MY MOTHER'S BATHTUB

This is a very small pool in our garden.  In this, we planted water lily, sweet flag, and canna.   And a lotus is planted in a pot.

June 2014

A light blue sweet flag flower is blooming now.

At the end of June a gorgeous lotus flower bloomed. (June 2014)

This small pool is made of a bathtub of my mother.  She suffered from brain tumor when she was 50s, and since then she had been bedridden for 30 years.  She had used this bathtub in her bedroom.  It has four casters for moving in and out her bedroom.  She died in 2006.  

In 2011, I hit upon a plan to make a pool by using the bathtub.  My son helped me to make it during a Christmas vacation.  A water lily withered, but other water flowers bloom every year.  

Dec 2011

The bathtub was covered with wood panels.  

My son lent me a hand to make it.  

AGAPANTHUS

When we returned from the trip, we have found agapanthus in full bloom.
We love this light blue color.  It looks cool and suits to rainy days.
This year, up to now, we have little rain fall in Fukuoka area, therefor, the land is very dry.

About five years since we planted them here.  These were presented from my wife's friend.  

Looking back to the wooden steps with shrub roses, some of which are flowering again.