Sign of early summer

The azalea flowers, which are in full bloom on the slope of a hill at the back of my house because they are getting wet with rain, are a vivid color. They have reached full-bloom later than usual. The image below is the appearance of the hill at the end of April. It was covered with heavy snow and cherry blossoms were very poor at this time though they were in full bloom.

Spring ended as soon as May came even though we're not sure we are clear on what season it was.It already seemed to have reached the early summer season. The tulip flowers are in full bloom which was surprising because it suddenly became hot.Buds of Enkianthus have opened, and their lovely buds of flowers are hanging down below.

I put away the kotatsu boldly though it got cold a little when it rained.On a rainy day, like today, I'm happy just looking for new curtains on the Internet and having strawberry preserve with tea.

The strawberry season in the region where I live is already about to end. Ruby red strawberries are sold for a low price at the fruit counters in the grocery stores because they are small. I bought a large amount of them and made some jam. I skimmed the scum from the strawberries, boiled them and put a small amount of the scum in some tea. I am enjoying this season and enjoy  such Russian tea Modoki(Modoki meaning "similar, but different").