tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66644759459729951552024-03-14T04:17:35.836+09:00serendipityon flora + fauna + food + travel + art + design + lifestylekeikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-19730795331444695612011-04-22T13:06:00.000+09:002011-04-22T13:06:49.077+09:00seasonal peas and beans<span style="color: white;"><br />
*While my mints are lush again on my balcony,<br />
Fresh green vegetables are appealing at shop</span><span style="color: #444444;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6EwSVFOS6r0/TbDwlY8WvEI/AAAAAAAAHCg/WDvnHowuJbU/s1600/lemony+green+pea+%252810%2529+-+slg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6EwSVFOS6r0/TbDwlY8WvEI/AAAAAAAAHCg/WDvnHowuJbU/s640/lemony+green+pea+%252810%2529+-+slg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">while my</span><span style="color: #666666;"> mints are lush again on my balcony, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">fresh green vegetables are appealing at shops,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">so i cooked them with a twist, which were lemon and garlic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">they make my dish feel truly springy. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">garden peas can make me happy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">especially tiny jade-like peas and beans like these.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-meN2ncZw0c8/TbDwe2mEQPI/AAAAAAAAHCc/73cmpaGt4-o/s1600/pea+and+bean+046+-+sq2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-meN2ncZw0c8/TbDwe2mEQPI/AAAAAAAAHCc/73cmpaGt4-o/s640/pea+and+bean+046+-+sq2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">i missed the broad bean season last spring, since it is usually very short.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">i<span style="color: #666666;">i’d been watching out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">and at last, i got a bag of them from my local super market.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">how would i like them, then? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">let’s do it straight, this time i thought, for lunch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">a simple way to enjoy the seasonal taste,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">which may mean cooked beans on toast. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">voilà!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-et6MlY4B5QE/TbDwlTELGqI/AAAAAAAAHCk/MeGqAueAQUw/s1600/fava+bean+bruscehtta+%25282%2529+-+slg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-et6MlY4B5QE/TbDwlTELGqI/AAAAAAAAHCk/MeGqAueAQUw/s640/fava+bean+bruscehtta+%25282%2529+-+slg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">a bite for a moment of bliss. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q7ymFsrhnMM/TbDwtceQVpI/AAAAAAAAHCo/e8uS383j1yo/s1600/fava+bean+bruscehtta+%25286%2529+-+xs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q7ymFsrhnMM/TbDwtceQVpI/AAAAAAAAHCo/e8uS383j1yo/s320/fava+bean+bruscehtta+%25286%2529+-+xs.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">by the way, what is a pea and what is a bean, can you tell? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">that was my long-unsolved botanical question, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">as they are the same term "まめ" used in our language.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">but now i know the difference between them and feel appreciative of the <a href="http://www.plantanswers.com/garden_column/july02/3questions.htm">net</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">have a great easter weekend, everyone!</span></div><span style="color: white;">* <br />
*</span><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-meN2ncZw0c8/TbDwe2mEQPI/AAAAAAAAHCc/73cmpaGt4-o/s1600/pea+and+bean+046+-+sq2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-72140637896265826362011-04-10T19:31:00.000+09:002011-04-10T19:31:29.808+09:00a weekend in pink<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">strawberries has been sold since december, but they are in real season now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZG7ujAy_MUE/TaGBK6GDIJI/AAAAAAAAHBY/4W4Sn9WUZKc/s1600/summer+pudding+112+-+slg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZG7ujAy_MUE/TaGBK6GDIJI/AAAAAAAAHBY/4W4Sn9WUZKc/s640/summer+pudding+112+-+slg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
so, i made an english summer pudding with lots of them. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PYZ38pnX6RE/TaGBWzYrzFI/AAAAAAAAHBc/A1TZVdQVVnk/s1600/summer+pudding+118+-+sw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PYZ38pnX6RE/TaGBWzYrzFI/AAAAAAAAHBc/A1TZVdQVVnk/s640/summer+pudding+118+-+sw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">meanwhile, even after the disaster and despite the nuclear crisis, </div><div style="text-align: center;">cherry blossoms are in full bloom everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-02VFRPd2Tlg/TaGB6TgmcYI/AAAAAAAAHBk/iRzlH5CNT5M/s1600/11yaezakura+%252810%2529+-+slg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-02VFRPd2Tlg/TaGB6TgmcYI/AAAAAAAAHBk/iRzlH5CNT5M/s640/11yaezakura+%252810%2529+-+slg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">no japanese could get by without cherry blossoms in spring, </div><div style="text-align: center;">no matter what adversity one has.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d_V-OAzqvHg/TaGB6m-L1II/AAAAAAAAHBo/0CWFPxDZSHQ/s1600/11yaezakura+%252813%2529+-+csw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d_V-OAzqvHg/TaGB6m-L1II/AAAAAAAAHBo/0CWFPxDZSHQ/s640/11yaezakura+%252813%2529+-+csw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
people go on a picnic having lunch under a cherry tree.</div><div style="text-align: center;">maybe, some bread with strawberry cream cheese would be lovely for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WwbTznz2lZo/TaGB5w5dTnI/AAAAAAAAHBg/ReA2_G70nI8/s1600/fresh+strawbry+cheese+029+-+sw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WwbTznz2lZo/TaGB5w5dTnI/AAAAAAAAHBg/ReA2_G70nI8/s640/fresh+strawbry+cheese+029+-+sw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and, philadelphia daisies look sweet in april, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3JYs0p3nGo/TaGB79EfXVI/AAAAAAAAHB0/5h-fvev1aF0/s1600/11harujion+%252816%2529+-+slg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3JYs0p3nGo/TaGB79EfXVI/AAAAAAAAHB0/5h-fvev1aF0/s640/11harujion+%252816%2529+-+slg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
