Daily Archives: May 8, 2011

Mothers’ Day, May 8, 2011

In order to celebrate Mothers’ Day, we went to Shimosuwa by mini and visited my parents. We got on Chuo highway and stopped at Futaba Service Area.  There is an outside vegetable/fruit shop. My mother does not like cut flowers, so instead of carnations, we bought grapes cultivated inside a green house. The service area is large.  We took Maya-san for a walk. It was a hot day.  Katya gave Maya-san a shower. In my parents’ house, we had some tea. Besides grapes, we gave sweets bought in Kyoto. In the garden, magnolias were beautiful. Mom and dad showed us a pot of apple flowers. On the way back to … Continue reading

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