When
Ted is away on field trips, I walk out to the garden by myself. I can exchange
greetings and comments about the weather with some of the other gardeners. There
is one elderly man, Ono san, who talks to me like I am his good friend. Maybe
he doesn’t realize I don’t understand most of what he is saying. He talks and talks, sometime he chops my
weeds or moves my kabocha vines. I try to respond with Hai and So desu to show I
am listening, even if I’m not understanding it all.
Lovely pictures of the garden. I am reminded of how short the growing season is in Hokkaido. And I had a quiet chuckle too as I remember nodding and responding even when I didn't understand. Good to have company in the garden though!
ReplyDeleteLovely to have garden space and to eat food you have grown yourselves. Lovely that man chats to you even if you don't know most of what he is saying...he obviously just wants to talk!!
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