i adore this kind of rustic cuteness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gxgm16gaeUc/TaGB8JT61pI/AAAAAAAAHB4/kk8zrw2gFiU/s1600/11harujion+%252818%2529+-+csw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gxgm16gaeUc/TaGB8JT61pI/AAAAAAAAHB4/kk8zrw2gFiU/s640/11harujion+%252818%2529+-+csw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i am having a pink-coloured sunday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">enjoy the sunday, everyone!<br />
<span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-49979209335997832642011-04-02T23:02:00.002+09:002011-04-02T23:49:12.429+09:00yellow blossoms<span style="color: white;">*</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0z4efwN9jk/TZck5VwIx4I/AAAAAAAAHA4/6ZDrd0gMM-A/s1600/11mimosa+%252810%2529+-+cslg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0z4efwN9jk/TZck5VwIx4I/AAAAAAAAHA4/6ZDrd0gMM-A/s640/11mimosa+%252810%2529+-+cslg2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a time of the happy yellow mimosa, i take a walk in the park feeling joyful.</div><div style="text-align: center;">even though the crisis is not over yet,</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">i’ve been deeply moved and inspired by the fact that the world is continuing to come together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i feel so wonderful to see the world as one. </div><div style="text-align: center;">i can never thank you enough for your genuine ongoing aid to my country!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x_5WM_tjlW4/TZclC-1agqI/AAAAAAAAHA8/GEM6cRu6MHM/s1600/11sanshuyu+%25288%2529+-+s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x_5WM_tjlW4/TZclC-1agqI/AAAAAAAAHA8/GEM6cRu6MHM/s640/11sanshuyu+%25288%2529+-+s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">meanwhile, my neighbourhood cherry blossom festival has been canceled.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/world/asia/28tokyo.html">it does happen</a> to anybody in japan at the moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">voluntarily, the whole nation has got into the anti-celebrating mood.</div><div style="text-align: center;">we have refrained from anything rollicking at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;">considering the victims and the situation, we should stick to it, of course.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UIEQ3AAu9uI/TZclK25M1mI/AAAAAAAAHBA/jM0zTBCytJ8/s1600/11earlyspring+y-park+094+-+%25E3%2582%25B3%25E3%2583%2594%25E3%2583%25BC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UIEQ3AAu9uI/TZclK25M1mI/AAAAAAAAHBA/jM0zTBCytJ8/s640/11earlyspring+y-park+094+-+%25E3%2582%25B3%25E3%2583%2594%25E3%2583%25BC.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-33wtRBXx34k/TZclR-FEuEI/AAAAAAAAHBE/cokVVT1_9C8/s1600/11earlyspring+y-park+101+-+csw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-33wtRBXx34k/TZclR-FEuEI/AAAAAAAAHBE/cokVVT1_9C8/s640/11earlyspring+y-park+101+-+csw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but, the thing is, <br />
when will be the right time for us to stop that?</div><div style="text-align: center;">nobody knows it or dares to tell it. </div><br />
<span style="color: white;">*</span> <br />
<span style="color: white;">*</span>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-47021362180451688322011-03-14T01:53:00.001+09:002011-03-14T01:57:38.561+09:00calamity<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SYsfUfHKR2k/TXzwGdZ5FYI/AAAAAAAAHAk/j2vU0PmfCP4/s1600/italia+venezian+windows+-+slg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" q6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SYsfUfHKR2k/TXzwGdZ5FYI/AAAAAAAAHAk/j2vU0PmfCP4/s640/italia+venezian+windows+-+slg2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">we knew it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">we all knew that it definitely would come, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but no one knew when or where.</div><div style="text-align: center;">or, everyone could’ve blindly believed that it should not be “today” or “tomorrow”.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">at last a devastating earthquake came on friday, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and a even more devastating tsunami followed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">watching live tv-news, </div><div style="text-align: center;">i was associating a seaside town being struck by the great tsunami with, </div><div style="text-align: center;">not <a href="http://www.artelino.com/articles/the-great-wave.asp">hokusai's woodblock print</a>, but, to my surprise, venezia.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was strangely slow, surreal, something like what happened in my dream. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway, another big quake could come any time, any place in japan. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XxHOGIuiYvo/TXzwSQ17jtI/AAAAAAAAHAo/6OgMNPrbWZo/s1600/london+towerbridge4+-+slg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" q6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XxHOGIuiYvo/TXzwSQ17jtI/AAAAAAAAHAo/6OgMNPrbWZo/s640/london+towerbridge4+-+slg2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
we all japanese are still stunned by the unspeakable calamity.</div><div style="text-align: center;">we are grieving over the loss of every single family in the quake-hit zone</div><div style="text-align: center;">and realizing how great the hardship can be for us to endure. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
i am truly grateful for all your compassion and help.</div><div style="text-align: center;">we are toughing it out, <br />
we are good at overcoming adversities indeed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">you bet we will rebuild our country even better.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><span style="color: white;">*</span> <br />
