It’s December...in Japan, there is a custom of cleaning up at the end of the year, the reason is to get rid of dirt of the year
and get ready to welcome a new year with fresh feelings.
In the garden, my relatives helped me to cut the trees and mow the lawn.
Some Autumn leaves changed their color, and “Nanten”, or Sacred Bamboos bears a lot of red berries, adding beautiful accents to
the simple garden.
I suppose it will be the best weekend to see Autumn leaves around Kumano area. 😉
To welcome a new year, we also started the maintenance of the house.
In Maki-no-ma private room, the borders of the old Tatami mattress has been damaged, so I requested the Tatami master to change
the borders with new cloths.
It is said that the colors and patterns of the cloths depended on the status of the family in old days, but now, of course we can
choose our favorite colors and patterns.
The original cloths were blue, I chose yellow according to other rooms, after all Tatami were spread, I found it was the right
choice, it looks more clean and larger than the original room. 😉
今日から12月！12月と聞くと、なんだか急に気忙しくなってきます笑。
先日、親戚のおじさんが念入りに庭の手入れをしてくれました。庭木たちは、綺麗にカットしてもらってすっきり♪
いまの季節は、紅葉と南天が、鮮やかに庭を彩っています。
庭の手入れの時期に合わせて、館内も少しメンテナンスを。
引き戸の戸車が壊れ、引きにくくなっていたのを直してもらい、漆喰などの汚れが取れず目立っていた紺色の畳の縁を、新しく変えていただきました。
縁の色が違うだけで、印象が全く変わりますね！淡色にしたら、以前より広く見えるような…
12月は、忘年会を兼ねてご利用予定のゲストさんもいて、気分は一気に年の瀬です。
少しずつ、新しい年を迎える準備もしていきたいと思っています(*^^*)
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