tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246530691609026342024-03-27T15:38:21.947+09:00Stardust Talk stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-36166431337923541672024-03-17T14:52:00.008+09:002024-03-25T20:59:20.820+09:00Colors turning Winter to Spring<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRUY-liaABCBEerlYvqJtV4OuJsBJjQwS0ppX92DdIB55c_4QOdRm64-JfUWac85YkjNYWqYVHn_Hm7j77yiPhSnN24x80pOVJxfk3uIPNf-p2hvBFs75uXEUu92e1jm3AM6o9lot7RrzUKm8rJN7x0P3qnQZgIIviRY-VE21WfLqWqQkoeLxQo1K/s800/P1060777%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRUY-liaABCBEerlYvqJtV4OuJsBJjQwS0ppX92DdIB55c_4QOdRm64-JfUWac85YkjNYWqYVHn_Hm7j77yiPhSnN24x80pOVJxfk3uIPNf-p2hvBFs75uXEUu92e1jm3AM6o9lot7RrzUKm8rJN7x0P3qnQZgIIviRY-VE21WfLqWqQkoeLxQo1K/w640-h478/P1060777%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Okame-zakura, </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">pru</span><i style="font-size: 14.6667px;">nus x incam 'Okame'</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;"> It is not 桜 Sakura (Cherry blossom) season yet, but early-blooming Sakura blossoms </span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">have brightened up the wintry landscape </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">with their shades of </span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Pink</b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kRgYt-d-u9S72alRnWUtTL9fhHgUYRa02RsluSV3TrXgj-q_11yOKgc05nWoEdhxWUJSjvBeMqBEcO-2iG8SigPvHEdmuhdAzeasbsc4uHIM9HsDRkBXsZ7x5HpsHRsoq8KBdvBrHqXptvqvj3gBLcEX3K18bh_aZfp-OOsoxLk7G_dPseVgNrKy/s800/P1060524%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kRgYt-d-u9S72alRnWUtTL9fhHgUYRa02RsluSV3TrXgj-q_11yOKgc05nWoEdhxWUJSjvBeMqBEcO-2iG8SigPvHEdmuhdAzeasbsc4uHIM9HsDRkBXsZ7x5HpsHRsoq8KBdvBrHqXptvqvj3gBLcEX3K18bh_aZfp-OOsoxLk7G_dPseVgNrKy/w640-h478/P1060524%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjK2WQPiWShbsOFJlMIZjSNDp3NDEQfDIojII-XqiUr8EnnHK-70skepu86TbVTJt0wx2ORagwN4u3ac-2-2r46hyphenhyphenINillxc2_DxHPEsKxYaBO0PHvchFB9ZSIcngDKt3pNhGGPzXsKrxO2B9YibUlwhcPbVDDJKHl1IOR_24cPJ1BQK-9fQ6-_PI/s800/P1060809%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjK2WQPiWShbsOFJlMIZjSNDp3NDEQfDIojII-XqiUr8EnnHK-70skepu86TbVTJt0wx2ORagwN4u3ac-2-2r46hyphenhyphenINillxc2_DxHPEsKxYaBO0PHvchFB9ZSIcngDKt3pNhGGPzXsKrxO2B9YibUlwhcPbVDDJKHl1IOR_24cPJ1BQK-9fQ6-_PI/w640-h482/P1060809%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">White-eye</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The three images above is Okame-zakura, prunus x incam 'Okame'.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They bloom in the cold of the beginning of March almost at the same time </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.6667px;">with </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.6667px;">Ume (Japanese apricot) below.</span></div><div style="font-family: Meiryo;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Meiryo; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wFZbQCoh3gaVyBQ3j6Fj_foT2vg8g-QOF9U-0LOtCogJGFOVaO25i1BJwGnVjjtCvE7j2WWyZ5h0u1CX4Q5KMXkv8mU_7VbXv9ZaGmoIuPkb7FiumnGWyHsd60reFOWcVdgxfe28riLwoOXgyU4hFhK1HRBJG1h09p7oFNe5J7cs0B2kRbWo2vnr/s800/P1790666%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wFZbQCoh3gaVyBQ3j6Fj_foT2vg8g-QOF9U-0LOtCogJGFOVaO25i1BJwGnVjjtCvE7j2WWyZ5h0u1CX4Q5KMXkv8mU_7VbXv9ZaGmoIuPkb7FiumnGWyHsd60reFOWcVdgxfe28riLwoOXgyU4hFhK1HRBJG1h09p7oFNe5J7cs0B2kRbWo2vnr/w480-h640/P1790666%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Ume, Japanese apricot</div><div style="font-family: Meiryo;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center;">Sunlight glints on the <b>Sepia</b>-colored weathered plants and icy <b>Blue</b> pond.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnr10VFLgNjn2QHVugVLYcicvJsWZBBqxVE_CNCJkIY2VIqBIhmmWHyH0x795olP8Onef7DUV-pVQbDKI9SBIWJvSJjSgCnBTbUHUpdE2npgIOCNyHfKRThUaVinmcfpyYdR6_XTmKmVCRx9s4yRnfHuRzaCOerUwzv7mKWsWuPhm8ubTBhQs5Elw/s800/P1060723%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnr10VFLgNjn2QHVugVLYcicvJsWZBBqxVE_CNCJkIY2VIqBIhmmWHyH0x795olP8Onef7DUV-pVQbDKI9SBIWJvSJjSgCnBTbUHUpdE2npgIOCNyHfKRThUaVinmcfpyYdR6_XTmKmVCRx9s4yRnfHuRzaCOerUwzv7mKWsWuPhm8ubTBhQs5Elw/w640-h476/P1060723%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneENvMs1IEC09KS4NeezWCXOu0Xzj3Gr2cIjCSSrxk4lJOKR8TNef7qphVm-4ZhvoDzlxzLklLTyZzXIqGufAbnUa5DLbQVuvSnm0lZLo-AlYWJ7wpzuZiK5Y_F3jcryjW6hj81KlRJ0fk1R3Nz01X4k5IGhVuIFAjsTSaO29uzPiNuT6miLatTX7/s800/P1060682%201%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneENvMs1IEC09KS4NeezWCXOu0Xzj3Gr2cIjCSSrxk4lJOKR8TNef7qphVm-4ZhvoDzlxzLklLTyZzXIqGufAbnUa5DLbQVuvSnm0lZLo-AlYWJ7wpzuZiK5Y_F3jcryjW6hj81KlRJ0fk1R3Nz01X4k5IGhVuIFAjsTSaO29uzPiNuT6miLatTX7/w640-h478/P1060682%201%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Deep-rose</b> of 寒緋桜 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Kan-Hizakura, Taiwan cherry, <i>Prunus campanulata, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">is especially eye-catching.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">It is another variety of early-blooming Sakura.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Bell-shaped flowers bloom facing downward. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Although most of Sakura</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> loses its petals
fluttering one by one, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">the petals of <i>Prunus campanulata</i>
fall in clusters. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrHLV45MEYf2VR6SoOvkC-k6zyYFdOBL7rlJ1tCpSbT9oaT1jMpoIYoOZI2eATGfU5WGK3AA2UzPZEaa2esOBh3Rkob34t-gBEN3JffW5gtCZRecMh_p3bQi2HMYz9TtxpBLSl2XRCdzj2CnTAKsOfB23Eujx5L-jic88vt83s7XI9Sk21yr4u7nG/s800/P1060562%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrHLV45MEYf2VR6SoOvkC-k6zyYFdOBL7rlJ1tCpSbT9oaT1jMpoIYoOZI2eATGfU5WGK3AA2UzPZEaa2esOBh3Rkob34t-gBEN3JffW5gtCZRecMh_p3bQi2HMYz9TtxpBLSl2XRCdzj2CnTAKsOfB23Eujx5L-jic88vt83s7XI9Sk21yr4u7nG/w476-h640/P1060562%20800.jpg" width="476" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7kCIKtUqlBEgO06Q6ghiWl6FA0Xp97GG5XFQ0c59roGofk3xk7ntTtk6gSJWltOEkv5NI_u_-pnay6R4VPq_I-zF030RPN7kdNSVLVLERyRFyAnryHlmeuHT7fgrJ4kkJQKWX424qELN5hsHrLf1grFGeb07xc9_cHlnqJWC0swEgDk6zhyphenhyphenuzEeZ/s750/turning%20winter%20to%20spring-01%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7kCIKtUqlBEgO06Q6ghiWl6FA0Xp97GG5XFQ0c59roGofk3xk7ntTtk6gSJWltOEkv5NI_u_-pnay6R4VPq_I-zF030RPN7kdNSVLVLERyRFyAnryHlmeuHT7fgrJ4kkJQKWX424qELN5hsHrLf1grFGeb07xc9_cHlnqJWC0swEgDk6zhyphenhyphenuzEeZ/s16000/turning%20winter%20to%20spring-01%20750.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The buds of 雪柳, <i>Spiraea thunbergii</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">that unfold in early March are <b>Mint.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">About one month of the journey to white flowers blooming all over the branches starts here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqZrKDQyqho_9ywLPzyliVt7VxdkFtMZhdY46rqVWz259ULVt0h4-IOD21But0g7cVToeDlxeoEL_t78RoLgO3of1t_8em2Q85KRpuPobY_JpDyfA_tgOKd7w6xNmkcDV85AzXSZGQCA_SRpGlWFTUnQlB8xeBPFSjqwo6lBrrx_BKQ5vfD7iaWC-/s798/P1009849%20(600x800).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqZrKDQyqho_9ywLPzyliVt7VxdkFtMZhdY46rqVWz259ULVt0h4-IOD21But0g7cVToeDlxeoEL_t78RoLgO3of1t_8em2Q85KRpuPobY_JpDyfA_tgOKd7w6xNmkcDV85AzXSZGQCA_SRpGlWFTUnQlB8xeBPFSjqwo6lBrrx_BKQ5vfD7iaWC-/w478-h640/P1009849%20(600x800).jpg" width="478" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;">March 5th</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>Light Green</b> is also seen at a brook flowing with a soft murmur </span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.6667px;">and reflecting </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.6667px;">the greening </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.6667px;">along it.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5F6jSwjJa3KmU6GqG8YFN-vmQULuNyi_NN2rK0p-nu_b1U_RA7h9VGYGYa5JNv6JFegZsquz6vthpniQGFgw8mZNspwwlEUGKZsew_jp_nbZO1vGbY9DcsYmSomG9TUuX8RY21FGVxkUpA9LUcaLrmF1EVk79AtYOczDU6hY6_YESRfer-cSohp4/s800/P1060685%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5F6jSwjJa3KmU6GqG8YFN-vmQULuNyi_NN2rK0p-nu_b1U_RA7h9VGYGYa5JNv6JFegZsquz6vthpniQGFgw8mZNspwwlEUGKZsew_jp_nbZO1vGbY9DcsYmSomG9TUuX8RY21FGVxkUpA9LUcaLrmF1EVk79AtYOczDU6hY6_YESRfer-cSohp4/s16000/P1060685%20800.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Bright <b>Yellow</b> of Mimosa against a backdrop of bare trees;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">the juxtaposition of spring and winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk58SIrULeuFzh3FguQ_RqGGpVw0XYXpZlh5si82qmQRQL7flXtx1mLnYlTijrMqrPKSH9Pb3iNP71VvXYeQF45rDTCwzfqIr8AxCt9P-sBRlPyt88bmVNPFNnBCIUdqZQ0oSQEMb3KyKYgrG0Hr3pnDQpDjODMVaWH3HtlbVBT_3BT3C7uuktPFL7/s800/P1060595%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk58SIrULeuFzh3FguQ_RqGGpVw0XYXpZlh5si82qmQRQL7flXtx1mLnYlTijrMqrPKSH9Pb3iNP71VvXYeQF45rDTCwzfqIr8AxCt9P-sBRlPyt88bmVNPFNnBCIUdqZQ0oSQEMb3KyKYgrG0Hr3pnDQpDjODMVaWH3HtlbVBT_3BT3C7uuktPFL7/w640-h480/P1060595%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Sakura season</span> for 2024 is expected to peak from </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">late March to early April </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">in my part of Japan, Kansai region.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Sakura season lasts only "less than two weeks" when Somei-yoshino, </span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">the most widely planted </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">variety, come and go all at once.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">In wider meaning, Sakura season is about "one and a half months" long in each region,</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">as different varieties of Sakura start blooming one after another since the end of February.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">(All the photos but one was taken at Nagai Park and its vicinity on March 10th.)</span></div></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/">Saturday's Critters</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/03/mosaicmonday-no-75.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-90103059914442601802024-03-02T16:16:00.002+09:002024-03-02T16:19:26.904+09:00梅 Ume blossoms - Perseverance and Hope<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">The blossoms of 梅 Ume, Prunus mume, are the </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana;">faint-fragrant harbinger </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana;">of spring in Japan.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>They typically bloom one after another between late January and early March</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>persevering the frigid cold of winter.</span></span></div><div><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana;">At this time of year, it feels like that weather gets warmer with each
