On the oral presentation day of my graduation thesis, Tokyo area was totally covered with snow for the first time this winter. I remember listening to my seniors' presentation two years ago, on a snowy day.
Being not even a sunday driver, I drove to Motonomura in Chiba prefecture to see the swans during the new year's holidays. Although we arrived at the pond after the feeding time, there were hundreds of them swimming and resting.
コハクチョウとオオハクチョウ(Tundra Swans and Whooper Swans) One swan family suddenly began to call each other nodding their heads. And then they took off all at once, making a huge curve a few hundred meters away, and headed east. Several minutes later, another family flew away following the same route. "Just like the air planes from Narita Airport" said my grandmother.
ヤツガシラ This year my friend kindly chose my design as her new year gift bag. My mother says that my hoopoe looks like My Fair Lady, or even Oiran, Japanese courtesan. And its legs are just like those of Lautrec's dancer.
飛鳥Ⅱ It was really lucky. On the date I visited the Osanbashi pier, Yokohama with my friend, MS AsukaⅡ, the biggest cruise ship in Japan, was there. She was about to begin her cruise to Guam and Saipan. One of my dreams is to go abroad on a cruise boat, which doesn't have to be a luxurious liner like Asuka.