Garden Update

日本は、もう桜が満開のようですが、今週末はお天気が良くないみたいで残念ですね。

It looks like cherry blossoms are already in full bloom in Japan, but the weather doesn’t look good this weekend. What a shame! Cherry blossoms are a big deal for Japanese, we all look forward to going out to see them at this time of year.

今日、少し前に書いた新しい眼鏡を取りに行ったのですが、今回は良く見えます！良かった！それにしても、５、６年前に比べてそれほど悪くなっていないとわかって嬉しいです。右は古い眼鏡と同じ度数、左だけが少し悪くなっていました。多分、左は古い眼鏡は緩めだったような気がします。

We went to get my new glasses this afternoon, I had new glasses made a few weeks ago, but unfortunately, the right lens wasn’t right for me so they were re-making them. I’m happy that they are much better this time! I must say I’m happy that the prescription hasn’t changed too much from 5 or 6 years ago, the right eye is the same and the left eye has progressed a little, which seems good at my age.

デボンを車で走っていてマグノリアが満開の木をあちらこちらで見かけて彼方の方が少し暖かいのかな、と思ったのですが、こちらに戻ってきたら、この辺りのマグノリアも満開になっているところがたくさんありました。この１週間くらいで急に春めいてきたみたいです。

I wrote in Devon that we saw a lot of magnolias in full bloom so maybe it’s a little warmer there, but we saw a lot here, too. I guess they started blooming in the last one week or so and it suddenly feels more spring-like.

我が家のお庭も、デボンに行く前はまだたくさんクロッカスが咲いていましたが、戻ってきたらクロッカスはだいぶん影を潜めていて水仙がたくさん咲いていましたし、フロントガーデンのクレマチスはたくさん蕾をつけていました。

There were a lot of crocuses out in our gardens before we left for Devon, but now you don’t see many of them and see a lot more narcissuses, which were already starting to come out before. but many of them only had buds when we went away. Also I found a lot of buds on one of the clematis in the front garden.

フロントガーデンにもバックガーデンも、たくさんのクロッカスが咲いていました。

A lot of crocuses were out both in the front garden and the back garden.