明けましておめでとうございます
本年もどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます
Wishing everyone the best in 2020. May your year include enjoyment of trees and flowers!
–Pittsburgh Sakura Project board
p.s. Save the date for the 2020 Fall Planting Day: Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 am
Come help plant and care for the trees with us!
| Place to meet | North Park, Harmony Shelter between the Boathouse and the Go Ape cabin. |
| Date | Saturday, November 2, 2019, 10:00 to 12:30. Planting instruction starts at 10:00! |
| Content | Plant young cherry and other trees; mulch, water, weed, stake and install deer protectors. |
| Clothing | Work clothes you can get dirty (Sakura Project T-shirts are welcome!), work gloves, boots, shovels |
| Organizer | Pittsburgh Sakura Project www.pghsakuraproject.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/PghSakuraProject |
☆We expect to plant about 10 trees. To help us plan, if you will volunteer please RSVP to sakurapghboard@gmail.com. When you arrive that day, sign in at Harmony Shelter. Pittsburgh Sakura Project assumes no legal or financial liability for accidents or injuries during and after this event.
秋の植樹のお手伝いをお願いいたします。
| 集合場所 | North Park, Harmony Shelter （ボートハウスとGo Apeの間のシェルター）。 |
| 日時 | 2019年11月2日（土） 10:00 〜 12:30。植樹方法の説明は10時に開始します。 |
| 作業内容 | 若い桜の木を中心に植樹。マルチング、水やり、雑草取り、杭打ち、鹿フェンス設置。 |
| 服装 | 汚れてもいい服装（Sakura ProjectのTシャツ歓迎！)、軍手、ブーツ、シャベル |
| 主催者 | Pittsburgh Sakura Project www.pghsakuraproject.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/PghSakuraProject |
☆約10本植える予定です。人数把握のため、 sakurapghboard@gmail.com まで事前にご連絡いただけると幸いです。当日は Harmony Shelterにて受付してください。Pittsburgh Sakura Projectは当植樹会において発生した一切の事故や怪我などの責任を負いかねますことをあらかじめご了承ください。
Congratulations to the authors of the winning entries in our 2019 Haiku Contest! Results
were announced to the entrants on May 28, but it came to our attention that we did not
announce the results publicly, until now. We would also like to express our gratitude to all
who entered, to our English division and Japanese division judges, and also to the Japanese
and English calligraphy instructors who wrote the first place entries for display.
| Japanese Division | English Division | ||
| Age 13 and above | 1st Place: | Mayumi Kawabe | Anna Quinn |
| 2nd Place: | Shiho Honba | Victoria Wilk | |
| Age 12 and younger | 1st Place: | Haon Sato | Morgan Roberts |
| 2nd Place: | Megumi Kawabe | Meera Reddy |
Please see the texts of their lovely haiku, and the photos of the first place entries in
calligraphy.
English 13 years and older
1st place:
Lake tinged with birdsong
Dewdrops rest atop petals
Beckoning sunrise
— Anna Quinn
2nd place:
Sleepy Winter Tableau
Roused Earth Blushes
Exhales Cherry Blossoms
— Victoria Wilk
English 12 years and younger
1st place:
Colorful blossoms
Pink and white light up the night
Soon they will be green
— Morgan Roberts
2nd place:
Cherry blossoms
The beauty of life
Means no more hibernation
— Meera Reddy
Japanese Division