いよいよ本格的に咲き出したサルスベリ・・・現在、八分咲き

　写真は今朝開花したての「サルスベリ」の花で、樹木全体の東の端で咲き、下を通る私の頭に接するほど低く垂れ下がってます。ですから、蕾や花にも重さがあることが分かります。まるで「枝垂れサルスベリ」の様相で、人間に対し、広い木陰を作ってくれます。

　サルスベリの花は最初に梢から南に向かって咲き始め、写真の花は幹から４mも離れてます。それにしても、咲きたては色彩が若々しいです。暑いと言って人間だけが水分補給では申し訳なく、先程も水を根元に与えました。人間が飲む数十倍の量の冷たい水が必要です。同時に、野鳥の飲水器にもたっぷり補充しました。

　植物も野鳥も、こちらが世話すれば必ず応えてくれます。自然と人間もお互い様です。ましてや人間対人間ではこの「お互い様の精神」こそ関係が密になり、相乗効果が生じて住みやすい地域社会になると感じてます。今後も小さなことの積み重ねを実践します。

Dear my friends as earthlings

　The photo shows the flowers of a Crape Myrtle in my yard that have just bloomed this morning. They bloomed at the eastern end of the trunk and hung so low that they touched my head as I passed underneath. This shows that the buds and flowers have weight. They look like weeping Crape Myrtle trees and providing a wide shade for people like an Indian park.

　Crape Myrtle flowers first bloom from the treetop to the southern branch, and this flower in the photo is 4m away from the trunk. Even so, the colors of the newly bloomed flowers are youthful like you. It's a shame that only humans need to hydrate when it's hot, so I just watered the roots and base of the plants. They need several dozen times more cold water than humans drink. At the same time, I also refilled the wild bird's water bowl.

　Both plants and birds will respond if I take care of them everyday. Nature and humans are mutually beneficial. Therefore, especially when it comes to humans, this "spirit of mutual benefit" is what creates closer relationships each other, creates synergistic effect, and makes for a more livable local community. I will continue to practice making small things one after another from now on.

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