maybe I had seen just only a small part of them before.&lt;br /&gt;This has given me the opportunity to rethink about how much I really understand my friends or my family.. Also it has given me some sense of respect towards other people...(towards myself too, in a way).&lt;br /&gt;We are not so simple as to be so easily judged as to what we are...&lt;br /&gt;People have more depth than we think....　　&lt;br /&gt;We should consider about it, I feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;最近よくお友達とお話をしていて、彼女ってこういうところがあったのか…と再発見しています。もしかしたら彼女たちも成長をしたのかもしれませんが、私は今まで彼女たちのほんの一部分しか見ていなかったのかもしれません。　私は友人や家族のことをちゃんと理解しているのだろうか…と考えるよい機会になりました。そして…何となく…今まで以上に人々に対する尊敬の念が深まった気もしています（ある意味自分自身に対しても。。。）ひとりの人間を、あのひとはこういう人だ、とそう簡単に決め付けられるほど人間は単純ではないでしょう。もっと深いもの…。 そのことを心に留めておいたほうがいいな、と思います。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-550953115488249101?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/550953115488249101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=550953115488249101&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/550953115488249101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/550953115488249101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/04/depth.html' title='The depth'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-918301668954701646</id><published>2010-04-14T07:17:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T19:33:17.865+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><title type='text'>Nyan in my dream</title><content type='html'>While I was sleeping last night, I physically felt something getting onto my bed and felt that comfortable weight.&lt;br /&gt;I opened my eyes to see if it was him.&amp;nbsp; Yes, it was him. That fluffy adorable face and body. I felt like I could hear small mewing also..&lt;br /&gt;I said to him, "oh, you've come to see me. Come closer", and reached out for him. This time, he wasn't on my bed but a little bit up in the air, still showing the adorable face...&lt;br /&gt;I tried to say something more. I remember I was just mumbling...&lt;br /&gt;And soon after that, he disappeared...&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-918301668954701646?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/918301668954701646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=918301668954701646&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/918301668954701646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/918301668954701646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/04/dream.html' title='Nyan in my dream'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-55416134405016968</id><published>2010-04-13T06:58:00.018+09:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T08:43:06.808+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Pink, Yellow, and Green</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S8Jbn5x7p-I/AAAAAAAAExs/IabDu_pDQmE/s1600/April+flowers+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S8Jbn5x7p-I/AAAAAAAAExs/IabDu_pDQmE/s320/April+flowers+15.jpg" width="249" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Sunday was pretty warm and the scent of spring flowers was wafting in the air. However, the opportunity of&amp;nbsp; viewing the cherry blossoms seemed to be going to be at an end.&amp;nbsp; The petals of Cherry blossoms were fluttering silently, but quickly in the air, sometimes they were swirling in the wind and then, they were carpeting the ground.&lt;br /&gt;Ｉ love the combination of the pink-coloured cherry blossom flowers, yellow-coloured nanohana flowers (field mustard, or rape seed in English...I don't know well.) and green leaves under the blue sky in this season. It makes me feel like I'm home. Soon, this colour combination will be changed to the bright green colour of flesh young leaves...I love that bright green also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;先週の日曜日はよく晴れて暖かい日でしたので、春の花の香りが辺りいっぱいに漂っていました。満開に咲いた桜の花は、こぼれるように風に舞い、あっという間に足下を花びらのカーペットへと変えていました。花見シーズンももう終わりに向かっているようです。　私はこの季節、青空の下に咲き誇る、桜の花のピンク色、菜の花の黄色・そして緑の色の組み合わせがとても好きです。心のふるさとへ戻ることができるような気がして…。でも、もうすぐこの色も日の光を受けた明るい若葉の緑一色にしばしバトンタッチされますね。若葉の明るいみどりいろも大好きです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-55416134405016968?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/55416134405016968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=55416134405016968&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/55416134405016968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/55416134405016968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/04/pink-yellow-and-green.html' title='Pink, Yellow, and Green'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S8Jbn5x7p-I/AAAAAAAAExs/IabDu_pDQmE/s72-c/April+flowers+15.