今朝の散歩は地元住宅街を歩きました。秋らしく祭りや催しが行われる時期です。これは隣町の江古田での芸術祭を宣伝するポスター。行ったことがないので具体的な内容は知りませんが、江古田には武蔵野音楽大学の江古田キャンパスや日本大学芸術学部があるので、学生の街的な雰囲気があります。
We walked in our neighbourhood for this morning's walk, when we saw posters. Autumn is the time of the year when there are festivals and events - they associate autumn with 'culture'. This poster advertises an art festival in Ekoda which is our neighbouring town. The Musashino Academia Musicae and the Nihon University College of Art are in Ekoda. They probably play an active part in the festival.
This poster is for the Nerima Ward Festival which will be held near the North Exit of the Nerima Station. I have never been to this event, since Nerima is quite far from my house. However, I do visit the large plant nursery a few times a year, near the Nerima Station, to see if they have anything interesting.
近所の家の庭先には萩の花が咲き始めています。
A bush clover in bloom in front of my neighbour's house.
公園の萩よりも花着きが良いので綺麗です。
This bush has more flowers than those in the Johoku Park, so it may be a cultivated variety.
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タイガがまた獣臭を放っていたので午後にシャンプーして、その後は自然乾燥の旅で城北公園へ向かいました。台風が接近しているわりには良い天気です。
Taiga was getting smelly again, so I shampooed her in the afternoon. We then headed for the Johoku Park to get her coat dry in the sun. Considering that a typhoon was approaching the Kanto Region, the weather was sunny and dry.
昨日の子猫を朝散歩中に初めて見たときは、このあたりで向こう側の乾いた川底にいました。台風で増水すると逃げようがありません。対岸の地下には調整池の第１期が完成済みで、川底の脇の塀のような部分を超えるほどの増水があると、地下の調整池に収容される仕組みのようです。
When I first saw the kitten during yesterday's morning walk, it was somewhere along this stretch of dry riverbank, on the opposite side. When the typhoon hits Tokyo, the water level will rise, and the kitten would have no chance of survival. This is the First Phase of the underground adjustment reservoir to cope with floods, that has been completed recently. If the flood water overflows above the fence, it will be accommodated by the adjustment reservoir which is 30 metres deep in the ground.
林の手前の草刈りがされたあと、刈り取った草はそのままなので、歩いていると蒸れた臭いがします。本物の芝生でこれをやったら茶色く腐ってしまいそうですが、ここの芝生はもうイネ科の雑草に駆逐されているので、その雑草は数回雨が降れば復活してきます。
After they cut the grass at last, they left the hay behind, and in the warm air, the hay was beginning to smell. If they did this with genuine lawn, it would turn brown and die. However, lawn has long been driven out by the tough wild grass which will come back after a few rains.
公園上のほうのイチョウ並木を歩いていたら、珍しい実の付き方をしているイチョウの木が1本ありました。
As we were walking along the avenue of ginkgo trees, I saw one ginkgo tree with strange clusters of fruits.
これです。まるでブドウの房のように塊りで実がついています。
Normally, ginkgo fruits (nuts) are spread out over the tree, but on this tree, they grow in clusters like grapes.
今日は湿度が低めだったので、タイガの毛がよく乾きました。帰ってから仕上げのドライヤーを掛けますが、その前にオヤツ休憩。
Today's humidity was relatively low, and Taiga's coat got dry nicely. I will give her coat a final dry at home, but before heading home, a treat break.
現在12歳5か月。口の周りが白くなってきています。それでも、毛ヅヤが良いと、散歩中によく褒められます。
Taiga is now 12 years and 5 months old, and her face is getting white around the mouth, showing her age. Nevertheless, people often remark on her shiny coat.
最近の雨であちこちの草地でキノコが生えています。
After recent rains, we see large white mushrooms springing out in fields.
ググってみたら、「オオシロカラカサタケ」の写真がこれらと似ていました。もし本当にそれなら毒キノコだそうで、もう二度と指先で触ったりしません。
By searching on the internet, I came across the photos of Chlorophyllum molybdites, and the description said that it was poisonous. I will never touch them again with my fingers.
