タグ: flowers

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Every morning I eat this kind of dish with Miso soup, one slice of toast, and a cup of hot milk.

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Residents in our community are required to check “Trash Gathering Station” once a several months. The last Thursday was my house’s turn. So I went to the place in the afternoon in order to check whether or not the place was clean and if there were any trashes left uncollected.

Thursday was the day to collect Plastic trashes. I found two trashes were there; one was a pile of carton boxes that was to be collected only on 2nd and 4th Tuesday, the other was the trash that is shown below.

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This one contains plastic and burnable items. That day, Thursday, was to collect Plastic. And Burnable trashes are collected on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Those were not separated and put together in one carton box. Carton box is the type that is collected only twice a month. Simply put, this one was not separated as designated by the city government.

When I saw this one, I thought that a bad person must have done that. But a little later, I changed my speculation.

I guess there are type of people who take actions according to habits and rules in old times when they were young. It is hard for them to do things with new habits and rules. Currently trashes must be separated to at least eight types before being brought to the trash gathering place. But I remember, 40 years ago, the rule was so simple. There were only two types; Burnable and Non-burnable trashes.

So I realized that the trash was okay if following to the rule of 40 years ago. The items were all burnable. Probably the person thought that if she/he put burnable items, including plastic, together in one carton box, it could make the collectors work easier. The person was not so bad as I thought at first, but may be an ordinary citizen in our community.

I didn’t want to leave those two trashes there. Because If I left the two, the next person in charge would be at loss how to deal with them. I took them to my house. I will separate them and bring each trash to the place again on the day as ruled.

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No, “Do Not Pass Thru” on that white board means that an automobile and a motorcycle are not allowed to go through that riverbank road.

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It is very rare to see the birds of Japanese Tit in my garden. I heard their songs Yesterday morning and then quickly picked up my digital camera. Actually sparrows are always here. But this time of year sparrows don’t come to my garden because there a plenty of food in rice field. Perhaps the absence of sparrows made it easier for Japanese Tit to come to my garden. But I am not sure.

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I saw three white birds from a distance. I used my telephoto lens as much as I could. If I can see them spreading their wings from short distance, I would be surprised by their wide wing span, although I know that it is impossible to get closer to them.

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Is that black bird thinking about inflation rates or climate change? Probably she is thinking about how to survive the coming winter.

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Rice reaping has already been done while I have not been able to take a walk for weeks. We Japanese eat rice as staple. That is the reason I call them “energy source”(not sauce). They will make a long journey from rice field in Niigata to customers.

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That’s it. I don’t have time to write words on my post because I am so busy for my job as a Japanese language teacher.

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みなさん、こんばんは。

　今日はニンジンを掘りました。そのまま畑に置いておくと、ニンジンが割れたり、虫に食べられる部分が多くなります。今日収穫したのは畝（うね）の５分の１くらいです。だから、写真の４倍くらいが まだ畑に残っています。手袋の大きさと比べると、けっこう良いサイズと収穫量だと言えるでしょう（LQ老師は自慢話が多いですね）。

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　この写真と文は、私と学生たちとのコミュニケーションの一環として、Dingtalk上に掲示したものです。

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みなさん、こんばんは。

　写真は百日草（ひゃくにちそう）という お花です。長期間にわたって咲き続けるので、「百日」という名前がつきました。そんなに鮮やかな色の花ではありませんが、栽培が簡単で長く楽しめるので、私は毎年植えています。しかし、鉢やプランターに植えると、水やりが大変です。夏は朝と夕方の２回 水やりをしないと、ぐったり しおれます。

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　この写真と文は、私と学生たちとのコミュニケーションの一環として、Dingtalk上に掲示したものです。

　百日草は大水喰いです。ですから夏場の水やりが大変です。それなら地面に植えれば良いだろうという意見もあるでしょう。じっさい、私は百日草をプランターと地面の両方に植えています。なぜ２通りの植え方をするのかというと、百日草には弱点があります。ウドンコ病にかかりやすいのです。だいたい９月の長雨の頃から白い粉を吹いたようになり、枯れてしまいます。名前どおりに１００日咲き続けるのは難しいのです。
　地面に植えると、ウドンコ病の発生源から逃げることはできません。だからプランターに植えて、他の植物など、ウドンコ病の原因になりそうな物から遠ざけて百日草を育てるのです。水やりが大変ですが、仕方がありません。
　横線から下はWordpressだけの加筆です。私の学生には難しい内容だと思って、Dingtalkの方には書いていません。