A Dream

I had a dream last night that the leaves on all the trees were colored like treasure and jewels, red rubies, glimmering golds and ambers, and brilliant oranges.  But they were falling off the trees too fast!  Every second dozens more leaves fell.  I wanted to take a picture of how beautiful they were, but I couldn't get my camera in time.  When I saw the ginko tree behind the village office this morning I remembered the dream...  I think winter might be coming fast.

昨夜、紅葉の夢を見よった。葉っぱが金の様な黄色とルビーの様な赤、そして鮮やかな橙色だった。でも木の枝からこじゃんと速く落ちてしまいよった。一秒ごとに何十枚も落ちた。美しい紅葉の写真をとりたかったけんどカメラを出すのは遅すぎた。今朝、役場の裏のいちょうの木を見た時その夢を思い出した。。。冬が早く来る様な気がするがよ。

Haran and Movies

As my co-workers already know.  I'm fascinated by Haran.  Do you know about haran?  Its a leaf that is cut into beautiful designs and displayed on serving plates.  A long time ago, the little green plastic saw-tooth grass in bentou used to be made of the same leaf.  Sometime this year I'm going to make a short film telling the simple story of this art and how I came across it.

ハランと言う植物に興味を持った。葉蘭していますか？葉蘭の葉っぱは料理の飾り物です。 上手な人は刃物できれいなデザインを切って飾る。今弁当のなかにあるギザギザのみどりのプラの葉っぱは昔本物の葉蘭だった。今年いつか葉蘭について簡単なドキュメンタリーを作るつみりです。