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-5695812431021855578</id><published>2010-04-03T16:59:00.020+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T07:23:58.598+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><title type='text'>Crocheted flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDEJxtUqwaI/AAAAAAAAF2U/bobd6383EEc/s1600/crocheted+flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDEJxtUqwaI/AAAAAAAAF2U/bobd6383EEc/s200/crocheted+flower.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My mother asked me to make a single flower brooch.　&lt;br /&gt;I had been wondering what kind of brooch would be suitable for her. Hmm...It shouldn't be girlish... Yet, I ended up making more than ten similar flowers..., which are girlish after all.　I need to practice more....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;先日母に、花のブローチを編んで欲しいと頼まれました。お花一個だけのシンプルなものがいい…と。う～ん、どんなのがいいかしら…。迷いました。少女っぽくなってはだめだし…。それで結局10個以上同じようなものを作ってしまいました…しかも結局こどもっぽいお花。もう少し練習しないと…ですね。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-5695812431021855578?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/5695812431021855578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=5695812431021855578&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5695812431021855578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/5695812431021855578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/04/crocheted-flowers.html' title='Crocheted flowers'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/TDEJxtUqwaI/AAAAAAAAF2U/bobd6383EEc/s72-c/crocheted+flower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8589220539200070493</id><published>2010-03-26T07:24:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T07:30:39.234+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Green shoots and buds</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S6vdu_ZrhPI/AAAAAAAAEqo/iH5z2UuNBAM/s1600/violet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S6vdu_ZrhPI/AAAAAAAAEqo/iH5z2UuNBAM/s200/violet.JPG" width="125" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;During the three consecutive holidays, I did the preparation for my vegetables; making soil and buying some seeds. (I will plant the seeds this coming Sunday.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I was doing that, I was thinking of the wonder of life...&lt;br /&gt;We are born and we all die someday. Even if the substance disappears, some energy keeps going in this universe. It might change something else, but nothing never vanishes...&lt;br /&gt;Green shoots and buds I see in this season always make me feel this way. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;3連休中、野菜作りのために土を整えたり数種類の種を買ったりしました（今度の日曜日には種を蒔きたいと思っています）。庭仕事をしながら生命の不思議を考えていました。すべてのものは形はなくなっても、そのエネルギーはこの世界に存在し続ける…形を変えることはあっても決して消えてしまうことはない…。　　芽吹きのこの季節になるといつもそんな風に感じます。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8589220539200070493?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8589220539200070493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8589220539200070493&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8589220539200070493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8589220539200070493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/03/green-shoots-and-buds.html' title='Green shoots and buds'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S6vdu_ZrhPI/AAAAAAAAEqo/iH5z2UuNBAM/s72-c/violet.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-316091546763556517</id><published>2010-03-16T08:59:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2010-03-16T09:00:16.173+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Growing my vegetables for 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S56kf6uUViI/AAAAAAAAEpY/x4y0V9ZvTiQ/s1600-h/carrot+in+a+glass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="175" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S56kf6uUViI/AAAAAAAAEpY/x4y0V9ZvTiQ/s200/carrot+in+a+glass.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lacy carrot leaves in a glass urge me to plan for growing my vegetables for 2010. Also I see buds and shoots in my tiny garden... I'm thinking about Okra, Eggplant, bitter gourd, and Tomato this time. I need to make up soil by the end of this month at the latest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;コップの中で人参の葉っぱがすくすくと育っています。