The Season For Autumn Leaves

I played tennis today with Rina and some of my friends in Kiyohara Industrial Park.

The leaves there were at their peak color.
I enjoyed the changing colors of autumn leaves and, of course, playing tennis.

To tell you the truth, I've had a shoulder pain since early September this year.
I usually play tennis three to four times a week, but now I do only once a week.

I'm happy to think that even only once a week to play tennis is far far better than never.

Hot Air Balloon Competition in Utsunomiya

When I played tennis at Shirasawa Green Park today, I happened to see many hot air balloons in the sky. They were flying so far away that I could barely see them like dots in the sky.

I remembered “Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship” held in my city three years ago. That had been a wonderful experience to me.

I upload two pictures I took today and a video I made three years ago.

The Town I lived For 10 Years

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I went to Omori, Tokyo at the end of October. Omori is the place I had lived for ten years before I got married. There are a lot of memories at the town.

Picture #1
Sanno elementary school has buildings and a hard surface athletics track field. An athletic meeting was held on the day.

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The tree at the flower shop grew faaaaar bigger than before. I think they could not cut the tree down, instead they caved their shop wall. lol.

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There were quite a few public bath houses in Tokyo long ago. The bath house I visited several times was still standing there.
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Preparing For Entrance Exams.

I took a lot of pictures of Emi, one of my daughters, the other day.
When I take a picture of a person, I usually say “Smile, please.” But it was different last time.
I said “Be Smart.”
 Why?

The pictures are to be used as ID photos for college application forms. Most of Japanese colleges, I guess, don’t accept an ID picture with a smile.

Entrance exams are scheduled in January and February next year.
Emi is very busy studying these days.

I really hope that Emi will pass her most favorite college’s exam, knock on wood.