It is the photo sent by my wife on the LINE with the message below.
Tatsuro ! Here is the News, which will surely cheer you up!
This is the YAMABUKI (Japanese Rose) which I picked up at the mountain last spring.
After firstly enjoying it in the vase for a while, I planted it in a flower pot.
But the twig was sadly broken under the weight of the snow, and I had connected it by the scotch tape as a first aid, with a faint hope of surviving.
Now, I found the BUD just before blooming!
Amazing vitality of the PLANT !
たっちゃん に元気をプレゼント。去年山で取ってきた山吹の花。花瓶に挿していたら、根が出たので土に刺した。
雪で枝が折れたところをセロテープで補修、ダメだと思っていたのに、蕾をつけ花を見せてくれました。強いでしょ。
(離れにいた妻からのラインメッセージ）