WHAT IS THIS?

今年も竹の芽が出てきたので、善は急げ！と竹の根っこを退治をしていたら・・・庭に埋められた大きなコンクリートのプレートを発見。その大きさ、畳２畳分弱。これはいったい何なのだ。誰がこんなところに埋めたのだ。廃棄物は正しく処分してくれないと困るではないか。知らずに何か植えたりしないで良かったよぅ。いつ頃から埋められていたのだろう。とんでもない話です。他にも埋まっていそう。


While digging up bamboo roots, I DISCOVERED a huge concrete plate. The size is approximately 1.5 m long, 1.5 m wide, 15 cms thick. WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS? Definitely, it was not something I had expected to find under the ground. Apparently it is a waste from construction. By whom and when was it buried? My house is about 40 years old, so it might be buried 40 years ago. There also must be some more other things that would surprise me. Surprised? no, I am annoyed!

spring cooking

I picked yomogi, or Japanese mugwort, from my garden and made kusamochi.The flavour was so good.

庭のよもぎを摘んで、草餅を作りました。今年はこれで3回目。春の香りです。

A holiday in Toyooka village

知人宅へタケノコ掘りをしに行きました。ニジマスも取っておいしい天ぷらにしてもらいました。春は素敵。

It was such a hot day. We went digging bamboo shoots. It is almost the end of the bamboo shoots season, but we dug up this many.

This is the fish I caught, and it was made into delicious tempura.