It’s summer. 夏です。
Speaking of which, June 21 was the summer solstice.
そう言えば、６月２１日は夏至でした。
I think NYC is similar to Hokkaido where I came from.
ニューヨークは私の出身地である北海道に似ていると思います。
There is no rainy season.
梅雨はなく、
It will be cooler after the time of Obon (August 13~16).
お盆の頃を過ぎれば涼しくなります。
What makes NYC different from Hokkaido is that after that, there is Indian Summer, and autumn is warmer than Hokkaido.
NYCの北海道と違うところは、そのあと、インデアンサマーがあって、秋は北海道より暖かいというところです。
Besides, snow bugs fly in Hokkaido before it snows. New York does not have it.
それに、北海道は雪が降る前に雪虫が飛びます。ニューヨークにはそれがありません。
Snow bugs die just by touching them. It is an ephemeral existence.
雪虫は触れるだけで死んでしまいます。儚い存在です。
I’d never heard of a snow bug till now. I looked them up- they look so delicate and beautiful – and fluffy white cotton wool like body – I like their name more in Japanese – Yuki mushi. Sad that they perish so easily.
The snow bug “Yuki Mushi” lives in the moment. It’s like in the Japanese word 刹那 SETSUNA.
Artists made so many ephemeral notes before they make works.