６月上旬の花々 １ (Flowers in Early June -1-)

　写真は上から、ネズミモチ、セイヨウキンシバイ、ワルナズビ、ランタナ、ハナショウブ。いずれもウォーキング途中で撮影。

From top to bottom: Japanese privet, Aaron's beard, Carolina horsenettle, lantana and Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata). All the photos were taken on my way of walking exercise.

家原大池公園 (Ebara-Ōike Park)

　堺市西区の家原大池公園は、わが家から比較的近いが、往復の歩数でいえば、ウォーキングでよく行く鈴の宮公園より2000歩程遠く、また、途中で車の多く通る道をたどる必要もあって、滅多に行かない。先月 5 日に訪れた折にはカルガモに出会えた（1 枚目の写真）が、25 日に再度訪れてみるとカルガモは見当たらなくて、アオサギがいた（2 枚目の写真）。広い池を中心にした開放感のある公園で（3 枚目の写真）、園内に体育館もある（4 枚目の写真左前方）。いろいろな遊具もあって（5 枚目の写真）、幼児を連れて行くにはよい公園のようだ。

Ebara-Ōike Park, Sakai, is relatively close to my home. However, it is farther by 2000 steps of the round trip than Suzunomiya Park, where I often go for walking exercise. Furethermore, in order to go there, it is necessary to take the roads with high traffic of cars. So, I rarely go there. When I visited there on May 5, I saw grey ducks on the pond (top photo) but did not find them when I visited again on May 25. Instead, I saw a grey heron (second photo). The park has a large pond at its center (third photo), giving the feeling of expansiveness to the visitors, and there is also a gymnasium (at the distant left of the fourth photo). The field of the park has a variety of playground equipment (bottom photo), so that it seems to be a good place to go with infants.

５月下旬の花々 ３ (Flowers in Late May -3-)

　写真は上から、(1) デイリリー、(2) タチアオイ*、(3) アスチルベ*、(4) アジサイ*、(5) カラー。（* 印はわが家で、他はウォーキング途中で、5月 28 日と 31 日に撮影。）

From top to bottom: (1) daylily, (2) hollyhock, (3) astilbe, (4) hydrangea and (5) calla lily. Those with the symbol * were taken in my yard, and others, on my way of walking exercise, on May 28 and 31, 2013.

５月下旬の花々 ２ (Flowers in Late May -2-)

　写真は上から、(1) ブラシノキ、(2) シモツケ、(3) タイサンボク、(4) アザミ、(5) と (6) ユリ*。* 印はわが家で、他はウォーキング途中で撮影。

From top to bottom: (1) bottlebrush, (2) Japanese spiraea, (3) southern magnolia, (4) thistle, and (5) and (6) lilies*. Those with the symbol * were taken in my yard; and others, on my way of walking exercise.

５月下旬の花々 １ (Flowers in Late May -1-)

　写真は上から、(1) サボテンの一種*（名前をご存知の方、教えて下さい）、(2) モミジバゼラニウム*、(3) ニオイバンマツリ（わが家にもあるのだが、今年はちょっと元気がなく、よそで撮影。紫色で咲き、白色へと変わって行くところから名付けられた英語名—英文説明中に記載—が面白い）、(4) タイリンキンシバイ、(5) カシワバアジサイ。* 印はわが家で、他はウォーキング途中で撮影。

From top to bottom: (1) a variety of cactus* (If you know the name of this variety, please tell it to me), (2) dwarf stellar zonal geranium*, (3) yesterday-today-and-tomorrow (also called morning-noon-and-night or kiss-me-quick; I have this plant in my yard, but it is not blooming well this year. So, I took this picture elsewhere), (4) St. John's wort and (5) oakleaf hydrangea. Those with the symbol * were taken in my yard; and others, on my way of walking exercise.