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taken in August 2013

７月ももう終わり。

来週には義妹の初盆の法要。

去年の今頃は…ってつい考えてしまう。

そうすると本当に遠く遠く離れてしまったと実感する。

暑いですねー。たまにYahooを見ると、日本の方がもっと過ごしにくそうな印象を受けます。
memorandum: took sunflowers w/RolleiflexT + bw film

This year's Obon holidays, when we Japanese traditionally welcome our ancestors' spirits to our home and send them back, one of my sister-in-law, who died last December. will come back. During Obon, many Japanese can take summer holidays and have family gathering or go traveling around. And my family also gather during Obon every year. It's too bad I won't be able to attend the Obon ceremony, though. I'm living a bit too far away now. I email my brother and father sometimes, and feel relieved the kids (my nephews) are doing all right without their mother:))