2025年1月11日土曜日

Roeses

 


It was the beginning of a new year, and I was getting ready to finally start working. Last year, I had cut off a dying branch of a rose in my garden to prepare it for winter and was hanging the buds on it in my study to make dried flowers. Today, I looked up and noticed that the bud had swelled up and was even pointing upward toward the sun shining through the sunroof.
I hurriedly put it in a vase of water and wished it good luck. The main portion of roses are now quietly waiting for spring in the snow. And I was moved by the vitality of these pruned portion that were about to be thrown away. In English, it is resilience. It is a power given to all of nature. People should be no exception. I believe that the power of love is the heart that encourages such resilience. I have come home to the importance of such small action of preparing vase.
Let’s get start to work!!


2025年1月4日土曜日

Happy New Year

 


Happy New Year, from Nasu Japan! I hope 2025 will be a fruitful year for all of you! Pray for the peace and this beautiful planet that still under many unreasonable issues.

2024年12月27日金曜日

Dear Old Stockholm

 


Dear Old Stockholm where I will visit this winter again. It is before Covid I walked all over the city before taking a boat for Finland.

2024年12月20日金曜日

Good evening Vietnam

 


Good evening Vietnam! It was one of the most impressive travels I was involved.

2024年12月17日火曜日

The Medieval Warm Period

 


The Medieval Warm Period (MWP) was a time of warm climate from about 900 A.D. to 1300 A.D. when global temperatures were apparently somewhat warmer than at present. Its effects were evident in Europe where grain crops flourished, alpine tree lines rose, many new cities arose, and the population more than doubled. The Vikings took advantage of the climatic amelioration to colonize Greenland, and wine grapes were grown as far north as England where growing grapes is now not feasible and about 500 km north of present vineyards in France and Germany. Grapes are presently grown in Germany up to elevations of about 560 m, but from about 1100 A.D. to 1300 A.D., vineyards extended up to 780 m, implying temperatures warmer by about 1.0–1.4 °C (Oliver, 1973). 

https://est.ufba.br/sites/est.ufba.br/files/kim/medievalwarmperiod.pdf

2024年12月13日金曜日

Dear my old friend

 


Dear my old friend who stayed in same dormitory and enjoyed music in university days. Just restrain smoking even if I know it is impossible.