Lovery Occupants

The lawn of my garden is now totally occupied with these plants.
It is Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena and we call it “Nejibana” in Japanese.

A cluster of small pinkish flowers blooming in a spiral way is very lovely. In fact, they are so charming that I hesitate to mow the lawn, but I prefer a beautifully manicured lawn to looking at nejibanas. Well, I do not want to dilly-dally for so long. I will mow the lawn this evening!! Promise!!!

Bean Salad

This is a recipe I found in the dining video of The New York Times. It is simple and easy. Just toss boiled Japanese Edamame with sliced onion, rice vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper and sprinkle thin strips of Nori on the top and done! It is stylish. I think you like it with wine. How about with beer? No doubt you would like to take just plain boiled Edamame with beer! Anyway, cheers!!

Early Morning Walk

A doggy I met this morning sat still on the street for a while. I knew how he felt. He did not want to go back home yet.
















Hollyhocks at the side of the road.

The Annunciation

The day before yesterday, I went to see Leonard da Vinci’s “The Annunciation” now on exhibition at Tokyo National Museum. Uh-oh, I had to queue up for thirty minutes to enter the museum. Furthermore, even inside, I had to proceed at very slow pace until I finally came in front of the picture. I was very happy then, but frankly speaking I was quite frustrated at the same time. Though I wanted to take time to look it up close, the frequent call “Please don’t stand still. Move forward,” urged me to go reluctantly forward.

“The Annunciation” is a beautiful and intriguing masterpiece. Geometrically pruned trees on the left and the blurred scenery far beyond are impressive. The delicate facial expressions of Maria and Archangel Gabriel seemed to imply some deeper meanings. Seeing this picture, I always come to think of something great in the nature and what science can achieve, and also of Intelligent Design and cloning.

Fireworks??

This is another kind of hydrangea called "Sumida-no-Hanabi."

It means fireworks at Sumida. I do not know why it is called this way, but it looks like really fireworks set off in the sky.

Medical breakthrough

I often gravitate toward this kind of images and so I bought this issue. Featured are brain mapping, gene therapy for PD using adeno-associated virus as a transporter, hybrid medicine to bridge the blood-brain barrier and so forth and so forth. How much they will benefit patients and human beings in the future is all-important. They seem to be safe and promising.

Petunia

Raindrops on petunia.

Hydrangea

It is pleasant to watch the hue of hydrangea intensify day by day. The rainy season may begin soon !!!!!