I went to see the drawings by Makoto Ohneta with my horse-loving friend, Mrs. Sasaki, yesterday.








Mr. Ohneta was very kind and showed us around, explaining the background of each painting.








I loved his works of horses and found other works quite unique.








We gathered at our parents' place yesterday to celebrate Father's Day. Father looked fine, although he couldn't recognize us, as always. His Dimentia with Lewy Bodies has been worsening and he cannot eat by himself now.




I asked my sister, Minako, to send me flower files by e-mail so that I could make a slideshow of Keisei Rose Garden where she and another sister, Mihoko, visited in May.




Roses are really beautiful... And the results are:








The beautiful works of Makoto Ohneta can be viewed at:




His art exhibit will start tomorrow at Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers. I am looking forward to viewing his excellent works.



I bought some copies of Makoto Ohneta's Digital Photo Album. I especially like his drawings of horses and was really glad when I found out that he had painted three drawings of horses at Northpole Stable in Hokkaido. In one of the pictures, I see Hearth-kun running towards us together with three other chestnut-colored thoroughbreds under the vast blue sky and white clouds.
The slideshow below was created by me with the permission from the painter, Makoto Ohneta, who added the link to this YouTube video in his website (Notice/Info section).

This is the video I found at YouTube two years ago. It seems they have greatly improved the video quality. Every time I watch this, I am reminded of how many heartless people there are in the world.







In memory of Hearth-kun - II (All the photos by Ms. S. Hino, Kodou/Northpole Stable. The painting at 1:12-15 is by the artist, Mr. Makoto Ohtane, one of the greatest painters of the modern time, and the models are Bright Hill and Dab who has been gone for some time.)





In memory of Hearth-kun, one of the chestnut-colored horses at Northpole Stable, Hokkaido. He was born on 4th April, 2003 and passed away on 6th June, 2010 all of a sudden. R.I.P. Hearth-kun! (All the photos taken and owned by Ms. S. Hino, Kodou, Northpole Stable)






I visited Yokohama Equine Museum Pony Centre to see Robin-chan and other horses there. They all looked fine.