The oven made semi dry tomatoes

On a rainy day,

洗濯ばさみもころがっていれば、はりがねもころがっていて、ちょっと、情けない写真。
ここは、屋根の下で、雨だれを撮ってみたかったんです。

The grasshopper on the mum leaf

(柏の木)kashiwa no ki or the oak trees

Last Saturday evening I went to my friend's house to have a BBQ party. It was cloudy and chilly, but we enjoyed it. I found these oak trees next to their back yard. We eat "Kashiwa mochi", or oak leaves wrapped Japanese sweet dumplings on Children's Day, or Boys Day. It is held on May 5th. Oak trees or leaves are simboliｚed for prolification, like Easter eggｓ.
Therefore, we eat them on that day. I will post a picture of Kashiwa mochi (柏餅） later. The kanji of 柏.....my literal translation is, a white tree.
I don't think that oak trees are white. ???......　

tyo kimochi ii

The Japanese gold medalist of breatstroke swimmer Kosuke KItajima said,"tyo kimochi ii!", after he got the gold medal in the Baijin Olimpic games.
If my figurative translation is correct, it means " I am super happy!".
４年前の「チョー気持ちいい！」と、ちょっと違ってたなあ。

The dandelion parachute

I took this picture in spring. It is cute, eh?

七夕（Tanabata) , The star festival

七夕（Tanabata) means 7th of evening.

七　means 7.

夕　means evening.

Tanabata is a star festival held each year on the seventh day of the seventh month, but is held on Aug 7th in Hokkaido and some other places.

It is originated in China, and is based on a legend that two starry lovers, the Cowherd(Altair) and the Weaver Maid (Vega),patroness of silkworm raising and weaving, meet once a year on this day , though on opposite banks of the River of Heaven(Milky Way).

We decorate some ornaments and strips on some bamboo branches.(Since I didn't have a bamboo tree, I hang some strips on the pine tree branches. We write our wish on some strips.

Originally bamboo was put up as a place to receive descending gods.