Season of asparagus

The above photo shows, needless to say, asparagus. The photo was taken at the Hamilton Farmers Market. Yes, it is the asparagus season right now! 言うまでもなく、上の写真[しゃしん](= photo)はアスパラガスの写真です。ハミルトン・ファーマーズ・マーケットで撮[と]りました。今、まさにアスパラガスが旬[しゅん](= season)です。 If you look at it very closely, you can see green ones and white ones. Until recently, we did not see white asparagus here (I might be wrong; […]

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Summer?

It is November now. I do not think we should say summer has come quite yet, but it seems it has according to the temperatures today. The high in Hamilton will be around 25 degrees and the temperatures in some towns in the South Island will reach over 30 degrees! People now wear a half-sleeve […]

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