Hiroko's Acrylic -- A replication of Van Gogh's "Starry Night"

Art!

Among the 8 homeschool children who are all friends, I organized an art class led by an American educational consultant who has an art degree. The first week, we learned about "lines" and studied the art by Piet Mondrian, such as this painting: ホームスクールをしている友人たちの間で、子供のために美術のクラスをはじめました。美術課を卒業したアメリカ人の友人が先生です。今日はラインについて学びました。また、ラインをいっぱい使って絵を描いたピート　モンドリアンについて学びました。






They all created art inspired by the works of Mondrian. Even though we saw the same sample painting and heard the same lesson, everybody made very unique art all using only straight lines. Top left is Satoshi. Top middle is Minna. and bottom left is Sawyer. このピートモンドリアンの真似をして、まっすぐなラインを使って、それぞれが絵を描いてみました。上の左は悟志、真ん中の上は美奈。下の左端は創也の絵です。

Then a few days later, some of us adults who love art (mostly from our local church and our neighborhood) got together and just had an community painting day. We sat in our living room and painted whatever we wanted using the medium of our choice....while enjoying many cups of teas and yummy food. I am so excited that our lives are filled with creativity. 数日後の土曜日、アートが好きな友人が、絵を描く集まりを持ちました。教会の方、近所の方々などです。それぞれが、好きな絵を好きなミディアムで描くのです、、、あまいチャイを飲みながら。

Indian Clothes

This is NOT how much Satoshi lost weight from dengue! (Though he did lose some weight, it wasn't anything near this much.) This is how Indian traditional pants are always made--one size fits all. When I was pregnant, I did not need special pants! --Hiroko


Our children dressed up in Indian clothes to visit our friends to celebrate their special holiday!

Monsoon Lake

The park in front of our house floods every time it rains. The kids cannot play there if it's flooded. But I think it is rather beautiful.
近くの公園は雨が降るたびに、水溜りでいっぱいになります。モンスーンの湖です。

How a would-be hospital stay turned into a happy day

The doctor ordered Satoshi to be admitted to hospital after a blood test in the morning showed that his platelet count had gone down. But in one of the city's biggest, newest hostpitals, there was no empty bed. (Right now Delhi has an outbreak of both dengue fever and swine flue.) We were told to wait nearby until a bed came open. So we went to our pastor's house, only 5 min away from the hospital. They graciously gave us a bed to rest, and a DVD player for Satoshi to use. He watched Mr. Bean, and started laughing. Though he was still sick, his smile and laugh gave me such joy and hope.

A few hours later, we got the report that his blood platelet count had risen back to a safe level, and though a hospital bed had finally come available, we were free to go home. Toshi is recovering well ever since. Thank you to all who are praying. This picture was taken when Satoshi was in the pastor's house, watching the DVD.

昨日、悟志の血小板が減少し、入院です。と言われました。とはいえ、病院へ行ってもベッドは満杯。今はデング熱がはやっているので病院はいっぱいなのです。「少し待てばたぶんあくでしょう」と言われ、近くにある牧師の家で待つことにしました。待っている間に、牧師が入院しなくてよいくらい、すぐよくなるように、祈ってくれました。ベッドが空いたと知らせを受けるとともに、２回目の血液検査の結果が返ってきていて、血小板の数値が元に戻っていました。結局、家に帰ってもよいとの許可が下りたのです。感謝！今は、順調に回復中です。
これは、牧師の家で、よこになって映画を見て笑っている悟志の写真です。しばらく何日かぐったりしていたので、笑顔を見れてうれしかったです。
お祈りしてくださった方々ありがとうございました。

Dengue fever

デング熱にかかった悟志。休んでいるところ。癒されるようお祈りください。

Satoshi sleeping in the living room. Pray for fast recovery from dengue fever.

I saw the sky!

Delhi is listed as one of the ""Top 10 World Cities with Poor Air Quality." In the past, whenever I looked up, it seemed like there was no blue sky, no shape of any color of cloud, but only gray sky. I always felt like Delhi didn't have sky. Then the last few days there was an outpouring of monsoon rain. The rain must have been washing away the pollution in the air. When I looked up at the sky today, it took my breath away! I saw blue sky, a white cloud building up, and light shining from behind the cloud. I took this picture from our car today. You might think this is normal where you live. but to me, today I saw a beautiful miracle--I saw the sky! (Hiroko)

デリーは世界で空気の汚れているワースト１０に入っています。見上げても、青い空も、雲の形も見えません。公害のため、空はグレー一色です。
デリーに空はないのだと思っていました。でも、ここ数日モンスーンで雨が続いています。雨が公害を洗い流したのでしょうか。今日、上を見上げると、息ができないほどの美しい空が広がっていました。青い空、黙々とした白い雲。そしてその後ろから輝く光。こんな空は、多くの人にとっては、毎日見る何気のない風景かもしれません。でも、私にとっては奇跡でした。デリーの空を見たのです！