白彼岸花

１０月３日

 

此の秋、どちらでも彼岸花の開花が随分遅れたと聞いているが、我家でも二週間ほど

遅れて白彼岸花が咲き始めた。

ミセス・マスダが短歌の友人Oさん―当時Oさんは９３歳だったーから球根を頂いて以来

二十年余り、毎年美しい花を見せてくれる。

This autumn, I've heard that the blooming of red spider lilies has been considerably delayed in either location, and at our home as well, the white spider lilies started blooming about two weeks late.

Since Mrs. Masuda received bulbs from her 93-year-old friend O-san, a tanka poet, more than twenty years ago, they have shown us beautiful flowers every year.