new bloom.</span></span></div><div><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana;">In various different places, the first bloom of Ume was the earliest in record this year.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36wJnVYCSV-P1t-Vn3k18VZISFNSR4VlBLh2bi_x_D3QEPTSP2wEgECBz3ECNC0UUQE1xZDocaKYHkV4BvRCXWW-ysI9SM4hrWNxUfSNbPM6NMxrwkewzCnoaR_lffso_PT_n0ZbZDvz8TA8ufjGbuZ65zN0KYQWf4MS5aJ1FN5A5L9HyUfMKq95o/s800/P1009761%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36wJnVYCSV-P1t-Vn3k18VZISFNSR4VlBLh2bi_x_D3QEPTSP2wEgECBz3ECNC0UUQE1xZDocaKYHkV4BvRCXWW-ysI9SM4hrWNxUfSNbPM6NMxrwkewzCnoaR_lffso_PT_n0ZbZDvz8TA8ufjGbuZ65zN0KYQWf4MS5aJ1FN5A5L9HyUfMKq95o/w480-h640/P1009761%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;">Ume in my garden</span><br /></span></div><span><div style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I went to <a href="https://www.jonangu.com/english.html">城南宮 Jonan-gu</a>, which was built to protect the south of Kyoto from evil spirit</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> when the capital was transferred to Kyoto in 794.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On entering one of its gardens called "春の山 Spring Mountain", </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I felt like </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">that white and pink snowflakes were drifting all around.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAoHjaF3fkvQsRVPs7U-WHZp13_1OoooVM4f5cG1d9jw_1XhDRDyyIOEg9aTOX05U-maR42XAvaxhsdHdfKV7l_vqAnP4duSv74p9j4__xMFgGGbCMyb3MpOTvX9wcmCRT9IsurwHnqr92A3VPMISak8K3HcvMO6NvXVhQ07XnK3-G7Kx1tkpXEBL/w480-h640/P1060106%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Almost all the Ume trees that cover all over the Spring Mountain are weeping type.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The cascading branches with blossoms as far as you can see are mesmerizing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Under them, a pink carpet of petals spreads on the green moss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The green moss is dotted with the fallen red Camellias around the edges of the Spring Mountain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisugufXBjydrXYwHvGJqM77gEvD2zZf4JftiW4ovNHWSf9MByNa_PwDsEgGi-rNPYSBnth2c7kEZgwqPWRdr3BZJ4V_17jrxCruEwGskzRWcSe-1akZ3lNk4K5_c1RWnBfazfXE-z-jJu_UoUULsU2XDTgG7LrUiG6qKFYPMgUBX9MQH5TN4kZ-ZYk/s800/P1060119%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisugufXBjydrXYwHvGJqM77gEvD2zZf4JftiW4ovNHWSf9MByNa_PwDsEgGi-rNPYSBnth2c7kEZgwqPWRdr3BZJ4V_17jrxCruEwGskzRWcSe-1akZ3lNk4K5_c1RWnBfazfXE-z-jJu_UoUULsU2XDTgG7LrUiG6qKFYPMgUBX9MQH5TN4kZ-ZYk/w480-h640/P1060119%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ume blossom is the symbol of Perseverance and Hope.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Peace for Illia</i><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>f</span><span>or all the suffering people from wars</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cJWutFfxqpA" width="320" youtube-src-id="cJWutFfxqpA"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Illia Bondarenko & Ryuichi </span><span style="font-family: times;">Sakamoto</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Camellias are another highlight of the shrine at this time of year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I like to capture dancing light with bokeh effect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnaTehUW_M3n1YaoBVZI81XFzOXpNIVXsFrsDfrp6TCFxSjLIIfiGErbHnXDf4-eRBqGLOJKlvb2_cDWK1j5Au-zlBoWPAPlR_YNRvo3XxOVWmsS6XiusSA_Bdfq065kPwqAhOvX87rfMaFpNIQ5DfbNVlEei7Viw0N7qUi8GVC2EugI99Z8FZZb9/s800/P1009110%20(800x596).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnaTehUW_M3n1YaoBVZI81XFzOXpNIVXsFrsDfrp6TCFxSjLIIfiGErbHnXDf4-eRBqGLOJKlvb2_cDWK1j5Au-zlBoWPAPlR_YNRvo3XxOVWmsS6XiusSA_Bdfq065kPwqAhOvX87rfMaFpNIQ5DfbNVlEei7Viw0N7qUi8GVC2EugI99Z8FZZb9/w640-h476/P1009110%20(800x596).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div>During the coldest days of the warm winter, I played with colored balls </div><div>in a crystal bowl with my camera.</div><div><br /></div><div>By the window</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeaPDDt5ZEosDpOs1TiNJZo-BrbH-PLYCKLISPJ112hIZj9rgXPmVYwfRonsmGVI2TOolgK8DNRjtmbHCwbznFe_tcd6BnEpWVk-ciNx7hrWVvS0Nt8zfcVaU2MtTMtsoM4muhAkiB-5a8Ta_6o3tXi9IVHrBeI7lAeXsW-t_DETcHdvU37ULPA/s800/P2320856%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeaPDDt5ZEosDpOs1TiNJZo-BrbH-PLYCKLISPJ112hIZj9rgXPmVYwfRonsmGVI2TOolgK8DNRjtmbHCwbznFe_tcd6BnEpWVk-ciNx7hrWVvS0Nt8zfcVaU2MtTMtsoM4muhAkiB-5a8Ta_6o3tXi9IVHrBeI7lAeXsW-t_DETcHdvU37ULPA/w640-h480/P2320856%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wpioKdCbsxIXvGpZsPzgbmFOTL3cR8KDm_vnFvvRYGAqg1YbOWYtNwhYCL3_txo-FqYMoBKGE4KFIQM1lmZpA9kBk8Qr0JHI7-JzP3pXy1uvXlOgQsXr6f1w4FQaNrQJx-KWfRHVOYfRHfSs0grhAnHiVSaWgEATluTzsy_cW40Rf57NKhiwZg/w640-h480/P1009125%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The balls look so delicious, don't they?</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can't eat them; the objects are not candies.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tiny beads made of sodium polyacrylate swell to five times their volume in water.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The small balls jiggle like jiggly jelly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIQiXVEPjp9iFTbcOC_0H8ZoP5MwwORgre3Qo1iQFt8mj_AF8BXUhk-LHVBqKg4NnyQ2mVq0SHkReuLdMQqx9E8Oyj93Rk2_-o_mMUVjY95uAgYpsYU6Pr1e3cSy9Dkcah4z-nsk_j7IN0k7T4PJzHla-rQtEKwJMia5HSKG4XaHE0rqcJ-_N-AA=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIQiXVEPjp9iFTbcOC_0H8ZoP5MwwORgre3Qo1iQFt8mj_AF8BXUhk-LHVBqKg4NnyQ2mVq0SHkReuLdMQqx9E8Oyj93Rk2_-o_mMUVjY95uAgYpsYU6Pr1e3cSy9Dkcah4z-nsk_j7IN0k7T4PJzHla-rQtEKwJMia5HSKG4XaHE0rqcJ-_N-AA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Zooming up, each aqua gel ball has a cute face.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfZwKVTCdqClHTVxrezopnYujd4YKHYWAF_CgH7Mgk_4d7hGwZ9sH1zn_P9QckuM2Jbkt696CfWguN-OJOBFdXLvztnKiYD7bSOzOW7lFRaHm_r3VA8yy1cTPMDRvE5no-g684mFn0hSh6n0lt13TVMHVDZEoc5ZJp_BlUS5NaY1HJqE8gBtp9Q/s800/P1009176%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfZwKVTCdqClHTVxrezopnYujd4YKHYWAF_CgH7Mgk_4d7hGwZ9sH1zn_P9QckuM2Jbkt696CfWguN-OJOBFdXLvztnKiYD7bSOzOW7lFRaHm_r3VA8yy1cTPMDRvE5no-g684mFn0hSh6n0lt13TVMHVDZEoc5ZJp_BlUS5NaY1HJqE8gBtp9Q/w640-h480/P1009176%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Fav4hqB0M8" width="320" youtube-src-id="3Fav4hqB0M8"></iframe></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Heavy shadow of despair descended.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">An early death of the source of hope for a better country.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">He died but his idea does not,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">His voice "Never give up" resonates.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/02/mosaicmonday-no-71.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-78171075667081856722024-02-04T15:33:00.002+09:002024-02-05T13:34:37.560+09:00Bird-watching at Mizukami-ike Pond<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mizukami-ike Pond is the largest and one of the oldest ponds in Nara City. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is described as
Sajo Pond in “Nihon Shoki”, The Chronicles of Japan (720).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwh2-dwtGgNz7YmFFpZA-sqdZOdxtA9fsxKmvYZ6SL-KrdEyl8J9KS0Sprk2vy3nqHBBWeh75bf4qW2MGo6dPqzQNvAQ6pTuD7IFPjOGovA1FQEKh10ot_eGkPEx8q1xTuqgcYJtl9iur9tnk6rpvje0-KUJPxVAZ54EynlRARXRenu96TIS7ew/s800/P1008951%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwh2-dwtGgNz7YmFFpZA-sqdZOdxtA9fsxKmvYZ6SL-KrdEyl8J9KS0Sprk2vy3nqHBBWeh75bf4qW2MGo6dPqzQNvAQ6pTuD7IFPjOGovA1FQEKh10ot_eGkPEx8q1xTuqgcYJtl9iur9tnk6rpvje0-KUJPxVAZ54EynlRARXRenu96TIS7ew/w640-h480/P1008951%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span>The pond
is one of the best bird-watching spots in Nara City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Many wild birds live or come and go.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When I was there, the water suddenly shined bright.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFra3iTChSI_Wn_iUKTzfQ7TRYmxs-ai8CiX7XSYVFxqTf_vogo3iMUgwfp6-_ujCefD1Nq23cdn_1Gw5u70nJTeqS_wHZapt5R_WfVIuDbh5T77zkYg36iDLzoiWcgcprnVGRrcSPv19iX0O60TKqeFKlhmsYP4toukbwPM1aVrjOz2YdVfJ3Q/s700/P1009010%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFra3iTChSI_Wn_iUKTzfQ7TRYmxs-ai8CiX7XSYVFxqTf_vogo3iMUgwfp6-_ujCefD1Nq23cdn_1Gw5u70nJTeqS_wHZapt5R_WfVIuDbh5T77zkYg36iDLzoiWcgcprnVGRrcSPv19iX0O60TKqeFKlhmsYP4toukbwPM1aVrjOz2YdVfJ3Q/s16000/P1009010%20700.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENG-o0tchsqcEfYNN22AOX00zoewumkLHM6bK2e55ipwgncuRfOnldXU5V6mU1uJ50KaBxzLj3HDmzCQpuLF-5dFxqdI0tl9UvCtk4Mza_OTlDTAzNhYyiWhdlFexaNM4lzG6gU1GnjUwHulY272Yh6CJTVvvWvtnTCDDZDaqeE5K3hwIOddlsA/s625/P1008971-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENG-o0tchsqcEfYNN22AOX00zoewumkLHM6bK2e55ipwgncuRfOnldXU5V6mU1uJ50KaBxzLj3HDmzCQpuLF-5dFxqdI0tl9UvCtk4Mza_OTlDTAzNhYyiWhdlFexaNM4lzG6gU1GnjUwHulY272Yh6CJTVvvWvtnTCDDZDaqeE5K3hwIOddlsA/s16000/P1008971-COLLAGE.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>The surrounding area is <a href="https://narashikanko.or.jp/en/spot/world_heritage/heijokyuseki/">Heijo Palace Site</a> and <a href="https://www3.pref.nara.jp/miryoku/aruku/secure/2713/map.pdf">Saki Tatanami Kofungun.</a></div><div>The latter is a group of tumulus that include many mausoleums of emperors in the Yamato regime in the era from the middle to the latter half of the Kofun (tumulus) period (3rd to 7th century).</div><div>It is located in the southern part of the Saki Hills to the north of the Heijyo Palace site.</div><div>Besides the tumuli, there are famous temples such as <a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2014/04/hokke-ji-temple-in-reminiscence-of.html">Hokke-ji</a>, Kairyuo-ji,</div><div>Akishino-dera, and Saidai-ji.</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was chilled to the bone. My heart, however, was filled up with the gentle warmth, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> thankfulness to be able to keep on usual life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">I hope you all leading healthy, fruitful, and hopeful days.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">I have an impression that the first month of the year always passes slowly. It felt more so as I've watched the aftermath of that devastating earthquake in Noto peninsula on the least expected day, New Year's Day, and the continuing unsettling occurrences in the world, too.</span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ishikawatravel.jp/en/destinations/noto/">Noto Peninsula</a>, which is close to Kanazawa, is
a popular tourist destination located at the tip of Ishikawa Pref.,
protruding into the Sea of Japan. It is known for its beautiful natural
sceneries including the beaches of long coastline, <a href="https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4253.html">rock formations</a>, and <a href="https://www.ishikawatravel.jp/en/spots/senmaida-rice-terraces/">Shiroyone Senmaida</a> rice terraces, etc.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span lang="EN-US">The 7.6 magnitude
earthquake with the close, shallow epicenter was so massive that the
seven-level seismic scale, which show how intensely and severely the land was
rocked, recorded the maximum, 7. </span><span>Seafloor was
uplifted about 4 meters and the land was moved westward about one and a half
meters.( <a href="https://www.gsi.go.jp/uchusokuchi/uchusokuchi-e31001.html">Coastline change caused by the earthquake</a>) Due to the buckled road and uplifted seabed, vehicles or ships could
not reach the most-stricken places easily. </span><span>People got
together to survive on their own sharing things they have until the
rescue comes. </span><span>As usual when
things like this happens, I'm deeply moved by the warmth of humanity all around
in the middle of total devastation. Inconveniences are improved little by little, but the</span><span style="text-align: center;"> extensively damaged underwater pipes for water and sewage will take long to be repaired.
