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うっかりカツカツやって来て、うっかり居ない。( By O.)
 

2026/05/17

4Times Southern Wind / Sunday edition / A Garden with a KAWAII Name

 

日曜日なので、穏やかな内容を書いています。
 
フローズン・クイーンがなんと4回目の冬越しをしました。
3日前程から、私の住む街も真夏の気温になり、実は素敵な名前を持つ庭の薔薇達が傷んでしまいました。
慌ててフローズン・クイーンを部屋の中に避難させています。
 
5回目の冬越しをしたフローズン・クイーン
フローズン・クイーンはBTSのJ-hopeさんのイメージで購入したのですが、非常に珍しい品種で育て方がよく分からない神秘的な植物なんです。
 
それで、兎に角涼しく風通しの良い場所を好む。
花は5月から6月位までの間に開き、カラーという白い花の形に似ている赤紫色の花を点け、直射日光は余り好まず、水が好きだがあげすぎると根腐れを起こし、花が枯れても茎全体が枯れて自然に抜けるようになるまで切らず、夏が苦手なのに日陰で育て、葉も同様に全体が枯れるまで待ち、冬は土の上全部枯れたらそっと引き抜き、中の球根を掘らずに乾いた土に埋めたままにし、(日曜版です。暑いですね)、気が付いたら冬の日光に当て、水をあげず、春先に外に出し、日向で水切れしないように育て、冬越しが出来たかどうかを其の年の発芽で確認する、という植物です。
 
関係ないですが、近所に水芭蕉のような植物が開いており、美しい限りです。
 
つまり4回目の冬越しに成功しました。
私の知る限り、球根は冬前に掘り起こし、また春に植える物、という認識ですが。
フローズン・クイーンは、これで合っているようです。
もし今年の冬を越して4回目の発芽をすれば、フローズン・クイーンの球根は、自ら土の養分を冬の間に蓄えている。という話になるかもしれません。
Butterfly Just Dance

なので、本当に一年間発芽していた時に使った養分を、冬の間に土から吸収しながら休眠し、その間、日光も水も必要としない植物がフローズン・クイーンということになります。
 
通常球根タイプの冬越しは、球根を土から掘り起こして干したまま保管します。
土の中を見ると分裂して球根の数が増えているか、一つの球根がシーズンの間、葉を繁らせながら同時に冬越しの養分を蓄えているか、です。
 
ならどうしてフローズン・クイーンだけ、土に埋めたまま水遣りをしないで冬越しをする、という指定があるのでしょう。
やはりフローズン・クイーンは冬の間に球根自ら土の養分を蓄えながら休眠する、非常に珍しい品種なんでしょうね。 

クリスタルから落ちた虹

急に暑くなった為、素敵な名前を持つ庭の薔薇が庭の照り返しで、体感温度が28度前後になってしまった所為で、かなり葉を落としたりシーズンで開花していた花が枯れたり、葉が縮れたりしてしまいました。
 
すぐに剪定で調節したり、夜涼しい時間に蚊取り線香を点けつつ、肥料を追加したり涼しい場所に移動したりして、夏の素敵な名前を持つ庭に変えていっています。
噴水も相変わらず白い睡蓮を透明の中に咲かせたまま、涼しい光を散らしています。
 
私は熱中症にいきなり罹った後、用心してカーテン越しの光しか見ていなかったのですが、なんだか遮光布から壁に溢れる光りが9月頃の白い陽射しに見えて、爽やかな気分になっていました。
まだ初夏なのですが、少し季節を見送る爽やかさに包まれています。
 
その所為か、新しいお香をTemuで購入しました。
近い内に写真でご報告できると思います。
 
それでは、夜にはまだ早い素敵な日曜日をお過ごし下さい。
私はビールを飲みます。








 
 
 
20260517 20:48 文章を直しました。
 
 
Since it’s Sunday, I’m writing something gentle.
 