<span style="color: white;">*</span>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-8104739637303599712011-02-14T18:23:00.001+09:002011-02-15T14:00:09.443+09:00happy valentine<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">sorry, everyone, for my long absence.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i'm still here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IdzN_-yMZqQ/TVjzL_tGYZI/AAAAAAAAG_E/25nTEIBz6HQ/s1600/v-day+pink+polaroid+frame+1+lg1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IdzN_-yMZqQ/TVjzL_tGYZI/AAAAAAAAG_E/25nTEIBz6HQ/s640/v-day+pink+polaroid+frame+1+lg1.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">have a romantic valentine's day!</div><br />
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<span style="color: white;">:</span>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-49548318395017899322010-12-25T10:50:00.000+09:002010-12-25T10:50:54.949+09:00xmassy week special #6<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">hoping that you are having lots of fun out there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TRVJqZX1knI/AAAAAAAAG-A/r9rNgUbo-1o/s1600/10xmas1+035+-+c2s2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TRVJqZX1knI/AAAAAAAAG-A/r9rNgUbo-1o/s640/10xmas1+035+-+c2s2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">hoping that all the conflicts among people are over.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but, hoping, wanting and giving are essential.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy christmas! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-24624272647591432632010-12-24T16:41:00.000+09:002010-12-24T16:41:09.344+09:00kobe luminarie<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">christmas lights?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">no, they are nothing to do with christmas, actually.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is an annual exhibition of lights </div><div style="text-align: center;">as a <a href="http://www.kobe-luminarie.jp/">memorial</a> to the victims of the 1995’s great earthquake.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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but, the prayer is the same as ones at church on christmas eve.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">whatever your religions are,</div><div style="text-align: center;">let us pray!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-63691217660883185762010-12-23T11:38:00.000+09:002010-12-23T11:38:59.941+09:00xmassy week special #5<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">***</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i've heard of really good <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/22/us-senate-russia-nuclear-treaty-passed">news</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">maybe angels and santas prayed for that, too.</div><div align="center">so did you?</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/senate/2/298">the news</a>...</div><div align="center">just wonderful!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-84228862275495009752010-12-21T10:22:00.000+09:002010-12-21T10:22:42.759+09:00xmassy week special #4<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TQ_9w0nXBHI/AAAAAAAAG8g/D1WKFscJanY/s1600/xmas+fruits+%252810%2529+-+slg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TQ_9w0nXBHI/AAAAAAAAG8g/D1WKFscJanY/s640/xmas+fruits+%252810%2529+-+slg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">hi, everyone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i guess you are on holiday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> with your loved ones and friends, i suppose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and, you are having lots of chats, drink and rich food, aren't you? </div><div align="center">have lots of fruits, too!</div><div align="center"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-56367586396752985492010-12-20T10:48:00.000+09:002010-12-20T10:48:09.617+09:00xmassy week special #3<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TQ6yx6YuRrI/AAAAAAAAG8I/Vajim0QvJYk/s1600/teddy-in-sock+%252814%2529+-+slg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TQ6yx6YuRrI/AAAAAAAAG8I/Vajim0QvJYk/s640/teddy-in-sock+%252814%2529+-+slg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my place has no fireplaces or mantelpieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">still, it's fun to hang my sock on. </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">have a peaceful week, everyone!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i am not christian, in my country, neither are most people.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but yet, we do enjoy the (mock) festivity.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i am getting into the mood.</div><div style="text-align: center;">you are already in it, aren't you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">**:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-16093095794029140142010-12-18T20:08:00.000+09:002010-12-18T20:08:28.388+09:00xmassy week special #1<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">hello friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">are you ready?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">like my last few novembers, </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">i was supposed to rejoice at a little harvest of homegrown saffron </div><div style="text-align: center;">from my mother's balcony. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">she missed the timing to plant saffron bulbs in september. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">so, we have no saffron harvest this november.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">still, like any other november,</div><div style="text-align: center;">leaves have turned gold and red.</div><div style="text-align: center;">they have plenty of different shades of saffron.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i am absolutely charmed by every single falling leaf.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">do you remember the saffron revolution, by the way?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">nothing really has changed for those burmese monks and people, though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">but, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/nov/09/afghanistan-farmers-saffron">growing saffron</a> instead of, yes, poppies in afghanistan seems to pick up, </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">which is indeed good news, don't you think? </div><div style="text-align: center;">i hope this will make a true saffron revolution happen over there.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">enjoy the gorgeous season before getting busy, everyone!</div><span style="color: white;">*<br />