庭でも小さな芽があちこちですでに芽吹いていますし…そろそろ野菜作りを開始しなければ。今年はオクラとなすとゴーヤとトマトなんかを育てたいなと考えています。遅くても今月末までに土作りだけは終わらせないと。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-316091546763556517?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/316091546763556517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=316091546763556517&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/316091546763556517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/316091546763556517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/03/growing-my-vegetables-for-2010.html' title='Growing my vegetables for 2010'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S56kf6uUViI/AAAAAAAAEpY/x4y0V9ZvTiQ/s72-c/carrot+in+a+glass.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-211315898456621755</id><published>2010-03-12T11:44:00.017+09:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T22:09:20.383+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><title type='text'>Harry and Tonto</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S5l67ANrDsI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/L_4osqWTRLg/s1600-h/51T7T82SMQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S5l67ANrDsI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/L_4osqWTRLg/s200/51T7T82SMQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="141" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Again, I rented DVD last Saturday.. That's&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Harry-Tonto-VHS-Paul-Mazursky/dp/6301511034" target="_blank"&gt;"Harry and Tonto".&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; I have watched the film five or six times already, mostly in the early morning. &lt;br /&gt;The story is about an old man who is a widower and is forced to leave his apartment which is being to be knocked down for a parking lot, so he starts traveling in order to find the place to live, with his cat, Tonto. He has three children and visits them on the way, but he chooses to live independently in his own way.&lt;br /&gt;This film is very encouraging and sometimes very witty.&amp;nbsp; It gives me something to treasure also. It tells me about the importance of&amp;nbsp; "aparigraha" and a joyful approach to existence, through some symbols such as his cat for example, and some quotes from literature used in this film.&amp;nbsp; The concept of aparigraha would help you live your life positively, and knowledge would add some depth to your life ... By the way, the leading actor played a role as 72-year old man when he was 54 in reality. He is a great actor. I've added this old, but beautiful film as my favorite!　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;先週の土曜日またまたｄｖｄを借りてきてしまいました。、&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%81%A8%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88-DVD-%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC/dp/B001O4MD0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=dvd&amp;amp;qid=1268348407&amp;amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"&gt;"ハリーとトント"&lt;/a&gt;　というｄｖｄですが、すでに５，６回繰り返してみてしまいました。たいてい朝もかなり早いうちから。　内容は、ひとりの老人のお話です。住んでいたアパートが駐車場になるために取り壊されることになり、退去しなくてはならなくなります。奥さんはすでに亡くなっていて、３人いる子供のところへも行ってみたりするのですが、結局ひとりで生きていくことを決め、飼い猫のトントと一緒に住む場所を求めて旅をする、その旅の過程が描かれています。主人公の置かれた状況は少々厳しいはずですが、それにもかかわらずとてもポジティブで機知に富んだ姿勢に勇気づけられました。映画の中で使われている様々な象徴や文学から引用される言葉などを通して、心に書き留めておきたいようなものも得ることができました。例えば飼い猫のトントもひとつの象徴だと思いますが、執着しないで生きることで常に前向きになれそうですし&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;（ヨガの教えでaparigrahaアパリグラハというものがあるのですが、所有欲を捨て る、不貪、執着しない、欲深くならない…というような意味があるそうです）、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;また、多くの知識は人生を深くしてくれそうです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;人生をあるがまま受け入れ、楽しく前向きに生きること…その大切さを再認識できたような気がしました。 ところで、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;設定は７２歳の老人ですが、演じたときの実際の年齢は５４歳 だったそうです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;とても魅力的な俳優さんです。　というわけで、この映画を私のお気に入りに加えました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-211315898456621755?