今日のお花 Today's flowers

・トルコキキョウ（品種 MIX)

・ヒマワリ (サンリッチライチ)

・ワレモコウ

・ケイトウ (ポンベイグリーン）

・フレイクチョコラータ

・宿根スターチス(キノラバン)

・ウェゲラナナ

・ドライアンドラ (フォルモーサ)

Texas bluebell, sunflower, great brunet, plumed cockscomb, black Japanese barnyard millet "Faleke Chocolata", sea lavender, and dryandra.

Breakfast buffet at Neki, Kayabacho

 Ordered a hashed brown, ratatouille, and ricotta cheese. While chefs were cooking the order right in front, I went to pick my choices from drinks, bread, and cakes prepared on the counter. Watermelon juice with lots of lemon, granola with yogurt and raspberry sauce, green peas soup, and a variety of bread from Beaver Bread in Higashi Nihombashi. Quite a busy place, though it was fun watching chefs working in an open kitchen.

Naoya checking on a pork bun

 He had total 4 of those buns...

汁なし坦々麺＠はしづめ

 北京ダックも！

The boys making a kaleidoscope as their summer project

 

WEDGWOOD Summer Afternoon Tea @Salon de Thé ROND, The National Art Center, Tokyo ウェッジウッドサマーアフタヌーンティー @新国立美術館 サロン・ド・テロンド

 Sweets were served on beautiful Florentine Turquoise from Wedgwood:

Lychee Jelly and Yogurt;
Gâteau Opéra;
Caramel Mousse;
White Chocolate Mousse Cake; and
Crêpe

A nice escape from the summer heat and daily life....

フロレンティーン ターコイズ プレートで頂くのは5種のスイーツメニュー:
ライチのゼリーとヨーグルト
ガトーオペラ
キャラメルのムース
ホワイトチョコレートのムース
クレープケーキ

夏休みのいい気分転換。ご馳走様！

サウロンが出てきそうな六本木ヒルズの上の雲

 

Lime dill soda @Sawamura

 ライムディルソーダ＠サワムラ。ディルの甘い香りが良いアクセント。通りの反対側では黄色いポルシェの納品なのか、大人達が難しい顔をしてボンネットを開けて中をチェック中。

Nelum kole Bath @Araliya Lanka

 I chose vegetable curry this time. Happy!

A cloud looks like a phoenix

 今日の雲はなんだかいつもと違うなと見上げていたら、まるで鳳凰が翼を広げているように見えてきた。そこに飛んできたのがC-3POのANAフライト。写真では黒くなっているけれど、機体はお腹部分もしっかり黄色で目立つ。

ANA Star Wars C-3PO Livery

Bakery Bank in Kayabacho

 They renovated the building that used to be a bank, and named it bakery BANK. Old structures exposed here and there, and very specious. They have a restaurant on the other half, which was not open yet, and a cafe and flower shop in the basement which weren't open yet either. They had a couple of small tables and I could use one of these to have a quick breakfast of a corn bread ham sandwich and latte. Many breads in the showcase looked delicious. Little flyers are exactly like foreign money. Love this place!

Ricotta cheese with olive oil and black pepper

 A bit of leftover turned out to be a tasteful snack.

名古屋市ふるさと納税返礼品 バーミキュラのフライパン

 もやし炒めを作ってみたけれど、確かに火の通りが早い。何回か使って慣れないと。さて何を作ろう。

Shizuka Patisserie's box of cookies シヅカ洋菓子店 自然菓子研究所のクッキー缶

 A box full of simple yet tasteful cookies with rich in flavor. 

嬉しい頂き物。シンプルだけど、味わい深いクッキー。

Shaved ice to cool down

Milk shaved ice for the boys.  

My sweet bean shaved ice

National Museum of Nature and Science,Tokyo 国立科学博物館

 Since Ueno has many museums, we came to the National Museum of Nature and Science. They boys never showed interest in the livings, dinosaurs, etc. but they enjoyed space and deep sea exhibits and spent the most of their time there. I was enjoying the architecture of the building, which is about 100 years old, and classical stained glass. We got the re entry stamp so we came back after lunch for more..   

Sky Tree!

Foucault pendulum

"Human" exhibition

Phenix stained glass on the central hall dome

中央ホールドームの鳳凰のステンドグラス

Pendentive dome of central hall 

中央ホールドーム

International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library 国立国会図書館 国際子ども図書館

 Came to find out it was closed....! Regularly they're closed on Mondays, but this day was an irregular closing day. Oh well. We'll come back and check out this Tadao Ando's piece one day.