今日は朝は良いお天気だったのにお昼頃にびっくりするくらい突然の大雨が降りましたが、その後また良いお天気になっています。
It was very sunny in the morning, but then suddenly rained very heavily around lunch time. It didn’t last long though and got very sunny again, and it’s looking beautiful now with the blue sky.
今日から5月ですね。いつも書くことですが、本当にあっという間に1ヶ月が経ってしまい、今年も3分の1が過ぎました。5月1日はフランスでは鈴蘭を送る日、だそうですね。大昔、パリを旅行していた時にお花屋さんで鈴蘭の花束を買って、ホテルのお部屋に飾ったことがありました。可愛いですよね。我が家にも鈴蘭の花が咲きました。
It’s May from today. I know I always write this, but a month goes by so fast and 1/3 of the year has gone. You are supposed to give ‘lily of the valley’ to loved ones on the 1st of May in France. Decades ago, when we were travelling in Paris, we bought a bunch of lily of valley from a florist and we had it in a glass in the hotel room. They are very cute. We have some lily of the valley in our garden, too.
家からお庭を見て左端と右端があまり陽が当たらないところで、そこに鈴蘭が植えられています。去年はほんの数本しか見かけなかったのですが、今年はもう少し出ています。それでも数える程しか出ていないので、オンラインで20本ほど購入しました、発送したと連絡があったのでもうすぐ届くと思います。20本のうち何本が根付いてくれるかな。
When you look out to the garden from the house, the far left and far right parts don’t get much sun and lily of the valley are planted there. Last year, I think I saw only a few of them but this year a few more came out. However there are still only about 12 or so altogether so I ordered about 20 more online, which have just been shipped so hopefully arrive soon. I wonder how many out of 20 will settle, it seems like many of the plants and bulbs disappear.