* 栄西忌(えいさい き)on the 5.6, so might be appropriate to use the 大海茶入. * On 10.6, it's some time-related event, where people vow to be on time * On 11.6, it's Oribe's death day ===Almanac=== It's the start of summer, so it's all about giving a feeling of coolness (涼一味、りょういちみ). Ideas: * Indigo * Silver kettle * Wetted びぜん ceramics (for example, for 花入) * Or a boat as a 花入 * Use smaller 釜, so you can see the ash form * つるべ as 水指, or one with a wide mouth * An insect-related 香合 * Crab for 蓋置 * Flat 茶碗 * Generally, glass items for food, like Baccarat * And fresh wood, in general * White and blue chinaware for 懐石 * Salt-あゆ are good for 焼物; maybe summer-duck for にもの or roasted duck for 八寸. Shrimp for むこ付け or fried for 八寸; and of course, aubergine for all (でんがく, てんぷら, pickled with mustard; cucumbers ===花=== * Mittwer : Lady's slipper, thistle, and loosestrife {{ ::ladyslipper.png?400 |}} * Sen says wild lily {{ ::wildlily.png?400 |}} ===お菓子=== * Mizumo no hana sweets. Green-tinted bean paste wrapped in arrowroot dough and folded into a three-sided pyramid. {{ ::mizumohana.png?400 |}} * Taki senbei (waterfall crackers). Sugar cakes pressed to look like waterfall fowing down. LOWER LEFT: Aokaede (maple bud) sweets. Sugar cakes in the form of new maple leaves in the spring. {{ ::aokaedehigashi.png?400 |}}