I’m so thankful that I can flush the toilet. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span>Situated on the
collision zone of four lithospheric plates: the Eurasian Plate, the
North American Plate, the Philippine Plate and the Pacific Plate, Japan’s
history is repeated earthquakes and volcano eruption. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: center;">Climate pattern seems
to increase the risk of various natural disasters. They are scary and
destructive but predictable with a reasonable degree of accuracy.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: center;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: center;">As for earthquakes, it's impossible to perfectly predict when. There is 70 percent chance of Nankai Trough Earthquake, which has been experienced in 100-150 years, in the next 30 years. We've been preparing to minimize damages.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Patrick Hand; text-align: center;">Thank you for reading.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The Nankai Trough Mega-earthquake by Disaster Management, Cabinet Office</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zxcxG6rCzM4" width="320" youtube-src-id="zxcxG6rCzM4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">This video is not to be scared but to get awakened to prepare for the worst.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Linked to <a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/">Saturday Critters</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/02/mosaicmonday-no-69.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div></span></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-32647436753887869492023-12-18T12:46:00.001+09:002023-12-18T14:22:34.290+09:00Mido-suji Illumination<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2wTwpqa367g7-IpkI2eZCnXfLdSFPerQSpqytwV9z3ZGoBEDnqCRfqFmSjL5SpdhcgPWVGrkEm44Bn6ORf6vo4k9NeZSpywt2tMXTQHMs4ArTn0mnNf9WFsa5VlDExixcsG9KO6GjEmJijdO_BnHb8kNxBp2l8NZulU9wc12G0a3NKaBi0udXibK/s800/P1038235%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2wTwpqa367g7-IpkI2eZCnXfLdSFPerQSpqytwV9z3ZGoBEDnqCRfqFmSjL5SpdhcgPWVGrkEm44Bn6ORf6vo4k9NeZSpywt2tMXTQHMs4ArTn0mnNf9WFsa5VlDExixcsG9KO6GjEmJijdO_BnHb8kNxBp2l8NZulU9wc12G0a3NKaBi0udXibK/w640-h480/P1038235%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">At the Grand Front Osaka, Umeda</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mido-suji Boulevard runs north-south in the center of Osaka, the second largest city in Japan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Right under the boulevard, Mido-suji Line of Osaka Metro runs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Big companies and international brand outlets stand on both sides of it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It is also lined with border of
ginkgo trees, which cast lovely shade </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">in summer </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">and fabulous golden-yellow foliage in autumn.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In winter, the trees are illuminated about 4 kilomiters between Umeda and Namba.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Last year, pink light bulbs made me feel as if Sakura (cherry blossoms) were blooming </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">on the bare trees.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfF-2eUv50B0Jib8EK8ciMoCiKHrW4DmrZkSjKHVk0kZ07kwaWV8hPgHXVfU4SBEYd63CzlBdG-QjH9bKIqHDJVjh8RraJmWUAiT6nYQyTR_zT-uORyFQFJd7mdF_nCNl8SHFV4l9SqGW7JWJBehWElMzehTdi5HoxBSFzi61jHRhAUtxIo1dIrro/s800/P1018318%201%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Last year, sudden fleezing rain stopped my walk halfway, so this post includes </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">the scenes from the last year.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This year, as you see in the photos below, many Ginkgo leaves are left due to too warm autumn </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">and warm winter till the day before yesterday.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Brilliant yellow leaves made champaign-gold bulbs look whitish in my photos.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVF2XvH2tAvw98Xi-Ghz5MsOYvt5nvvR8ODLSdeiI3YyjuOo3lk-uYmySgqohkLaluLLWjd0xR11aeVkjmkw2dEIvlN4EUMzjUdHm1toVeuqq_OlFybYRqR_jScnvXTVCQKYufB8kbKkkZfojtL_HnmkX2O22SJvRH_XOaTq91XIsr2rHgYvMl3Ip/s800/P1038925%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVF2XvH2tAvw98Xi-Ghz5MsOYvt5nvvR8ODLSdeiI3YyjuOo3lk-uYmySgqohkLaluLLWjd0xR11aeVkjmkw2dEIvlN4EUMzjUdHm1toVeuqq_OlFybYRqR_jScnvXTVCQKYufB8kbKkkZfojtL_HnmkX2O22SJvRH_XOaTq91XIsr2rHgYvMl3Ip/w640-h424/P1038925%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gA64A-rzdBU5NusU_CPVMk6akchU9yZzPF6mTF9tP8b_JdtHa8R2h12-tanb9BipCzziuJLmPaD2eL3NQaOxLyhx-Eh5-P1WdOKXgB4lUDzZjPFyR62_tcpTqW70_fQEklNV2Dw5SvOW8Q4M_3tK1nZ7zAAY10DuMivaYtSvBWc56e2c02Fdab_U/s800/P1038500%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="605" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gA64A-rzdBU5NusU_CPVMk6akchU9yZzPF6mTF9tP8b_JdtHa8R2h12-tanb9BipCzziuJLmPaD2eL3NQaOxLyhx-Eh5-P1WdOKXgB4lUDzZjPFyR62_tcpTqW70_fQEklNV2Dw5SvOW8Q4M_3tK1nZ7zAAY10DuMivaYtSvBWc56e2c02Fdab_U/w484-h640/P1038500%20800.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mido-suji has another attraction as "Sculpture Street".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">29 sculptures by famous artists are displayed on both sides near Yodoyabashi.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">All of them, real not replica, were donated by the companies in the neighborhood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">I was surprised to find <i>Eve</i> by Rodin standing along the road </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">because I like it </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">when such a famous sculpture stands in the garden of a museum </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">or in a park.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm-JAhkBF-QrhFO5-urN3VqN6mLO8e6FQ2YWovJBWDVMnllUnc7XDqzdM-McOLmdp_gnEgpsxnzoMjtSBetSEXDBE6l2OmpMwzUXymMGUdyNT0Ho8YdH1A52XGaQkfgvcfltruR7sMVmzH8btw2dTHwlE9dZiqliDSC2WN9RXGlYRYAtUug954mp4/s800/P1038481%201%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="608" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm-JAhkBF-QrhFO5-urN3VqN6mLO8e6FQ2YWovJBWDVMnllUnc7XDqzdM-McOLmdp_gnEgpsxnzoMjtSBetSEXDBE6l2OmpMwzUXymMGUdyNT0Ho8YdH1A52XGaQkfgvcfltruR7sMVmzH8btw2dTHwlE9dZiqliDSC2WN9RXGlYRYAtUug954mp4/w486-h640/P1038481%201%20800.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Eve</i> by Auguste Rodin, donated by Osaka Gas Corp.</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">This is one of my favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">In the girl's raised hands is a dove which is about to take flight.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NddDpvw0zVA2fGel__8_ZrIYSd86h44EHssEJx3DiHXj8lR4wZ4B6UFrjK88m27Kv9xHfsftrE2vPYlUDkK6lu_f-1DYPgjL2LuNSB203OgNdq1p_JCXTIpczBuyV5EjnCsX2dMCtT_aRU73fgAa8yNsixM4IFVwQkpmsDmloJsAhS49pi64gnoE/s800/P1038477%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NddDpvw0zVA2fGel__8_ZrIYSd86h44EHssEJx3DiHXj8lR4wZ4B6UFrjK88m27Kv9xHfsftrE2vPYlUDkK6lu_f-1DYPgjL2LuNSB203OgNdq1p_JCXTIpczBuyV5EjnCsX2dMCtT_aRU73fgAa8yNsixM4IFVwQkpmsDmloJsAhS49pi64gnoE/w640-h426/P1038477%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">"<i>大空に Into the Sky</i>" by KUWAHARA Hiromori, </span><span style="font-family: times;">donated by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHQrRE9pX3g_vmXqAeQkopHFCyZOTz-pBV_dv5pDL2dHTpuoqQccwUrOc21QkRThOWIo2R-fznRgQfyOGXlnP4F77MiH68_Tw8ZK3yxo81I8o5CzXz_ln2N3G2r7TFx0eYyzrhLTxf1lpHc-D2U7QWM-Vu24icYebzMhyxxBgSzwR7NiPty_tFeoi/s800/P1038517%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHQrRE9pX3g_vmXqAeQkopHFCyZOTz-pBV_dv5pDL2dHTpuoqQccwUrOc21QkRThOWIo2R-fznRgQfyOGXlnP4F77MiH68_Tw8ZK3yxo81I8o5CzXz_ln2N3G2r7TFx0eYyzrhLTxf1lpHc-D2U7QWM-Vu24icYebzMhyxxBgSzwR7NiPty_tFeoi/w484-h640/P1038517%20800.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>The Accordian Player </i>by Ossip Zadkine, donated by TAKENAKA Corp.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlDuRd5V4P2IPrmvkCFY1p7b9z003thSm9E00Ujy-7WRBHiSoKSoB95KccJMDC6HYgco5X8n_iqDzOORPMx4XznSKnAQfW50Szwjs94veEJASj4OYnlEgSbEidWvFme2hB7xj2FgNGcSV31jk6TOTHrjQA2xekO3cNGQUO-4EOu4lF5YV67EM4wng/s768/P1038472%20800%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="575" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlDuRd5V4P2IPrmvkCFY1p7b9z003thSm9E00Ujy-7WRBHiSoKSoB95KccJMDC6HYgco5X8n_iqDzOORPMx4XznSKnAQfW50Szwjs94veEJASj4OYnlEgSbEidWvFme2hB7xj2FgNGcSV31jk6TOTHrjQA2xekO3cNGQUO-4EOu4lF5YV67EM4wng/w480-h640/P1038472%20800%201.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Illumination colors change from area to area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaiSN0NSWgJXzd_fCuJztcE4E1R6KTEhDz11crocV6L1Ut_WGVgzNQOSTzUPMtlvqGHx81XeTyvkyTE2CHnkL-jOfCbrV1zASUihH8vf0VdQedfGY2WNQO2ydMRVGFR8deNyV4KKZEKhkNtadDF5ViJihJabtTPTjnhzRjKaCUKlh29P73zgJT8jK/s800/P1018331%20corel%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaiSN0NSWgJXzd_fCuJztcE4E1R6KTEhDz11crocV6L1Ut_WGVgzNQOSTzUPMtlvqGHx81XeTyvkyTE2CHnkL-jOfCbrV1zASUihH8vf0VdQedfGY2WNQO2ydMRVGFR8deNyV4KKZEKhkNtadDF5ViJihJabtTPTjnhzRjKaCUKlh29P73zgJT8jK/w640-h480/P1018331%20corel%20800.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">(2022)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't pass by without photographing reflections on glasses, wet pavement, or cars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRyE7f-uIY9yy-ijjtCtTuxq4ncSYIoeC2d8sPR8YD16in5-m7HCWllYp3i4cXdTfBf9jeLzSyB7QobhNrJZFxzDllWhu5-xxcRQdbqpgYHeiZRUwpyNCBr-rxmgW9sEJmEcID3nmrrXyyRGmWWYlPomAzqN5Fwh5FZY9XnMhD2c0nNo_5zbDWCCZ/s800/P1018291%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRyE7f-uIY9yy-ijjtCtTuxq4ncSYIoeC2d8sPR8YD16in5-m7HCWllYp3i4cXdTfBf9jeLzSyB7QobhNrJZFxzDllWhu5-xxcRQdbqpgYHeiZRUwpyNCBr-rxmgW9sEJmEcID3nmrrXyyRGmWWYlPomAzqN5Fwh5FZY9XnMhD2c0nNo_5zbDWCCZ/w640-h480/P1018291%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">(2022)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveZWmMgBp5NfwzApU5MkfHPz1oITG79DlFBNchFcVA7mPkl58qmKEOl5bnOvkklIjhK_8WNoRTvXvyULbaGz-ajlzFQ9FUTv8ekYbJul2w_MVanCgKjbolVWSvBs3PvKqtDxfLgZLNXL01G-HEh3zRHtYPNW3a9Tj-mL0uiDhlxNQYWsfVIXFsJhp/s800/P1038618%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveZWmMgBp5NfwzApU5MkfHPz1oITG79DlFBNchFcVA7mPkl58qmKEOl5bnOvkklIjhK_8WNoRTvXvyULbaGz-ajlzFQ9FUTv8ekYbJul2w_MVanCgKjbolVWSvBs3PvKqtDxfLgZLNXL01G-HEh3zRHtYPNW3a9Tj-mL0uiDhlxNQYWsfVIXFsJhp/w484-h640/P1038618%20800.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Different color bulbs are used near Shinsaibashi, 2023</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These artificial light falling on people are so close that we feel we can reach </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but stars are invisible due to the dazzling lights on earth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbsaOj5bNfRV9kFDx-BWpDlI8QWTe-KI_RuvGDnI8nlh2agX1On9_jlUy2894hCdV_7HOCPIhO1g1XOywG0x9GdvrCMeti-w-eZcreaKkkfqJRjy-iEuzaeI75H35A1JJ0yHE9X7TsXfnPeX5-VsHTRoe03PXfF8F-MT16Ol5NLQk8nlWpxmsdTVu/s750/midosuji%204-01%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbsaOj5bNfRV9kFDx-BWpDlI8QWTe-KI_RuvGDnI8nlh2agX1On9_jlUy2894hCdV_7HOCPIhO1g1XOywG0x9GdvrCMeti-w-eZcreaKkkfqJRjy-iEuzaeI75H35A1JJ0yHE9X7TsXfnPeX5-VsHTRoe03PXfF8F-MT16Ol5NLQk8nlWpxmsdTVu/s16000/midosuji%204-01%20750.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The year 2023 is going to be over in the carousel of time</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">with cherished moments as well as anger and sadness on the ongoing</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> incidents worldwide.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">See you in 2024, probably in February.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">On bright days during the past two weeks, I walked through shining autumn colors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> in the crisp air.