The border of the clininc

It's getting warm. The Christmasrose is blooming now.

I did the construction of the border of the clinic.

Before construction. Oak trees was growing thick.

The waiting room was dim with leaves of trees.

At first, we removed all trees in the border by hand. Digging the stubs was really hard work.

And then, we planted new different trees.

Hard work was done. Next is happy gardening time.

I wanted to plant a big bulb of allium. but my father rejected it ,because of mismatch.

I planted some apaganthus. I like this flower.

I set a pot in the rolling of the soil.

and planted some Christmasrose. I like this one ,too.

and then, sticked some different moss.

こんな感じでいろいろ混ざって混ざっています。

almost done.

I lay the fragments of coconut on the ground except moss part.

finally, repaired some tiles. and all done.

I'm looking forward to see that trees will come into bud and the garden will be very nice.

Tea ceremony

It's been a while. How are you?

I took part in a tea ceremony at our instructor's home yesterday.

The camellia which is for tea garden is in bloom .

It was snowing yesterday. very freezing.

This pine tree was also beautiful with snow.

We washed our hands and mouth with water in front of "Tsukubai(water

basin for tea garden)". My father made this garden,and I pruned trees and changed bamboo fence last year.

This is the high-grade charcoal for tea ceremony.

I set the charcoals to warm the room at first.

I helped prepare for special lunch"Kaiseki".

Tasting of food itself slowly is important. The seasoning is plain ,but I really enjoyed the rich flavors.

After Kaiseki lunch, our lesson instructor did tea ceremony for us.

This is strong green tea. The flavor is thick and rich.

Next is weak green tea.

The flavor is thin and creamy.

These are special sweets before tea.

I had a very good time like these pictures.

Then, have a good weekend!

Renovation of the small garden.

We fit up the garden rocks and made new garden with existent rocks.

We placed three rocks like this. I named this combination `Rock trio'.

Rock trio is the one of the basic pattern of Japanese garden.

And then,we planted the hair moss.

Before

After(almost finish)

The first snow

It's snowing today.

Hello,I'm Ryotaro.

Japanese pronunciation is `liotalo`.

I whiled away at my room from morning.

Baked sweet potato is a natural for the day like today.

I boutht this calender for this year.

Wow, 　Awesome!

Maruo waterfall in Kagoshima

Wow Wow, this is also great!

Shiramizu waterfall in Gunma

Hottai waterfall in Akita

Fantastic!

Shiraito waterfall

The photographer of these pictures is Mr.Kitanaka.

My home in Inuyama.

ah, it's freezing.