28 Apr 2010

An attractive lady

An attractive customer came to our art gallery today. She looked like she was around 60 years old. She was an elegant lady. She came here by accident. She had started learning about drawing pictures, so she came here to see many pictures in order to learn.

An artist who painted them for the exhibition came to our gallery today as well. The customer and an artist talked about the pictures and how to practice and so on. She was so happy to meet her, and she bought her work.

I talked to her after that. She said she had lost her husban, and since started to play piano and has been drawing pictures for two months. She was so beautiful and it came from her life style I thought. She told me her age and I was so surprised to hear it. She looks 10 years younger than her real age because of her sleek face and her shining eyes. She made me full of energy. I want to be a beautiful lady,regardless of Age.

I read a quote of Coco Chanel:

"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty, life shapes the face you have at thirty, but at fifty, you get the face you deserve.

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4 Apr 2010

Cherry blossoms

Every spring ,the cherry trees all over Japan burst into bloom, so when cherry blossoms come out, we know the spring has come. It makes us have happy feelings, and we have a party with eating and drinking under the cherry blossoms. The cherry blossom is regarded as the iconic flower of Japan. Since ancient times, people have admired all kinds of flowers and composed poetry inspired by them. It was arround the 10th century that cherry blossoms became prominent as one of the signs of spring. The aristocrats of that time saw their own mortal lives reflected in the cherry blosssoms that bloom and fall all too quickly.
I went to see cherry blossoms near my house. The cherry tree, named Somei-yoshino, was distinguised by the austere beauty of its large whitish flowers. They were so beautiful. Many birds perched on the tip of a branch and ate the nectar of the flowers. They were so lovely.Today was still cold , but it made me have spring feelings.














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2 Apr 2010

That's a good idea!

My friend and her husband came back to Japan, and my husband and I met them for lunch. I met them such a long time ago. I haven't seen them for nearly ten years. They were very well and this trip to Japan was good for refreshing themselves. I arranged a buffet style restaurant. It was eat as much as you like. Her husband Andrew is a vegetarian so this style was convenient for him. I was glad he liked Japanese food. I think Japanese food is healthy and good for vegetarians. While we were enjoying lunch, Andrew was talking about whisky. My husband also loves whisky, and we talked about Suntory whisky's Distillery in Osaka. It was not so far away, so we decided to go there on the spur of the moment. We saw many bottles of whisky that came from all over the world, and we tried to taste some of them. They were 12 years old and 6 years old, and another one was from before it was put into a cask. The last one tasted rough, it was unripe. Afterwards Andrew bought some bottles of wine and a box of chocolates with whisky inside as a souvenir. We enjoyed our short trip. I was so happy to spend time with them.
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