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Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Garden house’s flower 2014

 

Garden house’s flower

At the south side of garden house, tiny shelf for flowers are setting. Last summer wife planted the white begonia.

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19 February 2025
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Grape harvest 2014

 

Grape harvest

Last autumn we harvested some 200 grapes in my garden. Family and neighbours were all glad to eat them for fresh sweet amateur gardener’s result.

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TANAKA Akio

19 February 2025
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Haiku for the winter solstice 2011

 

Haiku for the winter solstice

 

風窓を
揺する遠き日
柚子を切る

Kaze mado wo
Yusuru Tooki hi
Yuzu wo kiru

Wind joggles the pane
The days gone afar
When I cutting the citrus fruit

TANAKA Akio
22 December 2011
For the winter solstice

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Woodwork 2014

 

Woodwork

I love gardening and woodwork. One of my good and merry work is a tiny garden house for wife and me. I was made between summer 2012 and spring 2013. 

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Floor lamp named “Mountain lodge” 2014

 

Floor lamp named “Mountain lodge”

Last summer I made a floor lamp using the tiny remained timber which I made woodwork though the year. Japan’s summer night is always hot and moisture so this lamp was seemed to be in the mountain lodge with triangle roof by cutting remained. The light are very gentle provably by the effect of timber.

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19 February 2025
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Tokyo