a sample for my lesson

I made a sample for my sewing lesson. The sample for my hand sewing lesson. The sample was a pot holder. I referred to my mother's design. After supper, I kept making it. I finally finished making it. I took a picture of it. I hope my students will like it.

a cooking lesson

I went to my friend's home to take a cooking lesson in the morning. Today's cooking menu was Japanese cooking for the home. She taught her students and me how to cook "simmered chicken dumplings and turnips", "a green vegetable salad with pounded sesame seeds", " a big bowl of rice topped with a tuna and avocado salad with soy sauce and wasabi". We boiled the rice in her small earthen pot. She told her students and me that the earthen pot can boil the rice in a shorter time than the rice cooker. I'll want to buy it someday. We had taken several pictures of today's cooking before we ate them. We enjoyed eating and talking, and we had a good time together.

a sample for my lesson

I stayed at home all day. I made a sample for my aromatherapy and a herbal lesson all afternoon. The sample was a potpourri. I used some yuzu peel which I had dried, some hinoki chips, dried several kinds of herbs. I struggled to make the potpourri, because I didn't like fragrance. I tried making it three times, I finally liked it. So I decided to use the recipe of the third potpourri in my lesson.

My lesson

I gave a lesson on aromatherapy and a hand sewing lesson in the afternoon. I taught my students how to make a bottle of mouth-wash. They put several drops of their favorite essential oil into their beaker which I had poured some water and ethyl alcohol before the lesson. Then they mixed it with the glass stick and they poured it into a little spray bottle. The mouth-wash gives prevention against colds, so it is useful for them in winter. They enjoyed making it all the time. Then I taught them how to sew a pouch. They have really good hand-sewing skills, so they sewed them until they were about half finished this time,too. After the lesson, we enjoyed talking with a cup of herbal tea and some sweets.

Tokyo tower

My husband and I went to Ikebukuro by bus. We tried to have lunch at a Chinese noodle shop in Ikebukuro Tobu department store. I liked the shop, but he didn't like it. Because the Chinese noodles didn't have a heavy taste, so it wasn't his favorite taste. Then we went to a temple called Zojo-ji. I found a cute wooden dragon ornament, so I bought it impulsively. Then we went to Tokyo tower and we went to the observatory. There were many people, so it was hard to take pictures of the night view. I enjoyed watching the night view every January, but I was moved by it this time, too.

a temple

My husband and I went to his favorite Chinese noodle shop in the afternoon. There were about fifteen people waiting to eat in the shop. We had to wait for our turn for about 30 minutes. Then we went to the temple-called Gokokuji. We threw in a coin to the offering box, and we were walking in the precinct of the temple. I took several pictures of somethings there. Then I drew a fortune slip as usual. It had a tiny wisdom-God charm. The charm is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. I'm going to put into my wallet, because believe or not, it will bring happiness and money to me.

Gonta

I went to my father's home at noon. When Gonta looked at me, he barked and jumped with his joy. I walked him at once and I gave his food to him. After I did the housework, I was watching TV for a while. While Gonta was taking a nap, he put his head under a sofa which I was sitting down. His sleeping figure was cute, so I took a picture of it. Then I walked him and I played with him a lot as usual.