*</span>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-36499291102673415802010-10-31T16:02:00.000+09:002010-10-31T16:02:24.095+09:00marie’s birthday<span style="color: white;"> *</span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">again! i am posting on the last day of this month. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">october really flew by. </div><div style="text-align: center;">we had perfect (indian) summer’s days and a bit of wintery weather. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TM0RZg0j10I/AAAAAAAAG48/ajxYPKY68LY/s1600/marie-r+book+(10)+-+c+-+s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TM0RZg0j10I/AAAAAAAAG48/ajxYPKY68LY/s640/marie-r+book+(10)+-+c+-+s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">today is marie’s birthday. marie who? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.marielaurencin.com/">marie laurencin</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">she painted and wrote poems in “la belle époque” paris. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">here is le carnet des nuits, </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">which has been my most precious book since i was so young. </div><div style="text-align: center;">e-books seem to be taking on, but favourite books will remain p-books. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">papers yellow with age, while printed colours fade away. </div><div style="text-align: center;">even the written words now sound obsolete a little, maybe. </div><div style="text-align: center;">still, i love my old p-books like this one.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">do you think i’ve forgotten all about halloween? </div><div style="text-align: center;">no. but, i just enjoy checking what fun-loving people do, not part of it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">i’ve cooked gnocchi di zucca for dinner, though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy birthday to marie!</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy halloween to everyone!</div><br />
<span style="color: white;">*</span>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-32573651927627554422010-09-30T18:51:00.000+09:002010-09-30T18:51:59.252+09:00september<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">on the last day of september, i felt inclined to say hello to the blog world. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">this summer was a long and unbearably sultry one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">indeed, the climate change was turning japan into a tropical country!<br />
but “my season” has arrived at last.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i did lots of ironing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and adorning my place with wild flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i am getting happier to see my environment as you can see here.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">many many thanx for all your lovely comments ;)</div><br />
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<div align="center"></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-17027784918354123822010-08-13T22:11:00.001+09:002010-08-13T22:14:31.168+09:00momo<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s neither this <a href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:ja:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADBR_ja&q=momo+ende&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=Vi9lTLycONK6ceGJ3a8K&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CFoQsAQwCg">momo</a>, the fantasy novel written by michael ende, </div><div style="text-align: center;">nor that <a href="http://momoresto.com/restaurant/london/momo/restaurant/">momo</a>, my favourite moroccan restaurant in london.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s a pink stone-fruit.<br />
i am talking about japanese peach called “もも momo” in japanese.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">there was a nice and kind person (actually my ex-mother-in-law). </div><div style="text-align: center;">she arranged for a box of momo to be sent from a momo farm.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">momo, is, possibly, the biggest, pinkest and juiciest peach on this planet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i’d love to show you all how i relished pinkish pleasures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">first, i just ate it with a ruby grapefruit enjoying the pinks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">second, i experienced the almost ultimate bliss with a frozen “momo” daiquiri i made.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">my son came and stayed with me from tokyo last weekend, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so i made bellinis to toast.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">the following morning,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i made frozen “momo” daiquiris again for us.</div><div style="text-align: center;">this time, they came out pink, perfect pink!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">then we toasted again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i am having some more fruits...plums? that is... this weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">have plenty of juicy fruits in season, everyone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-24931553698373364142010-08-02T16:21:00.000+09:002010-08-02T16:21:50.201+09:00a midsummer fedora<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">before august started, </div><div style="text-align: center;">my summer (painting) “white” project had been completed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">the new white floors of my living room and bedroom look so cool.