Happy New Year!

At the end of December last year, I caught a cold and couldn’t finish my painting in time for New Year’s Day. Fortunately, thanks to nasal irrigation, I could feel the bacteria weakening by New Year’s Eve.

In Japanese pronunciation, there is only a one-sound difference between “snake” and “shrimp.” Similarly, the words “toshi: year” (年) and “meshi” (召し) in the title also differ by just one sound in Japanese. The “toshi: year” (年) refers to this year’s zodiac sign, the snake. “Meshi” means “to eat.”
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It is a yokai that appears from the mountains in the middle of the night and sometimes leaves strange footprints as it skips across the fields with its well-developed feet (I came up with this idea yesterday).

I discovered the mysterious paw prints yesterday.

This is My Bluesky’s post then.

こ〜れは妖怪一本足猫でしょ

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— Kota Nakatsubo (@yakudo-kan.com) 2024年12月8日 15:47

But what are these mysterious footprints?
If anyone can tell me, let me know!

Perhaps this really is a yokai!

Have you heard of Habitat Style?
It has been a hot topic in the rare plant community for the past few years.

It is a gardening style that mimics the environment of the native habitat on a pot.

Dry gardens,” gardens that reproduce the native environment by planting arid-zone plants that can overwinter in the ground, have been popular among Japanese rare plant enthusiasts for some time now.

This can be seen as an even more miniature version of such a garden.
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