Bitter gourd 'Go-Ya' is climbing up so quick.It will be the cool green curtain on the deck.The hot and humid summer is coming.今年もゴーヤのグリーンカーテンが伸びてきた。着々と夏の備え。

It's time to grow up.Eggplant, Cucumber, Watermelon.Everything is going well.畑に少しづつ賑わいが出る。天気の移り変わりを気に掛ける日々の始まり。

Do firewood work between the rain.A kind of cypress, maybe called yellow cedar in North America. It is very fragrant and wraps the air in the scent.芳香ヒノキチオールを発散するのはヒノキよりも、このアスナロ（ヒバ）だとか。

There's a hot spring called 'GORIYAKU-NO-YU' which means 'Spring of Benefit'.Soak in the hot spa feeling green breeze over my head.Time passing hot but cool.真昼の温泉独り占め。ホットでクールな山あいの時間。

It has been declared today.The quiet rain is not bad.Our guardian donkey seems to say so. 静かに降る雨もまた良し。 Guard in the garden

Good water makes good sake.And the aroma of the old sake brewery makes me on.So Cool.古い酒蔵で、ひと時ひんやりの夏日。

There is a small town in the mountains, where many people come for water.There are wells everywhere in the town and anyone can draw water. Clean is the water and mind of the town. 山あいの隣町､久留里｡来るたび清々しい。

Sunlight falls on the garden.Persimmon tree shades the Hydrangea.Clematis aims at the sky.A refreshing day. Hydrangea beneath the Persimmon tree Light and shadow on the flowers Clematis 'Alba Luxurians' Aims at the sky