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">still, japan continues to boil.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i never like sultry days like these. </div><div style="text-align: center;">but i should try to see the positive side of the heat… </div><div style="text-align: center;">let me tell you…ah, i always love straw hats!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i used to have a english fedora and a french canotier that i really loved.</div><div style="text-align: center;">actually, </div><div style="text-align: center;">in early july when i got a paint can, a roller and brushes from a diy shop,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i bought myself a cheap and ubiquitous straw hat, </div><div style="text-align: center;">i want this straw hat to look old-ish,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i put it on whenever i go out to wear it out fast.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i also have a fedora that looks a bit similar to my old one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i did impulse-buy when i found it four summers ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it would show up on my hatstand every summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it stays new since i’ve never worn it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">sadly because it no longer fits my style… say, age. </div><div style="text-align: center;">but i cherish my fedora. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">fedoras have made a worldwide comeback for the past one or two years, </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is great.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">***</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>have a lovely summer week!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">when i stopped by my local supermarket only two days ago,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i was surprised that cherries were on the shelf.</div><div style="text-align: center;">they were still around in the heat of the scorching summer!</div><div style="text-align: center;">japanese cherry season is so short,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it usually ends by mid-july. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">have you heard of anyone on earth who does not love to eat cherries?</div><div style="text-align: center;">they terribly look sweet and cute as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">they are so lovely to taste and behold.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">come to think of it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">i kept missing a chance to post on japanese cherries i’d had them in early july. </div><div style="text-align: center;">so, here they are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">to mark the last day of july and the cherry season!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the mean time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there are loads of various stone fruits arriving now.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i can’t help but look at them in shops and blogs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">what a joy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i’m sure you all are enjoying the harvest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">have a great summer weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-78618700509606669322010-07-23T15:51:00.002+09:002010-07-25T16:04:18.924+09:00a nordic dream<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">are you on vacation or stay-cation?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">there’s no hot news this week either, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but temperature-wise, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s just way too hot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">japan is sizzling. </div><div style="text-align: center;">i’m not lying!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">when air-conditioners can’t beat the heat, </div><div style="text-align: center;">i always start a home-decorating project.</div><div style="text-align: center;">as a matter of fact, </div><div style="text-align: center;">i am in the thick of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i know i sound like a crazy ant.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i’ve been painting my living room floor nordic white.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s more like taking a swedish-style sauna than decorating, though. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the living room looks almost done,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i can make a move on my bed room, then.</div><div style="text-align: center;">my dream will be drifting around the norwegian wood?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">looking at summer flowers,<br />
the bog sages, in the park as well as on my balcony, are blooming,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TEk7FVLloFI/AAAAAAAAG0w/-aeW8keydqM/s1600/sage+flower+(5)+-lg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" hw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TEk7FVLloFI/AAAAAAAAG0w/-aeW8keydqM/s640/sage+flower+(5)+-lg2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">they are as blue as the summer sky. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">white geranium is among my all-time favourites, by the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">their petals resemble white butterfly wings, don’t you think?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">enjoy your hot (or cool?) summer weekend, my friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span><br />