Believe it or not, Frozen Queen has survived her fourth winter.
About three days ago, the temperature in my town soared to midsummer levels, and unfortunately, the roses in my garden—which have such lovely names—have been damaged.
I hurriedly brought Frozen Queen inside to protect her.
 
Frozen Queen, which has survived its fifth winter
I bought the Frozen Queen because it reminded me of BTS’s J-Hope, but it’s a very rare variety and a mysterious plant that I’m not quite sure how to care for.
 
Anyway, it prefers a cool, well-ventilated spot.
The flowers bloom from around May to June, producing reddish-purple blooms that resemble the shape of white calla lilies. 
 
It doesn’t like direct sunlight very much, and while it likes water, overwatering causes root rot. Even if the flowers wilt, don’t cut the stems until the entire stem has withered and naturally falls out.
 
Since it doesn’t do well in summer, grow it in the shade, and similarly, wait until all the leaves have withered. In winter, once everything above ground has withered, gently pull it out, leaving the bulb inside buried in the dry soil (this is the Sunday edition. 
 
It’s hot, isn’t it?), and when you notice it, expose it to winter sunlight without watering. In early spring, move it outside and grow it in full sun, making sure it doesn’t dry out, and confirm whether it has survived the winter by checking for sprouting that year.
 
On a completely unrelated note, a plant resembling a skunk cabbage has bloomed in my neighborhood, and it’s absolutely beautiful.
 
In short, it successfully survived its fourth winter.
As far as I know, bulbs are typically dug up before winter and replanted in the spring.
It seems this is the case with Frozen Queen.
If it survives this winter and sprouts for the fourth time, it might mean that Frozen Queen bulbs store nutrients from the soil on their own during the winter.

    Butterfly Just Dance
     https://butterflyjustdance.blogspot.com/2025/05/3.html
So, Frozen Queen is a plant that goes dormant during the winter, absorbing the nutrients it used while sprouting over the course of the year from the soil, and requires neither sunlight nor water during that time.
 
Typically, when overwintering bulb plants, you dig the bulbs up from the soil and store them in a dry place.
If you look inside the soil, you’ll see either that the bulbs have divided and multiplied, or that a single bulb has grown lush foliage throughout the season while simultaneously storing nutrients for overwintering.
 
So why is it that only the Frozen Queen is specifically instructed to overwinter while buried in the soil without watering?
It seems the Frozen Queen is indeed a very rare variety that goes dormant during the winter while the bulb itself stores nutrients from the soil.
 
A rainbow falling from a crystal

Because it suddenly got hot, the roses in my “Garden of Beautiful Names” were exposed to the sun’s glare, causing the temperature to feel like around 28 degrees Celsius. As a result, they dropped quite a few leaves, the flowers that were in bloom for the season withered, and the leaves curled up.
 
I’ve been taking immediate action by pruning them, lighting mosquito coils during the cool evening hours, adding fertilizer, and moving them to cooler spots—gradually transforming the garden into a summer “Garden of Beautiful Names.”
The fountain continues to scatter cool light, with white water lilies still blooming in its clear waters.
 
After suddenly coming down with heatstroke, I’ve been cautious and have only been looking at the light through the curtains. But somehow, the light spilling from the blackout curtains onto the wall looked like the white sunlight of September, and it put me in a refreshing mood.
It’s still early summer, but I’m wrapped in a refreshing sense of bidding farewell to the season.
 
Perhaps because of that, I bought some new incense on Temu.
I think I’ll be able to share a photo of it soon.
 
Well then, please enjoy this lovely Sunday—it’s still a bit early for nightfall.
I’m going to have a beer.








 
 

 
20260517 20:48  Revised the text.
 
 
 

ご連絡 / Notice

今日の日曜版は公開が17時になります。
凄く暑いので、熱中症にはくれぐれもお気をつけ下さい。 
 
エナメル 
 
Today's Sunday edition will be released at 5:00 PM.
It's extremely hot out there, so please be very careful not to get heatstroke.
 
