Piano concert

The piano class that our daughters go to has annual concert every year.
Today was the day!

Elder daughter played the waltz in 'Nut cracker' composed by Tchaikovsky.
Younger one played two tunes of children's folk songs.

Though they actually did some mistakes, they played greatly on the stage and in front of the audiences. My little baby girls were nowhere on the stage as if they grew so suddenly.
I was glat to be their mom.

Condolence

Yesterday, a friend of mine called me after two years .
I was very glad to hear that somehow she is doing good with her two sons.

Two years ago, her husband's airplane was crashed to the mountain.
He was a co-pilot of the airplane. He died and left his loved ones, her and their two kids.
One was two years old and another was eight months old at that time.
I coudn't believe such a tragedy really happened to someone whom I know.

For two years, she said she hasn't been doing anything but caring for her kids.
However, she also said the kids are growing great and somtimes talk to her gently just like their father.

I couldn't hear that without tears.
I can feel his regret, sadness and anguish to leave his family.

Anything will happen in our lives, good things and bad things....
It is important to live doing what I want and be what I want to be, so not to regret later.

I just told her that all of you are always in my thoughts and prayer and keep going little by little....

Jurassic

Last weekend, I went to see a dinosaur's footprints with my family.
After three hours' drive, we finally arrived the place we can see the footprints' fossil.
It stands by the road in the mountain. It was found on the way to construct the road.
The footprints are like the holes on the stone wall that stands vertically not flat.
It seems strange.....but after millions of years past.....the (earth) ground moved...
maybe.... ;-)

The footprints were smaller than I expected. Scientists say the dinosaurs were bird-like ones, like ostrich. Hmmm, it's interesting, isn't it?

taste Spring

Colourful flowers are blooming in the garden. Fresh green leaves are growing.
It is the middle of Spring in Japan. I like Autum the best, but this time of the year, I can feel energies of natural. Everything is beautiful and full of real lives.

I picked edible plants (actually they are weeds...) in the field in front of my house.
It is my seasonal event. We can eat the plants only in this season, early Spring.
I cooked them Tempura, deep fried dish. It taste "Spring" and delicious!