Lilies and King Kong

Between bouts of rain and bike rides, I managed to get one sharp photo (as opposed to the slightly soft or totally blurry photos) of some lilies (or day lilies?) growing in my neighbor's garden.



In Japanese, this flower is called yuri no hana(lily flower).

Now - I'd really hoped to be able to show you a picture of the wild monkey we spotted on one of our very early morning rides this week. Except, of course, we had left home without the camera (note to self: in future, take own advice). It was still exciting, though, to see such a big, untamed animal sharing our trails!