At Haruhi-en Niho

Ms. Y came and asked me to use a phone at around the time when everybody else spent time relaxedly, watching T.V. or going back to each room to sleep, done with the housework of dinner.

Q-taro: “Long time no call, don’t you? Want to call your son?”

Ms. Y: “Yes, I’ve got to call him.”

Q-taro: “Oh, go ahead!”

Ms. Y: “I have the number on this paper.”

..Q-taro made a phone call..

Ms. Y: “Hi, I got a package from your sister. Clothes in it. Will you call and tell her that the package arrived and I really appreciated it.”

At Haruhi-en Tsuwano

we have only half a month to go this year.

we all started working very hard on cleaning up our house.

We are done with decorating Christmas tree for our Christmas party on 24th when Kids come and join us from a nursery school♪♪

we can’t wait☆＾－＾☆

At Haruhi-en Niho

(I’ve found these out of the photos taken in December.)

“How does it go?”

“Oh, well, I’ve never done this for a long time, but look at this!

That’s nothing.”

Haruhi-en Tsuwano

By Hattori

7 residents of Haruhi-en joined the exhibition held at Ogawa community center on Nov. 8. (2 by car, 3 by wheelchair, and 2 by walking cheerfully hand in hand.)

We were surprised at seeing full of people in there and seeng many of them talking to us! We could take a picture with Town mayor! Town mayor told us “ask me whenever you need help!”

We really appreciate his kindness.

We took our time to enjoy talking to lots of people in our community and our residents’ friends as well as watching wonderful arts and crafts made by people of Ogawa community.

At Haruhi-en Niho

Mr. U, who joined us at Haruhi-en Niho this month, has been getting used to it here.

Sometimes, he looks somewhat bored and walks around inside home.

So I asked him to braid ropes out of bunch of straw, which we got from Mr. U’s family, in order to hang persimmons.

Q-taro: “Would you braid straw ropes to hang persimmons?”

Mr. U: “Of course I can. Well, but I haven’t done it for 30 years…Lets’s see..OK. Let me give it a try!”

He has the very big hands as farmers.

He braided ropes out of straw in well-skilled manner.

Mr. N: “Hey you! You’re really good at it! I’ve never braided straw ropes, ‘cause I wasn’t a farmer. But I know you can do it very well with your practiced hands!”

Mr. U: “Can you bring me a pair of scissors? You‘d better cut off this sticked-out part. You can joint this to another braided straw rope like this.”

Q-taro: ‘I’m really impressed! I want to braid straw ropes with him together to learn more!’