Hope this week is going to be relatively dry! Today was dry but cloudy and was windy. It is nice that the temperature has been staying high-ish.
今週はあんまり降らないといいなぁ。今日は雨は降らなかったけど曇り。風も強かった。でも気温はまだまだ高めで助かります。
Ten Trees (Lime Tree Walk) now look completely bear… ライムの木はもう丸裸。
That means all these leaves are on the ground now, waiting for being picked up by…. I guess… me.
ということは、地面には落ち葉がいっぱい。誰が拾うのかと言えば・・・まあ・・・・私、ですよね。
We were given another 25 plants to identify / memorise. One of them is Aralia elata. I thought it might have been! It is Tara no ki, Japanese tree (shrub??) that we love eating young shoots of. And so many times I was taken out by my parents to pick these for nice Tempura. I’m not sure about the value as a garden plant… I guess it looks unusual…
で、今日は１１月のIDの名前が発表されました。そのうちのひとつはなんとたらの木です。（Aralia elata）そうです、たらの芽の木です。よく親につれられてたらの芽を採集に行ったなあ。で、その夜はたらの芽のてんぷらと日本そば・・・懐かしい。
でも庭木としてはどうなのかな？？まあ珍しいといえばそうだけれど。
And here is one of snowdrops that are flowering now. Did you know (or is it just me?) that some variety of snowdrops are supposed to be flowering now, rather than in February onwards? I always thought that these that flowered in late autumn were just confused. Like some daffodils that flower in late autumn…
スノードロップ。２月に咲くものだと信じていたけれど、秋に咲く種類もあるんですって。うっかり間違えて咲いてるんだと思ってた！
Now these Liriodendron leaves are falling. I love these funny shaped leaves! Someone once called it Pikachu leaf. リリオデンドロンの葉。大好きな木です。昔誰かがピカチュウの葉と呼んでいた・・
It is not like I have nothing better to do… trust me. Just couldn’t go against my heart you know.
暇なわけじゃないんすよ。ただ自分を抑えきれませんでした。