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/211315898456621755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=211315898456621755&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/211315898456621755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/211315898456621755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/03/harry-and-tonto.html' title='Harry and Tonto'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S5l67ANrDsI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/L_4osqWTRLg/s72-c/51T7T82SMQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-9137927292385378245</id><published>2010-03-04T08:15:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T05:50:18.959+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Hina Matsuri</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S47L6Ml_WJI/AAAAAAAAEog/wfQD2wjlxbg/s1600-h/P1010318-4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="233" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S47L6Ml_WJI/AAAAAAAAEog/wfQD2wjlxbg/s320/P1010318-4.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, March 3rd, was &lt;a _blank="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinamatsuri%20target="&gt;Hina Matsuri, the Japanese Doll Festival&lt;/a&gt;. It is said that the origin is Heian Period. People used to float paper dolls down rivers, believing the dolls would carry away their bad luck. Then this custom has developed to modern Hinamatsuri. People set up the dolls and pray for their young girls' good health and prosperity on this day.&amp;nbsp; (It is custom that the grand-parents on the mother's side send dolls when their daughter gets married and has her first baby girl. I don't know, but this custom might have changed a bit nowadays...Custom is changeable..).&lt;br /&gt;So...following to the custom, I have displayed the dolls every year, EXCEPT LAST YEAR...Well, my daughter had a little trouble last year. It's just imagination for sure, but this year, I displayed them with prayers ( Besides, this year is an important year for her.)&amp;nbsp; Mothers are like that.:-). ...Sadly my cat was not there any more, when I was displaying the dolls. He was always excited diving into the boxes and playing hide-and-seek behind the Hina-dan (the platform for the dolls).&lt;br /&gt;*I displayed the flowers in one of the tiered food boxes, as you see in the picture above. The colours I used was pink, white, and green. These colours have the meaning. White is for snow land. Green is for green shoots, and pink is for blood. By eating these 3 colours from nature, people can grow healthy, it is said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S47MLSgHjrI/AAAAAAAAEoo/_2ZzBRNc_TA/s1600-h/P1010323-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S47MLSgHjrI/AAAAAAAAEoo/_2ZzBRNc_TA/s200/P1010323-1.JPG" width="178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;昨日はひな祭りでした。昨年は娘が生まれてから初めて雛人形を飾らない年でした。そしたら…昨年ちょっと娘が危ない経験をしたこともあって、まぁ気のせいなのは重々承知ですが、母としてはやはりちゃんと飾らなければ…と、そんな気になりまして…^^;　少し気合を入れて飾りつけました。昨日は仕事の帰りが遅いので大そうなご馳走は作れないし、娘もいないし…でも、朝、ちらし寿司や菜の花のお浸し等をお重に詰め、お花も生けてでかけました(娘には写真を送りました)。毎年飾りつけのときに、ニャンがそれはもう興奮して…。人形が入っていた箱にダイブしたり、ひな壇の後ろに隠れて遊んでもらうのを待ってたりしていたのですが、そのニャンは今年はいなくてちょっと寂しかったです。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-9137927292385378245?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/9137927292385378245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=9137927292385378245&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/9137927292385378245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/9137927292385378245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/03/hina-matsuri.html' title='Hina Matsuri'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S47L6Ml_WJI/AAAAAAAAEog/wfQD2wjlxbg/s72-c/P1010318-4.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-8982737691663898906</id><published>2010-03-02T08:11:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T23:40:17.675+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Finding Forrester</title><content type='html'>Having heard of J.D.Salinger's death, my husband rented &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Finding-Forrester-James-W-Ellison/dp/1557044791" target="_blank"&gt;"Finding Forester"&lt;/a&gt; last Sunday. Ｉ watched this movie a few years ago. Maybe this is the 5th time, but it seems that I never get tired of it. I re-realize that I like this kind of movie very much.&lt;br /&gt;The content is similar to &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Will-Hunting-Miramax-Collectors/dp/6305216088" target="_blank"&gt;"Good Will Hunting" &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Scent-Woman-Original-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B000002ON6" target="_blank"&gt;"Scent of woman" &lt;/a&gt;..