Rain for them, rain for me.

Many hellebores will bloom this year as well. They bloomed at Christmas last year, so I called them Christmas roses. And the name Christmas rose is common in Japan. This year, it snowed a lot in the New Year, and it began to bloom at the end of winter.

They were still wet this morning due to the heavy rain last night and bloomed comfortably as if they had washed their faces.

I was worried about the plants that spent the night in the heavy rain, and I remembered that I hadn't washed my face yet.

 今年もたくさん咲いてくれるヘレボルス。昨年はクリスマスに咲いてくれたからクリスマスローズと呼んだ。今年は年が明けて、雪もだいぶ降った後。

昨夜の大雨でまだ濡れていた今朝の彼らは、まるで顔を洗ったあとのように清々しそうだった。

一晩中、大雨の中で過ごした植物たちが気になって、そのときまだ自分の顔を洗っていなかったことを思い出した。