The seasons go around without having time to look at the seasonal flowers slowly.  The roses in the nearby rose garden have passed the best time to see, and many roses have been pruning back.  It’s already rainy season, and it’s far from going to the rose garden.  Hydrangea is the flower of the rainy season, but the hydrangea near the rose garden is already sparsely blooming, although they are usually seen in early June.  Summer days and midsummer days are not uncommon these days, even though it is past mid-May, the clouds that float in a spell of nice weather in the rainy season are already summer clouds.

季節季節の花々をゆっくり見ている暇もなく季節が巡って行きます。近くのバラ園のバラも見頃は過ぎて切り戻しのバラが多くなりました。折しももう梅雨の入り、バラ園に足を運ぶのも遠ざかります。梅雨の花といえば紫陽花ですが、バラ園のそばの紫陽花がもうパラパラと花を付けています。例年なら６月の初め頃に見られる光景ですが、花は正直です。夏日、真夏日も珍しくない今日この頃、５月も半ば過ぎなのに、梅雨の晴れ間に浮かぶ雲ももう夏雲です。