Visit to Grave
On vernal equinox day I went to the cemetery, where my family’s grave is. I am not pious, but worship my ancestors before the grave several times a year.
The cemetery is owned by our local community and used to be full of graves. But many graves of Buddhist families moved to temple’s cemetery. Ten only a few graves of Shito (神道) families including mine remain.

Magnolia stellata (シデコブシ) in Full Bloom
The blossoms of mongolia stellata are in full bloom, though any cherries do not bloom yet.
In these several years bulbuls (ヒヨドリ) ate the blossoms as soon as they bloomed. But this year, I am not sure why, no bulbuls came. It made the mongolia stellata reach full bloom.

稲作 稲刈り後の最初の耕耘
保有米を受け取った当日に田を耕耘しました。例年これ程早く耕耘しませんが、翌日に本格的に雨が降るので土・藁が濡れないうちに耕耘したかった次第です。早かった分、稲の株の腐植が促進されることを期待しています。
これで来年の春まで田での農作業は無くなります。自分自身を慰労したいと思います。








