白梅も咲く (White Plum Blossoms Are also Blooming)

　先日、紅梅だけが咲いていたウォーキングコース脇の小梅林に、いま白梅（少しピンクがかっているか）も咲いている（1枚目の写真；3月6日撮影）。

　わが家の庭の小さなウメの木にも、白い花が咲き始めた。今年は花が比較的多いほうだが、それでも、まばらにしか咲かないので、木全体を撮ってもあまりサマにならない。そこで、花が多少集っている枝だけを近くから写した（2、3枚目の写真；3月7日）。

The other day, only blossoms of deep pink colors were seen in the "small plum garden" at the side of my walking route. Presently, we also see white (or pale pink) blossoms blooming there (see the top photo, which was taken on March 6).

White blossoms are also blooming now on a small plum tree in our garden. The number of the blossoms is larger this year than usual. However, this tree has blossoms only sparsely, so that a picture of the whole tree would not look marvelous. Thus, I took a picture of only the twigs that had some flowers (middle and bottom photos; taken on March 7).