Today's flower

My handmade lunch bag

I made the iron print of my homemade cookies, and sewed the lunch bag. Then, I printed the iron print on the bag. It turned out cute, eh?

The first zucchini

This is the first zucchini from my garden. What shall I make with it? I will look for some recipes on the net.

The suburb of my town

door crasher,gate crasher

I wonder what the differences between door crasher and gate crasher are?Same???Similar?

karma,fate,destiny,doom,

I still don't know the differences among karma, fate, destiny, and doom. English is so difficult!

Fresh strawberries from my garden

yummy!

Sakura flavoured steamed buns(Sakura Manjyu)

I bought some sweet white bean paste which contains salt pickled cherry leaves from an on-line shop, and my mother made some Japanese steamed buns called"Manjyu". Since the sweet bean paste smelled like cherry leaves , they were good!

The first orange cherry tomato

My mother is growing most vegetables in our garden. I am growing some of them.最初の一粒は、食べるのがもったいなくて、ずっと眺めていたいです。

2 faces

I orderd this Taiwanese pop groups' CD from an on-line shop the other day. I can buy a Japanese version of this CD, but the price is twice as much as orginal one's and I want to listen this in Chinese. Therefore, I ordered the Chinese version one.It will be sent from China. How long does it take to get this? Maybe one month? I can't wait!

BTW, I don't like 2 faced people! How about you?

チリコンカン

Since I found chilipepper at a supermarket a couple days ago, I bought it. I used to buy it from an on-line shop, I don't need buy it from the store anymore.
I made チリコンカン（←Ｉ　don't know how to spell this word in English.)yesterday. It was tasty.

cute open sandwich

One of my hobbies is collecting cooking gadgets, especally cookie cutters. I use them a lot.

Veggies in my garden

I am growing some beets to make borsch. The first borsch which I made some years ago, was a flop! Hopefully, I can make tasty borsch this year.

Only in Japan?

Stewed butterburs↓

Japanese people eat butterburs and butterburs' sprouts. Do foreingers eat them?

My handmade book cover and fabric covered buttons

When I bought some secondhand books from an on-line shop last spring. I wanted to make some fabric book　covers to conceal the ragged covers. This is the fourth book cover which I made.　

Masi Oka(Heroes)

Hiro Nakamura is wearing the glasses , and acted as a hard-core geek. Is this type of person a stereo typical Japanese man for foreigners? Is he the most famous Japanese in the states now?

Peony and

Classic Hazelnut Syrup

While I was shopping at a supermarket, I found this syrup. Since I love flavour coffee, I bought it. It smells good!

It is rainig , and dark outside today. How is your weather like?

Sakura shaped daikon pickles

A couple of months ago, I happened to find sakura, or cherry blossom shape cookie cutters at a shoppingmall. They were cute, so I bought them. This time, I cut daikon with them, and pickled in pink colour plum vinegar. Also, I added some sliced kelp to make its taste mild. They were cute, and tasted good.

The books which I am reading.

Since I live in a small town in Hokkaido, Japan, I usually buy books from Amazon.jp. I love to read Japanese Canadian or American writers' novels, because it is easier to understand their English for me. Whenever I read English books, it takes time! It is because I don't have enough vocabulary. Anyway, I enjoy reading them.

Ume(梅)、or plum tree

begining of May↑
Ｊｕｎｅ　１９ｔｈ→

The first cucumeber which I got from my garden.

It was about 85F yesterday and today, which was nearly highest temperature in Japan. Also, I got a cucumber from my garden today, I made cold somen with some garnish.

Funny pizza for Father's Day

I made these pizza some years ago on Father's Day. Don't you think they were playful?

Violet（すみれ）

Wow! This picture is a little fazzy! I picked these violets to make suger coated preserved flowers, but I pickled them in Japanese vodka, Shotyu with sugar. I hope they will turn out well.

allium and

Tenugui(手ぬぐい）, or Japanese cotton towel

←These kanji mean " So manymen, so many minds".

I got this tenugui from my Aikido master, when I practiced Aikido. I didn't used this towel for a long time, because it wasn't my taste.

I don't care to get suntan, but rash comes out when I go outside. So, I love to muffle my neck with a tenugui. Suddenly, I wanted to make my original tenugui, and made three tenugui with Japanese cotton called"sarashi".

Since I am wishy-washy , I wanted to shout"喝(katsu) to cheer me up. That's why I wrote this Kanji. I haven't written calligraphy for a long time, but I think my hand writng wasn't so bad. Also, I stamped my name with my handmade stamp.↑

←These are my hand made stamps. I just carved the bottoms.

I painted with acylic pigments. This tenugui is cute, so I love it.↓