Sorry-ology

This week is the golden week of May in Japan. Everyone is more or less relaxed except, probably, teachers in universities. Teaching continues in many places despite holiday marks on Japanese calendar. Academic calendar runs in parallel to the everyday-life calendar in a different world. T and I went to Nogawa Park nearby for the first time. K and I were there once in winter before T was born. The park in winter had a desolate scene of loneliness and peace. In spring, it is abundant with green, and the brook is clear and shallow enough for kids to enjoy themselves. T enjoyed throwing pebbles into the water and collecting pebbles in the water. If the dad had been with us, I guess he would probably have stopped T from taking off shoes and forbidden him from walking into the river.  It was a sunny day, and T, with his passion for lunchbox and picnic, couldn’t wait further ado before we sat down under a tree to have a bite. Compared with another national park nearer to our p...

T's first pair of walking shoes, size 14.5, worn-out after winter 2016 Another lunch-box photo: homemade steamed bread + rice balls cum homemade salmon sprinkles; chicken nuggets, broccoli cum mayonnaise, tomatoes and a sausage T is entering the period of terrible twos.

T and his recent love, tricycle In the past two weeks, T has been talking about cats, "n'yan n'yan" in baby Japanese.