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Full moon in August

the full moon night listen to a love song sung by a lonely cicada

August 1st

In August do radio gymnastic exercises with the dog 八月や 犬と第一 いちにさん Hachigatu ya Inu to daiichi 1 2 3 *** In Japan, elementary schools are on summer vacation during late July to the end of August. During the vacation,  "radio gymnastic exercises" are held in public grounds from 6:30 a.m. every morning. Children, their parents and neighbors gather in the nearby ground and do "radio gymnastic exercises" to the music on the radio. Children are given attendance cards, and each morning the leader stamps on it. I felt proud to see stamps filling my card. A card filled with stamps is a trophy for a child. Doing exercises in the shrine's  ground.

a Jellyfish

Where are you going? staying in the same place? the jellyfish どこへ行く どこも行かぬか 海月どの *** the jellyfish flickers faintly at new moon night.  新月に ほのかに光る 水母かな

Lotus Pond

get up early to see a lotus flower 蓮の花 ひとめ見たくて早起きす *** in the morning haze a lotus flower opens strangers exchange greetings 蓮の花 見知らぬ人と挨拶す *** on 21 and 26 July, visited ponds in Hachimangu shirine, in Kamakura. There are two ponds, Genji-ike and Heike-ike. Except summer, the surface of the ponds is calm with ducks floating. in April In June, the ponds are covered with rustling leaves. in June Lotus Pond , a set on Flickr.

Hum a tune

on the way home the  pomegranate flower sways to the tune I hum 鼻歌に 柘榴が揺れる 帰り道

Love fortune-telling

Does he love me not love me count raindrops on a lotus flower 愛してる 愛してない 蓮にのる 雨粒かぞえ 恋を占う