Enamel  



2026/05/10

Moskwan Babies Singin' Shout,Moskwan Girls Baby Singin' Shout / Sunday edition

芙蓉の花びら
 
日曜日なので、穏やかな内容を書いています。
 
apple musiより

ラテン・ミュージックがあまり聴き方がよく分からなかったんですが、ラテン・ミュージックのジャンルにアーバン・ラテン・ミュージックというジャンルがあるんだそうです。
 
GoogleAIによるとレゲトンとラテン・トラップの要素を融合させたジャンルなんだそうです。
レゲトン(Reggaeton)とは、1990年代にプエルトリコで誕生した、ラテンアメリカ発のダンスミュージックとあります。
 
カロルGは偶然、新曲のプレイリストを聴いていて都会的な繊細でシャープなサウンドとクールな雰囲気だと思い、スクリーンショットをスマート・フォンに残していました。






 
ここ数日、BTSがプラジルで大センセーションを巻き起こしている様子が、メンバーのインスタグラムで公開されていますね。
また今年のロラパルーザでサブリナ・カーペンターのライブはチリで開催されていましたが、すごく反応が熱いんです。





なので南アメリカのミュージック・シーンはここ数年マグマが沸る(たぎる)ホットさがMTV Video Music Awards : 通称VMA等色々な音楽プログラムやイベントで、見知らぬ情熱さや音楽への敬意の姿を見せていましたが、2026年現在、音が届く最先地としてミュージシャン達から愛され、聴衆からも愛されている、幸福な音楽社会なのでしょうね。
 
凄く前の話ですが、ポール・マッカートニーが旧ソビエト連邦で初めてライブを開催したことがあったんですが。
その時の映像が確かアップルかどこかで放送されていたんです。
ビートルズの公演が解散までとうとう出来なかったのだそうで、解散後、ポール・マッカートニーが公演可能になり、ポールの公演ですが、ビートルズとソビエト連邦の人々との出会いのライブでもあるという、ポール・マッカートニーとビートルズのソビエト連邦デビューライブだったんです。
 
野外会場の方々が時折映し出されて、途中ご夫婦がワルツを踊り出したり、Back In The U.S.S.R.ではポールが「モスクワンベイビー!」とアドリブを入れた瞬間、大歓声が巻き起こったり、私はそれを視聴しながら、本当は音楽ってこういうものなんだろうな、と胸が熱くなりました。





 
コンサート会場やライブ会場で余りに音に乗り過ぎても、冷静過ぎても何処か上手くないし、ミュージシャンや歌手の肉声に包まれても何故か人目を気にせねばならなかったり、怪我の原因は避けなければならないし、と少し面倒くさいなと私は初めてライブに行った時から感じていました。
 
中学1年生の時、先輩がサプライズでドラムとベース・ギター・ボーカルで大音量ライブを全校生徒の前でしてみせた時、乗り方を知らない子達が居て、どうしていいか分からなかったあまりパニックになり、ステージではなく後ろを向いて盛り上がっている人間を囃し立てているつもりで応援してしまったりしていました。
 
私は、分かっているコンサートやライブの慣れがどうのこうのというより、自分がチケットを買い、観客としてその場に居ることがどうしても理解出来ない人が2026年の日本でもまだ居るのだと思います。
 
音楽は好きか嫌いかです。
詳しいかどうかより、自分が聴きたいから聞くのだし、自分が触れたいからライブ会場に行きます。
長い間、音楽が好きじゃないんだな、と思う人達を沢山見掛けてきました。
 
”本を読まない人”という言葉のように、音楽があまり好きじゃないのに音楽を好む人達と自分とを比べて、音楽が分からない自分が私達より劣っていると勝手に思い込み、興味無いなら離れていれば良いのに、楽しく音楽の話をしていたり、壁に貼られたチラシを見て素敵な気持ちになっている私のような人間を、探し出してまで憎んだりする。
 
