今朝は早朝から暑いのなんの。家では退屈なタイガでさえ、今朝は地元3丁目内の散歩で満足していました。ただし、３丁目も丘陵地なので丘を登ったり下りたりと、脚を鍛えられます。
It was a warm day even in the early morning hours. Although Taiga is always eager to go out, she was content with walking within our local district. However, with our district also sitting on a very hilly terrain, you have to walk up and down a lot of slopes.
The house we saw several days ago, with the Cherokee rose. It was now in full bloom.
花が散り始めると掃除が大変そうです。
The owner of the house will be busy as the flowers start to fall. (In Japan, we clean up the street in front of the house ourselves, instead of relying on the local government.)
こちらはシランの花壇がある家。10年くらい前に苗が植えられたときは隙間だらけで淋しい状態でしたが、着実に増えて今ちょうど良い感じです。花色は３種類植わっていて、
A flower bed with orchids next to a house. When they planted these about 10 years ago, they looked sparce but now the flower bed is covered with these hardy plants. They have 3 varieties:
Bletilla striata Reichb. fil.
白の素芯と
white flowers,
淡いピンク
pale pink,
そして定番の紫色です。この紫色のも含め、どの色の苗も普通のシランよりも小ぶりです。
and the commonest variety with purple flowers.