&amp;nbsp; Those films portray relationships and friendships between an old man and a young man.&amp;nbsp; It is touching to see that someone is being revitalized through the relationships, like plants spreading their arms from the snow melting under the warm spring sunshine. I assume that everyone of us awaits such relationship in our lifetime. But it never happens until someone's mind opens along with your own mind's door.　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;サリンジャーが亡くなったということを聞いて、先週の日曜日、旦那さんが「小説家を見つけたら」のＤＶＤを借りてきました。この映画を見るのは…たしかもう５度目になります。でも、まったく飽きずに見られるところをみると私はこの手の映画が好きなんだと改めて思いました。「グッド・ウィル・ハンティング」や「セント・オブ・ウーマン」と似たところがあります。いずれも老紳士と青年との友情を描いていますが、交流を通して春の芽吹きの時期にあちこちで新芽が両手をひろげるように、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;頑なに閉ざしていた心が&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;少しずつ開いていく様子が心に沁みいります。誰もがそんな関係を持ちたいと思っているに違いないと思います。　でも…お互いが心を開きあわない限り叶わないことですよね。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-8982737691663898906?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/8982737691663898906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=8982737691663898906&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8982737691663898906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/8982737691663898906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/03/finding-forrester.html' title='Finding Forrester'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7076388899346967492</id><published>2010-02-28T13:42:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T23:11:59.659+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Blogging</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S4nsPDZoeyI/AAAAAAAAEnA/N5zjma0Xj80/s1600-h/Feb.27+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S4nsPDZoeyI/AAAAAAAAEnA/N5zjma0Xj80/s200/Feb.27+013.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have stayed away from the computer, as I was busy in doing this and that for a while (including watching Olympic games and movies, and lace knitting :-)). Staying away from blogging for a long time makes me hard to come back and that means I can't improve my English..., so I have forced myself to write this post just now. 　&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;いろいろ忙しかったということもあったのですが、少々パソコンから離れておりました。でも、しっかりオリンピックゲームは観戦していましたし、ＤＶＤを借りて映画も見ました。それにレース編みもしておりました^^　でも、あまり長い間ブログをお休みするとなかなか元に戻ることができなくなってしまい、結果として英語の勉強からも遠ざかってしまうということも経験済みですので、今日はちょっとがんばってみたところです。皆さんのブログにも後でお邪魔させていただきますのでよろしくお願いします。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7076388899346967492?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7076388899346967492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7076388899346967492&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7076388899346967492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7076388899346967492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/02/blogging.html' title='Blogging'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S4nsPDZoeyI/AAAAAAAAEnA/N5zjma0Xj80/s72-c/Feb.27+013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-4177724621776913497</id><published>2010-02-14T08:32:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T08:38:58.557+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>A small house</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S3cszD44vnI/AAAAAAAAElo/-oMDvU7ptNU/s1600-h/plum+tree+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S3cszD44vnI/AAAAAAAAElo/-oMDvU7ptNU/s320/plum+tree+011.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;There is a little flat building along the road I often drive along.&amp;nbsp; It's not special, but obviously old and it looks it will easily collapse when the earthquake comes. However, it always tempts me. It gives me some warmth.&amp;nbsp; In front of the house, there is a, not big, but cozy, well-organized yard, in which there are seasonal trees and little flowers.&amp;nbsp; At the corner of the yard, there is a small shed, which is also well-organized.&amp;nbsp; Judging from all of this, I imagine that inside the house would be also well-organized.&amp;nbsp; Things might not be luxurious, but must be very cozy.&amp;nbsp; I once saw an old man ( He is the owner, I guess.) taking care of the trees.&amp;nbsp; I don't know whether he lives together with his wife or children, but I can't help praying that they live healthily, happily, and long.&amp;nbsp; Then I tell myself silently that when I get older, I will live in a cozy atmosphere; both house and the way of living.