好きに聴いていいし、好きに観ていいのに、単にグッズのTシャツを着て参加するだけで、他者を威圧したりやたらと崇高でいるのをわざわざ人に教えたり、一人で音楽も選べないのかと舌打ちしたくなる時があります。
 
あの時、熱い歓声と称賛と歓びだけが全員一致で、後は只その空間と音楽に向けられていた映像に残っていたものが、今南米と呼ばれる各大都市に当然のように存在しています。
とても羨ましい気持ちで、音楽は好きに好きで居て良いのだな、と濃いドリップ・コーヒーで乾杯する気持ちです。
 
それでは、素敵な日曜日をお過ごし下さい。
 
オールドファッションドドーナッツ / ローソン取扱い

 
 
 
Hibiscus Petals
 
Since it's Sunday, I'm writing something gentle. 

From Apple Music
I wasn’t really sure how to listen to Latin music, but apparently there’s a genre within Latin music called Urban Latin Music.
 
According to Google AI, it’s a genre that blends elements of reggaeton and Latin trap.
Reggaeton is described as dance music originating in Latin America that emerged in Puerto Rico in the 1990s.
 
Carol G happened to be listening to a playlist of new songs and thought the sound was urban, delicate, and sharp with a cool vibe, so she saved a screenshot on her smartphone.






Over the past few days, the members have been posting on Instagram about the huge sensation BTS has been causing in Brazil.
Also, Sabrina Carpenter’s performance at this year’s Lollapalooza took place in Chile, and the response has been incredibly enthusiastic.
 

 
So, while the South American music scene has been sizzling with magma-like intensity over the past few years—as seen in various music programs and events like the MTV Video Music Awards (commonly known as the VMAs), where we witnessed unprecedented passion and respect for music—as of 2026, it seems to be a thriving music community that is loved by both musicians and audiences alike as a place where music truly comes alive.
 
This is a story from a long time ago, but Paul McCartney once held his first live concert in the former Soviet Union.
I believe footage from that concert was broadcast on Apple TV or somewhere like that.
Apparently, the Beatles were never able to perform there before they broke up. After the breakup, Paul McCartney was able to perform, and while it was his concert, it also served as a meeting point between the Beatles and the people of the former Soviet Union—it was Paul McCartney’s and the Beatles’ debut concert in the former Soviet Union.
 
The footage occasionally showed the audience at the outdoor venue; at one point, a couple started waltzing, and during “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” when Paul ad-libbed “Moscow, baby!” a huge cheer erupted. As I watched it, my heart swelled with emotion, thinking, “This is what music is really all about.”




 
Ever since I went to my first live concert, I’ve always felt it was a bit of a hassle—whether I got too carried away by the music or stayed too composed, it just didn’t feel quite right. Even when I was enveloped by the raw voices of the musicians and singers, I somehow still felt like I had to worry about what others thought, and I had to be careful not to get hurt.
 
When I was in seventh grade, some upperclassmen surprised us by putting on a loud live performance—with drums, bass, and vocals—in front of the entire school. Some kids didn’t know how to get into it, and because they didn’t know what to do, they panicked. Instead of facing the stage, they turned their backs and ended up cheering on the people in the crowd, thinking they were egging them on.
 
I think that even in Japan in 2026, there are still people who simply cannot understand why someone would buy a ticket and be there as an audience member—regardless of whether they’re familiar with concerts or live shows.
 
Music is something you either like or dislike.
It’s not about how knowledgeable you are; you listen because you want to, and you go to a live venue because you want to experience it.
For a long time, I’ve seen plenty of people who, I suspect, don’t actually like music.
 
Just like the phrase “people who don’t read books,” they compare themselves to those who enjoy music even though they don’t really like it themselves. They arbitrarily assume that because they don’t understand music, they’re inferior to us. Instead of simply staying away if they’re not interested, they go out of their way to find and hate people like me—who are happily talking about music or feeling inspired by a flyer on the wall.
 
