Oct. 19 - Rose Festival at Harima Chuo Kouen

 

Oct. 15 - Oshio Tenmangu Festival

 I went to Oshio Tenmangu to see its festival yesterday, Oct. 15th.

Oct. 7, 2023

I'm sorry that I have not written any updates lately.

I turned 57 years old last spring, and I have been working as a part time cleaning staff for a nearby apartment complex for three years.  I used to work for three different locations for four days a week until last year.  Now I am working on Fridays only for one apartment which is located within 5-minute-walk from our house.

My 70-year-old husband took his 5th vaccine on Dec. 23rd, 2022.  He collapsed when he went to the toilet early morning two days later.  I called ambulance immediately and he was examined various tests in the hospital. The major problem was urinary incontinence.  Since then my husband has been to hospitals 43 times up to now.  I accompany him as he wishes.

He was in hospital for four weeks last spring.   At that time I was alone at our house.  Every night I was scared of thieves who might break into our house.  I believed that good doctors and nurses with the cutting edge technology at the national hospital take care of my husband, but what kind of protection can I do to protect our house.  Then I thought removing weeds in our small garden and planting flowers would be nice and easy.  Thieves may avoid getting into a house with well-kept garden, so I removed weeds and bought several pots of Petunias and Trenia in local home improvement retailers.  I planted them in large pots.  

Purple Petunia and Suntory Safinia Art 

Trenia Kauai (Takii)  when I bought and planted in a pot onAug. 6th.

Hot summer is passed, and it's getting cooler nowadays.  

Temperature was 25 Celsius degrees highest and 14 degrees lowest yesterday.  

I am wearing long sleeve T shirt these days.

I would like to show you the flower blossoms in our small garden.

Kauai Torenia grew bigger, 

so I placed additional long pot on the ground.

Taken photo on Oct. 7th.

From left to Right

Yellow (Suntory Safinia Art - Petunia)

Purple Petunia

Suntory Toraneko (Purple and Yellow)

Pink Ice (Takii Petunia)

Purple (Suntry Safinia Art - Petunia)

Summer Wave (Suntory)

Kauai (Takii Torenia)

 

flower labels 

Various colors of Petunias in full bloom

 

Suntory Summer Wave 

I rode on bicycle for grocery shopping this afternoon.  

Thirty minutes bicycle ride to the shopping center was delightful 

because I saw full blossom of cosmos on the way.    

At the shopping center, I bought a pack of 

Hokkaido potato and squid stir fry.

I was hungry after getting back home from 60-minute bicycle ride. 

The delicious potatosand squid goes with rice nicely.

I ate it very quickly. :-)

Hokkaido potato and squid fry 

  

                                       Also I bought a pack of Awajishima Island Onion steak.

natural taste of onion (well done taste) ^^;

The onion steak has nearly three centimeter thick.  

It made my stomach full.  

The pack of onion steak at this store is already our favorite.

Even it takes 30-minute bicycle ride to the store in one way, 

I visited them to buy the steak three times last week.

Unluckily I was able to buy only once.  

I would like to know its recipe.

Here is the coffee tree I bought with 300 yen at a small shop in 

Hyogo Flower center several years ago.    

I cut down leaves and looks ugly.  :(  

But tiny trees from the dividends are growing well.