2012-05-05

Super Moon again!




It was a beautiful day today after rainy days!
Our Golden Week,  holiday-studded week is ending soon, one more day.

Sun was beautiful today and moon is also very beautiful now.
It'll be a full moon tomorrow night.
The night before a full moon is the best timing for power stones to moon-bathe.
My power stones are all outside now for moon-bathing to refresh!





This full moon is very special again!
It is called "Super Moon", which is 14% bigger and 30% brighter than usual full moons.

I remember the full moon on March, 19th 2011 was also the Super Moon.
So I thought it was again!
According to my reserch, the last year's Super Moon was called "Extream Super Moon", which was said to be seen for the first time in 19 years.
A regular Super Moon can be seen once a year somewhere on our planet.
If you want to know more, please look into it!

The Super Moon last year was just after our disasters.
I wished Japan could be recovered.
My friends all over the world had the same thought, I believe.
my article last year, "Super Moon"


Considering those days, I'm very happy to have this day and this moment.
The thoughts and memories when I saw the Super moon last year were inscribed in my heart.
I'm sure this moment this day will be inscribed too.
When I see the next Super Moon, I'll definetely remember today.

Have a beautiful Super Moon night!!!







2012-05-03

wired art

I didn't think I had some creative talents because I always had a poor record in art at school.
I wasn't satisfied at what I made at art class.
I sometimes made the same thing at home and changed them at class.
Now I found that I don't like to make something within limited time.
I need plenty of time whenever I make something.
I love pottery-making and pastel-painting very much.
I like to try all kinds of painting!

Recently, I found a new way to express myself, which is wired art.
I tried this wired art at first last year.

This is my first wired art.


The name of this stone is Prehnite.
I decorated this stone by wire and made a pendant top.

One of my good friends teaches the wired art.
The other day, I went to her class with my sister and friend.

teacher, Keiko & Aki

me & my sister

I often borrow this space in her house for my pastel-therapy class.

It was very difficult to bend wires in the way I wish.
Very meticulous works!

While making, we enjoyed chatting and eating sweets!


Keiko's homemade cheesecake is always delicious!
Whenever I have a pastel class, she makes a variety of cake for my students.
She is very nice and kind!


This summer orange jelly Aki brought was sweet and sour.
It was also yummy!

We didn't forget to complete our wired art!
These were what we made.


My pendant top is Rutile on the right side.
Around a rose, I placed several tiny stones.
I love this!

Aki's Flourite pendant top is on the left side.
It was the first time for her to meke the wired art but it was very pretty!

My sister's Larimar in the middle.
It was her 2nd time. Her stone is very small but her works are very detailed and meticulous!
I always admire her artistic talents.
She has been painting on woods and cloth.


This isn't her design but she painted several years ago and presented it to me for my birthday.


This is also for me painted by her.
There are so many her art works!
I love all of them.
She also made these flowers by paper clay.


She has lots of artistic talents!
Compared to her, I didn't think I had any talents of art.
But when I started pottery-making, I realized I had different interests and talents from hers.
Both of us do pastel-painting now.
But our paintings are different and people who attract to our art are also different.
We are original and unique!

On this day, I also made one more strap.
Including one I made before, all below are my wired arts.


It's not easy to make them but it's fun.
The wired art will be my new hobby!
I already bought some tools.
Next I like to find some crystals and stones
I also love power stones which bring me happiness and joy.
I like to make more and present them to my friends!

After the wired class, we went to a Japanese restaurut for a toast.
It continues....


2012-05-02

Golden Week now

In Japan, it is in the middle of a holiday-studded week called `Golden Week'.
A year ago, I explained this holiday but I'll tell you again.

From Apr. 29th to May 5th, we have a holiday-studded week called `Golden Week'.

April 29 is `Showa no Hi' which is used to be the birthday of ex-Emperor, Hiroshito.
May 3 is the Constitutional Day.
May 4 is the Green Day.
May 5 is the Children's Day which is used to be Boys' Day until WW2.
This year, when office workers took a paid-holiday on the 1st and 2nd of May, they will have 9-day holiday including Saturday and Sunday from April 28th!

But it has been raining since yesterday and it'll rain tomorrow too.
After that, it seems sunny and the temperature will exceed 20 ℃.

I spend days as usual in spite of this Golden Week.
Since it is crowded everywhere now, I don't specially plan to do something but I do some creative activities and go out for dinner with my friends.


The other day, I went to a Thai restaurant.
Thai food is my Favorite!
There is my most favorite Thai restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo.

spring rolls

tomkakhai

It was my first time to try this Tomkakhai, which was like coconuts milk chicken soup.
It was Delicious!!


I forgot this food name.
Vegetables and shrimps were wrapped in the mixture of eggs and flour.

green curry

This is my No.1 favorite at this restaurant, Green Curry.
Before I took a photo, I ate it....
It is a must to eat here!!

Thai noodle

Thai noodle is another my favorite!
There are many to eat here but my stomach is limited.
But I actually ate a few more including dessert!
All were so DELICIOUS!!
I already like to come back here!

In the same building of this Thai restaurant, there is a time-honored bar named MON.


"MON" means "Gate".
This is my favorite bar in Shibuya!
But most of my friends now don't drink alcohol.
My most friends used to drink a lot and I drank a lot.
But since my physical condition was getting changed and I drank less, old friends drinking a lot left and new friends came in my life.
That's funny.
Although I drink less, I love to eat delicious food!