They’re free to listen and watch whatever they like, but sometimes I just want to roll my eyes at people who, simply by wearing a merchandise T-shirt and showing up, try to intimidate others or go out of their way to lecture people on how “noble” they are—or who make me wonder if they can’t even choose their own music.
 
Back then, the only things everyone agreed on were the passionate cheers, praise, and joy—everything else was simply captured in the footage directed at that space and the music. Now, that same atmosphere exists as a matter of course in every major city across what is now called South America.
Filled with envy, I feel like raising a glass of strong drip coffee to the realization that it’s perfectly fine to love music just the way you do.
 
Well then, have a wonderful Sunday.
 
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2026/05/05

Honora / Flea / LIFEWORK

胡蝶蘭・まだ咲き残っています
レッチリことレッド・ホット・チリペッパーズのベーシストであるFlea(フリー)が、ジャズアルバムを出していてとても好きです。
ジャズの場合はトランペットの冷んやりとした音を出されています。
Radioheadのトム・ヨークも数曲参加しています。
 
Thumbnail by apple music
 

アルバムHonora (オノラ)はフリーの曽祖母のお名前なんだそうです。 
アルバムの表紙アート作品には、義母であるレディ・シャヒン・バディヤンの写真が描かれています。(Wikipedia オノラより https://w.wiki/MN6R )
 
私が好きなのは、A Plea (ア・プリー)でシングルカットもされています。





他に好きなのは、Maggot Brainです。



A Pleaですが、なんとMVまで存在します。

 A Plea by Flea (Official Music Video)






20260510 09:43 サムネイルを追加しました。
 

Phalaenopsis Orchid—Still in Bloom

I really love the jazz album released by Flea, the bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
In this jazz album, he produces a cool, crisp sound on the trumpet.
Thom Yorke of Radiohead also appears on a few tracks.
 
 
Thumbnail by apple music
Apparently, the album *Honora* is named after Flea’s great-grandmother.
The album cover art features a portrait of his mother-in-law, Lady Shahin Badiyan. (From Wikipedia’s entry on *Honora*: https://w.wiki/MN6R)
 
My favorite track is “A Plea,” which was also released as a single.




Another one I like is *Maggot Brain*.






Believe it or not, there’s even a music video for “A Plea.”
When I watched the video, it vaguely reminded me of Benetton’s ads from the 1980s.

 A Plea by Flea (Official Music Video)
After watching,
I tried to organize my thoughts using the formula:
Advertisement = CINEMA / Music Video (MV)  ex: 1/2
 
If we make the music video the denominator of the fraction, then films (visual works) will always fall within the category of music videos.
Music + Story (Message) + Video / Visuals = If we treat music as the common element in these components, there are also entities that consist solely of video or visuals.
 
So, if we provisionally define “Advertisement = CINEMA / MV,” then even without music, CINEMA / MV would still possess the nature of an advertisement, wouldn’t it?
 
In that case, silence would also be considered a form of sound.
 
In my post on perfect pitch, I wrote about people who possess the gift of having music play automatically in their heads. 
But if silence is also sound, then it follows that the silence that exists before we put it into words is, in fact, music.
 
Personally, I feel and think within that silence—in the realm that exists before sounds take on the form of phonetic symbols or words.
Rather than turning that into sound, I usually put it into words, but that means every word that emerges from that silence is, in essence, music.
 
So, is this poetry? Well, of course it isn’t.
Poetry, as I currently understand it, is something that, just by reading it, makes music begin to play in the silent part of the heart, or conjures up images and scenes that linger forever.
 
So, is poetry advertising?
If we plug this into the diagram above:
Is poetry the output resulting from substituting the silent part with language?
Or
Is poetry itself that silent part,
and is it a message—taken on as a form—that says, “This is what I felt at the very beginning, extracted from the silent part with as little error as possible”?
 
In that case, since the message must be linked to the advertisement with an “=” sign—and silence alone doesn’t constitute music—it follows that poetry is, after all, an advertisement.
However, this means that only silent advertisements are poetry; naturally, poetry does not originally come with music.
 
