Sachiko, those flowers are a lovely bright red.  They are very similar to what we call "spider plants" in our area.

Earlier I posted a photo of the Grist Mill at Babcock state park.   Patricia commented  on rivers and believe you will find this interesting.  The Mill is on Glade Creek that flows into the New River.   
The New River  flows north to the Kanawa and is one of the oldest rivers in the world.  get this comment that it was prior to the existence of the Atlantic Ocean.
The age of a river is difficult to determine. Generally, the age is estimated based primarily upon the age of any mountains it dissects; the age of the sea or ocean to which it eventually outflows can be irrelevant; for example, several rivers of the east side of the Appalachian Mountains are older than the existence of the Atlantic Ocean, which did not exist 130 million years ago.[If a river fully dissects a mountain range, then this generally indicates that the river existed at least at the time that the mountain range rose.

Sachiko, lovely flowers and yes, not what I would expect of an amaryllis.

Jack that is fascinating, and I would have thought the ocean came first. In thinking it over, rivers are probably, mainly rain water, so it makes sense. That is another interesting thought, especially here with volcanoes in the southeast and in the polar state regions and several mountain ranges here locally.

I tried Googling to see if any Alaskan rivers were older than any of our three bordering oceans, but no real answers. I did learn that we have 3 million lakes and ponds and an uncounted variety of rivers, they stopped after 12 million. While we have the third largest lake in the US, it was at one time, larger than the state of Michigan.

"Lake Iliamna in Alaska is the third largest lake in the United States. Lake Michigan has the #1 spot on the list of biggest lakes in the United States. The other Great Lakes are each bigger than Iliamna."

" 86,051 square miles of Alaska are covered by water.  The largest, Lake Iliamna, encompasses over 1,000 square miles. Many of Alaska's lakes are only reachable by air or boat."


But none said to be older than the oceans, which probably has to due with all the earthquakes an  seismic activity.

Good evening, Sachiko, I join all the others in saying so good to see you posting. You really do have a lovely garden, and take beautiful photos of it.  thanks for shareing

Sachiko.  Your gardens still look so healthy and colourful. You don't need to go far to walk to find beauty.  You are looking much better and sure you will be able to get back to what you love doing soon.  It takes time to get strength back.
We all look forward to Sato getting back to us soon. You both are missed when we don't hear from you.

Bubble, Jean, Jack, angelface, Lindancer, JeanneP, thank you very much for your comments.
The English name of ”Higanbana” was “red spider lily”.

I became considerably fine.

Hope that Sato has gotten to go Home and he is getting settled in.  He will get back to us soon I think.  Been a long hospital stay for him.

Jane.  I will send a e-m to Jeanne and have her take my email address out.  As we can use the MESSAGE then I don't think we need EMail in.

Today I was watching a PBS TV show about Japan. I thought I saw Sato's name as someone shown/covered.  I'm positive I saw SATO, but not sure about his first name (it looked the same).

JeanneP, if you are talking about the message part of this Seniors and Friends website, it uses your email.

The cosmos in my backyard bloomed. There is no cosmos of the dark red this year.
There is no flower of the color though I planted a cosmos of the dark red last year.

Sachiko, you always show us such lovely flowers, thank you!

angelface, thank you very much for your comment.
I love the cosmos which makes flowers bloom every year very much.

Sachiko, the cosmos are a favorite of mine.

Mary Ann

Sachiko, I also like seeing the photos of your yard.  I've never grown Cosmos and enjoyed seeing yours.

Mary Ann, Jean, thank you very much for your comments.
In my garden in Fukuyama, autumn flowers bloom in profusion.

We had a "pair" of birch trees in the circle garden in the pool area but the original owner let someone rent the place for a year before we bought & they neglected to water or something, the trees were dead so we had to cut them out.  Your son's yard is gorgeous & your son & gr-daughter are also beautiful standing there!  She looks a lot like him.... do they look like you, Beverly?

