* It's 風炉 season! Lots of renewing of things:
         * Green 蓋置
   * Tea picking month: 
         * 夏切茶 or 夏口切
         * Or just freshly picked tea
         * 茶摘籠 (remembering [[restricted:9_v_26|Miki's 茶事]])!
   * 5.5 is Boy's day
         * 柏餅
         * carps
         * iris as symbol
         * lots of battle symbols: sword guards, quivers, arrow-notches, spear sheath 建水
         * Maybe also the dragonfly, also called 勝虫 because it can't fly backwards?
         * The 淡々斎好み 兜頭　茶杓 might be appropriate
   * 2<sup>nd</sup> Sunday is Mother's day ([[kinton|carnations]]!)

===花===
   * Basket containers are great

   * Mittwer wants Bog-reed, thistle, evening primrose, spirea, and trumpet honeysuckle Container: Fisherman's creel

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   * Sen wants chrysanthemum

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===懐石===
   * Extensive use of shellfish
   * 向付: White fish, salt-brined for 10'; cucumber skin strips, 青のり, わさび.
   * 味噌汁: Walnut tofu, knotted green herb
   * 椀盛: carp filet with shredded onion
   * 八寸: sun-dried fish, broiled; big green beans