This is from 10 days ago, just after the plasterers had finished the second layer, and we were waiting for it to dry to do the final white layer. The flowers growing at the bottom of the wall are
kanna. and they grow up to 2 or 3 meters. They're tough as nails: started about 20 years ago when Negishi, a friend who lives nearby and is both a movie importer (he's responsible for any Sam Peckinpah film that Japan has seen) and a botanist, stuck a few in the sand. They've made it through at least ten typhoons that I know of--meaning that when a typhoon comes even close to Japan, the worst waves make it up to the base of the wall and knock them down and uproot them. But, as I've said before, they always come back.
This was today, and I'm not quite sure about them making it this year. It's looking pretty desolate. Our nextdoor neighbor on the right had waves come up, crash over the wall and into his house. The only difference between his and ours is that his house comes right up against the wall, while ours is set back about 4 meters. But the flowers have been maimed. The waves must have just come in, and washed away all the sandy "soil" from their roots, which are left laying on the beach like some alien beast's intestines. We're praying for their survival.
This is from 10 days ago, just after the plasterers had finished the second layer, and we were waiting for it to dry to do the final white layer. The flowers growing at the bottom of the wall are kanna. and they grow up to 2 or 3 meters. They're tough as nails: started about 20 years ago when Negishi, a friend who lives nearby and is both a movie importer (he's responsible for any Sam Peckinpah film that Japan has seen) and a botanist, stuck a few in the sand. They've made it through at least ten typhoons that I know of--meaning that when a typhoon comes even close to Japan, the worst waves make it up to the base of the wall and knock them down and uproot them. But, as I've said before, they always come back.
This was today, and I'm not quite sure about them making it this year. It's looking pretty desolate. Our nextdoor neighbor on the right had waves come up, crash over the wall and into his house. The only difference between his and ours is that his house comes right up against the wall, while ours is set back about 4 meters. But the flowers have been maimed. The waves must have just come in, and washed away all the sandy "soil" from their roots, which are left laying on the beach like some alien beast's intestines. We're praying for their survival.
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