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</div></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-76320422054108611462010-07-14T09:15:00.001+09:002010-07-14T09:16:57.245+09:00tricolore floral<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s le quatorze juillet, la fête nationale for the french.</div><div style="text-align: center;">we japanese have never had such a “revolution” in our history.</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i do admire those who fought for liberation and idealism.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">in japan, the anniversary is called 巴里祭 (festival of paris)</div><div style="text-align: center;">in an extremely nostalgic way,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and has been adopted as sort of a day for enjoying french things. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">nowadays, almost no one talks about it, though.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but at least, one francophile here.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i shall personally celebrate bastille day with the french flag tricolour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">le drapeau de la france ou drapeau tricolore, oui... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">bleu, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">blanc, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">rouge,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">vive la france !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: white;">*</span>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-16690487970495126672010-07-10T11:25:00.000+09:002010-07-10T11:25:26.363+09:00learning from a lotus<span style="color: white;">*</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">i’m kind of feeling low at the moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">tt is something i, and even good people, sometimes and inevitably experience.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it feels like everything sucks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">the fate will never smile on me?</div><div style="text-align: center;">but, that’s not true.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">could i pass this melancholic spell by living like an oriental lotus in the park?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDfZJMnTakI/AAAAAAAAGzM/MU7-tjOazLY/s1600/10lotus+(7)+-+s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDfZJMnTakI/AAAAAAAAGzM/MU7-tjOazLY/s640/10lotus+(7)+-+s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">focusing an image,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">being receptive enough,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">without losing grace and dignity,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDfZmnAgJLI/AAAAAAAAGzk/wc21K2FkY_c/s1600/y-park+late+june+123+-+s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDfZmnAgJLI/AAAAAAAAGzk/wc21K2FkY_c/s640/y-park+late+june+123+-+s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and standing still whatever happens for some time to come…</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDfZuL82RbI/AAAAAAAAGzs/oZcITtrVQZg/s1600/10lotus+(25)+-+s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDfZuL82RbI/AAAAAAAAGzs/oZcITtrVQZg/s640/10lotus+(25)+-+s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s almost 禅 zen, isn’t it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">at any rate, i will enjoy life. and the weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">so will you, my dear friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-288767582348027462010-07-05T15:35:00.001+09:002010-07-05T15:37:05.899+09:00a cherry bomb<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">the peak season for cherries is now!</div><div style="text-align: center;">so don’t miss it.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">the thing is, which one should i try first, <a href="http://www.ekamo.com/sakuranbo/">japanese</a> or <a href="http://www.calcherry.com/">american</a>?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">generally, japanese cherry is lighter and more subtle for taste.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">they are quite different from each other.</div><div style="text-align: center;">after all, i grabbed american ones from a shelf in my local supermarket.</div><div style="text-align: center;">not because they were less expensive than japanese ones (true),</div><div style="text-align: center;">but because it was dark cherry that’d go with dark chocolate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i thought i’d need to use up chocolate bars before it got hotter.<br />
lately, sunday has become my baking day. well, sort of.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i made a classic black forest with a modern twist...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDF7ieY5xwI/AAAAAAAAGzE/BcVLdgJ_ltM/s1600/dark+cerry+(5)+-+s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TDF7ieY5xwI/AAAAAAAAGzE/BcVLdgJ_ltM/s640/dark+cerry+(5)+-+s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">using fresh cherries instead of ones in syrup,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> using melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder with lots of sugar for the sponge,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and making curls to garnish only the top.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">using rum instead of kirsch, simply because there was no kirsch in my cupboard. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">in spite of all the twists i’d made, it still was a calorie bomb!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">i really have to take extra long walks this week. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">have a great and healthy week, everyone!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-8540873248723856362010-06-25T13:24:00.000+09:002010-06-25T13:24:58.722+09:00my herby baby<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">as i am living alone, i sometimes think of having a furry companion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it would be great if i could walk him or her in the park.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i always find myself being negative, though.