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The season of autumn leaves in Hokkaido is nearly over.

However, it is fun walking on the colorful fallen leaves in the forest when the gentle sunshine of late autumn streams in through the branches with no leaves.

Cherry Trees in front of Tenjoji Buddhist Temple

The color of cherry trees changes three times a year. Cherry blossoms' pink in spring, green leaves in summer, and orange in autumn

The color of birch trees in Otaru Park have all changed.

濃い色のキルトにキルトラインを入れるとき、どんなペンを使うか迷います。

When I was watching TV this morning, I saw "Surimi" was being covered as a topic.

"Surimi", known to us as "Kanikama" is a kind of minced fish cake that looks and tastes like crab meat.

It originates from Japan, but they say it is now popular in Europe, and the TV was showing the supermarket's shelf selling Surimi in France to indicate how popular it is.

The TV also was showing a large-scale Surimi factory in Lithuania.

昨年買った本｢スウェーデンのクロスステッチ　クリスマス・タペストリー｣から、今年のクリスマスプレゼント用に刺し始めました。

Lake Shikotsu is a beautiful caldera lake located near New Chitose Airport.

STUDIO QUILTのマンスリーキルト、11月分です。

In Hokkaido, it is getting pretty cold in the early morning and night these days. It is the season that heating is necessary.

Nowadays it is an easy job for us to warm up rooms. All we have to do is to switch on a heater.

However, until about 40 years ago, there was no self-kindled kerosene heater　for domestic use, and kindling coal-fired stove every morning was quite a labor for someone in a family.

I found some coal-fired stoves of old days at a hardware shop in Otaru. I wonder if they are displayed for sale as a practical item, or just as a nostalgic reminder.

先週末、２４０さんからプレゼントをいただきました。

三角形のログキャビンのバッグができました。

I went to the Lake Toya area for my business two weeks in a row.

It was warm and sunny, and there was no snow
in Mt.Yotei on Saturday last week.

However, on Tuesday this week, there was a snowfall in Hokkaido, and Mt.Yotei was covered with snow like in the image.

Mt.Yotei is always beautiful regardless of having snow or not.

Mt.Yotei from Nakayama Pass on the 23rd of October

Snow-clad Mt.Yotei from the point between Rusutsu Village and Makkari Village on the 29th of October