現地時間2025年7月16日（水）、午前10時に起きた。午後、スタンレーパークを歩いた。
バンクーバーが誇る、この広大なこの公園で数種類の花を目撃した。
そのひとつは、おそらく栗の一種だと思う。黄金色の花穂がいくつも垂れ下がり、青いイガもすでにできていた。
もうひとつ見かけた花も名前が正確には分からないが、見た目はナツツバキにそっくりだ。白い花がなんとも清々しい。樹皮もナツツバキによく似ていた。
On Tuesday, July 16th, 2025, I got up at 10:00 a.m. PDT and left home in the afternoon to visit Stanley Park.
While walking through part of the huge park in Vancouver, I saw a couple of different types of flowers.
One of them might have been from a chestnut tree. Numerous golden-yellow flower spikes were hanging down from the tall tree, and green burrs had already formed. For reference, the chestnut trees I saw in Japan this year bloomed around late May.
Another flower I saw today looked refreshing and closely resembled the Japanese Stewartia. Not only the appearance of the flowers but also the texture of the bark made me believe that the tree was indeed a Japanese Stewartia.