Bon fire is still going (since yesterday) but we have no marshmallows or sweet potatoes. Not good, is it? The smoke smells nice even though it contains some diseased materials. (I think we should turn Guy Fawkes Night tradition into gardening event – burn diseased materials on this night!!)
昨日火をつけた焚き火がまだ今日も燃え続けています。焚き火なのに芋がない・・・１１月５日のガイ・フォウクス （花火や焚き火をする祭り？）は、ガーデニングのお祭りに変えたらいいと思う。病気の植物を燃やす日として。
Finally, I started on raking up leaves. Having said that, there are still more leaves to fall – Magnolia and Liriodendron are still mostly in leaves whereas Cercidiphyllum had lost all the leaves some time ago.
今日は主に落ち葉集め。とはいえ、木によってはまだまだほとんど葉が散ってないものもあります。
I was given an informal lecture on Conifers so I now (supposed to) know a little bit more about them.
It has been a little cold these days but not cold enough to kill off all the midges – so I am still getting bitten!
ここ何日かでだいぶ寒くなりましたがブヨがまだたくさんうろついている。そして私は例外なく刺される。ここに来てから５０箇所くらい刺されたと思う。
We noticed loads of bonfires here (tochigi) on 5th novemember, out in the countryside. I suppose that they were practical fires to do with farming, except it was the 5th november and seems too much of a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, that was a small mystery we never solved. Do japanese burn bonfires for guy fawkes??? If not for guy fawkes then for what???
Burn diseased materials night???
It was also really foggy, and cold, and quite atmospheric.