- 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 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
- 2nd Sunday is Mother's day (carnations!)
花
- Basket containers are great
- Mittwer wants Bog-reed, thistle, evening primrose, spirea, and trumpet honeysuckle Container: Fisherman's creel
- Sen wants chrysanthemum
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