夏休みが終わり学校が再開し早くも一週間が経ちました。

学校に行くのが少し嫌だな…なんてこともきっとありますよね。

また、夏の暑さが少し和らぎ、涼しくなったかと思いきやまた夏のような蒸し暑さも感じられます。

体調管理に気を付けていきましょう。

Jambo everyone! Welcome back to the third and final installment in my series about Disney’s Animal Kingdom! This week we’ll be talking about what to eat and where to shop!

At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, several restaurants encourage guests to use mobile ordering in the My Disney Experience app. Satu’li Canteen, Flame Tree Barbecue, Restaurantosaurus and Harambe Market have used mobile ordering exclusively (the only exception is if you don’t have a smartphone). There are five categories of dining options at Animal Kingdom: Table Service, Character Dining, Counter service, Bars & Lounges, and snack stops. Table service restaurants are traditional, sit down at a table and order from a menu restaurants. These meals can last anywhere from 35 minutes to upwards of two hours. Character Dining is a table service restaurant that will have Disney characters present during your meal. Counter Service meals are quick, fast-food like options . Bars and lounges are a more laid back atmosphere where the drinks are the specialty! Snack stops are small kiosks located around the part that usually only have one or two items, these include things such as popcorn, spring rolls, and turkey legs!

In Animal Kingdom your table service resturants are Rainforest Café, Tiffins, and Yak & Yeti. Your character dining restaurant is Tusker House. The counter service locations are Creature Comforts, Flame Tree Barbecue, Harambe Market, Pizzafari, Restaurantosaurus, Satu’li Canteen, Yak & Yeti Local Foods Café, and Yak & Yeti Quality Beverages. The bars and lounges are Dawa Bar, Nomad Lounge, Thirsty River Bar and Trek Snacks, and Warung Outpost. Finally the snack locations include Anandapur Ice Cream Truck, Caravan Road, Eight Spoon Cafe, Corn-Ivores, Dino-Bite Snacks, Dino Diner, Drinkwallah, The Feeding Ground, Frozen Treat Carts, Harambe Fruit Market, Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea kiosks, Mahindi, Mr. Kamal’s, Isle of Java, Kusafiri Coffee Shop and Bakery, Pongu Pongu, Royal Anandapur Tea Company, Tamu Tamu Refreshments, Terra Treats, The Smiling Crocodile, Trilo-Bites, and Zuri’s Sweets Shop.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this series on Disney’s Animal Kingdom! Thanks!

今年のお月見は９月１０日（土）だそうです。

中秋の名月見たいですね！

９月１０日は十五夜（中秋の名月）と言われ、完全な形の満月ではないけれど

この日にお月見をするのが一般的のようです。

平安時代の貴族たちは、月を眺めながらお酒を飲んだり船の上で詩歌や管弦を

楽しんだというので、とても優雅な時間を過ごしたのだと思いました。

ススキを飾るのにも意味があり。魔除けになり、翌年の豊作を祈るためだそうです。

十五夜では、お団子を１５個ピラミッドのように積んでお供えすることも楽しいですね。

当時から続く心を込めた風習に、昔の人のほうが、ぜいたくな時間をゆったりと自然の中で

過ごしていたのだと感じます。

皆さんも空や月を見上げる習慣を取り入れてみませんか、秋の涼しい風をうけながら

秋、はじまりましたね！

Hello! How are you doing? I’m always challenging myself to become a better artist. This time, I wanted to try an exercise well outside my comfort zone- that is attempting the same drawing with my non-dominant hand. 

First, I split blue Kent paper leftover from the last project to maximize its usage. 

Next, I drew a cute teddy bear with my dominant right hand.

You can see the lines of the teddy are quite shakey, drawn with my non dominant left hand. This will need some extra work and care to bring it up to that sand quality as the above drawing.

I decided to have the teddy cosplay the Hello!s mascot. 

How will these turn out? Stay tuned for the next blog!