Hiroshi's Farm Diary 40: "Eat up! Mr. Duck"
Before going to work, my daughter drops her child off at school,
and instead of going straight home, she always stops by our house,
has a cup of coffee, and chats for a while before
saying, "Well... time to go!" and heading home to start her day. This is her daily routine.
She shares how her child is doing, brings over some delicious treats she received at work to share...
I brew some hot coffee, and we let our conversation bloom.
It happens every day, but when Hiroshi is off,
he also joins in quietly with a smile, enjoying the conversation between me and our daughter.
No matter how old she gets, she's still our daughter...
Hiroshi is always concerned about whether she's having any trouble or if there's anything he can help her with.
Yesterday, the two of them went on a morning farm patrol together.
but it was such a heartwarming sight. No matter how old she gets, she's still so cute.
Found during the morning patrol,
the residents of the VIP buffet venue.
"They're here! Here's another one!"
Following my daughter's voice,
"Wait, isn't this the VIP buffet venue?
Like, 'No other customers allowed' (laughs)"
......Hahaha.
I thought I was protecting them,
but it seems I had carefully enclosed them,
and carefully invited them in.
As she said that—
my daughter placed them on her palm again.
Why does she have to show them to me...
And then, she says one thing.
It seems the ducks in that river will be getting a feast again today.
......Or so I thought...
Oh! There's a chrysalis too...
Seeing that, Hiroshi gently takes it,
and quietly places it, leaf and all, onto another tree.
Looking closely, it was just about to turn into a chrysalis.
"Since it's come this far, I want it to become a butterfly," Hiroshi says quietly.
And I think to myself that it will probably come back somewhere to lay eggs again...
Protecting, reducing, and connecting.
Between those things, the farm continues to quietly cycle life again today.
Well then,
this morning, my daughter brought over an insect observation case that my grandchild uses at school.
When I put the chrysalis from earlier inside for my grandchild to observe...
I took it from the piece of wood Hiroshi had placed it on,
and added a small green caterpillar and some fresh leaves while I was at it (lol).
Please, I beg you, don't observe it here.
Take it home with you...
And when it turns into a butterfly, you don't need to come show me,
please just let it go over there.
Then my daughter said,
"Ehhh! It might come back to repay you!"
"Thank you for saving me..."
"Here are some eggs as a token of my gratitude..." she said 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Oh no, I don't want it coming back to lay more eggs!
Still, it's an artistic buffet venue,
in a way, it's beautiful.
After that, we harvested a mountain of snap peas,
and she said she'd give them to someone at her workplace...
She just quietly took them away.
My daughter is that 168cm! She can easily reach the very top...
Every day, even though I'm just observing the state of the field... there's always some kind of incident (lol).
I never get tired of it 👀👀👀👀📝📝📝📝