We’d been away for three weeks and came back last night to find the yesterday-today-tomorrow shrub I got in spring from a moving neighbor and transplanted in our teeny garden has taken root at last! And here’s the proof.

A sole flower behind pumpkin leaves. The flowers bloom first as a purple or violet bloom, then it turns pale lavender and the next day it’s white. So this must be the third day. The pumpkin vine, by the way, is now starting to climb so I’ve pulled it down to the ground, hoping the old potato patch will turn into a little pumpkin patch!

これからいくつも咲くよう希望いたします。匂い蕃茉莉殿。