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day, the moon looked peeping through the <b>Crape myrtle</b> leaves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were magical scenes unfolding under the clear, blue skies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0WqEdsY42nf0M1CXobPItnitstmc2_1vF7xlw5CelK362ZL6x9n82wiVt0VcBQWNMz2GuO9DCv8NHmA8gjPpLgrnv42uRCkwjUXtlvPPo-CjFvw5-IL-LyO-dKuUmWqckvzI32blgfMvE0Ie3QqLD1pn0V3PGiOAcvJoDpJAduySyiAJCqBuLFli/s800/P1036879%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0WqEdsY42nf0M1CXobPItnitstmc2_1vF7xlw5CelK362ZL6x9n82wiVt0VcBQWNMz2GuO9DCv8NHmA8gjPpLgrnv42uRCkwjUXtlvPPo-CjFvw5-IL-LyO-dKuUmWqckvzI32blgfMvE0Ie3QqLD1pn0V3PGiOAcvJoDpJAduySyiAJCqBuLFli/w640-h476/P1036879%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;">Nov. 21st</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Kyoto Botanical Garden -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Formosa Sweetgum start changing colors to orange earlier in the season </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the woods of <span style="text-align: center;">Kyoto Botanical Garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8tLSy2PWn_tqY8-bhiEYQYAkugBsbjXQSYfc3SIRHk77QLrLD-XzEOUngM7Lu-xl5O14YB1vdaS7h_KgjoaGRk8pa89kU7mOi5C-r7w7LMgfh1aCQ6Tyse-1GgagwzaiaGDHpcgJGPcizwvugrNMRSncdYkACWr5MpcyHLa4C1serbNs9NWfoYoD/s1106/P1016775%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1106" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8tLSy2PWn_tqY8-bhiEYQYAkugBsbjXQSYfc3SIRHk77QLrLD-XzEOUngM7Lu-xl5O14YB1vdaS7h_KgjoaGRk8pa89kU7mOi5C-r7w7LMgfh1aCQ6Tyse-1GgagwzaiaGDHpcgJGPcizwvugrNMRSncdYkACWr5MpcyHLa4C1serbNs9NWfoYoD/w640-h480/P1016775%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nov. 15th</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0uzdycd61NNzhrRzZF1n5qky5kmUmqRaMZzVCH1oKENYSvFyu0xNYftqUUW4hj81-qAWztL5UxhE22692CxPOND7VYVtE1f78gqbi5LOdV8sodmwKUJuMUAnaqfY1J_3l3zz6Pcvg9wz4_-pKzpkEvwmWMaFysMzxmLy8Kn328p4CAWcfSd7E51Hv/s800/P1001968%20(597x800).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0uzdycd61NNzhrRzZF1n5qky5kmUmqRaMZzVCH1oKENYSvFyu0xNYftqUUW4hj81-qAWztL5UxhE22692CxPOND7VYVtE1f78gqbi5LOdV8sodmwKUJuMUAnaqfY1J_3l3zz6Pcvg9wz4_-pKzpkEvwmWMaFysMzxmLy8Kn328p4CAWcfSd7E51Hv/w478-h640/P1001968%20(597x800).jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Floating leaves and shimmering reflections on the water of the one of four ponds</div><div style="text-align: center;"> surrounding the woods of Nakaragi.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Nara Park -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Chinese Tallow</b> look the most bewitching in the late November at Ukigumo-enchi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many of them were cut down and it's one of the few still standing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpk19NMQPx65agiyS4mTXqM__-SgWoBDIHsosnAEj3LSoJ-B2mqVhgINutawDQzVxQrZ7exCdDrckIRG-ZZifzYGB7cOIa5-LgBKDM8kCnTtQ_FGVTVh_lWYcxQNRlOzIO-rXxKTiczLhytZHrRsoSPPNtZqV_JqmNwJboRnk8GiJVcYFp82G2BPG/s800/P1036941%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpk19NMQPx65agiyS4mTXqM__-SgWoBDIHsosnAEj3LSoJ-B2mqVhgINutawDQzVxQrZ7exCdDrckIRG-ZZifzYGB7cOIa5-LgBKDM8kCnTtQ_FGVTVh_lWYcxQNRlOzIO-rXxKTiczLhytZHrRsoSPPNtZqV_JqmNwJboRnk8GiJVcYFp82G2BPG/w640-h480/P1036941%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nov. 21st</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Ginkgos</b> at Daibutsu-ike Pond</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="800" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTM2m2J9LrQlZVNWLzHbFAA3twkAx-waHukt4iRggWLlRFQ8xUa23iBzBhPLSC857pjH8ucHFhH0uDHD-8Bjz0MQAxs_x_8wAz7WshDAY2T4AF05Safc0VjI5axb30BqCeCB-8iFdflIWhAx8jqYVy7taW3GGmcukLHMTHyzsMX8prUyDHAVq30NJ6/w640-h422/P1240063%20stardust.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDd1q5JVneEA8hGEg4MCpAbJUa33yn46RGG_pbtq46JirFTwzlfDrV7R8eB_hL8-PRLTNnRQr2NQUUw2PVWeCyXLq_LkAY6jk_ZEn1amHjOsgd-oiiYUSCnvVfd0Yb80AHf4S_CQ06ykR_p1vegwP7oNGBF4WTnCqGblIlQrgFb0wJz1JdG_y2WWh/s800/P1006665%20(800x595).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDd1q5JVneEA8hGEg4MCpAbJUa33yn46RGG_pbtq46JirFTwzlfDrV7R8eB_hL8-PRLTNnRQr2NQUUw2PVWeCyXLq_LkAY6jk_ZEn1amHjOsgd-oiiYUSCnvVfd0Yb80AHf4S_CQ06ykR_p1vegwP7oNGBF4WTnCqGblIlQrgFb0wJz1JdG_y2WWh/w640-h476/P1006665%20(800x595).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunset colors of yellow, rose, orange, red and gold, and even green </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">can be present on the same leaf.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iIvEQWeBdYu_xmrvlpE8r7-7y9PokI-uA6LFytcmzIum6n1esTyMo1OyIQ8sZ-NfCks8rQ_tu4SDefgiqyUTpzoPhPGq28_w1JDpl5leDEZybLECOl2wM6wOQ431vAMgxI_aQaLzuvW_0ABf5i_uZRB18RFsFonSLkmNw4WHVPmuvnH2aEoIBYmJ/s800/P2250524%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iIvEQWeBdYu_xmrvlpE8r7-7y9PokI-uA6LFytcmzIum6n1esTyMo1OyIQ8sZ-NfCks8rQ_tu4SDefgiqyUTpzoPhPGq28_w1JDpl5leDEZybLECOl2wM6wOQ431vAMgxI_aQaLzuvW_0ABf5i_uZRB18RFsFonSLkmNw4WHVPmuvnH2aEoIBYmJ/w640-h480/P2250524%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Grand finale of autumn; the curtain will come down soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrglJRnpWSSoQ83-8u0uP73z3t5GQUwdFr0ZpcTikBbJ6lVrazCfk1KXz12ZIhmc-Od6ecmeom_6ADFkNV9Nh8iGr3tsCGpIigVbawVt7eL89uunu2YVl-ltt2xe799NVqRYgB-dDrYxciFmHUdFVLjMDC5zntlzG4FggjaphHwwDSW0D54H_EMGOp/s800/P1036958%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrglJRnpWSSoQ83-8u0uP73z3t5GQUwdFr0ZpcTikBbJ6lVrazCfk1KXz12ZIhmc-Od6ecmeom_6ADFkNV9Nh8iGr3tsCGpIigVbawVt7eL89uunu2YVl-ltt2xe799NVqRYgB-dDrYxciFmHUdFVLjMDC5zntlzG4FggjaphHwwDSW0D54H_EMGOp/w640-h480/P1036958%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div>Japanese Maple leaves are the last to fall to the ground.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2eSvGNsaVBwEKpzTciAQ0CuTfeMn6v_Y7SvoAXQgOZVA81nxLG49jxFxxR1-AhGn5eNyXa_zxY_TCxlXJ3Di9ElHCh37i-KVZRxMbXDiM9pzFFH7PIUDzmAincq9G1pfo7HVE2nWBSuwGuC39ScD4cJYX-OIjbz0hHewM4F3ezBnmPHyA4B2ngct/s800/P1037822%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2eSvGNsaVBwEKpzTciAQ0CuTfeMn6v_Y7SvoAXQgOZVA81nxLG49jxFxxR1-AhGn5eNyXa_zxY_TCxlXJ3Di9ElHCh37i-KVZRxMbXDiM9pzFFH7PIUDzmAincq9G1pfo7HVE2nWBSuwGuC39ScD4cJYX-OIjbz0hHewM4F3ezBnmPHyA4B2ngct/w640-h480/P1037822%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nov. 26th</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span>Do you remem</span><span>ber their sp</span><span>ring colors of lush, bright leaves?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ToT71QF1xXjLwFQNpRWiFO15sA6p_RDQgswbPt8qGyar7vCxKxfjYgP5nLfcF4z4nicPhbeF_NVCV5ezPX0-arDVjdIdKZ9pwWRy4WWSSwM3tBM-dbklghLJh7oGm3JJLiuqP8kmI68iC7ZeXBwaMlKu03MXrUA8neCcJgBNo4hpfCAgRqtafbof/s800/P1032090%20800%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ToT71QF1xXjLwFQNpRWiFO15sA6p_RDQgswbPt8qGyar7vCxKxfjYgP5nLfcF4z4nicPhbeF_NVCV5ezPX0-arDVjdIdKZ9pwWRy4WWSSwM3tBM-dbklghLJh7oGm3JJLiuqP8kmI68iC7ZeXBwaMlKu03MXrUA8neCcJgBNo4hpfCAgRqtafbof/w400-h265/P1032090%20800%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">After bursting with its last beauty, nature gets muted in colors gradually </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div>into the real winter.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnGIj2k3OGH6JuwmtQ0L2zcE26PcrLrd1i4O1A-rKJegnklaMj74njqYWfas4zKlB6axBzx3VOafEFvILA4Pe9ApZxWU8L3nK0K2wB0rxs26a-27JNfHz38pMae_DmVOLuWxVU1eLBak-RA5ZtuZQ6hK_r-K1XSx6eaxdUaFs0gIVzglbU-hlsKEg/s750/magic%20hour7-01%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnGIj2k3OGH6JuwmtQ0L2zcE26PcrLrd1i4O1A-rKJegnklaMj74njqYWfas4zKlB6axBzx3VOafEFvILA4Pe9ApZxWU8L3nK0K2wB0rxs26a-27JNfHz38pMae_DmVOLuWxVU1eLBak-RA5ZtuZQ6hK_r-K1XSx6eaxdUaFs0gIVzglbU-hlsKEg/s16000/magic%20hour7-01%20750.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yellow, red, and green reminded me of Marc Chagall, a magician of colors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This copy of Chagall's work was painted by my grandson Y on a canvas board.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Y has joined art class once a two months to improve his painting skills</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as well as to express himself.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvddsEocyMHY9seD_3ZKj0Qplm41rMuIfh2-YnX1QJnDEvmGvVtP12XTCPpve3qhnaVTHak-mRJ2s4QhGWlDqaxNP-aV5X9sHQHi2oCtA08RNrmMUmlzF66FrHKlu6oyXfdvm9Zp1J1xcv1zWfuw7feIjMVYvsXsg-qlp-1SOyKCOVXOU6FRyIJIhc/s800/P1035691%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvddsEocyMHY9seD_3ZKj0Qplm41rMuIfh2-YnX1QJnDEvmGvVtP12XTCPpve3qhnaVTHak-mRJ2s4QhGWlDqaxNP-aV5X9sHQHi2oCtA08RNrmMUmlzF66FrHKlu6oyXfdvm9Zp1J1xcv1zWfuw7feIjMVYvsXsg-qlp-1SOyKCOVXOU6FRyIJIhc/w426-h640/P1035691%20800.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/12/saturday-critters-520.html#comment-form">Saturday Critters</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/12/mosaicmonday-no-60.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-57339759286454699622023-11-19T17:45:00.003+09:002023-11-20T10:39:47.220+09:00Leaf-watching <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1EiUNIr6H-u363I5Cc-Q9JPWE6thfi1QwlaYdg0d7YfTj-bqIeycugTSMm8WBuCrQbBnv2qpnEOdDTvRnRUcCC5-o9iRLo-s-GawPP0Dzb3Jl_MfTh_AV76Iwrmf4Lx9m9Sbl2MeOVz6oLBXtx8kxbasdTHsIMqxFlqkJlMpa2bcsxy1EkR2YSaQ/s800/P1036394%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1EiUNIr6H-u363I5Cc-Q9JPWE6thfi1QwlaYdg0d7YfTj-bqIeycugTSMm8WBuCrQbBnv2qpnEOdDTvRnRUcCC5-o9iRLo-s-GawPP0Dzb3Jl_MfTh_AV76Iwrmf4Lx9m9Sbl2MeOVz6oLBXtx8kxbasdTHsIMqxFlqkJlMpa2bcsxy1EkR2YSaQ/w640-h480/P1036394%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cherry tree, Nov. 15th</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Japanese archipelago which is long south to north, autumn foliage season </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">starts around mid-September in the high mountains of northern Hokkaido and gradually </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">moves to lower elevation and more southern latitudes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's peak usually reaches both Kanto (including Tokyo) and Kansai </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(including Kyoto and Nara) regions in the latter half of November and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">continues into early to mid-December.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2kvMcLbffj_ToSwXp1_wSyktoZ0QmmIsoR3dQuqax3aRBkkJyWN1hirw2z602HOteA51fE3hllyXTbiJjuQqtjy8_LfoA05dleLySYa6os2z9tcLKSJ5UYEC0z2jmPM7f5J0kP8YPUsD4XrBHMSwTh5ah6ZpfkmfTEgEDU4c2G3BvmHTtUHocY79/s800/P1036363%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2kvMcLbffj_ToSwXp1_wSyktoZ0QmmIsoR3dQuqax3aRBkkJyWN1hirw2z602HOteA51fE3hllyXTbiJjuQqtjy8_LfoA05dleLySYa6os2z9tcLKSJ5UYEC0z2jmPM7f5J0kP8YPUsD4XrBHMSwTh5ah6ZpfkmfTEgEDU4c2G3BvmHTtUHocY79/w480-h640/P1036363%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now in the latter half of November, coloring is delayed due to the severe,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">long lingering summer heat into early November.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And besides, deadly heat of mid-summer made some of trees lose leaves before coloring. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">However, I do love the leaves which have changed colors very slow but steady.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They are not overwhelmingly gorgeous but beautiful with the muted tone of various colors.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QMDkCYdwgKd0UpPyyYcnxNxyT1LP3qZFb8-4FgX-5KWW383GOuYNnIpt6cXPUHdCjDTiwsI7o73-viY1a4XaIDKYPQ-eJKVA0U03yGetYDOnfSdwZXCGSSh9CeMnHC1SAqWcn4Xj6Citrs1neSgXN4ao_29FdzVA04R7rCOzpCk7ZPseKKc5e-f9/s800/P1036379%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QMDkCYdwgKd0UpPyyYcnxNxyT1LP3qZFb8-4FgX-5KWW383GOuYNnIpt6cXPUHdCjDTiwsI7o73-viY1a4XaIDKYPQ-eJKVA0U03yGetYDOnfSdwZXCGSSh9CeMnHC1SAqWcn4Xj6Citrs1neSgXN4ao_29FdzVA04R7rCOzpCk7ZPseKKc5e-f9/w640-h476/P1036379%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Cherry Trees </b>(the first four images) have displayed soft green, yellow, orange, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and reddish orange at the same time. </div><div style="text-align: center;">People love their blossoms in spring, Sakura, but their autumn foliage is not so popular </div><div style="text-align: center;">as Japanese Maple, Ginkgo, or Chinese Tallow leaves.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a shame. Cherry Tree blooms twice a year in spring and in autumn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMuPw8HbgYAcBOLymU5N1_XtHuTntYEuHpN5kVsKDBH_1P_NoK4M6Cevb4fDzJ6PDRwM9OAn3LubqXUVB4v6xB1uxcUMCDkM_i1oXUq3MUhj4n3fDs19NBlEOAopPZgvKY58r1q2ixv7Yh9wALZdtLwPDpcBGqjct2My3Fmp5a6HZFCahU0WKINih/s800/P1036248%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMuPw8HbgYAcBOLymU5N1_XtHuTntYEuHpN5kVsKDBH_1P_NoK4M6Cevb4fDzJ6PDRwM9OAn3LubqXUVB4v6xB1uxcUMCDkM_i1oXUq3MUhj4n3fDs19NBlEOAopPZgvKY58r1q2ixv7Yh9wALZdtLwPDpcBGqjct2My3Fmp5a6HZFCahU0WKINih/w474-h640/P1036248%20800.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Chinese Tallow </b>is one of my favorite trees for its heart or spade-shaped leaves </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the flamboyant display of colors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCgaPaG91WBqBPbi-sLd8c2xmRwBEECgplYkqhrRxv__RGXKAV-kVbaWY9jXVsFVlES5HV28wVzY4moQ9uxAQeSLw7DzHbMznbWn4c3O83znXqqfF3LG2Q2SrBaUsX7AnerLtm9aC3EOVzxpZpWZSWnQErrjIW8VXwulURLZcHc_fcZmML8LWAzgy/s800/P1036419%20800.