The plum – ume, 梅 –, blossoms came suddenly and early this year, by a couple of weeks and ahead of the snow we are expecting today. Or maybe last year’s were late. But who am I to say. I suppose from the plum’s point of view they are all arriving just when they should, just as they did last year. My time and plum-time are not the same at all. My time is mechanical, it runs like clockwork; the plum has no notion of verge and folio escapements.
76. On Plum Blossom Time
76. On Plum Blossom Time
76. On Plum Blossom Time
The plum – ume, 梅 –, blossoms came suddenly and early this year, by a couple of weeks and ahead of the snow we are expecting today. Or maybe last year’s were late. But who am I to say. I suppose from the plum’s point of view they are all arriving just when they should, just as they did last year. My time and plum-time are not the same at all. My time is mechanical, it runs like clockwork; the plum has no notion of verge and folio escapements.