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◎Thank you for yet another Homepage, always full of interesting reports. Concerning the news from Paris today, I am very pleased to see that Japan is leading the Gold Medal Count, ahead of China and followed by Australia. A wonderful achievement, even if the Games still have some more days before they end ‘With our best wishes to you, your dear wife and all members of your Home Page Club your Home Page Club. -----------------Claus & Michiko JEHNE, Armidale, NSW. Australia.-------------- ◎Thank you for the July update. I really like the photo of the rice field by Rumiko san. I think the beauty is the simplicity of the green . We are having hotter than normal summer - 35℃ high , but very comfortable as the night temperature goes down to 10℃ and humidity is only 20 %. Unfortunately this hot dry condition is called “fire weather”. Two days ago a huge fire demolished the most popular Rocky Mountain resort town Jasper. My home is about 400 km from Jasper, but I could smell strong smoke and my veranda was covered by ash like light snow. Despite the news of 700 wildfires and the tornado forecast ( I live right in the tornado alley.) , I am enjoying a peaceful retirement life. My happiness these days is the heavenly view of canola fields from my window. (Canola is the main crop of this area) . I can see thousands of acres of the lemon yellow fields stretched to the horizon, dotted with light brown deer. -------------------- Haruyo Konishi Hazelton, Alberta, Canada ----------- ◎Thank you very much for June Homepage. I appreciate your photos and comments on hydrangeas, as this is my first “no hydangea summer” in my life – They do not survive severe winter of occasional -40℃ here at the foothill of Rocky Mountains. Our small town of population 10,000 is known as Wild Rose Country. Fragrant wild roses started to bloom just a couple of weeks ago. This is also the season of peony , Iris and columbine. Obviously their tough roots have no problem to overwinter. Unfortunately we are having a Covid outbreak again in the care home where I live. Out of about 100 residents, about 10 people are quarantined in their own rooms. The life is quite normal for the rest of us. I am grateful I can enjoying a peaceful retirement life , mainly reading, painting/drawing. Looking forward to July Homepage. ---------------------------- Haruyo Konishi Hazelton, Alberta, Canada ----------- ◎We are pleased to learn that you and our dear wife are enjoying the ealy summer season in Kobe / Mt Rokko area. After our return from New Zealand we are again off to warm Queensland to spend some time with children and grand-children to escape the cold weather here on the North Eastern table lands ofNew South Wales. Wishing you and your Coffee Club friend and their families a happy and
peaceful time in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere of our planet. -----------------Claus & Michiko JEHNE, Armidale, NSW. Australia.------------------ I am sending my message this way, because your homepage reply link did not open this time. ◎I always look forward to the updates on your website.
◎ I loved your new home page especially the flying carp and your own carp in the Garden pool.It is winter here now and cold and frosty in the mornings but nlce And sunny in the afternoon,I now have two gardeners to help me one comes for Two hours and the other just for one hour so my garden is looking much tidier.I Do a little bit and today I am going to a new nursery to buy a rhododendron called Kings cream to celebrate K ings Birthday Weekend .Keep well much love fromJocelyn Christchurch New Zealand , You came across the wonderful display of the carp streamers. What a find! I wonder who put them up. Residents of the houses background? Or municipal hall? I hope you remember this location and visit next year again. The real carp in your pond also looks magnificent. All of your photos are beautiful and the accompanying English essays are well-written and interesting. above sea level) May is the beginning of spring. Right now tulips and daffodils are blooming side by side. From my window of 3rd floor condo I admire the early spring green of the great grass and farm lands that extend as far as the eye can see.
◎Thank you very much for your May 2024 Coffee Club Homepage. It arrived when we were travelling in New Zealand ….. Attached please find a photo (from our Hotel room) of Akaroa Harbour about 80km south of Christchurch.
Malborough Sounds area. The weather was sunny fro the whole time …… I am sure that you too may have visited these places on your past travels to Christchurch …..With our best wishes to you and all your Coffee Club correspondent ------ ◎It is always a great joy to study your homepage and also to find out what is happening in locations far and wide — from the reports of your faithful correspondents.
April is the best time in Japan: Cherry blossoms and the beginning of the school year - one of the best times in their life for students who could get into the schools of their choice. ( I suppose the education system in Japan has not changed much from my student years there – very tough entrance exams to good schoosl! I cannot forget April was the most cruel and depressing time for some of my friends who failed university entrance exams.) It is especially good to see the cherry blossoms in your own fine garden. ------- I have such great memories of my trips to Sonoda Womens University and our visits to other areas in your beautiful countr ------ ◎As always, thank you for your Homepage with the sign of Early Spring in the Kobe Area. There is not much to report from our country town of Armidale, except to say that we are planning a short trip to the South Island of New Zealand There we plan to visit the town of Akaroa (a former French Waling harbour), Hamner Springs (Onsens), Kaikoura (on the ocean) and the Kahurangi National Park near the town of Picton in the north. With our best wishes to all the Coffee Club members around the globe. ◎Takeuchi sensei - - |
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