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCgaPaG91WBqBPbi-sLd8c2xmRwBEECgplYkqhrRxv__RGXKAV-kVbaWY9jXVsFVlES5HV28wVzY4moQ9uxAQeSLw7DzHbMznbWn4c3O83znXqqfF3LG2Q2SrBaUsX7AnerLtm9aC3EOVzxpZpWZSWnQErrjIW8VXwulURLZcHc_fcZmML8LWAzgy/w482-h640/P1036419%20800.JPG" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nov. 15th</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1_Rlq6JrJHM4AIT-RBxMaZcW8JkUOOXw9GzPF3bl_qm6wznTJtFQqBITarPTOksulF6U2GNBXdDXRgfCZm8pIXTM43AS7LfseyobmAKX_l8wB4GiD7CrMV4sRU1qCxlwFUwaEC1VkChKxEl1VuKypeBqZ6KKPGOfLgLzGLKToIjew_F_XyxFRGou/s800/P1036415%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1_Rlq6JrJHM4AIT-RBxMaZcW8JkUOOXw9GzPF3bl_qm6wznTJtFQqBITarPTOksulF6U2GNBXdDXRgfCZm8pIXTM43AS7LfseyobmAKX_l8wB4GiD7CrMV4sRU1qCxlwFUwaEC1VkChKxEl1VuKypeBqZ6KKPGOfLgLzGLKToIjew_F_XyxFRGou/w478-h640/P1036415%20800.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3rMh8J1XozzZOWFGFot4IOMnGres5nq5t1saJ6nBxEk0Ji0iQ50q0RJLeNQ-mzNNQPqGxa2Tnjlb-LlSYmwEjM5_YY4QtYkqol7s5iggGzHraFRKBjXEVX2W4sO30GS49-mmxFWxIbfmoZy85trv2XdTuzdPgIBRb4gBKn87oAyM9vIADRxfXzqN/s800/P1036296%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3rMh8J1XozzZOWFGFot4IOMnGres5nq5t1saJ6nBxEk0Ji0iQ50q0RJLeNQ-mzNNQPqGxa2Tnjlb-LlSYmwEjM5_YY4QtYkqol7s5iggGzHraFRKBjXEVX2W4sO30GS49-mmxFWxIbfmoZy85trv2XdTuzdPgIBRb4gBKn87oAyM9vIADRxfXzqN/w640-h480/P1036296%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The strong wind of yesterday blew off most of the leaves and seeds covered</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the layer of white wax remain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvSMxudpGxl4aHCtrDTEpG9zTVHoh5PCar3BN0Uxk9mvI9H-YOaiaCvOY3B1Q5LXL-6Xa8bPP4sWBWHOL-IfjhTQUaGrdneaWdH2Nh0Dx2dcMMNI22WVUrfXOgxiok3yMUlnMAO8LYd6WRnCpZDMk4nSJ74EoOm4i11OBa5ydGLsfzygI7OauwhtN/s800/P1036773%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="603" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvSMxudpGxl4aHCtrDTEpG9zTVHoh5PCar3BN0Uxk9mvI9H-YOaiaCvOY3B1Q5LXL-6Xa8bPP4sWBWHOL-IfjhTQUaGrdneaWdH2Nh0Dx2dcMMNI22WVUrfXOgxiok3yMUlnMAO8LYd6WRnCpZDMk4nSJ74EoOm4i11OBa5ydGLsfzygI7OauwhtN/w482-h640/P1036773%20800.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nov. 19th</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is <b>Crape myrtle</b>, which I once featured in <a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2021/11/autumn-colors-of-crape-myrtles.html">Autumn colors of Crape myrtle</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi045rlr-GQsBenG5IKyEa3GtcavwIkaycocSVz0FF0-V1v-ndlnOkXOb3RntgSC4Bv7v6BVP6qUWZ9BUw_7he9GIHCvIp9mUqUXnWlcs5i_9NPVEBdhk_rYB0gBWNAmSI_nLZn_ycTom5f6m9BGo0KnP3TKlwHWkPR8zqdKFK7QmOQRHnKAP7cwXtB/s800/P1036751%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi045rlr-GQsBenG5IKyEa3GtcavwIkaycocSVz0FF0-V1v-ndlnOkXOb3RntgSC4Bv7v6BVP6qUWZ9BUw_7he9GIHCvIp9mUqUXnWlcs5i_9NPVEBdhk_rYB0gBWNAmSI_nLZn_ycTom5f6m9BGo0KnP3TKlwHWkPR8zqdKFK7QmOQRHnKAP7cwXtB/w640-h480/P1036751%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;">Nov. 19th</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tulip poplar</b>, <i>Liriodendron tulipifera, </i>changes colors as early as September</div><div style="text-align: center;">and is usually bare in the beginning of November, but green to yellow leaves </div><div style="text-align: center;">were still dancing on top branches. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2e2kgSUWQLaT6SIwQB7o5x7MCfx8WCdTqgdMbKAqpKgLEx6lh1bfUEMUT6_nIJuwuz33bjb9cCuZ0VVJJLdZaViH2gi0S0D58CaQNIsAvVc4PUsoG67YUnFyInL-R2yNzuZ1gBcQ3GOiM14naH0TZSAlnNtvqFGmO7sV9gAQz9ZdWb5HCboY_YJ_6/w480-h640/P1036406%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nov. 3rd</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The top part of the quite tall tree receives the last rays of the sun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzo-LSqiOCMYgrNBdK5jaigNKdwW_RiI5MWg2OVdrr76_tGZprLd1MwA-13IPJ_Pg9_pbxkOIWZkbtXzE8P0W_ueNcL_tCTqebNoUn7T2qkqIaZGauho9XUFuH4ZKx6eWk6GnnPcK_QQNspFAYZTjTVcM1DZM5PwKx2t-JDM59MCR_ZNv3vcfpexkg/s800/P1036440%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzo-LSqiOCMYgrNBdK5jaigNKdwW_RiI5MWg2OVdrr76_tGZprLd1MwA-13IPJ_Pg9_pbxkOIWZkbtXzE8P0W_ueNcL_tCTqebNoUn7T2qkqIaZGauho9XUFuH4ZKx6eWk6GnnPcK_QQNspFAYZTjTVcM1DZM5PwKx2t-JDM59MCR_ZNv3vcfpexkg/w426-h640/P1036440%20800.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dogwood</b> leaves start changing colors the first among all the deciduous trees.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In my garden, they reached prime time in early November.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYSb9OWPULTYhW8Udhqd2Rd8zgSCoEHq4ZkX0AAQskYWsw7leS6Ba6X8M5D-0STttiyr87mXrxwTjlapf-7AKjzMIeFbtnsO6jCjcEdJdfdLRQBtoaU7hACbtxc3yly98Qj7XGTNivkGPA2R0g0j-IMBlstxaRvvCrRPEhaQKEYPjvPxIep8BGnpP/s800/P1036192%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYSb9OWPULTYhW8Udhqd2Rd8zgSCoEHq4ZkX0AAQskYWsw7leS6Ba6X8M5D-0STttiyr87mXrxwTjlapf-7AKjzMIeFbtnsO6jCjcEdJdfdLRQBtoaU7hACbtxc3yly98Qj7XGTNivkGPA2R0g0j-IMBlstxaRvvCrRPEhaQKEYPjvPxIep8BGnpP/w422-h640/P1036192%20800.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nov. 3rd</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following four photos are the leaves of 南天 Nanten, <b>Nandina domestica</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tree is believed to bring goo</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">d fortune when planted in the northeast, "demon's gate".</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO4sAuYmFSvQ2cc6k1hBEfJN13W4iPw33zXmFj6BvTvHK6c3Y4L7MTV5NKNkK4mwXl0U8HHpNDc84iE1susgcnUeboF54lfG1eOEjYAYJHNhDPNF7qN1C8DWxMoLTYYRTeT1bWR8bwRpTU9ttIaREhcO0gXsH2nafwMrTjEnIOYmtMrpMYCzX-FEW/w482-h640/P1036220%20800.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love the bright red berries and the deep green leaves </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">on the upright shrub.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had thought my Nanten was evergreen, though learned it "semi-evergreen"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">when I found reddish leaves for the first time since we planted it </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">in our garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't know the science behind the sudden change.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you see the photo, leaves are mostly green and a little of red is seen </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">in the blurred background.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHAs6P1ANER4mK1nOlByPO7wYYpFOAeEH6vxFtWzSTfQjS7YDhe554sCZeemhcDEsdDCeFZG_QLMhcp2QmC9zebiiMN3kDxSOt5jF-FLsOpd0dWgB14cf6ClKAeXzEGvt5bl_B1jGhKnpl8TlrabH2AUnoU9MdXFs7oO4dWfVAHPPKHSEQI5HGvIW/w478-h640/P1036323%20800.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On November 7th, it was recorded the highest November temperature in 100 years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Five days later, winter chill suddenly gripped most of Japan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> I had repeated "too warm" so often and now I miss those warm days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I was shivering in 6 degrees C yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As the temperature goes down, Japanese maples are speeding up their coloring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdMo5iH9Sf6TYQEVS-z4vf8EKofQIutG-m57F9KGbml99RX-fJrxr0nThvhXOGo9iBYL2L9_mJVXKiTez9Ki4X_G3qtKWAZGBHYKOQFAP4HZyXcL3vqXtI7vwqVsYywOWJxLrFfEvisvcFhO4LzNiuJkIga_82keAmd5tmA2phnqc5OgPlxeFO2Nw/s750/nearbypark%205-01%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdMo5iH9Sf6TYQEVS-z4vf8EKofQIutG-m57F9KGbml99RX-fJrxr0nThvhXOGo9iBYL2L9_mJVXKiTez9Ki4X_G3qtKWAZGBHYKOQFAP4HZyXcL3vqXtI7vwqVsYywOWJxLrFfEvisvcFhO4LzNiuJkIga_82keAmd5tmA2phnqc5OgPlxeFO2Nw/s16000/nearbypark%205-01%20750.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nandina, Cherry tree, Chinese Tallow, and Tulip poplar</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/11/mosaicmonday-no-58.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div></div><br /></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-348171010093562452023-11-04T15:24:00.004+09:002023-11-10T14:04:47.510+09:00Deer, Chinese Tallow leaves, and reflections<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to Nara Park riding a cute train of the Kintetsu Railway featuring Deer of Nara Park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a rapid express mainly connecting Sannomiya, Kobe and Nara stations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF4TH8lXURLSspvbOQRhqq9wLivZOXsb3JhACYqq4s8tNadL2jGaQtpsT6HUNPuRFuYERyct5EHC2QD1vYi-KbSjNyh9zFWTh_84P9PO9yqyl0x3n2redtc-5ndR0wAk_TxhsbNtnzrvu3EUC0bAmRlNZaZO9dpKxLPhk68Kj954RA7HX52PR4urp/s691/IMG_5870%20600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="691" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF4TH8lXURLSspvbOQRhqq9wLivZOXsb3JhACYqq4s8tNadL2jGaQtpsT6HUNPuRFuYERyct5EHC2QD1vYi-KbSjNyh9zFWTh_84P9PO9yqyl0x3n2redtc-5ndR0wAk_TxhsbNtnzrvu3EUC0bAmRlNZaZO9dpKxLPhk68Kj954RA7HX52PR4urp/s16000/IMG_5870%20600.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvBjU5lKSOrqD5wXLdCn8Wp-qC3_KQh-LsTjw_q00aaPKR9cnZVdaZxshm5RVHPaX2YfUXQOJi2kIEGm09CSuypb20XH4VSnkwSpvCFEvWmySx2UFnEln3-qAU5nt4VUpHjUlE2kHJDhg6NeRyqM30pDdjThERX0llkD7c5cPaawht9MefNDP4l9r/s656/IMG_5869%20600%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="653" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvBjU5lKSOrqD5wXLdCn8Wp-qC3_KQh-LsTjw_q00aaPKR9cnZVdaZxshm5RVHPaX2YfUXQOJi2kIEGm09CSuypb20XH4VSnkwSpvCFEvWmySx2UFnEln3-qAU5nt4VUpHjUlE2kHJDhg6NeRyqM30pDdjThERX0llkD7c5cPaawht9MefNDP4l9r/s16000/IMG_5869%20600%201.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">By my iPhone</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A spacious area of scenic beauty in the eastern Nara City is called Nara Park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Less than ten minutes after getting off the train at Nara Station, you're in the park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked viewing autume leaves, looking for nice reflections, and meeting deer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the late afternoon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7V7V47H4gq6rJ_5mOursTPTNbLm6ogGnajzXQySeCunbXBYqlVhCfAuH_2a83GEdf5LVqmj4YTbx0GDSgFM4zfweqAfbNiYrIXMaWOeocJu9kivv-OLy27MmcfqOkgDiEWhbgzyogEXPIZkNyMfDGgv4U2HA4WP1v-6lp3txAjOEq6xevvGzZaqbM/s800/P2240036%20(800x601).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7V7V47H4gq6rJ_5mOursTPTNbLm6ogGnajzXQySeCunbXBYqlVhCfAuH_2a83GEdf5LVqmj4YTbx0GDSgFM4zfweqAfbNiYrIXMaWOeocJu9kivv-OLy27MmcfqOkgDiEWhbgzyogEXPIZkNyMfDGgv4U2HA4WP1v-6lp3txAjOEq6xevvGzZaqbM/w640-h480/P2240036%20(800x601).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">鷺池 Sagi-ike Pond</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello, Deer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWb_l9GvGW6UmENUoFakqJWkwun2JrxZq64e7L8gU5JbZfSDM1s7RHQDNb8OOvwDyrqYAHTt4u6CHaxu38824h5AmGVvtTudPLcEJVADC8NOG-aCuOrkYrsEoIowBPuxwLG3FObjFSFx82h1TdqAB2_YSXUew_Wuu4Kov1a_4FCQe4pg1dn4MXAAg/s800/P2250410%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWb_l9GvGW6UmENUoFakqJWkwun2JrxZq64e7L8gU5JbZfSDM1s7RHQDNb8OOvwDyrqYAHTt4u6CHaxu38824h5AmGVvtTudPLcEJVADC8NOG-aCuOrkYrsEoIowBPuxwLG3FObjFSFx82h1TdqAB2_YSXUew_Wuu4Kov1a_4FCQe4pg1dn4MXAAg/w640-h480/P2250410%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- Along the 吉城川 Yoshiki River -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I was caught by the shine of the fallen leaves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUzRPrmUKMWiOGx8gQVQBppOp8d_9CPeiP5ntAMJDqefHUu5sciyh_qD_M0cUfGdiJ6btXAQB-U0d5IgWceE9ciQNyk8YZKfkncmW_nypQ1PVybTGh1ree4qwNMO-fqa_Uu1WhITaZ78sYiRHJmHnu3fNWNJTMHJatyigjjCMimyz-tAN3Ly2uaht/s800/P1035937%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUzRPrmUKMWiOGx8gQVQBppOp8d_9CPeiP5ntAMJDqefHUu5sciyh_qD_M0cUfGdiJ6btXAQB-U0d5IgWceE9ciQNyk8YZKfkncmW_nypQ1PVybTGh1ree4qwNMO-fqa_Uu1WhITaZ78sYiRHJmHnu3fNWNJTMHJatyigjjCMimyz-tAN3Ly2uaht/w482-h640/P1035937%20800.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the water, interesting patterns are made with fallen leaves, reflections, and ripples.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig02_T9-LaqhZNmz0_EMn1Z_vDo_FEPHClL5Dc5pIa7Eyf4AY9i90-ddNuK_XnCZyB2SRDTQnhvFncQYtHt5yXPmHwb4r9tIGBmjGiYeQlbMJ-zqrZmzVdMLeJKEqSdJZUbmJDME0SBODmFpiDZUem2UGC0aNumR7TbM4aZEGoLnFAIxoIrto_8fyV/w640-h480/P1036043%201%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, two deer appeared looking for foods.