My trivial thinking

 in Sobura 蕎原の水田     Sony A6300 + smc Pentax-M 28-50mm F3.5-4.5 (a vintage lens) 

along the mountain slopes, the fresh green of broadleaf trees such as oaks is incredibly beautiful.   Distance 70.47km, Elavation gain 1010m 

Happy New Year, 2018! 「福如雲」 written by Kazuyo, my wife. Happiness comes and goes, but it’s hard to hold on to.  It’s like a cloud drifting across the sky.     

The Totoro Trail, which reminds many people of My Neighbor Totoro , is very popular among hikers and cyclists. You can enjoy the colorful flying carp, or koinobori , along the Ishikawa River and the Yamato River until May 5th.  in the Ishikawa River in the Ishikawa River route map the Totoro Trail the Totoro Trail the flying carp in the Ishikawa River the flying carp in the Yamato River

at Hamadera Park

春の海, written by Kazuyo, my wife. It means "The sea in spring".

  Spring has arrived, and it was unusually hot yesterday. Since I finished my work in Yodoyabashi, Osaka, earlier than expected, I had plenty of time before my afternoon meeting. I bought a light lunch and some tea at a convenience store and headed to Nakanoshima. What a beautiful day it was.  

景雲飛, written by my wife. It means "Joyous clouds wave in the sky."

  I’ve been very busy since the middle of August. I have to get up early in the morning, and I often end up staying late at the office. Because of that, I haven’t been able to go anywhere except for business trips, and I haven’t had time to read books or write any posts for this blog. My younger daughter, who lives in London, seems to be busy as well. The other day, she took a few days off and went to Germany to enjoy the Christmas markets in Bremen and Hamburg.  

Now that it’s April, the cherry blossom season has arrived. We rarely get snow in Osaka, even in winter. But it was cold last weekend, and the mountains in Osaka were covered with snow.   Mt. Kongo,  1125m Mt. Iwawaki,  897m