Has spring come? 春は来たか?

2016.2.5

我が家の近所の梅の木が咲き始めた。そこで、自転車で名古屋農業センターに行って何か春の花が咲いていないか確かめに行った。残念ながらというか予想通りというか満開の花に出会うには早すぎた。

Plum trees near my house has started to bloom. So, I biked to the Nagoya Agricultural Center to check any spring flowers were blooming. Unfortunately or as expected, it was still a little too early to see any full blooming flowers.

でも、少しは春の兆しがあったよ。

However, there are some signs of spring. 

枝垂れ紅梅に幾つかの花。

Some flowers on one red weeping plum tree. 

枝垂れ白梅にも。
Flowers also on a white weeping plum tree.

温室の中はいつも春だね。予算削減で珍しい種類は無くなってしまったけど。
It is always spring in a greenhouse although rare species have gone owing to the budget cut.

キリギリスでさえ生き残れる。
Even a katydid survives.