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMlOYAPxH0-rhpbwTys8OymJE44dP4lYKRXH73M9Ke2RNzJ8efDbCk4uDlrp6k9aONPrEkF0odX8G9hY3w0Iv-jgc-M37Nb6ygFxf70LtpnqzLK4zLCi3krypSny8eX6a7Ul8vum0Hj9vUE0bXjmX7w-sFtmz9wHn1cDCVWqR81KTdyYjAL-ND3Aj/s800/P1036025%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- At 浮雲園地 Ukigumo-enchi -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Ukigumo-enchi is ablaze with 南京櫨 Nankinhaze Chinese Tallow leaves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(<a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2017/11/fabulous-autumn-coloration-of-chinese.html" target="_blank">Fabulous autumn coloration of Chinese Tallow trees</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaves grow old beautifully in each individual speed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each leaf shines with the color of the moment, transforming from green </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to light yellow, orange, fainally to crimson or to gold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ767fHmrbyd0JkKTwfwauoNznmucUTy2qnu03GUq9IcEycqraUNrHwNAuZKVyJ8RzdBwX_x2N2C9cWG4Q0P4qnLMgvRs2vE3LM7BmRsEa-hGx-XXUJP1iEhcUd9nTNx_F4AOxvQcf2M63fsobL7b1nUMNwFEjyeIjAMZID-MK2wdps2lf32y4yBR3/s750/P1035933%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="750" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ767fHmrbyd0JkKTwfwauoNznmucUTy2qnu03GUq9IcEycqraUNrHwNAuZKVyJ8RzdBwX_x2N2C9cWG4Q0P4qnLMgvRs2vE3LM7BmRsEa-hGx-XXUJP1iEhcUd9nTNx_F4AOxvQcf2M63fsobL7b1nUMNwFEjyeIjAMZID-MK2wdps2lf32y4yBR3/w640-h482/P1035933%20750.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9mKbz0tVhNdLUSb7kZLG0K4bUviqHwCTCSQLnXqJTJhmy4qlsH6Nw7b419mnBm521GYwvN2qYUjaqaRnAbGw4vrAvPW9XzNC4ACr-tqrbUw-g3tXkbA_DL4QdsY6ESLunjnQVZ5hIDg55yQRo1wH5GjTabhOt3XHNKl-Ac8LEFlS97CX3CO98nD2/s800/P1750537%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9mKbz0tVhNdLUSb7kZLG0K4bUviqHwCTCSQLnXqJTJhmy4qlsH6Nw7b419mnBm521GYwvN2qYUjaqaRnAbGw4vrAvPW9XzNC4ACr-tqrbUw-g3tXkbA_DL4QdsY6ESLunjnQVZ5hIDg55yQRo1wH5GjTabhOt3XHNKl-Ac8LEFlS97CX3CO98nD2/w480-h640/P1750537%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately Chinese Tallows in Nara Park have been cut down as the tree's invasiveness </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">has put the primmitive forest of Mt. Kasuga, World Heritage, in danger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As far as I know, Nara Park is the only place famous for autumn foliage of Chinese Tallow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel sad to see Chinese Tallows getting sparse every year in the park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Chinese Tallows seen from the bench in the old photo below are gone now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(<a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2021/12/to-keep-memories-of-chinese-tallow.html" target="_blank">To keep memories alive of the Chinese Tallow Trees at Ukigumo-enchi</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4nURsmlIDXAyWC6iuJZEDzAJv8T0t0hznn9n3yVYuRoMIwDF5IgLP_3I3HkGiqlHJuGTaj5YtaZ6uL7iKzG28UcZHrbIiVNloOHwSCsc8dSRW-u9vSF0TZGlyhj4f0zZDmw-ApQGXQDEbQXD1h4N6u-kdPlSX7Y8YnA2CuZ6rpWO0ZZwGcAnU-IHL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4nURsmlIDXAyWC6iuJZEDzAJv8T0t0hznn9n3yVYuRoMIwDF5IgLP_3I3HkGiqlHJuGTaj5YtaZ6uL7iKzG28UcZHrbIiVNloOHwSCsc8dSRW-u9vSF0TZGlyhj4f0zZDmw-ApQGXQDEbQXD1h4N6u-kdPlSX7Y8YnA2CuZ6rpWO0ZZwGcAnU-IHL=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;">2015</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- At 飛火野 Tobihino -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWUwauASWAVqVpk0dJhlRzduDhdK4D_4_ddINfXRolfLEMjGnXM46IHQEakvJRF1HC0qfx096F6gEwEysMSizAlilnowwbADhDYoEn5oIjDteBWqsJ9ACXfvwu7_btg-dJjJSqyI34l1TfjcaCj3E6PoT1hJ7mfDscTIdeszviQ9jJnLLz2iPC-9g/s700/P1036089%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWUwauASWAVqVpk0dJhlRzduDhdK4D_4_ddINfXRolfLEMjGnXM46IHQEakvJRF1HC0qfx096F6gEwEysMSizAlilnowwbADhDYoEn5oIjDteBWqsJ9ACXfvwu7_btg-dJjJSqyI34l1TfjcaCj3E6PoT1hJ7mfDscTIdeszviQ9jJnLLz2iPC-9g/s16000/P1036089%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This tall Chinese Tallow is a landmark of Tobihino.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at the tree in the golden glow before the sunset.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxjM3onpEHZdt5-uKHbNOZfmFq3CECs-WncFqnxxn71zS61YNH2IXzIA690VpqcB7efPbbNapIfagFqFhFZinGHZi4Fst76yGmPSVQvJKEJocyDJgUp0pcqoNdos63Mj8x9yTWn8JHG0ttRiknMgCCE3fViVjS-MH4gW1nHyVKrQL0H1BpY11CumS/s750/P1036125%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUArkH67XI3FFIpB_jGoc9uKrLB6bs5C6VJWwZmFXf-G4Vu9RpCqxowO_EsYM5q9U79x5_oVbdbbFeH1tLv0Hbzgzv0icG20Sh9KijkSekJZ0S0tu_9EKiZQRyjDtW7k0Eo1jrwTOTxFkJ6xdRKvaLzumaweeL4uU_f13NLt3sBygNo3o8Cm1obKP/s800/P1036117%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUArkH67XI3FFIpB_jGoc9uKrLB6bs5C6VJWwZmFXf-G4Vu9RpCqxowO_EsYM5q9U79x5_oVbdbbFeH1tLv0Hbzgzv0icG20Sh9KijkSekJZ0S0tu_9EKiZQRyjDtW7k0Eo1jrwTOTxFkJ6xdRKvaLzumaweeL4uU_f13NLt3sBygNo3o8Cm1obKP/w640-h480/P1036117%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><div>I was lucky that I could ride "Nara Deer Train" as it runs randomly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At <a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/08/nara-park-deer-train/">COLLOSAL</a>, more photos and explanation about this adorably whimsical train.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"<i><span style="font-family: times;">The Deer Train is decked out with lush, spotted seats, grassy flooring, </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>handles shaped like pudgy animals, </i><i>and illustrations by Tokyo-based artist Gemi </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>that transform the cars into a whimsical, cervine world</i>.</span>"</div></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lhW_-LtDXBqF-o3tyavOgbmRTX-BRkajs8k8X7LpVoB1uxoQpnNIhH-wddRp21jJ7lePhXlyEDbqFCQIcHTeljlxbmkhdJkcnbgD3_C373WcoV77LGu1VFzAPUonpHbt7-FTVuAT6iMC_eLUOVqL2fAdSN_8zn3zmhmw94bOdeQBQbFzlksRz1N_/s750/tobihino-01%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lhW_-LtDXBqF-o3tyavOgbmRTX-BRkajs8k8X7LpVoB1uxoQpnNIhH-wddRp21jJ7lePhXlyEDbqFCQIcHTeljlxbmkhdJkcnbgD3_C373WcoV77LGu1VFzAPUonpHbt7-FTVuAT6iMC_eLUOVqL2fAdSN_8zn3zmhmw94bOdeQBQbFzlksRz1N_/s16000/tobihino-01%20750.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's November, but the highest temperature of a day is forecasted to hover around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> 25 degrees C at least for a week.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linked to </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/">Saturday Critters</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/11/mosaicmonday-no-56.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-58388401710568740792023-10-16T20:50:00.000+09:002023-10-16T20:50:06.576+09:00In the balmy air of October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div>When thinking of the title of this post, I wondered which word to choose,</div><div> "balmy" or "barmy".</div><div>I chose "balmy" from the atmosphere you'd feel from the following photos.</div><div><div>The weather has been barmy with sporadic balmy days; </div><div> top-summer-like September, summer-like early October, sudden November-like days, </div><div>with occasional breif wind storms.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FT54AuiFlgmhKtNzYUeNJEeFrD5YMVxHA8XY8AqZqKTWqcR5-NyNKW_k76fSKoi_WpV99YbmrqfO5hbF3oi8UYB_pnR4rhYPiwu4Plr6IqX_iX1ClvnJX_nGt_pLUfeciMetbEU0WzEIZVxsVSjsqAOisoz1t4Y74xslhKcOAI7omuvWyAq3eqxS/s800/P1016740%20(800x594).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FT54AuiFlgmhKtNzYUeNJEeFrD5YMVxHA8XY8AqZqKTWqcR5-NyNKW_k76fSKoi_WpV99YbmrqfO5hbF3oi8UYB_pnR4rhYPiwu4Plr6IqX_iX1ClvnJX_nGt_pLUfeciMetbEU0WzEIZVxsVSjsqAOisoz1t4Y74xslhKcOAI7omuvWyAq3eqxS/w640-h476/P1016740%20(800x594).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Hibiscuses were lingering long.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>The pink bokeh back of the hibiscus is Crape Myrtle blossoms.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpN_nyEvx8TBhvrnnwXxNbYXjgrj3tc_02nz2hB_59wosdvN50MY1RBHHlsNNxqFO2C5gjJyjA0uV4EeQvL5tAZuY-xXw3gd-7OCYwCWcl1jjJdNLgWqoB3IIu1ymyO_6ta7VAyPickm13L2JtIdCEk5CvWi6TQOqkFg3oGZb7XfxZ1WDr4rkRECP/s800/P1034931%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpN_nyEvx8TBhvrnnwXxNbYXjgrj3tc_02nz2hB_59wosdvN50MY1RBHHlsNNxqFO2C5gjJyjA0uV4EeQvL5tAZuY-xXw3gd-7OCYwCWcl1jjJdNLgWqoB3IIu1ymyO_6ta7VAyPickm13L2JtIdCEk5CvWi6TQOqkFg3oGZb7XfxZ1WDr4rkRECP/w640-h480/P1034931%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>百日紅 (百日 one-hundred days 紅 crimson) Sarusuberi, Crape Myrtle, </div><div>bloom about 100 days summer to autumn on the whitish beige barks.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PxSsKtn1MyW3lSkQ2KXdH7R49OCvaTVpUryzBaLXC1AtiPUiqMKFaCuxhq73nj2U7AzmVHybzNDKOlCgZI3YsxnNdCpIxCVvM6oUcq3YMuxQmw3Q8ombY_Nwrs1ojmvZ6GS4Cf41QvgDs1fWhRBNl_X8MKuY_q-g6x5rgMKrSoKFg4MY1jPs80r5/s800/P1034883%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PxSsKtn1MyW3lSkQ2KXdH7R49OCvaTVpUryzBaLXC1AtiPUiqMKFaCuxhq73nj2U7AzmVHybzNDKOlCgZI3YsxnNdCpIxCVvM6oUcq3YMuxQmw3Q8ombY_Nwrs1ojmvZ6GS4Cf41QvgDs1fWhRBNl_X8MKuY_q-g6x5rgMKrSoKFg4MY1jPs80r5/w640-h482/P1034883%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>彼岸花 (彼岸 Equinox 花 flower) Higanbana, Lycoris radiata, Cluster Amaryllis, </div><div>is called so as it blooms around the autumn Equinox.</div><div>They were blooming in the sultry air late-September to October.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLYgRN6FQ8M8yzynqjrXBV0PfJ9NpcyMGesvqqtkYU5i7vIPxurrsyeunkukJWO2zfD2GnBhnb-EzeIG0t_xV1qx9pujY2v0xhkGt45EFzh_whISao7t5ToPZ5Szllfsi-yjUJ8EeozBRA-dXPnxRdX3c6o5AZMEFuaAkYahh21XqiQJBmJQiYo1f/s800/P1034681%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="800" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLYgRN6FQ8M8yzynqjrXBV0PfJ9NpcyMGesvqqtkYU5i7vIPxurrsyeunkukJWO2zfD2GnBhnb-EzeIG0t_xV1qx9pujY2v0xhkGt45EFzh_whISao7t5ToPZ5Szllfsi-yjUJ8EeozBRA-dXPnxRdX3c6o5AZMEFuaAkYahh21XqiQJBmJQiYo1f/w640-h484/P1034681%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunshine is comfortable when air is crisp.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnGGUbUD4i90EcJt8u35LuIEYyXKs03WDQaPZyHAZvflyqLoHUgitu2CV0x7A2LSbSX1K-ooqceZ7jKkByUSY6OdBJ3JtC2-GGEeFlqxkU6y7D0UbUoRHzx8QXSDVRfVvMoTe0pjlYzthn4ae4EZ65-uIb9EppLAmSS1cQY9U26vVDDx0rpOE7MGl/s800/P1034673%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div><span lang="EN-US"> When</span> the air changed suddenly last weekend around the Autumn Equinox,</div><div> I walked around to breathe in crisp air and watched butterflies flitting around </div><div>from flower
to flower at the Kyoto Botanical Garden and in my neighborhood.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Butterflies are self-propelled flowers."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0HfeP46Kgu6n5ySsksQFM_MVj6uMJE0kFB0xL8MtR03LhNQqqyS-P9sSkEVyiWCXJ2X1F4ZnCnPILWXEUudRhskRafDKebKTgBdPdYUe4Hip841ieWroniRYRuZ2ufdkNjsjPq2jqBp4_lt6brSG6min9mjfOCG7SRzHon4nEkwmpvAiTGmtMXqa/s800/P1034561%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="800" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0HfeP46Kgu6n5ySsksQFM_MVj6uMJE0kFB0xL8MtR03LhNQqqyS-P9sSkEVyiWCXJ2X1F4ZnCnPILWXEUudRhskRafDKebKTgBdPdYUe4Hip841ieWroniRYRuZ2ufdkNjsjPq2jqBp4_lt6brSG6min9mjfOCG7SRzHon4nEkwmpvAiTGmtMXqa/w640-h484/P1034561%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ナミアゲハ, Papilio Xuthus, Asian Swallowtail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8t_d_VKM1S7fUwKd4GAnyiFO5yrZ9uYuKaVDNMzH9awwVrWeZEi-tpyMFHfwwCD3G2qv4vH3HrpU3SU32wBTTXZmjIyjtLKSDF4BJjnNRY2C5gLdTQp961sBtytHpTOMfpAXY1kaW-Jnup1y2XLr2PisWNAv2VduOTf3Wo8S5EIDiKR5l3azB9AW/s800/P1034664%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8t_d_VKM1S7fUwKd4GAnyiFO5yrZ9uYuKaVDNMzH9awwVrWeZEi-tpyMFHfwwCD3G2qv4vH3HrpU3SU32wBTTXZmjIyjtLKSDF4BJjnNRY2C5gLdTQp961sBtytHpTOMfpAXY1kaW-Jnup1y2XLr2PisWNAv2VduOTf3Wo8S5EIDiKR5l3azB9AW/w640-h482/P1034664%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5Ctby3UYqoODPqxyv-ScwpB1bpkvZbZxrg8_23pj1DiIwjlDGQ0Y5SfRiOqMhobPuag3U07bbcRzsW1SKXh7XrWTq7DRmBGJlzzhXOPSvkdEZjb7OzCcBF512YjtSBzuJxG5BLZ3oHFGUssLmCOAiE5XYpJI2p7ILCVTTCY-bRDQxp7YcUqawrSk/s800/P1034480%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5Ctby3UYqoODPqxyv-ScwpB1bpkvZbZxrg8_23pj1DiIwjlDGQ0Y5SfRiOqMhobPuag3U07bbcRzsW1SKXh7XrWTq7DRmBGJlzzhXOPSvkdEZjb7OzCcBF512YjtSBzuJxG5BLZ3oHFGUssLmCOAiE5XYpJI2p7ILCVTTCY-bRDQxp7YcUqawrSk/w640-h476/P1034480%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf31V84Mp60k8KHEk0ZWP8m1fuLCB5WeeQya2WpvEJeQBZZTQ4WuwU4pbdjYU-p3I1BEz3wjA6lc_CE1GPGBOgOAK3866KmTnThgxQsJKUgqEY-Ry1KjmqGgzgbiGMtysnR0HE-x3iH-EVJmmgZ94c7nhJlvN8oh0Zh60kXqiH6_qUCO0jeKzovVLM/s800/P1034498%201%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf31V84Mp60k8KHEk0ZWP8m1fuLCB5WeeQya2WpvEJeQBZZTQ4WuwU4pbdjYU-p3I1BEz3wjA6lc_CE1GPGBOgOAK3866KmTnThgxQsJKUgqEY-Ry1KjmqGgzgbiGMtysnR0HE-x3iH-EVJmmgZ94c7nhJlvN8oh0Zh60kXqiH6_qUCO0jeKzovVLM/w640-h476/P1034498%201%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ヒョウモンチョウ, <span