honeysuckle

every time i see honeysuckle 
i remember winnie the pooh and his voice...
the scene i really love: 
he's stuck in the front door (hole) of rabbit's house, 
and is almost to starve...



and it just smells so sweet.. 

kanga:  pooh, roo has a little surprise for you.
roo:  flowers!
pooh:  honeysuckle!
        [pooh tries to eat flowers]
kanga:  no, pooh, you don't eat them. you smell them.
pooh:  oh...

(from 'the many adventures of winnie the pooh' 1977)

甘い香りにひきよせられ いつも思い出すのが

プーさんがため息まじりにもらした 'honeysuckle!'

今年は車をとめてガードレール脇に自生？してたのを

ひと枝たおって

mother's day

pruned lavender, thrown in a old flask.

this weekend i just had time to take care of my greens.
enjoyed and soothed myself.
turn over the soil to sow new seeds for summer
not perfectly i take care of my small kitchen garden
but it's good to see how they grow up.

日曜日はやっとゆったりした時間
去年の枝についた花を剪定
下からもぞくぞくと芽がでているので思い切って
横に広がってから真上に伸びてるので
枝がみんなくにっと曲がってる
古いフラスコにさしたら意外といいバランス

小さい畑もさっさと耕して
種まきの準備は一応完了






at night my kids gave me some gifts.

(i was almost getting sleep)
my daughter made icy dessert with fruit and basil seeds
like one called che in vietnam

and from me to my mother in law.

(and to my mum, a wooden hair brush)

夜にこども達がプレゼントをくれた
小さなグリーンとビンにきれいな石やガラスをつめて
娘はフルーツとバジルシードを買って来て
チェーのようなデザートを作ってくれた
義母へはベランダの花とお菓子、母には木のブラシ

greens in nagano

fresh newly budding greens everywhere
i've been to nagano this spring again.
not so many days we had, though
i enjoyed every moments walking among.

here's one dish i often cook these days;
steamed and oiled greens
today with rape blossoms called 'norabo' 
from my parents' kitchen garden
late season for it, so a bit hard but crispy.

this was served at a bakery 

which i visited and had lunch in nagano.

a wonderful place in a far country side near komoro.

where breads are baken in stone-piled oven.

the oil is also from rape seeds
grown organically in nagano and pressed slowly.
i got it at the bakery shop also.

連休中は今年も新緑うつくしい長野へ

念願かなっておとずれた
石釜焼きのパンがおいしいお店 わざわざ。
長野 東御の畑がひろがり、溜め池が点在する

きもちのよい素敵なところにありました。
パンがおいしいのはもちろんのこと、ランチプレートの
菜の花のオイル蒸しがとてもおいしかったので
ちょくちょく作るようになりました。
オイルは彼の地で無農薬栽培されているなたねをしぼった「菜の花オイル」
とっても香ばしくて、オリーブオイルでは物足りないほど...
今日の菜の花は実家でとれたのらぼう。
とうがたっているけど、それもいい歯ごたえ