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;いつも通る道沿いに平屋建ての小さなお家があります。地震が来たらつぶれてしまうかもしれない…そんな古いお家なのですが、何故かいつも気になってしまうお家です。なんとなく心がほっと温まるのです。　お家の前の、やはり小さな庭には手入れの行きとどいた季節の木々とお花が植えられています。片隅には小屋があり、そこもとても整然と片付けれらていて気持ちがよいのです。きっとお家の中も同じように気持ちよく片付けられているのだろうな、と思っています。家具調度品は決して豪華なものではないでしょうけれど…たぶん^^;。一度お庭の手入れをしているおじいさんをお見かけしたことがあります。あのおじいさんが住んでおられるのでしょう。奥様やお子さんも一緒に住まれているのかどうかもわかりませんが、そこを通る度に、元気で長生きしてね…と思ってしまうのです。なぜだか…わからないけれど…。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;私も、もっと年を取ったらあんな風に、小さいれど暖かい気持ちのよい環境にいたいです。お家も生き方も。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-4177724621776913497?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/4177724621776913497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=4177724621776913497&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4177724621776913497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/4177724621776913497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/02/small-house.html' title='A small house'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S3cszD44vnI/AAAAAAAAElo/-oMDvU7ptNU/s72-c/plum+tree+011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7476842107635513032</id><published>2010-02-10T00:37:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T05:20:42.609+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Everyone is living their own lives sincerely..,</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S3GFRPRd-wI/AAAAAAAAElg/K8dLsRbNoUI/s1600-h/Dec.23,09+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S3GFRPRd-wI/AAAAAAAAElg/K8dLsRbNoUI/s320/Dec.23,09+003.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoy walking along the river bank on weekends.&amp;nbsp; The other day, when the wind was very strong, I went walking.&amp;nbsp; Then I found several birds were all sitting( looked like they were sitting but.. actually, they were standing ) on the road, facing into the wind.&amp;nbsp; I think they were not the same kinds; crows, a kind of starling, and others which I don't know their names. It was an interesting scene. They seemed to wait standing still until they feel they can fly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come to think of it, we, human beings, are living together on this spaceship "Earth", sometimes under the hardships,"facing into the wind" in a way.&amp;nbsp; Knowing everyone is living their own lives sincerely encourages me.&amp;nbsp; It makes me feel that I will live my life sincerely. I'm kind of simple sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;週末、川沿いを散歩しています。先日の風の強かった日も散歩しました。そのとき、鳥数羽が同じ場所、それも道の上で風に向かったままじっと座っているのを目にしました（座っているように見えましたけれど、実際には立っていた…のでしょうね＾＾）。同種の鳥というのではなくて、カラスとかムクドリとか、名前はわからないですが、違う種類の鳥が一緒に同じ場所で、向かい風の中を飛べる状態になるのを静かに立って待っている…その様子がとても興味深く思えました。私たち人間も、この同じ地球の中で、ときにはあの鳥たちのように苦境をやりすごしながら、それぞれがそれぞれの人生を一生懸命生きている。みんな一緒。そう思ったら…私も真摯に行こうとなんだか勇気が湧いてきました。結構単純。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7476842107635513032?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7476842107635513032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7476842107635513032&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7476842107635513032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7476842107635513032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/02/everyone-is-living-their-own-lives.html' title='Everyone is living their own lives sincerely..,'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S3GFRPRd-wI/AAAAAAAAElg/K8dLsRbNoUI/s72-c/Dec.23,09+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-3615625222102213509</id><published>2010-02-05T01:01:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T23:37:26.528+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Japanese Plum Tree</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2wTXMIYwjI/AAAAAAAAEiE/y8tAdTxfz5E/s1600-h/plum+tree+017-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2wTXMIYwjI/AAAAAAAAEiE/y8tAdTxfz5E/s200/plum+tree+017-1.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yesterday was Risshun, the first day of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar( Feb.3 or 4 depending on the year), but yesterday, we had snow ,and today, the temperature was very low. However, I found several Ume (Japanese plum trees) had come into flower. Like a relay, starting from Japanese Plum, a baton will be passed to Momo (peach blossom), then to Mokuren (magnolia),Jinchouge (sweet daphne), and then to Sakura (Cherry blossom)... Richly-blooming-Spring is just around the corner. I'm looking forward to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2wTmKtNcZI/AAAAAAAAEiM/2Uax5f8TYUo/s1600-h/plum+tree+002-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2wTmKtNcZI/AAAAAAAAEiM/2Uax5f8TYUo/s200/plum+tree+002-1.