lang="EN-US">Brenthis daphne, Marbled Fritillary</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFhrlvLFAaERlR95-IQyFlzses1jxwSnam8_Ft6Z_jGM53pQhCgj68aM7ZnYbnHwwx8jUEuWkckmbKATTBZkJVj8iBBcdGEuZhGdEAABtXHOWDFrSTB7GgfVDCRpvfE6gF2R86_VFv4MhiVR3FsbN9y6CXZxMBEE-f8I5OXY6f41Ydars6HJYEe70/s800/P1034605%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFhrlvLFAaERlR95-IQyFlzses1jxwSnam8_Ft6Z_jGM53pQhCgj68aM7ZnYbnHwwx8jUEuWkckmbKATTBZkJVj8iBBcdGEuZhGdEAABtXHOWDFrSTB7GgfVDCRpvfE6gF2R86_VFv4MhiVR3FsbN9y6CXZxMBEE-f8I5OXY6f41Ydars6HJYEe70/w640-h482/P1034605%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div>The backside of the wings of the Marbled Fritillary</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5O9EBy8FAKplOUZmBeTPEBBDIF14DuVg1nl8C1W7c9xD5duCh-4Qn6K2BArh1-BxByAnLMfT46xIey97GIOHj0YTnqGABZv2i4y-Nw6fgigOuQk3RU85ZdGNNsNCcDC7TCjYo8BSFtxPNb4aFxwWC92NbhWak0B1_8QnQ9e1Y2LLdfsJIVdxm_5UH/s800/P1034464%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5O9EBy8FAKplOUZmBeTPEBBDIF14DuVg1nl8C1W7c9xD5duCh-4Qn6K2BArh1-BxByAnLMfT46xIey97GIOHj0YTnqGABZv2i4y-Nw6fgigOuQk3RU85ZdGNNsNCcDC7TCjYo8BSFtxPNb4aFxwWC92NbhWak0B1_8QnQ9e1Y2LLdfsJIVdxm_5UH/w640-h478/P1034464%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTHvAcdkSBXT3BT7vl7FkEwRHf4uxXROyEDYCA0bM-q5fGEknc6PF6dRpQ2pLT2tTb-xvc7RfDq8oZRbHMw30Ph6V5egRLutnKXiEZcfe5xGIA3c-eOL_O9zmmM3pu_5Uk91W51veyPjr1soY5G3SnWusYVGpyRdOVMnyw-7WKWKgIrUZ3Yjuhw55/s800/P1034472%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTHvAcdkSBXT3BT7vl7FkEwRHf4uxXROyEDYCA0bM-q5fGEknc6PF6dRpQ2pLT2tTb-xvc7RfDq8oZRbHMw30Ph6V5egRLutnKXiEZcfe5xGIA3c-eOL_O9zmmM3pu_5Uk91W51veyPjr1soY5G3SnWusYVGpyRdOVMnyw-7WKWKgIrUZ3Yjuhw55/w640-h480/P1034472%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">ツマグロヒョウモン, Argyreus hyperbius, Indian Fritillary (female)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wQ_ovmflYO1d9Utooq7KgKZdp2o5w5kYM-q9581rf5j4YD_Gs7cFM_iWswdiodTcl1Z0z925xo0pjgxcb60M7_m2WkQ0pyJUcyr7cXJTakfZam1LDGi4logEYAqn29HK_03iEjSsQJeIr6uVU9g6hUfz9lALg1hS2xnGO-yga9o5ohtiExnYU1HL/s795/P1034736%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="795" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wQ_ovmflYO1d9Utooq7KgKZdp2o5w5kYM-q9581rf5j4YD_Gs7cFM_iWswdiodTcl1Z0z925xo0pjgxcb60M7_m2WkQ0pyJUcyr7cXJTakfZam1LDGi4logEYAqn29HK_03iEjSsQJeIr6uVU9g6hUfz9lALg1hS2xnGO-yga9o5ohtiExnYU1HL/w640-h478/P1034736%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I got enthralled by the green reflections on a pond with shimmering water and ripples.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk4FoNJDOE7AZqYH9-L_ZPuvVgmjnPE62nzSMIiQf_JlXYg6l7Xblmi09ket2gNQHfdA6oUESWAUcQNjkLo7KvpZ2RxSJr616C2_YWWybJ8Si3eplLO4P0MYU3m7EhjOeu8nHTv22Zh5LTjOK8RnznDR2LF16KGlc0RWlCB_NKFDUJznmUNAdPRHf/s800/P1034865%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk4FoNJDOE7AZqYH9-L_ZPuvVgmjnPE62nzSMIiQf_JlXYg6l7Xblmi09ket2gNQHfdA6oUESWAUcQNjkLo7KvpZ2RxSJr616C2_YWWybJ8Si3eplLO4P0MYU3m7EhjOeu8nHTv22Zh5LTjOK8RnznDR2LF16KGlc0RWlCB_NKFDUJznmUNAdPRHf/w640-h480/P1034865%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Oil painting touch</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWOE14HCXUf_L5S568WNrtiS8CE1t-kcrOjgDJ7ObcYT5_aTrzLD581A5bB9sxX_gdjyCIhFPnDfv2oHg7CbqLX4_F5DL7kRAfmbeQOjqEUqRdK1oug2UxHlm8k2n03mQ7S1BiGPp86MUDJK19yjfsABph5OEyFHhPLF5n4JztP8WIBhmMpsoBinu/s1106/P1034816%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1106" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWOE14HCXUf_L5S568WNrtiS8CE1t-kcrOjgDJ7ObcYT5_aTrzLD581A5bB9sxX_gdjyCIhFPnDfv2oHg7CbqLX4_F5DL7kRAfmbeQOjqEUqRdK1oug2UxHlm8k2n03mQ7S1BiGPp86MUDJK19yjfsABph5OEyFHhPLF5n4JztP8WIBhmMpsoBinu/w640-h480/P1034816%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Looks like mosaics of broken glasses</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzp-FfKW5qSudro6MnZnLwq7gNo1HsdfKcvOQJYYaF2GN2HZBGz_gx9KyNa3pvGjgY4_mamrGghoTvUk_x18V5y-W9gKrCnNW7h9HgNcLad77S4rfi0YEKL6T7kZRPyfokyEXKY8x0vyWNUJuRaqyLLF04f3GythdL1J9Ua67QlppT5ZNFIDYeE4v/s750/P1034830%203%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzp-FfKW5qSudro6MnZnLwq7gNo1HsdfKcvOQJYYaF2GN2HZBGz_gx9KyNa3pvGjgY4_mamrGghoTvUk_x18V5y-W9gKrCnNW7h9HgNcLad77S4rfi0YEKL6T7kZRPyfokyEXKY8x0vyWNUJuRaqyLLF04f3GythdL1J9Ua67QlppT5ZNFIDYeE4v/s16000/P1034830%203%20750.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The three butterflies below are small-sized and discreet in colors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are ofen seen in my garden and my neighborhood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">モンキチョウ, Colias erate, Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tEnRmGre9moq4KyQil2v8rqd0WaakOro2qVZgWeFEavSHI3s20jV5x1EsndoFKsioXNa_nRWXB2XPzjOgjx41eR9HsBLq8T10hvhgaeOKAz-hYMGcuSN6_RSmc8rQF9vsQTjQrhD_l18ltPYofLhNvAZMqnfEwh3WrAdaJb0dMIP8K4bSgb4CK-g/s700/P1033277%201%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tEnRmGre9moq4KyQil2v8rqd0WaakOro2qVZgWeFEavSHI3s20jV5x1EsndoFKsioXNa_nRWXB2XPzjOgjx41eR9HsBLq8T10hvhgaeOKAz-hYMGcuSN6_RSmc8rQF9vsQTjQrhD_l18ltPYofLhNvAZMqnfEwh3WrAdaJb0dMIP8K4bSgb4CK-g/w640-h426/P1033277%201%20700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">シジミチョウ, Lycaenidae </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLNCwP8uBbQzQqIlAMxUsm3PKfgtP3lQXvul7917T7b29e7fSPxV0n0Xl91jLRaA67xPNHz13DmdZYaxzFHo9kB3dd_CJFhIn-wpG8ZwYVRCKLykwq5Dy3WbFWTBEnT6nvz9FJtkznGLLDgu3uGIuySIpcaNyAzmE9_OWfBSy5QrXNnta7kfU6MUq/s766/P1720807%20800.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="766" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLNCwP8uBbQzQqIlAMxUsm3PKfgtP3lQXvul7917T7b29e7fSPxV0n0Xl91jLRaA67xPNHz13DmdZYaxzFHo9kB3dd_CJFhIn-wpG8ZwYVRCKLykwq5Dy3WbFWTBEnT6nvz9FJtkznGLLDgu3uGIuySIpcaNyAzmE9_OWfBSy5QrXNnta7kfU6MUq/w640-h634/P1720807%20800.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal">コチャバネセセリ<span lang="EN-US">, Thoressa varia</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwHlIkCwfcVQhzGk4zDhFWXiV8e5hJqGhDRGiQlyW2FFxxmF7m83Be78P9gMq20-dRXQR6HbhFFbwGUZQYWe63SK7pKqpEN-lCD653P5WOiD95LtAKDVGouFFelIUWv_qiJA64I2jMYuqhIpxbTfK7reIlGkc9M0SJIeWxrgpTrelirp9g6XCdtUl/s800/P1720825%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwHlIkCwfcVQhzGk4zDhFWXiV8e5hJqGhDRGiQlyW2FFxxmF7m83Be78P9gMq20-dRXQR6HbhFFbwGUZQYWe63SK7pKqpEN-lCD653P5WOiD95LtAKDVGouFFelIUWv_qiJA64I2jMYuqhIpxbTfK7reIlGkc9M0SJIeWxrgpTrelirp9g6XCdtUl/w640-h482/P1720825%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">By the way, オニヤンマ, <a href="http://defworld.freeoda.com/Species%20Details/Anotogaster%20sieboldii.html" target="_blank">Anotogaster sieboldii (Selys, 1954)</a>, or Golden-ringed Dragonfly is </div><div style="text-align: center;">the largest species of dragonfly native to Eastern Asia, especially Japan. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The realistic-looking Insect Repellent Dragonfly as large as the real one</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is for mountaineering, mountain stream fishing, camping, or outdoor activities.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I use safety pin for attaching it to my hat or backpack.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is useful to avoid gnats and horseflies but unfortunately not for mosquitos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-mcGo9v8qi6QGJ6Rw7KHlypTj6Hq61ktU2OgxRYXRnBfQrLRZ6Ypmc1zD57y99EbCn1PUWAnnYSt6SuIURemtOIdMyGkLX6KqZC78msDd2-8rS2e2Ab759x4FsP_ESl5Q-Ht_fpd_RSejsTFamu0zPLO5ve3nfLCTx_3a3gIkNS0KDQ6FM1fzcSe/s875/P1035122b1%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="657" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-mcGo9v8qi6QGJ6Rw7KHlypTj6Hq61ktU2OgxRYXRnBfQrLRZ6Ypmc1zD57y99EbCn1PUWAnnYSt6SuIURemtOIdMyGkLX6KqZC78msDd2-8rS2e2Ab759x4FsP_ESl5Q-Ht_fpd_RSejsTFamu0zPLO5ve3nfLCTx_3a3gIkNS0KDQ6FM1fzcSe/w480-h640/P1035122b1%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The refreshing air of the last weekend was ephemeral.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Though September is going to be over, it still doesn't feel like autumn</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with the summer sun and sultry air.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Various many subtle signs of autumn, however, make me feel autumn is </div><div style="text-align: center;">around the corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6J8Tc_PQei9cTUMm8byNQpCQSDJfKXT-aw38XeHKC2WijS51yAmBlJZWpvo4hKl4dCV9S5m4mBYDNSz090OHIRsb_BDTkTsRI-tCcr-Les-J7vXFaYPOWBnHkQKsCxegMu2I1taqOMXcVMSHapgNYsJyYdCKiSLMtIi47nT_cagY931j9frXNApa/s875/P1720812%202%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="875" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6J8Tc_PQei9cTUMm8byNQpCQSDJfKXT-aw38XeHKC2WijS51yAmBlJZWpvo4hKl4dCV9S5m4mBYDNSz090OHIRsb_BDTkTsRI-tCcr-Les-J7vXFaYPOWBnHkQKsCxegMu2I1taqOMXcVMSHapgNYsJyYdCKiSLMtIi47nT_cagY931j9frXNApa/w640-h640/P1720812%202%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Saturday's critters</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/09/mosaicmonday-no-51.html" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-85855709876538723432023-09-13T11:16:00.002+09:002023-09-14T14:05:57.277+09:00Swallows' roosting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now that it's nearly mid-September, at last temperatures dropped to less than 35C</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the mornings and evenings are much cooler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scorching, sizzling, and sweltering summer is my country's usual, but it has gotten</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more and more overwhelmingly powerful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While white towering cumulus clouds and blue skies are refreshing symbol of summer,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">big, dark, unnerving clumulonimbus clouds were seen almost every day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and poured warning level rain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-8k_4uv4EDaUCO0g1yi7VpsX1qsyg3w3IjG8OmHze7YeT8krlnxWz8quYJQfphcZxFhWodJNuInQZBuymu3hCfCNtB0BglUFQRPd4SUKc_wNjCa24SMJ8FRQqmukoOHLZQ8XJ1mphzrTa_tUWgutPBmEnBoVvcVf9iQH5j23J4HWNi0PMTZ-oHDD/s800/P1033459%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-8k_4uv4EDaUCO0g1yi7VpsX1qsyg3w3IjG8OmHze7YeT8krlnxWz8quYJQfphcZxFhWodJNuInQZBuymu3hCfCNtB0BglUFQRPd4SUKc_wNjCa24SMJ8FRQqmukoOHLZQ8XJ1mphzrTa_tUWgutPBmEnBoVvcVf9iQH5j23J4HWNi0PMTZ-oHDD/w640-h480/P1033459%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">About two weeks ago, I was at the north-west of the <a href="https://www.heijo-park.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/guidemap_en.pdf" target="_blank">Nara Palace Site Historical Park</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to see swallows' roosting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Swallows land in the reeds beyond the summer grasses and flowers in the photo below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjC7jXWDjNN9UKlKucijk2Xiv3_1uurY96V1zBXglOLej_-AXOiaPc0ZSl5hsQRw-kwNSm_cnKiLPQvaAq6UOAYPeSnJ36moQhoi6k9AqiWK_inWhXnG6ROKexSd0IFbtqFn-i3LpjkbMpCBvP2BSPMul6lnP7LMJefQaSY88RqSJ5ihA0VMq3ixm/s700/P1033465%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjC7jXWDjNN9UKlKucijk2Xiv3_1uurY96V1zBXglOLej_-AXOiaPc0ZSl5hsQRw-kwNSm_cnKiLPQvaAq6UOAYPeSnJ36moQhoi6k9AqiWK_inWhXnG6ROKexSd0IFbtqFn-i3LpjkbMpCBvP2BSPMul6lnP7LMJefQaSY88RqSJ5ihA0VMq3ixm/s16000/P1033465%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">While the western sky was covered with thunder clouds, the north-west sky was</div><div style="text-align: center;">still bright in the glow of the setting sun.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some birds appeared like a prelude from the east, the direction of the <a href="https://www.heijo-park.jp/en/area/daigokuden/" target="_blank">Daigokuden Hall.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpWQm8lNuCpWUidzsNfpDO5EsHoLqeO7icgQJEXk0oCYqgPuFpEnMRuviipbpKYbtaMcJp973LqiWTbru_odCwoDHaVlNfZ-KOhQaircKfYTlHZay-Quy3XCMF7ZhOCq6cbysaCDOJCwC4-i-3TOCbghc8s53Ocrlt2HQk8loNkTDkbtqLSQvvQjA/s700/P1033698%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpWQm8lNuCpWUidzsNfpDO5EsHoLqeO7icgQJEXk0oCYqgPuFpEnMRuviipbpKYbtaMcJp973LqiWTbru_odCwoDHaVlNfZ-KOhQaircKfYTlHZay-Quy3XCMF7ZhOCq6cbysaCDOJCwC4-i-3TOCbghc8s53Ocrlt2HQk8loNkTDkbtqLSQvvQjA/s16000/P1033698%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It took a while until swarms of swallows appeared above my head.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Roosting can be observed about 20 minutes around the sunset.