At the beginning of the music video, in the darkness, Flea performs an avant-garde dance—a form of butoh—dancing only what he feels in that moment, capturing the fleeting instant that can never be repeated.
 
Eventually, a light resembling electricity begins to flicker, a mirror appears, and a studio-like space is revealed.
 
When creating the music video, listening to the sound triggers something within the mind to begin dancing; eventually, the self watching this (the creator of the music video) suddenly passes by, initiating a “RUN”—an expression based on a real-life event in America—as a message. 
 
The video concludes with the original music video creator presumably rushing over to help the self—who has fully reacted through visuals and emotion—back to their feet.
 
I suppose the credits would read: “This music video represents what one individual felt and recalled upon listening to ‘A Plea.’
 
Is there a sense somewhere that, as someone who cannot create music, I feel a bit inferior when faced with it?
It seems to convey that music only fulfills its true function when there is someone to listen to it.
 
I felt as though my own journey of emotional response—one I undertake every time I listen to music—had finally been acknowledged.
It was as if I’d watched a magnificent film or begun a book that would never end.
Enveloped in a lingering afterimage of sheer contentment,
I found myself gazing out the window, savoring the bright late afternoon of May 5, 2026, as it existed in the world.





20260510 09:43 Added a thumbnail.






2026/05/04

'RED RED' / CORTIS / 1Cabin

CORTIS   'REDRED'   STUDIO CHOOM ORIGINAL

CORTIS STUDIO CHOOM パフォーマンスより
スタジオCHOOMは映像もパフォーマンスも凄いので定期的に覗くようにしています。
こちらのCORTIS(コルティス)はBIGHIT MUSIC所属のボーイバンドで、BTSの後続グループです。
確か昨年デビューされたと記憶しています。
 
少しワイルドなグループという説明だったような気がしますが、新曲'RED RED'は、ワイルドさや、コツコツと効率良く粘り強く続ける聡明さ、常識的な判断力の高さ、輝く若さ、スタイリッシュさ、という2020年代の若者と呼ばれる人々の特徴に加え、沈黙の暴力性をパフォーミングしていてとても格好良いと思いました。
初見でとても驚き、複数回繰り返し観て'RED RED'を購入しました。 
驚いて繰り返し再生しながら、きっと明日からは世界中の若者がこのファッションだろうな、と妙に熱い気持ちになりました。
 
若者だった頃、私はどこか彼らに似ていたと思います。
ファッションは違っていても、リアクション待ちの空気は全てガン無視し、何を話しても全部注意されるので単に淡々と黙って好きにしていました。
実際の彼らとは違う、この映像にいる人々はきっと皆さんの新しい友人だと私は思います。








20260505 05:59 文章を直しました。
20260505 15:10 文章を直しました。
 

 
 
人気ブログランキング

 
 
From the CORTIS STUDIO CHOOM performance
 
From the CORTIS STUDIO CHOOM performance
 
Studio CHOOM produces amazing videos and performances, so I make a point of checking them out regularly.
CORTIS is a boy band under BIGHIT MUSIC and the group following in BTS’s footsteps.
I believe they debuted last year.
 
I seem to recall they were described as a somewhat wild group, but their new song “RED RED” struck me as incredibly cool. 
 
It not only embodies the characteristics often associated with the youth of the 2020s—such as wildness, the smart persistence of working steadily and efficiently, sound judgment, radiant youth, and style—but also performs a kind of silent violence.

I was completely blown away the first time I saw it, and after watching it over and over, I ended up buying “RED RED.”
As I watched it over and over in amazement, I felt strangely fired up, thinking that starting tomorrow, young people all over the world would surely be wearing this style.
 
I think I was somewhat like them when I was young.
Even though our fashion styles were different, I completely ignored the atmosphere of people waiting for a reaction, and since I’d get scolded no matter what I said, I just quietly went about my business.

I think the people in this video—who are different from the real them—will surely become everyone’s new friends.
 






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