Category: Matsue Salon Life

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Takarazuka セレブレーション１００！

Jenniferです 🙂

Takarazuka

昨日宝塚のセレブレーション１００！を見に行きました♪　とてもとても良かったです！　宝塚は豊富な歌のレパートリーがありますね。私は今まで曲を聞いたことがありません。曲は全部は楽しく聴きやすい♫  もちろんパフォーマンス、ダンス、オーケストラによる生演奏、なども素晴らしい。グラマラスな芝居の衣裳もステキです。私も宝塚ファンになった♡

Last night I was lucky to attend the all-female musical theatre troupe, Takarazuka’s, Celebration 100! 

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Even though I was unfamiliar with their vast repertoire, I thoroughly enjoyed the nonstop entertainment!!  The troupe had outstanding, tremendously powerful voices, accompanied by a live orchestra.♫ 

The costumes were gorgeous, and I especially loved the lyrical, jazz, ballroom and other styles of dancing.  Of course, I was fascinated by the otokoyaku, the male roles that are played by women.  I would love to see a full production at the Takarazuka Grand Theater♡

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Happy May Day♡

Jenniferです🌷

今日は私の一番好きな日です！！

メーデーは古くはヨーロッパで始まったお祭りです。暖かくなりお店の花もいっぱいです。　私は去年のシクラメンの花の咲くのを待っていましたが最近、咲きました！！　それも去年のホスタも最近大きくなりました！　びっくり大きくと元気になったのです！　メーデーの花束を今日の朝に準備してお店に飾ってありますのでよかったら見て下さい💐

As I’ve mentioned before, today is my favorite day of the year, May 1st!!  In Europe, May Day celebrates the warm spring weather, the coming of summer and longer days, and the blooming flowers. I was lucky, and my cyclamen from 2013 finally bloomed again!! Also my hosta from last year came back and is bigger and healthier.

One of the old May Day traditions I love is the gathering of flowers to make bouquets or put into baskets, which are then left on your neighbor’s doorstep as a pleasant surprise. I got a cute spring bouquet from a flower shop for Hair Innovation.💐

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Cherry Blossoms!!

Jenniferです 🙂

わっ！最近は天気がすごい変わりますね。先週は暖かくなり春見たい。でも昨日はびっくり寒いです！！雨が降って風が強かったです。桜の花が散ってしまうのでは！

しかし。。。桜の花はまだ大丈夫です！！！お店の前はとてもキレイです♡

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Yikes!  The weather has been crazy recently.  Last week it was getting warmer and like Spring.  However, yesterday was freezing and like winter!!  It also rained yesterday morning and was very windy.  I thought the cherry blossoms would all be blown away.

But…the cherry trees weathered the storm and are still beautiful!!!  In front of Hair Innovation, they are now in full bloom and lovely. ♡

UPDATE

Unfortunately, these trees were cut down in January 2022 as part of an ongoing process to improve the flow of the canal and prevent flooding. However our neighbor at 有限会社馬場印刷所 was able to save some saplings, and one of them bloomed in Spring 2024❤︎
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Happy Valentine’s Day ♡

Jenniferです 🙂

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アメリカのバレンタインズデーはクリスマスの次に多くの国民が手紙を交換するの日です。

約１億４千５百万通の手紙だそうです！！

毎年私のお母さんはハンドメイドの手紙をバレンタインに作ります。今年もバレンタインに受け取りました！！　カワイイ手作りの編み物も中に入ってました：マフラーとカッフ♡

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In America, Valentine’s Day is celebrated among couples, friends and family by exchanging cards, sweets, or presents.

It is estimated that 145 million greeting cards are purchased for Valentine’s Day, second only to Christmas!!

Every year my mother sends me a handmade Valentine’s Day card.  When I got this year’s Valentine, it also contained some cute items she knitted for me: a headband, scarf and matching cuff ♡

アメリカにはホワイトデーがありませんが私はもちろんお母さんにホワイトデー手紙を返信します！

Although White Day is not celebrated in America, of course I will send a return card to my mother before March 14th 😉

ハッピーバレンタインズデー ♡ Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

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Container Gardening part III

今回はガーデニングトークパート３です。

今日は冬至日ですから私の冬コンテナガーデンを紹介します ♡  冬至日は一番日が短いですよね。でもどんどん日が長くと明るくなると思います ！

Today is the winter solstice (the shortest day of the year) so I though it’s a good time to introduce my winter container garden.  Even though it’s getting colder, the days will start to get longer and lighter!!

コンテナガーデンには、パンジーと葉牡丹植え込みました！！　色々な色が見えるは楽しいですよね ♫　この花は寒さや雪が降るこの時期でも大丈夫です 。

This container has a mixture of pansies and ornamental kale in shades of red, purple and white.  Both are cold resistant and even look lovely in the snow.♡

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あぁ！！　金曜日は雪が降ってましたね。お店の前に白鳥が飛んで来ました！　この前はご夫婦来ました、だけど今回は５羽の白鳥が飛んで来ました！！  

On Friday it snowed a little, and the swans came to visit Hair Innovation again.  This time it wasn’t just a swan couple–5 swans came to visit!!

🦢 Happy  Winter Solstice🦢