お隣さんから、もぎたての梅をたくさん頂きました。ほとんどは梅干しに使い、一部の色づいたものは砂糖漬けにして梅ジュースにします。その梅の木はうちの洗面所の窓の前に植わっていて、毎年ピンクの豊後梅の花が眺められます。大昔の子供の頃、実家の洗面所の窓の前にも梅の木がありましたがそれは白梅でした。個人的には豊後の花が好み。
My next door neighbour has an old Ume plum tree and the fruits were ready to be harvested. She gave me quite a lot. I will use most of these to make dried plums while the remainder will be used to extract the juice by pickling them in sugar. Ume juice, when diluted with icy water, can be very useful to overcome fatigue in a hot climate.
Taiga absolutely flat out on the cool tiles of the porch. It was sunny and hot today.
名前を呼んでもけだるくて目も動かさない。
When I called her name, she could not even be bothered to move her eyes towards me.
