Saturday, July 26, 2008

July 3, Thursday

Good bye Tokachi!






It's already time to go home......our flight leaves at 3:35pm, so we met my Mom's friend again (everyday actually) for the last time, we went to one of the Flower Garden between the city and the airport. The owner of the garden is a cheerful, energetic 85 year old women, she, my Mom and her friend were talking a lot together at their cafe, they have so many things in common. So I was off to walk around the garden to take photos.
I'd been getting up at 4 o'clock everyday and taking a walk in the morning, and I'd been driving almost all day for 5 days and taking photos, but I don't feel tired at all. Mom and her friend were friends almost all their life, they were like young girls, chatting and laughing in the back seat everyday, Mom looks happy in her childhood city......I'm glad we made this trip.
もう帰る日になってしまって・・・・午後のフライトなので、もう一度母の友人と一緒に、紫竹ガーデンまで。ここは去年も行ったけれど、花がたくさんで写真摂り放題、それと、オーナーが帯広出身の85歳くらいのおばあちゃん、去年も母とおしゃべりに花を咲かせていたので、またお邪魔しました。紫竹おばあちゃん、という呼び名で本を出版したり、とにかくこの方、元気でエネルギッシュで、おしゃれもちゃんとしているし、第一こんな広い「庭」にこんなにいっぱいきれいな花をデザインして管理しているのだから・・・・・すごい!!彼女たちが話している間に庭を歩いて、たくさん写真を撮りました。
4泊5日の帯広、私は朝4時頃に目が覚めてしまって散歩をし、5日間ほぼ一日中ドライブし続けだったけれど、全然疲れた感じがしなくて、母はふるさとで嬉しそうだし、母の友人も久しぶりに毎日遠足とおしゃべりで喜んでくれたし、たくさん写真を撮ったし。来て良かった!

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