April shower brings may flowers

April shower Kimono brings may flowers and green tea.

More tea gatherings in May!!

Hanami  no Chakai

Sakura Jazz / Flamingo ( Petrucciani + Grappelli)

It is becoming tradition for me to listen to this album on sunny days outdoors when sakura are in full bloom. I have been doing it every year since I got this CD, and I call it “sakura-jazz”. Petrucciani (piano) + Grappelli (violin) really have a sunny day feeling.

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Daffodils

A beautiful poem by William Wordsworth

I wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees
Flutttering and dancing in the breeze.

Winter Flowers 2012

Photos By Kumi  (taken in Bellevue, Washington)

Rain drops in the woods

Rain drops in the woods
Gently tapping my shoulder

Beethovenly Beethoven’s “Halleluja"

I sang really lively and beethovenly Beethoven’s “Halleluja” with my choir this morning and it gave me a lively and beethovenly feeling.Oh! I love to sing this song!!!

Handbell from the 21th century

We are singing the holiday song of 16th century with handbells.

 I will bring a ”handbell” from the 21th century!

I saw fairies!!

Many fairies working hard to get ready for the cold weather. Don’t you see them? Look carefully around the mushrooms with a child’s heart :)!

Flowers in Summer 2011

Projects in Summer 2011









The end of summer ( Haiku)

Back to school sale
Sunlight dimmer
Summer draws to a close...

LOOK BOTH WAYS

So True! Applies to everything!

From my morning mini-walk

The spiders didn’t expect this to happen to their houses. Are they happy to see all this morning dew? …I am!! Sorry, spiders…. (from my morning mini-walk)

Blueglass on sunny day

 

 

Another gorgeous sunny day!! Walking my neighborhood. This year’s hydrangeas are finally starting to bloom (in late of July!). I would like to listen to some more bluegrass because to me it has a very sunny feeling. David Grisman! Classic!!

 

 

From my mini-walk ( Seattle / South Lake Union)