今回の２週間に１度のお花は、予想していた「赤い薔薇」でした。明後日は、バレンタインデーですからね。でもね、何度も書いていますが、個人的には赤い薔薇はほぼ買わないお花ですね。日本だと今はすごく素敵と思う薔薇もたくさんありますけど、ご覧の通り、これと言って特徴のないごくごく普通の薔薇。でも、多分「Naomi」っていう名前がついた薔薇だと思うのです。サイトのバレンタインデーのお花のページを見るとお安い方の赤い薔薇がそうなので。夫はお花といえば赤い薔薇、という人なので、たまには赤い薔薇も良いですが。

葉っぱを取ってブーケにするとこの本数ではすごく小さな花束になってしまうので、丈だけ短くしてストンと飾りました。一番外側の花弁を取り除くようにとのことなのですが、もう少し開くまで待とうと思います。

The subscription flowers this time were red roses as I expected because Valentine’s Day is on the day after tomorrow.  As some of you know by now, I would very seldom buy red roses, especially here.  In Japan these days you can buy very beautiful special roses and I think you can in London but these ones look very ordinary to me.  In their site on the Valentine’s Day flower page, there are 2 types of red roses and I guess these are the less expensive ones called Naomi but I really cannot see any special character.  Still, my husband loves red roses so he is happy.

If I take the leaves off and make a bouquet, it will be a very small one with only this number of roses so I just cut them shorter and put them in a vase as they came.  I’m supposed to take off the outside petals but I’ll wait until they are a little more open.

今日は、旧正月。香港やシンガポールに長く住んでいたので、今でも旧正月も気になります。いつもは人がいっぱいの香港も旧正月は静かで好きでした。

It’s a Chinese New Year today.  As we lived in Hong Kong and Singapore for many to years, we are quite aware of Chinese New Year as well.  I used to enjoy the quiet atmosphere of Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year days as it’s usually very busy and noisy the rest of the year.