日本は桜が開花しているみたいですね、桜見たいですわ。ここネブラスカは桜の木が植えられてないハズ。アメリカはワシントン州とニューヨーク州に桜の木が植えられているみたい。うちの周りには桜でない木が数本植えられているんだけどまだ寂しい状態。最近は落ち葉拾いをしてますわ。落ち葉拾いって秋頃にするんだけど、私達が引っ越してきたのは冬、既に雪が地面を覆いかぶさっていて雪が溶けた今、庭には落ち葉だらけですわ。で、先日、落ち葉拾いをしたわけ、これがまた大変なのよ。小さい頃、学校で落ち葉を集めて焼き芋をしたけど、こんなに落ち葉拾いって大変だったけ？って思ってしまいましたわ。でもね、落ち葉拾いが終わったら、そろそろ芝刈りをしなきゃいけない季節だわ。庭があるって大変なのね。。桜の写真は、うちの母親が東京で写したものだわ。綺麗だわよね。
We have recently been hearing from Hideko, how beautiful Tokyo is during spring-time this year. Many of the cherry blossom trees are bursting of pink. She has sent us some pictures of the sakura from her cell phone. We have learned the states of Washington & New York also have cherry blossom trees. Here in Nebraska, the weather is getting warmer, the snow has gone and we have some spring cleaning to do outside. Due to our PCS during the winter, our yard has been covered in snow, atop the leaves. We have been getting our yard ready for spring with the raking of the leaves and in no time at all, we will be mowing the lawn. First we must purchase a lawn mower. Takako has been thinking of having a small garden or some planters around the house, but she believes that basic upkeep (shoveling snow, raking leaves, mowing grass, etc.) is hard enough. Oh well, we will see.
