It was a fine day. I went to Furusato Noen.

  In the morning, I went alone to Furusato Noen and pulled out all daikon. In our field, there are no more crops or vegetables left. The harvest season for our field in Furusato Noen is over. But I will have to go there once or twice more to clean the field. I am afraid we won't be able to till the field next spring, because Ayako says it will be too hard for her to work there, and besides, we have prepared a part of our garden for planting and growing vegetables.

The Fighters were beaten by the Lions - the end of the season for the Fighters.

  Why did Nashida yank Darvish in the seventh inning in yesterday's game?  The Fighters were leading by 2-1 at that time. Everyone wonders. The Fighters lost the most important game in this season. In today's game, he yanked Wolfe, who had pitched in the seventh and eighth innings well. After all, the team was defeated by 2 to 8.
 In the morning, we went to Aeon shopping center in the eastern suburbs of the city. Ayako bought vegetables, bread, and some other foods. In the furniture shop close to the shopping center, we broused sofas, which we were thinking of buying.  

Yesterday, I attended a drinking party of the neighborhood association.

  Yesterday, a drinking party of our neighborhood association was held at a Japanese-style pub "Tsubohachi". Nominally it was the evaluation meeting of the events we have held in the past half year, but, anyway, we enjoyed eating, drinking, and talking and returned home a little before 9:00 p.m.
  Before leaving for the party, I watched a Climax Series baceball game between the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Saitama Seibu Lions. Fighters' ace pitcher Yu Darvish pitched very well and allowed only 1 run till 7th inning, but Nippon Ham's manager Masataka Nashida changed the pitcher at the 8th inning, and finally the Nippon Ham was defeated by 5-2 in the extra inning game. What a shame!

I cleared almost all the chrysanthemums in my garden, and replanted some of them in other corners of the garden.

  It took almost all day to clear my garden today. There were too many  various colors of chrysanthemums in my garden. I pulled out almost all of them, and I selected some which had flowers of red, pink, yellow, white, and purple colors, and replanted them in the corners of the garden. And also, I cut down some azalea trees with a saw. To cut trees with a saw is always hard work. But I was glad to see my garden had been cleared. I now look forward next spring coming.
  The flood in Thailand is becoming worse and worse. The water is now getting into the beautiful Budhist temples in Bangkok which we have visited. People are evacuating by boat, or by wadingwater flowing into the streets.

The Nippon Ham Fighters picked Sugano at the first round draft.

  Today, at the 2011 draft meeting of the Japan Professional Baseball Leagues, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters picked Tomoyuki Sugano, Tokai University's ace pitcher at the first round. Sugano is one of the three best pitchers in the university leagues in Japan, but he has wanted to play for the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants because he is a nephew of Mr.Tatsunori Hara, the Tokyo Giants' manager. So, the other teams but the Nipon Ham avoided nominating him. As a result of the lot, the Nippon ham won the right of negotiation.
  In the morning, we went to Furusato Noen. We pulled out some daikon or Japanese radish, and 'yacon', and cleaned the field by berrying the leaves of them in the field. In the afternoon, I worked in my garden to prepare for winter season and for the next spring. Ayako planted the bulves of tulips and lilies for the next season.

My sister in Fukushima sent us rice, persimmons, and a pumpkin.

 In the morning, I took some photos of autumn scenes while walking along my routine walking path. After having lunch, as the weather became sunny,though the temperature was low, Ayako and I went to enjoy playing park golf.

Heavy rain since last night, but the autumn colors of leaves are beautiful.

  It rained heavily. But while I was standing at the crossing as a crossing guard, it wasn't raining. The leaves of rowan  and cherry trees had turned red, and looked very beautiful. In the afternoon, I walked as far as the reverside park in Kawazoe, where I picked up chestnuts, but there were no chestnuts,but a lot of empty burs under the trees.