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先週、敬老のお祝いに母を訪ねました。 Last week, I visited my mom with my husband  and my younger son for Respect-for-the-Aged Day.  主人が前に母に頼まれて描いた絵を ログハウスの壁にかけました。 母はとっても喜んでました。 My husband brought the cosmos motif painting that she ordered before.  He framed it and hung it on the wall for her. She was delighted to see it. 私は先日壊したキャビネットの廃材を燃やして 焚火を楽しみました。 焚火が好きなんです♡ 鳥の声を聴きながら、踊る炎を見てると なんだか癒されます。 I burned scrap wood from our old cabinet that we took apart the other day.  I enjoyed a bonfire as I listening to birds. Looking at a dancing flame gives me a warm, calm feeling. 濡れ新聞紙とホイルでお芋を包んで 熱々の灰の中に埋めておくと ほくほくの焼き芋ができます。 熱いうちに　あわてて食べたら、 出来上がった焼き芋の写真撮るのすっかり忘れました😅 I wrapped some sweet potatoes with wet newspapers and aluminum foil  and put them under hot ashes. 母の愛犬アキを近くの牧場まで　散歩に連れて行きました。 16歳だけど、まだまだ元気です。 We walked my mom's 16-year-old dog, Aki, to the nearby farm. 牧場に行ったら、かわいい猫さんがいました。 Many cats welcomed us there.  

この間、ふと見たら私の机の下の床が傷だらけ。 椅子でこすっちゃってたみたい。 The other day, I noticed there were many scratches on the floor under my chair.  It seemed every time I moved the chair, it scratched the surface of the floor. なので、あまり毛糸で脚カバーを編むことにしました。  Therefore, I decided to make leg covers for my chair.  I have many leftover yarns, so I thought it was a good opportunity to use them.   After I knitted four covers,   100均で別の脚カバーとパッチも買ってきて、 I went to a 100 yen shop and got felt patches and readymade leg covers. まずパッチを貼って、 First, I applied the patches at the bottom of the legs of the chair,  手編みの脚カバーをはかせて、 then handmade covers. 最後に買ってきた脚カバーもはかせたら、 Lastly, I covered them with bought leg covers.  完ぺき！ It seems perfect！  

ずっと前に知り合いの方からいただいた着物、 そのまま着るには柄行がちょっと派手すぎかなぁ。。と 　 ほどいて　スカートに縫い直しました。 絹100％だから　着心地とってもよいです♡ I turned an old kimono into a skirt.  I had taken apart the kimono and made a pair of pants before.  Since the kimono was made of 100 percent silk, it was very comfortable to wear, especially in this extremely hot summer season.  Therefore, I decided to sew the skirt using the leftover kimono fabric.   It was very easy to make.  I just sewed together 4 pieces of fabric and put an elastic band into the waist part.