Japanese tit came to my okan's garden

I make it a habit to go out into the garden around 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon, when the sun begins to tilt a little to the west, to make various observations. This is also the time when I take in the laundry, and my favorite time of day, when the daytime heat eases and the air becomes a little cooler. This seems to be the time of year when the chicks that hatched in the spring leave the nest and learn to feed with their parents. While I was taking in the laundry that had been hung out to dry under the persimmon tree, a titmouse family came to catch a large number of oil beetles on the peach tree. The baby birds were not good at flying yet. They perched on a twig and waited patiently for the parent bird to bring them their food.

午後の16時頃、少し日が西に傾き始めたころ庭に出ていろんな観察をする習慣をつけている。洗濯を取り入れる時間帯でもあるし、日中の暑さが和らぎ少し涼しくなってくるこの時期がお気に入りの時間帯でもあります。この時期は春にかえった雛たちが巣立ち、親鳥と一緒にえさとりを学ぶ時期のようです。柿の木の下に干していた洗濯物を取り入れてると、シジュウカラの親子が桃の木に大量に発生している油虫を捕まえに来ていました。雛鳥はまだ飛ぶのがうまくないのか、小枝にとまると親鳥が食べ物を運ぶまでじっとして待っていました。

Japanese tit

👉👉 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tit

Peonies and roses

Peonies and roses are now adding color to my Okan's garden. This peony was planted many years ago, but it seems to produce many beautiful flowers every year. They bloom inconspicuously under the persimmon tree, but their bright purple color seems to attract many bees and insects. At the far end of the garden, a rose that my mother received from the wife of the doctor at our local doctor's office is in full bloom. This rose is old now, but it seems to be a delight at this time of the year with its many flowers.

今、オカンの庭に彩りを与えているのはシャクヤクとバラです。このシャクヤクはもう何年も前に植えたものですが、毎年きれいな花をたくさん咲かせるようです。柿の木の下で目立たなく咲いているのですが、鮮やかな紫色は多くの蜜蜂や虫を誘っているようです。奥の庭の端にはかかりつけの町医者の先生の奥さんからオカンがもらってきたバラがたくさんの花を咲かせています。このバラももう古く、この時期になるとたくさんの花をつけ楽しませてくれるようです。

Biwa, my favorite fruit 😄🇯🇵

My mother bought me a loquat fruit. I haven't had loquats for years. It tastes so nostalgic. My Okan was eating a loquat. The other day, I visited my grandparents' grave (Okan's parents' house) and we talked abput two big loquat trees which we remembered they grew in my grandparents house. They were really big trees, probably about 50 years old. Every year, the loquat trees bore so many fruits, and we ate them, remembering with nostalgia how my grandfather used to send them to Osaka by courier service. My mother used to say, "It was unthinkable in the old days to pay money to eat loquat." Every year, more than 100 loquats would bear fruit, and I can still faintly remember that many uneaten loquats would fall under the tree. It is a nostalgic memory.

オカンがビワの実を買ってきてくれました。「ビワなんか、もう何年も食べていない。懐かしい味だわ。」と言いながらオカンはビワを食べていました。先日、お墓参りにいった祖父母の家（オカンの実家）にはビワの大木が2本ありました。本当に大きな木で、多分、50年ぐらいの木だったと思います。毎年、そのビワの木に本当にたくさんの実が付き、お爺ちゃんが大阪に宅配便で送ってくれていたのを懐かしく思い出しながら食べました。オカンが、「ビワをお金をだして食べるなんて、昔は考えられなかった」といっていました。毎年、100個以上の実がなって、食べきれない実が木の下にたくさん落ちていたのを私もうっすらと記憶に残っています。懐かしい思いでです。