とんぼをおいかけて・・ ～♪～

今年も鉄砲百合がすばらしい花を咲かせてくれました。
We are enjoying wonderful flowers of white trumpet lily again this year.



５～６個の球根を植えたのは数年前のこと。花茎が毎年少しずつ増えて、今ではこんな豪華になりました。It was a few years ago that we planted half a dozen of white trumpet lily bulbs. The number of stems increased every year little by little to be so gorgeous.


夜の闇に、いよいよ白さが際立ちます。
Its whiteness stands out even more in the darkness of the night.


つぼみに止まったオオシオカラトンボ。A dragonfly (Orthetrum melania) perching on a bud.

　・　・　・　・　・　・　・　・

ちなみに、こちらは一昨年、そしてこちらは去年の鉄砲百合の記事です。
This is the article of the lily from the year before last, and this one from the last year.

June 2010 / Nishinomiya, Hyogo