なんじゃ、こりゃあ！ What a raddish!

収穫したばかりの大根をサラダにしようと切ってみたら、 写真の通りで、なんじゃ、こりゃあ！今までスジが入っていたりはしたけど、こんなの見たことない。。。結局食べられたのはしっぽの方だけ。かなりへこみました。
As soon as I cut fresh raddish from our field to make salad, it turned out as in the picture and I cried, "What the hell is this!?" I've never seen raddish like this, though we harvested a few ugly ones. We ended up eating only end part, and I was so disappointed...

雨に濡れるハナミズキ Dogwood in the Rain

暖かい秋の日々でしたが、今日は冷たい雨。雨の中でいっそうハナミズキの紅い葉が燃えています。
Though we've had rather warm autumn days, it's chilly with cold rain. Red dogwood leaves look burning in the rain.

大根の初収穫 First Harvest of Japanese Raddish

必要のない水遣りで２、３本腐らせ、細いうちに引き抜いたのですが、初おでんに入れようと一番大丈夫そうな大根を抜いたら、予想以上に立派で思わずパチリ。味もばっちりでした。葉っぱも茹でて味噌汁の具や炒め物に入れたりして、完食。大満足～。
I already pulled a few raddish before that started to rotten because I wartered them unnecessarily. I pulled the biggest and strongest because I need one for oden, Japanese pot dish. It was so much better than I expected that I took a picture. It tasted good, too. I even boiled leaves and ate them all in miso soup and sautee. One good raddish made me perfectly satisfied!

秋の空 Autumn Sky

麗らかな秋の一日、高校時代の恩師と神代植物公園を散策しました。沖縄育ちの私たちは、日本人が普通に知っている植物のことを知らない、ということで意見が一致。美しいと思って写真に撮ったこの木の名前も、プレートをしっかり見たのに私は覚えていません。先生は覚えていらっしゃるだろうか、と考えるのは恩師に失礼でしょうか。
In a beatiful autemn day, my teacher of my high-school days and I took a walk in Jindai Shokubutu Botanical Park. We agreed that Okinawan people born and raised there don't know much about common plants which most Japanese people usually know. I don't even remember the name of a tree which is so beautiful that I saw a name plate and took a picture, and wonder if my teacher remembers it.