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先日、近所のTRONCで花を買ってきました。
店を出た後、どうして花屋さんは値段を明記して置かないんだろう？ と言われ物凄く頷きました。
お店の前にお洒落な濃いグリーンの黒板を置いて、チョークで花の名前と一本の値段を書いては如何か（どうか）と、二人で盛り上がりました。
花屋さんに入りにくいのって、「これ一本お幾らですか？」と尋ねて置いて、（高い・・・）と思った後の会話が苦手なんですよね。
入ってみたいお花屋さんって、何処も素敵でさっぱり清潔なので、「それでは結構です。」と言って出ていくのが申し訳なくなるんですよね。
今此れを読まれた日曜版の皆さんは、画面に向かって深く頷かれていると思います。
世界中の花屋さんの前でウロウロしている全員の悩みが、たった今解決しました。良かったです。
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私は1000円くらいかな・・・、とお財布の中身を計算しながら「これは一本お幾らですか？」とお聞きしました。
下の写真のガーベラも1本200円位でした。
意外に安いんですよ。花って。
高い物で1本1000円から1500円位です。
美しいアンバーカラーの大輪の薔薇（先の尖ったタイプ）だったような記憶があります。
90年代だった筈です。
当時は輸入で私の住む街に入って来てたので、それ程でした。
電話で問い合わせたんですが、その当時だけ1本からは売って頂けませんでした。
私は若者で相手は今の私位の年齢のようで、途轍も無く慇懃無礼なお店でしたよ。
その悪しき経緯があったので、現在、皆さんが花屋さんに入られると「1本からでもお気軽にどうぞ」と仰って下さるんですね。
きっと何処かの段階で、マレーネ・デートリッヒのような美しい薔薇の化身が、「貴女、1本から売って下さるの？ 若い方には断るって聞いていますよ？」
と訊いて下さったのでしょうね。
髪をエレガントにカールする訓練を、今日から始めようと思います。
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| 氷華 |
庭を拵えて（こしらえて）初めてのことです。
水が凍った庭って良いですよね。
素敵な名前を持つ庭が美術品になったようでした。
そろそろ私の好きな初春が終わってしまいます。
でも5月には"けやき通り"の新緑が、通りを碧く染めるので楽しみにしています。
それでは、素敵な日曜日をお過ごし下さい。
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20260215 18:33 文章を直しました。
20260215 19:43 文章を直しました。
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Since it's Sunday, I'm writing something lighthearted.
The other day, I bought some flowers at TRONC in my neighborhood.
After leaving the store, someone asked me, “Why don't florists display their prices?” and I nodded vigorously in agreement.
We got excited about the idea of placing a stylish dark green chalkboard in front of the shop and writing the names of the flowers and their prices with chalk.
The reason it's hard to go into a flower shop is that I'm not good at the conversation that follows after asking, “How much is this one?” and thinking, “It's expensive...”
The flower shops I want to go into are all lovely and clean, so I feel bad saying, “No, thank you,” and leaving.
I'm sure everyone reading this in the Sunday edition is nodding deeply at their screens.
The problem faced by everyone wandering around in front of flower shops around the world has just been solved. That's great.
The other day, I bought some flowers at TRONC in my neighborhood.
After leaving the store, someone asked me, “Why don't florists display their prices?” and I nodded vigorously in agreement.
We got excited about the idea of placing a stylish dark green chalkboard in front of the shop and writing the names of the flowers and their prices with chalk.
The reason it's hard to go into a flower shop is that I'm not good at the conversation that follows after asking, “How much is this one?” and thinking, “It's expensive...”
The flower shops I want to go into are all lovely and clean, so I feel bad saying, “No, thank you,” and leaving.
I'm sure everyone reading this in the Sunday edition is nodding deeply at their screens.
The problem faced by everyone wandering around in front of flower shops around the world has just been solved. That's great.
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I thought maybe around 1000 yen... while calculating the contents of my wallet, I asked, “How much is this one stem?”
The gerbera in the photo below was also about 200 yen per stem.
Flowers are surprisingly cheap.
The priciest ones were around 1000 to 1500 yen per stem.
I recall it being a beautiful, large-flowered rose in an amber color (the pointed-tip type).
It must have been around the 90s.
Back then, they were imported into my town, so that was the price.
What's more, I called to inquire, but they wouldn't sell me even a single stem at that time.
I was young, and the person I spoke to seemed to be about my current age. It was an incredibly rude shop.
Because of that bad experience, nowadays, when you go into a florist, they say, “Feel free to buy even just one stem.”
I'm sure at some point, a woman as beautiful as Marlene Dietrich, the very embodiment of a rose, must have inquired, “Do you sell single stems? I heard you refuse to sell to young people?”
I think I'll start training myself to curl my hair elegantly starting today.
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| Ice Blossom |
It's the first time since I built the garden.
A garden frozen over is lovely, isn't it?
The garden with its lovely name seemed like a work of art.
My favorite early spring season is coming to an end soon.
But I'm looking forward to May, when the fresh green leaves of the zelkova trees along the avenue will turn the street a vibrant green.
Well then, have a wonderful Sunday.
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20260215 18:33 Revised the text.
20260215 19:45 Revised the text.
