Spring Equinox Day
March 21 is spring equinox called O-Higan in Japan. The “O-Higan” is a Buddhist event that occurs twice a year, in spring and autumn. Many Japanese visit their family graves and clean the grave. O-Higan literally translates as “the other shore.” On equinox day, it is said that the distance between ‘this world’ and ‘that world’ becomes closest. So they […]
Sackville Lakes Provincial Park
Sackville Lakes Provincial Park is natural environment park located in Lower Sackville where is about 8km from our place. The park offers an attractive forest setting in a near-urban environment for walking, hiking, and lake access for canoeing or kayaking. It was so warm and sunny that spring seemed to have arrived, and the temperature […]
Visitors
It’s still cold in the morning, however, the sun light is getting warmer in the afternoon. Our visitors are also looking forward to the arrival of the spring. We saw a deer family in our backyard hill and a pileated woodpecker visited us again. The standing dead tree is full of holes, but I guess […]
