The heavy rain, which was level 4 in the evacuation order, has stopped, so I went outside to pick the new buds of the persimmon tree that I had been worrying about.
When I went out to pick up the morning paper this morning, I noticed few![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/47/fe/d0be72449561cc12c5ff928344e2bd97.jpg?1688197938)
red flowers blooming on the magnolia tree in the garden.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/47/fe/d0be72449561cc12c5ff928344e2bd97.jpg?1688197938)
red flowers blooming on the magnolia tree in the garden.
I feel like I haven't seen flowers on magnolia trees for the past few years, even before the strong pruning of the garden trees on March 6th last year.
It felt so fresh.