It was very fine and enough warm to make us slightly sweaty today. Few clouds were seen in the sky. Indian summer, isn't it?
I went to the Japanese traditional art festival. Some played the taisho-goto and some shamisen(a kind of guitar) and some danced japanese traditional dance. Some chorus groups also took part in it and I sang some songs as a member of one of the chorus groups.
I like singing songs but recently I haven't sung with others, so it might be good for me to take part in such a festival, I suppose.
Next year OBs of the university glee club will go to United States for the joint concert with OBs of A University Glee Club but to my regret I will probably not join. Because I have something to do next year.
Drawing near to the Christmas, I'd like to make some midi files of christmas songs. But now no time to do so. If you like, please listen to some files I made last year.
Recitation and Midi
It is extremely fine day today. Few clouds in the sky and little wind, though a little chilly.
There are a lot of dry grass in the yard and field and there are also some branches which I cut before. Though I thought I would gather and burn them today, I couldn't do. If it is fine tomorrow, I'll do that.
When the weather is fine, my feeling is also fine. I hope it lasted such a fine weather.
Yesterday it rained a little heavily but today is fine, though we can still see a lot of clouds in the sky.
I wrote about "St. Luke's summer" at the last entry, but I also learned a phrase "St. Martin summer". We call Indian summer "koharubiyori" in Japanese and it means "the warm days like summer (though "haru" means spring in Japanese) in early winter (shoto), which is November.
Looking into the dictionary, I learned that "St. Luke's summer" means "In English folklore, a period of fine, calm weather, similar to Indian summer, occurring in October." and "St. Martin's summer" is "In English folklore, a period of fine, calm weather, similar to an Indian summer, occurring in November."
Taking these into consideration, "koharubiyori" is the most similar to "St. Martin's summer", I think.
By the way St. Martin's Day is November 11 and the same day as Veterans Day, isn't it?.
It is fine day today. No cloud in the sky and it's warm. I feel like going driving somewhere far away but I have no time to do so. They call such a fine day Indian summer, I suppose.
Now I must clean the ditches around the house which are filled with lots of dry grass because of the typhoon. It is a little hard work for me but unavoidable.
By the way I found the phrase "St. Luke summer". I wonder if it is the same meaning as Indian summer.