Jack, that is the "most paintable" photo... absolutely spectacular!  I know you took some of it years ago & even close ups of detail... and sent me.  I still hope to paint it "someday".   I probably won't ever get to take my own photos but as long as I have your permission to use yours.... it's legal! 

Patricia, those photos look like fall & cold not far behind!  Beautiful world you live in.   Can really tell the difference in the water.... no reflection of the sky in the first.  What are the white squares on the near bank?

Beverly, we call that a "creek" in MO & KS.... don't you love 'em?  The ones in CO are moving much faster than what we see in KS & MO.  White river is nice size water....  I crossed the Arkansas River (same as behind my house)...at least 5 times going to Salida, CO... and even with the rains we've had in western KS this year, some crossings there wasn't any water above ground.   So strange that it can flow so full in places & bone dry in others. 

Sachiko, your flowers are gorgeous & you look fantastic!  You didn't ever say what health problems you had, but I had 3 by-passes and a new aortic valve put in about 3 & 1/2 years ago and I am just now feeling more normal.  Even the leg they took the vein out of (from ankle to knee) is finally okay to touch without cringing..... all this time the skin/nerves were as sensitive as an open sore.  Good that you keep busy to take your mind off.  Best wishes.  Oh, I love your cosmos, I did not have any this year, so thanks for sharing yours! 

Rick, I wouldn't doubt that Sato's works would show up, before he got sick he was very active.  Hope he is getting stronger & will "report in" one of these days. 

Sorry about the length... been gone since last Friday.... drove to CO to test the tires on the RV.  They did okay, hope I don't go out & find one flat this morning.   

Shirley, the first photo is a cam shot of the Nenana River. The concrete barriers in front are to keep folks from driving too far forward and into the river. The Nenana runs through a series of glaciers so it is always muddy, filled with silt and is dangerous with trees and other hazards swept along underneath.

The Chena runs along the Nenana and the Tanana rivers for several feet before joining all three emptying into the Yukon River. It's called the marriage of the waters because it seems as if they do not mix. However, they are mixing from the bottom up, so it is an illusion.

Here is a photo of the Chena with a small boat just before it enters town proper.[attachimg=1]

Angel.  I didn't realize that.  You mean can only use it here in S and F if both you and the other person have a E-M address listed here..  Learn something every day.

Shirley, thank you very much for your warm comment. I feel that I can live my normal life in my house happily. And autumn flowers bloom in profusion now in my garden. They cheer it up for me.

angelface, the scenery of the river is splendid!

The aroma of the fragrant olive wafted on the wind.
Fragrant olives planted in the west of my garden are in full blossom.

Thank you for the river comment, Sachiko. I wish we had olives that could grow here. I love olives!

Very interesting Sachiko.  I had never heard of that plant.

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/shrubs/hgic1083.html

Would it grow in containers you think?

angelface, bubble, thank you very much for your comments.
As for the name of this flower, Japanese is "Kinmokusei".
It is "Fragrant olive" when I check the Japanese name in English translation dictionary, but is "Fragrant orange-colored olive" in Wikipedia.

I have not heard of them either.  Now I don't like to eat olives. Could this be a editable one or more into a flowering plant for decoration in a garden. I know there are apples that way. Pretty plant but not for eating. Same with a lemon I think.

JeanneP, We cannot eat the fruit of the fragrant olive. We enjoy the flowers and the fragrance.

JeanneP, you still can use it:

Osmanthus fragrans has a long history of use in herbal medicine, and is used in perfumery and as a flavouring. The flowers are used to make a scented jam and tea (hence its common name, tea olive), and in traditional herbal medicine a decoction of the stem bark is used to treat boils and carbuncles. The essential oil has insect-repelling properties.

I didn't know it was called, commonly tree oil, Bubble. I use it and have a small bottle now that I buy locally. Its good for cat ear infections and repels earmites, fleas and ticks although we have no fleas or ticks in Alaska.