２階バルコニーに置いてあるタヒチライムに今年初めて花が咲きました。棒苗で買ってきて、今年が３年目です。花の数はそう多くはなかったけど、いくつか収穫まで行きそうです。
I have a pot of Tahiti lime on the upstairs balcony. It flowered for the first time this year. I got this as a grafted new plant without any branches and this is the 3rd year of growth. Flowers were not abundant, but some of the young fruits seem certain to grow to maturity.
Of the young fruits, I have marked the largest 5 with pieces of white string attached near them. The colour of the young fruits is identical to that of leaves, and they disappear among the leaves without some marks to look for.
他にも小さな幼果はありますが、苗が幼いので今年は５個が最後まで育てば満足です。
There are a few other young fruits, but my goal is to grow 5 of them for this year, since the tree is still young.
花は少しずつ返り咲きがあります。
I keep getting some flowers, though.
夕方散歩で公園に着いたら、甲斐犬のカンタがいました。今日は雨が降ったり止んだりで、湿度がまとわりつくように高い日でした。じっと動かなくても汗をかくので人間にとっても気だるい天気ですが、ワンコにはもっとこたえるようです。
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When we arrived at the park for our evening walk, we met Kanta, a brown brindle Kai. The weather today was extremely humid with occasional rain, each lasting for a few hours. For humans, it was humid enough to sweat without moving at all, so it must have been quite unbearable for dogs.
飼い主さんと挨拶するタイガを見下ろしながら動かないカンタ。
Kanta looking down, as Taiga greets his mom.
カンタは12歳のタイガよりも４歳下で今年８歳になりますが、どっしり構えた雰囲気は同い年以上に見えます。
Kanta is 4 years younger than Taiga who is 12 years old. He looks and behaves like someone at least Taiga's age.
舌班が縦に入っています。タイガのは喉のあたりに小さな班があるだけで、普段は見えません。
He has a stain running the length of his tongue. Taiga has a tiny stain at the back of her mouth, so it is not normally visible.
本当に気だるそうなカンタ。
Kanta really looks suffering from the humidity.
カンタに相手にしてもらえないので、タイガはまたスリゴロを始めました。
Taiga, not getting much reaction from Kanta, started rolling on the grass as usual.
カンタが他のベンチに移動したので、タイガがその後に上がりました。
Kanta moved to another bench, so Taiga got onto the one he had vacated.
