Between summer and autumn, 2016

Small red berries of Cornus officinalis, or Japanese cornel

September is going to be over.

In my part of the world, September has been almost rainy or cloudy.
The photo below was taken one of the few opportunities when blue sky appeared
with autumn clouds in the beginning of September.

Though summer lasts long this year,
the change of light and colors and the cooler temperature in mornings and evenings
have made me feel that season is moving forward.

Till around the Autumn Equinox Day, morning glories were still lingering in my neighborhood,

.....and in my garden, too.

When I walked around the precinct of Gango-ji Temple in Nara-machi,

it was raining on and off.

Between the Buddhist stone images, flowers play around.
The blooming of Japanese bell-flowers lasted from mid-summer.

Coreopsis tinctoria, or Golden tickseeds, too.

Hagi, or Japanese Bush Clover, is the first bloomer among the seven wild flowers of autumn.

There are about 2500 stone statues and stone towers of Buddhism
date back to 16th to 18th century.

At the end of the gravel path (photo above), there is a candle hold made of metal
which I've been attracted but almost no people pay attention as far as I have seen
as it is mostly hidden by the tree.

I guess these animals, people, and birds symbolize all creation
though I'm not sure.

Needless to say that the Buddhist stone statues have a soul,
I feel inanimate objects like these metal creatures have their own life.

These flowers are Anemone hypnosis's var. japonica, or Japanese anemone.

Yellowish green tells us the changing seasons in the summer-like weather.

At home, my husband and I let the most of the bell crickets free 

into our garden from the insect rearing cages as we do every year.

Some were left in a cage for the breeding next year.

A site about bell crickets, here.

The male (left) is singing, rubbing the wings together.

Another day, I saw bursting out of a Cosmos,

pristine white surrounded in pale yellow.

Today I can feel cool, crisp air I've been anxiously waited for.
As to the bursting out of vivid colors, it will take more time.
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