PLUM FLOWERS (スモモの花)

Two plum trees are in bloom now.
This is the indication of real spring in our garden.  

日本のスモモの木が今花を咲かせています.
スモモの花は私たちの庭に本格的な春の訪れを告げます.

We planted two different varieties of plum a decade ago, 

and they bear a good crop every two years

(and this year is it).

10年前に二つの品種を植えつけ、

隔年で豊作です.

（そして今年がその年）

My wife is doing hand-pollination as usual by using a little fluffy thing 

of an ear cleaner fixed at the end of a long stick. 

家内はいつものように長い棒の先につけた耳かきの綿毛をつかって

受粉作業をしています.

We are expecting a good crop this year.

今年の豊作を期待しています.

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