スーパーの帰りに近所のJAを覗くと、月曜日なのでほとんど来客がありませんでした。
On my way home from the supermarket, I dropped into the JA near my home. It being a Monday morning, there were hardly any visitors.
Everbearing Fruit Tree Garden & Kaiken Taiga
スーパーの帰りに近所のJAを覗くと、月曜日なのでほとんど来客がありませんでした。
On my way home from the supermarket, I dropped into the JA near my home. It being a Monday morning, there were hardly any visitors.
今日の練馬区の最高気温は23℃だったそうですが、湿度も高かったので午後3時半過ぎに散歩に出たときは汗をかきながら歩きました。今日は石神井川を城北公園とは逆の練馬方向に歩きました。川岸の桜の木はほぼ散ってしまっていますが、それでも雨の降らない日曜日ということもあって、遊歩道の人出は多かったです。
Today's maximum temperature in our Nerima Ward reached 23℃, and the humidity was also high (68% at 3 p.m.), which made me perspire as I walked. We walked in the opposite direction to Johoku Park, along the Shakujii River. The cherry trees had lost most of their blossoms but, it being a day free of rain and Sunday, there were a lot of people walking in the riverbank walkway.
遊歩道脇の花壇は世話なしで毎年咲く黄花のオギザリスやハナニラが満開。今日また一日中雨の天気。最近 庭仕事をまめにやったのですが、実生のクリスマスローズが開花していたのを見逃していました。これは何年も前にこぼれ種から育った苗で、親は数株あったゴールド苗の一つと思われます。他品種との交配があまり進んでいなかった昔のゴールド苗は脆弱で、うちでは1-2シーズンで姿を消してしまいましたが、この実生だけは生き続けています。ただし株が増えずにずっとこのサイズのままです。
It rained all day today again. After doing various work with my herbs recently, I realised that I had overlooked the flowering of the golden Christmas Rose. This is a seedling from one of the several golden Christmas roses that I used to have many years ago. Golden Christmas roses in those days were new and had not been crossbred with other varieties and they were delicate. My golden Christmas roses lasted only for one or two seasons. After they all disappeared, I noticed a tiny bud coming out of the ground which grew up to be this plant. It has not grown much over the years, but at least it does not die.
もう種のさやができています(中はいつも空っぽ)。写真では明るい色の花ですが実物は濃い黄色で、とても気に入っています。
After the peak of flowering, seed pods are already forming (they are always empty). The flower looks a little on the light side in the photo, but the actual colour is in deep yellow. This plant is my treasure.
過去2日間の雨嵐のあと、数日ぶりに城北公園へ朝散歩で向かいました。城北中央公園手前の、桜の木が最も密集している草地では、花がまだ残っていただけでなく今日が今シーズンのピークのようでした。ここに来る途中の石神井川沿いの桜は、ほぼ終わっていたので嬉しいサプライズでした。しかも、人でごった返していた先週の日曜日とは打って変わって、今朝の草地は閑散としていました。
After the rains and strong winds over the last 2 days, we went to Johoku Park this morning. In the field where there are most cherry trees, the place we visited last Sunday, the trees still had flowers. Moreover, today seemed to be the peak of blooming for this season. It was a pleasant surprise, since the cherry trees along the Shakujii River, leading to this field, had lost most of the flowers. Also, in contrast to the sea of visitors last Sunday, the field was nearly empty this morning, it being a Friday.