梅も種類が豊富で、それぞれの名前が古典的で素敵。境内のほとんどの白梅は白加賀（しろかが）という品種で、花も実も楽しめる種類だそう。冬至梅（とうじばい）、黒雲（くろくも）、寒衣（かんごろも）、夫婦紅（めおとべに）、鹿児島紅（かごしまこう）、八重茶青（やえちゃせい）、月影（つきかげ）、楠玉（クスダマ）、思いのまま、紅筆（べにふで）、呉服枝垂（くれはしだれ）など。時々香る蝋梅。春が来る。
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Overheard a conversation between two senior ladies on the bus way back to home from work. One lady said she was worried about her daughter not getting married. "I was worried about her going out when she was young, and was careful not to let her go on date with some boys, but now I regret what I did. If she had more chances of meeting, she would've been married by now." The other lady was telling her that she was embarrassed by her daughter married to a man not from the good family. "Children of my brothers and cousins all married to the people from the good family. My daughter is the only one not married to such a good family. Even my husband's end relatives also married to decent family. I'm so embarrassed." The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. One is not happy about her daughter being single. One is not happy that her daughter doesn't belong to decent family that she can claim to her relatives. Probably both of them were trying to ...
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