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;立春を迎えたものの、昨日は雪が降りましたし、今日はとても空気が冷たかったです。でも今日近くの梅の花がほころび初めているのを見つけました。梅、桃の花、木蓮、沈丁花、そして桜の花へと、バトンは渡されて行くのですね。花咲き乱れる春はもうそこまできています。楽しみです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-3615625222102213509?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/3615625222102213509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=3615625222102213509&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3615625222102213509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/3615625222102213509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/02/japanese-plum-tree.html' title='Japanese Plum Tree'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2wTXMIYwjI/AAAAAAAAEiE/y8tAdTxfz5E/s72-c/plum+tree+017-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24298211.post-7648500617207519240</id><published>2010-02-04T02:02:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2010-02-05T18:46:12.758+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Some inner conflict</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2r40Zaue6I/AAAAAAAAEhU/Dp7TgPuFXoc/s1600-h/P1010109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2r40Zaue6I/AAAAAAAAEhU/Dp7TgPuFXoc/s320/P1010109.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was a high school student, I used to read Kobo Abe's books.&amp;nbsp; Some people say that his surrealistic world is difficult to understand and I might not really understand them, but I felt some freedom of mind, a kind of vast empty land in his world.　I can't describe well, but by defying stereotypes or conventional wisdom, I could feel a very free comfortable world limited by nothing at all and could be very positive.&amp;nbsp; Feeling comfortable with Buddhism or Zen now, I think there is some similarity between them.&amp;nbsp; I have sought for a vast quiet world for years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While, it is true that I actually&amp;nbsp; have been bound by the feelings for people and living things around me.&amp;nbsp; Once I know that someone needs me, I want to support them.&amp;nbsp; Once I feel that my heart is tied to someone's heart deeply, I can't leave them so easily. Feelings are beautiful thing,of course. We were born "to create tie".&amp;nbsp; But... I sometimes feel that they make my life a bit complicated, when they weigh heavy.&lt;br /&gt;...Meditating, I find that I have struggled to find how to deal with them.. This might be my lifetime issue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;高校生のころ、安部公房の本をよく読んでいました。彼のシュールな世界を理解するのは難しいという人もいますし、私が理解できていたかはわかりませんが、読後、何か自由な世界、広大な大地を感じていたような気がします。うまく説明できませんが、いったん既成概念を否定することで、何ものにもとらわれることのない自由な世界を得られるような気がしていました。今、仏教や禅の世界を心地よく思いますが、それに通じるところがあるように思います。昔からずっと…大きな世界観の中に生きることを追い求めてきたような気がします。そんな大きな世界を求めつつも、人や生き物との関係はかなり深く心を占めてしまい、一度関係を結んでしまうとなかなか手放すことができなくなってしまいます。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;その感情が大きすぎたりすると、結構つらかったりします。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;もちろん、人や生き物との間に生まれる感情はとても素敵なものです。この「絆を作るために&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;」&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;私たちは生まれてきたのでしょうし。瞑想しながら…形を変えながらもこの二つとの間でずっと葛藤してきたのだなぁ…と思いました。もしかしたらこれが生涯をかけて学ぶようにと与えられた課題なのかしら。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://www.bloglines.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24298211-7648500617207519240?l=suiren-steps.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/feeds/7648500617207519240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24298211&amp;postID=7648500617207519240&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7648500617207519240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24298211/posts/default/7648500617207519240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://suiren-steps.blogspot.com/2010/02/some-inner-conflict.html' title='Some inner conflict'/><author><name>suiren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02402541779766934182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3905/2517/1600/lotus2_edited.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eng2zPOvrIY/S2r40Zaue6I/AAAAAAAAEhU/Dp7TgPuFXoc/s72-c/P1010109.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
