Falling fruits and Japanese flowering dogwood
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Because I am a poor person at heart, I have reached this age without knowing the names of plants, flowers and trees.
When my daughter was born, someone once told me that I should be a parent who could teach her the names of plants and stars. I learnt the names of some of the more famous constellations, but only the winter ones. On New Year's Eve, I went on a New Year's Eve visit with my father-in-law and uncle and his family, listening to the New Year's bell, and pointed to the starry sky.
My daughter eventually taught me the names of the plants.
Now that my daughter is independent and has left home, my wife teaches me.
There is a tree with a lot of flowers that look like white leaves, do you know what it is called? I asked. She immediately replied that it might be Yamaboshi. A quick search confirmed that it was indeed Yamaboshi. It is named after the white hood of a monk soldier. I thought it was fascinating that it produces red berries, which are edible.
I went out to see them in the gardens and doorways of houses here and there. As I couldn't take pictures of other people's houses without their permission, I was allowed to take pictures of the ones by the parking lot of the welfare facility attached to the hospital.The staff member who was just about to leave allowed me to do so.
While walking, I also notice plum fruits and yamamomo (Japanese mountain ash) falling down. The plums fruits appeared to have been missed harvested. Yamamomo in the park are red and ripe and just falling down. I remember in my late twenties being allowed to eat some from people's gardens. I thought they were well chilled and tasty, but I can't remember what they tasted like. That was the first time I ate it. And will it be the last?
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