昨日の一日中降った冷たい雨のあと、今日は晴れてはいたけど風が冷たくて防寒具なしでは外を歩けないほどでした。でも、公園では春の花があちこちで咲き始めています。
これはサンシュユ。日本やアジア大陸の野生種。うちのコーネリアンチェリーのカザンラクは花芽が未だ無いので、サンシュユを見て将来の開花をイメージしています。
We had freezing rain all day yesterday and, in contrast, the sky was clear today, but the wind was piercingly cold. Nevertheless, spring flowers are coming out in the park.
This is Japanese cornel - same as the wild type that grows in the east Asian continent. My cornelian cherry, Kazanlak, has no flower buds yet, so I can only dream of seeing these flowers on mine in some years.
These are flowering quince. Both the pink flower bush and the red one stay short and spread sideways, unlike the tree-type flowering quince. Both the bushy type and the tree type grow edible fruits.
ハクモクレンも満開。
White magnolia in full bloom.
この木の花は位置が高すぎるので届きませんが、もっと低い木で顔を近づけると何とも高貴な香がします。
This tree is too tall for me to reach the flowers, but they have a beautiful scent if you can get close to them.
お揃いの服を着てカワイイので、写真をとるために並ばせようとしました。
タイガにとって幼馴染の子たち。ゴールデンドゥードルのメイちゃん（左、♀）とシーズーのコロちゃん（右、♂）で、メイちゃんはタイガより１歳上。
Taiga's old friends: a female Golden Doodle, named May (left), and a male Shih Tzu, named Koro (right). May is one year older than Taiga.
Since they were wearing cute clothes, we decided to take pictures.
ワンコはソワソワ、チョロチョロ動いて人間の指示に従いません。
We wanted them to sit side by side, but they would never stay still.
やっと並んだと思ったら、皆カメラ嫌いなので視線を外している。
At last, they were in a line, but none of them were looking towards the camera.
メイちゃんママの指示が入って、こちらを向かせようとします。
May's mom instructs them to look this way.
まあ、こんなものでしょう。
This will have to do.
そこへ黒柴のイチちゃん（♀）が到着。イチちゃんもタイガより１歳上で、やはり子犬時代からの友達。
Another old friend, a female Balck Shiba Inu named Ichi arrives. She is also one year older than Taiga.
メイちゃんとイチちゃん。何だか男の子どうしに見える。
May and Ichi together - they somehow look like two boys.