</div><div style="text-align: center;">not only because of the neighbourhood residential regulations i have to keep,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(banned from raising dogs and cats in our housing complex, still some do)</div><div style="text-align: center;">but also because of my possible heavy responsibility.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i doubt i can be a better caregiver than i am now to my potted herbs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love them like my babies.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but, no matter how well i look after them,</div><div style="text-align: center;">some would get sick or do a perish unexpectedly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">tending furry animals can never be easier than that.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i admire all the animal guardians.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so, i settle for being a happy herb-grower.</div><div style="text-align: center;">they look pretty on my balcony. </div><div style="text-align: center;">besides, my babies are edible.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it’s time to pick a little,</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">...hang them in my kitchen </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">how’s that for my green babies?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">...then put them in jars.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TCQsFCy8nlI/AAAAAAAAGyM/Hl59ePUnfvw/s1600/dried+herbs+(7)+-+s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TCQsFCy8nlI/AAAAAAAAGyM/Hl59ePUnfvw/s640/dried+herbs+(7)+-+s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">all herbs are good.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">*</span><span style="color: white;">*</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TCQr624G6HI/AAAAAAAAGyE/bUdNusyCbRg/s1600/dried+herbs+(12)+-+cs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ru="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FgUofSKfQOI/TCQr624G6HI/AAAAAAAAGyE/bUdNusyCbRg/s640/dried+herbs+(12)+-+cs.JPG" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">enjoy the last weekend of beautiful june, my friends!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">rain, rain, rain…</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i am living in a nation blessed with rain at the moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but who’d love a rainy month all the way through? </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">only thing people love about this wet month is hydrangea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hydrangea is the june flower in japan.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">they are blooming on my balcony, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">so i am happy to forget about rain adorning my home with them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love that.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">maybe, happy monday?</div><div style="text-align: center;">wishing you all a happy new week!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">p.s.</div><div style="text-align: center;">dear vale, n and kate, </div><div style="text-align: center;">thank you very much for your wonderful comment on my mulberry post!</div><br />
<span style="color: white;">*</span>keikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10057037349901687667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664475945972995155.post-18714754952504245732010-06-13T14:42:00.004+09:002010-06-13T15:13:42.183+09:00good black mulberry<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">what i wanted to post last time is this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/fruit_and_nut_trees/mulberry_tree_black/">black mulberry</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">there are several mulberry trees in the park, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but no one seem to be keen on or keen to notice them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">maybe because they are truly tall trees </div><div style="text-align: center;">unlike ones you may usually imagine in your garden? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">meanwhile, this time of year, </div><div style="text-align: center;">everyone would certainly notice a score of the purple stains on the park path.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">last week, when i was walking through the park, </div><div style="text-align: center;">one mulberry dropped from up above.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">now, you can guess what was in my mind?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i really hope you'd never think i’m a rubbish-picker, though.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s fun and quite palatable to do this.</div><div style="text-align: center;">yes, i started picking up mulberries, but only genuinely fresh ones.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">as my crop piled up in a small bag, just enough to fill a small café-au-lait bowl,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i took it home and washed and hulled thoroughly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">voilà, my own homemade mulberry jam</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s yummy to have some with yogurt,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it’s even yummier to be used for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/15/victoria-sandwich-recipes-fearnley-whittingstall">victoria sponge</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">yesterday was a perfect summer’s day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i saw a huge number of ripe mulberries still dropping from trees in the park.</div><div style="text-align: center;">disappointingly, the weather turned humid and bad today. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this year’s rainy season has just begun in my region...sigh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">how are you enjoying your sunday?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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