Aster in the Garden For Mother / 30 November 2012

Aster in the Garden
For Mother

TANAKA Akio
                                     
In my garden, there is a tiny root of aster, that was also blooming in my old home. My mother made much of it. So the flowers had increased year by year.
Her way of cultivation was really natural, who swept up the soil near the root every day. So around the root was always soft and warmish for the plant. Every spring the aster bloomed pleasantly under the garden woods.
Recently in my garden, I found out that the way of mother was one of the most important style for really loving the flowers. The tiny root someday will become more flourishing without clearly noticing if one really cultivate it. This truth is the gift from mother, but noticing much too late for me, being over age 56 in 2003.
Oh from now, mother's silent teaching probably will become precious treasure and milestone for my study as long as I live.

Tokyo
30 November 2012
Sekinan Research Field of Language
3 December 2014 revised
SIL