ChanomiTalk

Recently, my family just moved into our new house that we have been working on for over 3 years. We started planning/building the house when I was a freshman in college and I was wondering if I would ever get to move in before I graduate. But now I am senior and I finally get to move in.

The house is actually a lot better than we expected. We have a beautiful view of Honolulu and the ocean. I like the fact that it’s really quiet and that we are unable to hear a lot of traffic. We just got our household goods from storage not to long ago and for a while, our house was full of boxes. But now everything is somewhat organized. It was fun opening everything up and looking at all of my old stuff though. My favorite item that we brought from our other house is the piano. I use to play a long time ago but I’m really hoping that I’ll get back into it now.

雨の日は、傘が無くともこうすれば濡れません。
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博多の母の元に滞在中、母が膝の上に便箋を置いて手紙を書いているのを見ました。膝机があれば便利ではないかと思ったのですが、本屋などで売っているのは母には大き過ぎ。

それならばと、手作りすることにしました。机の部分は美術用具店で１０ｘ８インチ (２６ｘ２０ｃｍ) のアクリル絵用のキャンバスをみつけ、枕は布切れとビーンバッグにいれる粒で通常の枕の要領で作り、机と枕を糊でくっつけて出来上がり。ただ、郵送するのにかれこれ１週間かかるのが残念。

ハワイから持ち帰って鉢で育てている5Hawaiian Tealeaves5は５株増えました。今年で14年目ですが、芽がつぎつぎに出てまもなく葉が茂り始めたので、土中の根をのこぎりで切って株分けしました。5株、みんな育ってくれるとよいのですが。

On my trip to Tokyo, I visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. I took a tour that lasted about 90 minutes. The grounds were perfectly manicured and so many people were working on bushes, trees, sweeping and security. It was an amazing place and hope to go back some day.

The first picture is the gate you walk through when entering the grounds.

The picture below is the entrance to the royal families residence. Look closely, you can see the guards.

The two large mounds are actually hundreds of different types of trees all perfectly manicured to look round.

I don’t remember what this house is called, but it was said the Shogun’s use to sit here and look towards Mt. Fuji.