November 27th – December 1st is Winter – SHOSETSU (Lesser snow)-59th KOU “North wind blows the leaves of the trees”
The 24 SETSU (24 major division of year) is now SHOSETSU (lessor snow), meaning turning into snow from rain.
Last night’s strong winds and the rain that continued until this morning blew away most of the last leaves of the trees in my garden.
Tomorrow is “twig and leaf collection day” once a week and I swept up and gathered fallen leaves under the blue sky after the rain.
There weren’t that many today, but a week’s worth of fallen leaves is quite a lot.
