It’s been two years since I moved from Grenoble, France to Karuizawa town in Nagano prefecture.

Time just flies by as I wonder what to do with this site ……

I want to do something! So I decided to change the title.

The new title is …

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Something like “Enikki”.

Yes. In fact, the title “A Japanese woman in the Alps” is no longer appropriate. Besides, I can’t narrow it down to one theme for this site. I got lost…I think pictures would help my writing, so I call it “something like “ENIKKI” (diary presented with pictures). I hesitated to say it’s ENIKKI. So I said something like “ENIKKI” . I thought it was a good idea.

If I don’t do anything, I’ll end up doing nothing, so I’d like to take it a little bit at a time, thinking as I go.

Thursday, February 23, cloudy @ Karuizawa, high 8 °C, low -4 °C

The hyacinth flowers are swelling up as the daytime warms up.

Wednesday, February 22, cloudy @ Karuizawa, high 3 °C, low -9 °C

As I was about to park my car in the parking lot, a wagtail crossed the street in front of me.

I parked my car and peeked out the window.

As the wagtail walked, the soft feathers on either side of the wagtail swayed and fluttered.

Wednesday, January 18  Sunny @ Karuizawa High  4°C, low -5°C

I bought some hyacinth bulbs at the local flower shop. It Looks cold.

Wednesday January 1 Sunny @ Takasaki High  14°C, low 1°C

I spent New Year’s Day at my parents’ house. I never get tired of seeing killifish and kawaebi in the aquarium. The kawaebi have transparent bodies and float around in the water, wiggling their legs in small movements.

Wednesday November 23  Rain @ Karuizawa, high 6 °C, low 4 °C

As the weather turned colder, Ivy’s green leaves began to turn brownish.

As I approached the plant to see if it was okay, I found a small ladybug.

Wednesday, October 17   Cloudy, then rainy @ Karuizawa High 17°C, low 11°C

I saw a daurian redstart on my walk. The red belly and the white triangular pattern on its back are distinctive.

According to a folk tale from the Nishi-Seto region, the sparrow and the daurian redstart are sisters.