Swans 2022 (by Will) For the second time today, the swans flew past the window. It got me wondering, are they warming up for their spring migration1? Recently the swans take to the air2 often – honking3 when they take off from the water and doing a quick [...]
Birds Are on Their Way The short summer vacation for birders here in Sendai is over – and has been for several weeks. This means the migrants1 are moving through now and the winter visitors have started to arrive. I haven’t been out much lately, but I pulled myself together2 and headed [...]
From Our Garden This time, the story comes from our garden! We have an almond tree in our garden. Every spring, we enjoy its beautiful flowers. Have you ever seen almond flowers? The shape is really similar to1 that2 of cherry blossoms, but the color is a bit darker and [...]
Our Garden Update Little by little, we have been planting flowers in our garden. It seems that we are coming close to the end for now, I mean for spring. Since last year, Will has been fascinated by1 Echinacea and he is making a collection of Echinacea up in front [...]
A Miracle! (by Will) A miracle happened to me! I had completely given up on1 my pumpkins this year, but recently 2 pumkins started growing! As you know (if you look back at the past blogs, you can see), I grow pumpkins every year. For the last several years, I [...]
