乾杯 日本の衆

Ode to our Green Road #5

May is the season for rice planting.

The rice fields are filled with water, and farmers plant seedlings there.

It is one of the most lovely and grateful scenes of the year for me, and the animals living around there are also looking at the situation with a smile :-))

On our Green Road, a pleasant breeze coming from the rice fields gently strokes Hug's cheeks and wild plants 🌬🐶🌿✨✨

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b9AZ3EtQFwQ

The floating time is marked by the faint rays from the cloudy sky. I wonder if I can pack air tight this wonderful troublesome feeling? Even if I draw it, as time goes on, something will fade. Forever is always a fleeting shapeless shadow.

Any scene, In my picture definitely you are drawn. With my eyes closed, I can know it when taking a deep breath. You are always in my sketchbook. And forever in my memory…

-words from Kazutoshi Sakurai『Drawing』

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx-yzaW8HEI

Across the uncrossable river is an unscalable mountain. Beyond the mountain, perhaps, lies the sea, and beyond that, perhaps, town. The clouds are dark…. Is imagining sinful? There is such a painting in a white frame.

- Shuntaro Tanikawa “A Painting”

わたれぬような河のむこうに のぼれぬような山があった

山のむこうは海のような 海のむこうは街のような

空はくらく　空想が罪だろうか

白いがくぶちの中に そんな絵がある （ 谷川俊太郎『 絵 』より ）

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkglF_eVP0

The season moves at a quick pace.

Spring flowers are turning into early summer flowers, the leaves become deeper green, and the sunlight is getting stronger.

Now, hydrangea is blooming beautifully everywhere. And there is a lovely hydrangea in my palm as well💜(This is a tiny cupcake😉🎶🧁)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbb_GPlyio

Both happy and sad things happen in the novels of our lives, but they are all located in the pages of the past. When we turn a new page, new scenery opens up there.

What we are touching with our fingers is "now". That feeling of warm body temperature is what living is all about.

Well, let's step through the arch of Winter and walk out to Spring.

"Look, it's beautiful"

You said simply, leading me by the hand

Shoulder to shoulder

As we hold hands

We look at each other

There's still more to explore

Crossing paths is the future

-words from Gen Hoshino “WHY-Traces of Light-”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Ec_n81iyc#dialog

Ode to our Green Road #1

グリーン　グリーン

緑が萌える　緑が映える

雄々しく茂る　若草を掻き分け

いまにも鼻唄でも　

歌い出しそうなくらいに

軽やかな足取りで　君は

長く続くみどりの径を

ぐんぐん　ぐんぐん　進んでく

“ほらね　わたしもう　大丈夫でしょ？”

そう言いたげな顔で　目を細め

僕のほうを　何度も振り返っては

また　真っ直ぐに　前を向いて

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nfYle4wtIfk

A place where the sky and sea overlap...

ぼくのなかのせかい　あなたのせかい あのせかいと　このせかい

かさなりあったところに たったひとつのものが　あるんだ

いのりのせて　とどけてくれないか とおいばしょも　つながっているよ

（ 星野源『 ばらばら 』『 Family Song 』より ）

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlSLRCk5zcA

Dear my Tumblr's friends :-)

Thank you for always loving Hug and giving her many many kind words. Some time ago, she had an injury in her right hind leg and had a surgical operation yesterday. Surgery was successful, but several months of rest and rehabilitation are required until movement function is fully recovered.

I will take a break of Tumblr’s activity for a while to concentrate on support for Hug. If all goes well, in the spring she can run again on our beloved green road with her big smile!! I have no doubt about it :-)))

I'm praying from the bottom of my heart for the health and happiness of you and your family. We should meet up again, my dears♡

December 2, 2019

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いつもハグを温かく見守って下さっている皆さま、 あらためて心から感謝しています。

実は少し前にハグが右後脚に怪我を負ってしまい、 昨日動物病院で大きな手術を受けました。 手術は無事に成功し、一週間程度の入院のあと、 自宅に戻っての安静とリハビリが数ヶ月間必要で、 僕は彼女のサポートに専念するため、 Tumblrの活動をしばらくお休みします。 順調に回復すれば、桜が咲く頃までには普通に 歩くことも走ることもできるようになりますので、 どうかくれぐれもご心配なく。 僕たちが愛してやまない、長い長い緑の道を、 彼女がもう一度、笑顔で駆け抜けてくれることを、 僕は微塵も疑っていません ( ´▽｀)

皆さまと、皆さまのご家族の毎日が、 健やかで幸せに包まれたものでありますように。

ではでは、また！

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyU31Gc9FiI

長く長く続く、緑の道。 そこが、僕たちの約束の場所。

The long and straight Green Road. Here is our promised place :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq5A0YadWKs

Shinin' You, Shinin' Day

Early summer morning… As the days go by, the temperature is getting higher and higher.

In that situation, Hug runs around in the weed bush with a lot of morning dew, soaking her body wet plenty.

It seems to be the easiest, most primitive and most jolly way to get cool ;-)♡

朝から蒸し暑い日が増えてくると、ハグは朝露をたっぷりと湛えた背の高い草むらの中を駆け回って、自分の身体をズブ濡れにしたがります。

そうすることでクールダウンできるようなのですが、どうも愉しすぎるらしくって、ときどき眼がイッちゃってるぅぅww くれぐれも野犬ではありませんwww

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWcmeMm5Rp8

Spring notes #2

When I move my eyes to other flower fields, poppies are blooming colorfully. The humming of cute bees carrying pollen is added to the symphony played by Spring. It will be an increasingly stunning chord :-))))

ポピーの花畑も、いままさに見頃を迎えています。 色とりどりの花たちがのびのびと瑞々しく咲き誇り、 そこに昆虫たちが花粉を集めにやってきます。 春のよろこびが、光の音符になってころがって、 野原いちめんにひろがります。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd-dlunIGGA