build a nest

I saw a pair of great tits started to build a nest. We have fasten a bird house in a persimmon tree. It was set a year ago, and used by tits last year. They built a nest in it and left so we left the nest there as it was. Today my husband looked into the birdhouse while fixing its roof to its wall, and found the former nest had completely gone. This year's tits have carried the materials away to build a new one! I'm looking forward to watch their child raising again.

plum blossoms

In the morning, I smelled plum blossoms while I was hanging my laundries on the second balcony. I looked at my neibour's garden and saw the flowers were blooming beautifully. I prefer to these dark strong pink colors for plums, compereing to white.

Bird's favorates

Bulbuls eat fruits and flowers, such as apples, oranges, pears and even bananas.

Great tits eat seeds, such as rice and sunflower seeds. 

Sparrows like rice very much.

Brown-headed thrushes eat something on the ground, between fallen leaves. I wonder if they eat some bugs or seeds of some weeds.

Doves eat rice and something on the ground. I sometimes find they drink some water from our small pond where a few of small fish are in. 

Gray-capped woodpeckers eat some bugs live in a persimmon tree. 

Long-tailed tits just come by and check the bird feeder, but I hardly see them eat something.

These are the things I have observed in my garden so far this winter.

Hiyodori

I spend a whole day at a cafe area of Kajino Studio. It was Sunday so I was knitting and relaxed. As I watch outside, I saw some birds were coming to our bird feeder.

mushroom pasta with soy sauce

Tonight's supper was a mushroom pasta with soy sauce. ( I don't cook WASHOKU very often.) It's very easy and tasty, so I recommend anyone to cook.

dim at night

I unusually woke up around 3 a.m. and found the outside was not very dark. I felt awkward and looked for the reason.

snow in the morning

It started snowing in the morning.

I do like to see the snow because it let my mind calm down. The silence comes with it.

A windy day

It was very windy today. I didn't see many little birds around my house. the trees waved making noises all the time. I felt the next season is coming.

Akahara

An akahara came to our garden this morning. It dug the soil around eating something. I like its way of chirping when it flies away. It sounds like this, "kyo kyo kyo kyo kyo kyo" It sounds very unique.