Walking on the snow

It's been rest of cold weather these days.
It stopped snowing but a little rain to melt snow. I tried to walk after a while.
It looked clear without snow on the main street but sidewalks were still slippery pavement with solid snow.
I had a hard time to walk 3km around my area.
I'm afraid almost of all roads are not for walkers but for cars in Japan....it made me sad but i'm convinced we will improve our society and get back our humanitarian spirit later soon.
I remember those of humanity in Barcelona. There was a wide pavement with trees, flowers and benches in the center. Both sides of the big pavement cars go each different direction.
It was really humanitarian culture there.
I want to have road for human more and increase active and healthy street for the mature society.

Words by Sadako

What often makes me laugh is Sadako's words which my oldest friend replied to me.
Her pronunciation is different from Toyama dialect but the ancient Tokyo dialect 'Edoben' because she was born in Tokyo and brought up and lived until her 20 years old.
The typical pronunciation is that 'shi' for 'hi'. She says 'shakuen' for 'hyakuen', 'shiroi' for 'hiroi' or 'shima' for 'hima' and etc.
It makes me funny and I always try to correct her like playing game.
She doesn't care nor feel ill for that.
Our conversation is always having gap but fun like learning foreign languages.
When I had tea break with her I talked about tea and Japanese tea to her.
She willing to repeat it 'Japanese key'.
I said it again 'tea' not 'key'. Then she tried to say 'pea'. 'No..no..it's TEA ' I carefully said to her. She understand it from TE and TEA.
It was nice chatting and exchanging languages with her.
I think old people have power in their long life.
So we need to take advantage of coming aged society and love it.

A big star is dead

It comes into in my news box New York Times,
Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at age 48, media reports said on Saturday.
It's really shocking news though.
She is famous for the song of the movie 'Body guard'.
Her passionate and powerful song is very impressive to me.
I'm very sorry and give my condolence to her. Please keep yourself in peace.
Whitney Houston

My oldest friend

My oldest friend Sadako is young in her spirit.
She is curious, independent, talkative and friendly.
That's why she makes her life younger for her age.
She is almost 92 years old, actually 91 and 9 months.
She sometimes forget how old she is and notice the reality soon.
She admits that she is enough old and whenever she may be gone.
She wishes a happy ending without suffering.

I'm learning my life in the future from her.
Making growth as getting old...
She has a rival of the same age.
Her name is Mitsuko Mori, who is a famous actress.
She says that she competes with her for the length of life.
I hope both of the powerful ladies live healthy and long.
I want her to make herself great each day.

footsteps of spring

Buds of tulip have come out in the planter.

I planted them in the ground and in the planter in my garden last year.
Though the ground is thickly covered with snow and can't see the naked land, the planter is under the roof and being protected from much snow falling.
I'm really excited to find the pretty buds. They alarm the spring bell to wake me up from the frozen ice.
Still being freezing cold but nature starts working for coming bloom.

Snow storm all day

I was busy for sending my parents to doctors' in the morning and afternoon.
It was terrible snow storm and chilly wet all day long.
I've often heard ambulance passing in a hurry and seen accidents on the road .
It was one of my worst days....busiest, coldest and wasteful of time...
But I will never feel worse than today.
Just hoping tomorrow will be better.

snow white again

The strong cold weather comes back again.
I woke up and found white world around my house.
It was stormy and snow flakes fell down when I was leaving home.
But it stopped suddenly and light blue sky peeped into the top of the sky.
It makes beautiful decoration of snow trees.