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisnMeGV1DaDVWPouFmbg87J-33Bk0sK9vYgKxgTFKcaDP-dsCqJczwO4oxu2hY5XTDf_iAiYTQ-Cqy8SxRw35RE3OhqJ3ZIWPsTFz0Jep6Pdm69Xc1UYIedfkeFf_wBo8e3eugfgK3-OX__PBaM5_D8PUWwyhyxEiPIDInZL_PneHH-OOUoX9AtAE/s800/P1033535%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisnMeGV1DaDVWPouFmbg87J-33Bk0sK9vYgKxgTFKcaDP-dsCqJczwO4oxu2hY5XTDf_iAiYTQ-Cqy8SxRw35RE3OhqJ3ZIWPsTFz0Jep6Pdm69Xc1UYIedfkeFf_wBo8e3eugfgK3-OX__PBaM5_D8PUWwyhyxEiPIDInZL_PneHH-OOUoX9AtAE/w640-h480/P1033535%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div>Their swirling is quite a spectacle.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I was marvelled at how swallows could fly, dive, and veer at such high speed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">without crashing into each other.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-su02CVziq8FeRZYH2sq-vn8DRM0n1vX5t7uD-tLPZI4XxDk79uGsu4ImwEE8_wiu0Z4sf2Trinw0qbn0tRivMIbiC0jhrS6NGOl6UfrtxIFU-QJvsO4Nv7MtWbfPvpfiRo9ZH4T5gR2hNcEfOxz_dggSF11-ttthkH7BwuJM8Nf0F46y1-flf9T/s800/P1033873%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-su02CVziq8FeRZYH2sq-vn8DRM0n1vX5t7uD-tLPZI4XxDk79uGsu4ImwEE8_wiu0Z4sf2Trinw0qbn0tRivMIbiC0jhrS6NGOl6UfrtxIFU-QJvsO4Nv7MtWbfPvpfiRo9ZH4T5gR2hNcEfOxz_dggSF11-ttthkH7BwuJM8Nf0F46y1-flf9T/w640-h480/P1033873%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaH043YCqTubC4uTeL-8JFf6AGX8M7ol7KIPzpFpcAHtQKxSK35SxEHT9MhP1MpJNPHb7xEJlksRvXJN7BRSgG2ACj7K-pRvvy2q1WEPwi2KHR5lUDRAKg6K0-H9v4zF9SC52qTgUcyrBBLfrAQQNsTRrV86toFwFRI0MlRzIcKsWGM6c6oLk9CI_/s800/P1033633%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaH043YCqTubC4uTeL-8JFf6AGX8M7ol7KIPzpFpcAHtQKxSK35SxEHT9MhP1MpJNPHb7xEJlksRvXJN7BRSgG2ACj7K-pRvvy2q1WEPwi2KHR5lUDRAKg6K0-H9v4zF9SC52qTgUcyrBBLfrAQQNsTRrV86toFwFRI0MlRzIcKsWGM6c6oLk9CI_/w640-h479/P1033633%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They nosedived to barely above the reeds only to turn sharply upward</div><div> before gradual landing in to the reeds.</div><div>They are too swift to capture especially in that low light.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsEDO0rdHUlMZMlVn_uTTW5fEEkQLshacxIDIuRkFXdzFN-vTSuVGIt_4-08f4bL3ncAY2ml8w6Wd2ER3fD2kt_au2rIqQwsleQRsAbcSNvvUiJIh9hTKoXEc-9SmdvSWDEpvRRP_NebAk8VkAYxpYhqoADOhEsoGVaS3umEwHU9iNPoSqFZnJ1Oq/s700/P1033782%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsEDO0rdHUlMZMlVn_uTTW5fEEkQLshacxIDIuRkFXdzFN-vTSuVGIt_4-08f4bL3ncAY2ml8w6Wd2ER3fD2kt_au2rIqQwsleQRsAbcSNvvUiJIh9hTKoXEc-9SmdvSWDEpvRRP_NebAk8VkAYxpYhqoADOhEsoGVaS3umEwHU9iNPoSqFZnJ1Oq/s16000/P1033782%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>When the spectacle is over, darkness is already fallen.</div><div>Swallows are in reed-beds.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">(Image source; <a href="https://www.wbsj.org/activity/conservation/research-study/tsubame/roost/" target="_blank">here</a> by the Wild Bird Society of Japan.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HthnK11jow-PqZO02ZBDRpNp3nJ_YDDMeVq4dHh7D-CtCCOjZsG9HGruQMbERq1lLh7mQzR-jxc7zoXFjIbkY0DsCff8MEVrrYWoUM3W2tawLREbIm9JeiLyi70Cp5mFitrTl0iwWO2zmfDBcDivPn1KmVZ_Q8ySQcLDXf3tIG8cVvemgT0bdZcG/s700/tsubame_roost-02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HthnK11jow-PqZO02ZBDRpNp3nJ_YDDMeVq4dHh7D-CtCCOjZsG9HGruQMbERq1lLh7mQzR-jxc7zoXFjIbkY0DsCff8MEVrrYWoUM3W2tawLREbIm9JeiLyi70Cp5mFitrTl0iwWO2zmfDBcDivPn1KmVZ_Q8ySQcLDXf3tIG8cVvemgT0bdZcG/s16000/tsubame_roost-02.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><div><br /></div><div>Funny but somehow the sight reminded me of the huge wave of pedestrians flooding into</div><div>the <a href="https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/tokyo/top-7-facts-about-the-shibuya-crossing-japan/" target="_blank">Shibuya Scramble Crossing</a> for a minute, the world's busiest pedestrian crossing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkw8MmgSz4aag2HDyS8PTiejScEXSia01L4IomOFY8vot3PJQv2vn8f0nkyxZxD7HiN7BxDKhObcV2TdxmsK5ZEJY6SWjWDRCrMWwfr4UOyCIlOSxURPAzVTX_8j-pxtRE5wARA3yj6MykRuMDoaL2Y7P2tAL-ZsOx2jbEEJnHY2XjNTHBnwtPAdT/s875/P1033691%20800-COLLAGE%20(1)1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="875" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkw8MmgSz4aag2HDyS8PTiejScEXSia01L4IomOFY8vot3PJQv2vn8f0nkyxZxD7HiN7BxDKhObcV2TdxmsK5ZEJY6SWjWDRCrMWwfr4UOyCIlOSxURPAzVTX_8j-pxtRE5wARA3yj6MykRuMDoaL2Y7P2tAL-ZsOx2jbEEJnHY2XjNTHBnwtPAdT/w640-h640/P1033691%20800-COLLAGE%20(1)1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>The ancient Palace Site of Nara is one of the largest resting sites for swallows in Japan.</div><div>Up to 60,000 of swarrows can be seen during the peak period in August through September.</div><div>Swallows make their nests in the eaves of houses and grow their chicks in spring.</div><div>In summer, after finishing raising their children, they pass the night together </div><div>in reed fields until at last they depart for south.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gSLHe6eQqdALMUhL6LIRSyOKZa_7KEN7MSFb1Ib3h51w53Dsd5imuQG8xwm4vYjAFzO2hyf6jb3ewPdWegJg5aarrkvLRHIdH_8e1l7gDTdLXHjoArAdlq-a6ul7y6lyNYhnUDAP-OaRrUrX8I00kcwYAfqxGphMyJnWdJX8AMuZ1IfK_411BbNt/s800/Grands2-01%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gSLHe6eQqdALMUhL6LIRSyOKZa_7KEN7MSFb1Ib3h51w53Dsd5imuQG8xwm4vYjAFzO2hyf6jb3ewPdWegJg5aarrkvLRHIdH_8e1l7gDTdLXHjoArAdlq-a6ul7y6lyNYhnUDAP-OaRrUrX8I00kcwYAfqxGphMyJnWdJX8AMuZ1IfK_411BbNt/w640-h426/Grands2-01%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memories of summer; glamping, concerts, cooking, arts and crafts, fireworks, etc.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/09/mosaicmonday-no-48.html" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-65150394423256332312023-07-11T11:34:00.011+09:002023-12-11T18:41:54.170+09:00In the sultry air under the grey skies<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiv9WHVXgql-FgmHgm4Z_VQNN-5M1LcE9ouplJKi_Ck06MCGRELgkqc_gc8bm8qT5z22peCwYa3m__-1AUAbLNn8Hz8NgzUJGFNgz7Za0ywFt5Xh_SkZHV_35Z9kK0X7RRLIJJsbVSDOYYFOZPnnbhnLxjMDkHLdUnKKi5IkGHubds3tmmVnUzmaBX/s800/P1720625%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiv9WHVXgql-FgmHgm4Z_VQNN-5M1LcE9ouplJKi_Ck06MCGRELgkqc_gc8bm8qT5z22peCwYa3m__-1AUAbLNn8Hz8NgzUJGFNgz7Za0ywFt5Xh_SkZHV_35Z9kK0X7RRLIJJsbVSDOYYFOZPnnbhnLxjMDkHLdUnKKi5IkGHubds3tmmVnUzmaBX/w640-h480/P1720625%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">About six weeks have passed since Apricot Rains set in my Kansai region in May 29th. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">梅雨Tsuyu, Apricot Rains, is called so as the rainy season coincides with the ripening of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">梅Ume, or Japanese apricot. The weather is mostly grey with overcast, drizzle to torrential rain, occasional rain storm with or without thunder and lightning. When blue skies appear, it's unbearably humid. People feel sticky and uncomfortable because of slowed down evaporation. I feel lethargic at times but fortunately not "under the weather." I like to go out to capture the special atmosphere of this season.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-otVTjgXE481h8OcXpozwEcAFWVsUoXNtHhPSk-HFWH3ovyqKWa_iq1fW_P8s3qcboCfqbwstH30U2wjSz4_OaTJmnzG0bj4ktArvHaBJ6wOMeVHI4byEuWiBZEsZhxurkao3P8zwR4MY2PdS68WeWUBO0zYx5-v2ahJAbHheHEh_mnnap9QzP8EB/s800/P1033169%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-otVTjgXE481h8OcXpozwEcAFWVsUoXNtHhPSk-HFWH3ovyqKWa_iq1fW_P8s3qcboCfqbwstH30U2wjSz4_OaTJmnzG0bj4ktArvHaBJ6wOMeVHI4byEuWiBZEsZhxurkao3P8zwR4MY2PdS68WeWUBO0zYx5-v2ahJAbHheHEh_mnnap9QzP8EB/w478-h640/P1033169%20800.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana;">Nature looks lusher with the deep green hues and scenery shines in a little darker color nuance.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmhdDjeyGwct2eM0fzWnrxvYh2sadEJa7CoXUFHkIHmoTd5Tg40Vw1fBPwm3E-YfhHrfmRlF_BE7ciLR1p-KgrjVYp6Q820cwjlrunxIDiX_gqbrAbTP4xPHp-APWmuYqv94VQvY5-U4AmMVnt00Ii4SvYY6t37K1XHsT_eFWkkVwjb4koiN_BnGo/s800/P1033079%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmhdDjeyGwct2eM0fzWnrxvYh2sadEJa7CoXUFHkIHmoTd5Tg40Vw1fBPwm3E-YfhHrfmRlF_BE7ciLR1p-KgrjVYp6Q820cwjlrunxIDiX_gqbrAbTP4xPHp-APWmuYqv94VQvY5-U4AmMVnt00Ii4SvYY6t37K1XHsT_eFWkkVwjb4koiN_BnGo/w640-h428/P1033079%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZXvFUpMeABRteBXW2N6Tx6yW-anJMYV3REXv7whVIFnh88lqnksSonBNpMu0dUdcufy_oBeT4bxFY9kBFQxzDleaFrm6ZjVKCrkkqEDSSRcgTvEi8nYxmkSfwLLVZlC0jSxVnLHcDHMApP7sxqhpsk61nf2zA2P1bYsU1vpMvKYjoYo25VRN1EQy/s800/P1033033%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZXvFUpMeABRteBXW2N6Tx6yW-anJMYV3REXv7whVIFnh88lqnksSonBNpMu0dUdcufy_oBeT4bxFY9kBFQxzDleaFrm6ZjVKCrkkqEDSSRcgTvEi8nYxmkSfwLLVZlC0jSxVnLHcDHMApP7sxqhpsk61nf2zA2P1bYsU1vpMvKYjoYo25VRN1EQy/w426-h640/P1033033%20800.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lotus
flowers, hydrangeas, bell flowers or water lilies, add pretty colors.</span></span></p></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6pzrIMVriJkEWzYdFIQVmUwmmVnyz6RSgOfxiVSHRdYjjHW07ypKZmERwDDZEitbTakpZzpCd9g-J3Rb3f6eHVVBsXr6StRKBpBGqbDh_FgklReHpapg1TaCaXaMLmGxGsNPtAmu4-JfSLRYfN0u9ki251Hl-HMIoG1nymL-_YVhuSGHMZIhxjIW/s800/P1040513%20stardust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="800" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6pzrIMVriJkEWzYdFIQVmUwmmVnyz6RSgOfxiVSHRdYjjHW07ypKZmERwDDZEitbTakpZzpCd9g-J3Rb3f6eHVVBsXr6StRKBpBGqbDh_FgklReHpapg1TaCaXaMLmGxGsNPtAmu4-JfSLRYfN0u9ki251Hl-HMIoG1nymL-_YVhuSGHMZIhxjIW/w640-h484/P1040513%20stardust.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Under the flowers and pads, water surface looks enchanting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0O9DFfNJKrGNqFkVilm1X8Mb_W26RGfQXz2U69q3YuubKgre9cnRwcvVdG5czArHAUv9BmwUUeF3pQGmmZVT3ZC15mn5MF8uVmewAaNjvC-zSQPA-nT98deZlg_Hq3wezBiSb4bVVzoHy0SIV6gKvyk_QNiMiLNIc3src01LermbRH33fLFNrWUcH/s800/P1310659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0O9DFfNJKrGNqFkVilm1X8Mb_W26RGfQXz2U69q3YuubKgre9cnRwcvVdG5czArHAUv9BmwUUeF3pQGmmZVT3ZC15mn5MF8uVmewAaNjvC-zSQPA-nT98deZlg_Hq3wezBiSb4bVVzoHy0SIV6gKvyk_QNiMiLNIc3src01LermbRH33fLFNrWUcH/w640-h428/P1310659.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuT9B2M_HjMNOYQiCkiUYHmx91sF00AMifTsBsCSl5wd67mgstpyFON3AEd7KFz2KE6dDTCDELKRdeVMXtbvjjgW8-PZ3J2QstWIx7oZ4OjCYTYMvEERYeSaOrrIMLk0i1aGuqKBnAlvCAmjRc8wkHxubGCZYdNE1j0J_yWKamLe_hmRQ4cHzAxIfi/w640-h480/P1032868%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is a silver lining to the rain clouds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(See more nice things during the Apricot Rains; </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2017/07/nice-things-during-rainy-season-2017.html">Nice things during the rainy season, 2017</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and all the other posts labelled as "rainy season", <a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/rainy%20season">here</a>.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLkWOLjErvkeVmhU5-Eitm28kBtI_ZBK8ZrKUuEhxNd_yRtKpBA6B6wsJvz7o3ZY6fC_0EO5x_q2BjbVUnSltMW1wzhVVWsfBej2K-Au2TEfvW0cd9GlMbl5lEjppuUaDgm0IjxSO9xj3yNzuz9-ZO3eSHQa2HvMwnO6Icgu997i_IC-1gy7A9Oce/s811/P1480290%20800-COLLAGE%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="811" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLkWOLjErvkeVmhU5-Eitm28kBtI_ZBK8ZrKUuEhxNd_yRtKpBA6B6wsJvz7o3ZY6fC_0EO5x_q2BjbVUnSltMW1wzhVVWsfBej2K-Au2TEfvW0cd9GlMbl5lEjppuUaDgm0IjxSO9xj3yNzuz9-ZO3eSHQa2HvMwnO6Icgu997i_IC-1gy7A9Oce/w640-h640/P1480290%20800-COLLAGE%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With the recent rainfall pattern change, the record of hourly rainfall has been broken every year causing more flooding and landslide. When Apricot Rains is over in a week or so, sizzling, scorching, and swealtering summer comes, though some other regions are already attacked by the dangerous heat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll slow down to cope with the climate as usual in summer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">See you in September.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: center;" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/07/mosaicmonday-no-39.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-22930579633399552002023-07-02T20:12:00.004+09:002023-07-03T10:43:35.110+09:00A walk along the river in the central Kyoto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW9PwxmuOSjFtY3YQir2jb54JRJixur_Y4H-MPkKzzZovILwwc33YKacCkqHMNwtQejUx8lCg9OuGFjj3W5OnHDA0S-E9FldvfAHgVZvC5AQOWdMmWs9diu0JOb79IYYREzpU4UHvs2o9qQNH826XZ9XzvSeGoE64kz3FniuityNbyPZ1i3QSfLuW/s800/P1032779%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW9PwxmuOSjFtY3YQir2jb54JRJixur_Y4H-MPkKzzZovILwwc33YKacCkqHMNwtQejUx8lCg9OuGFjj3W5OnHDA0S-E9FldvfAHgVZvC5AQOWdMmWs9diu0JOb79IYYREzpU4UHvs2o9qQNH826XZ9XzvSeGoE64kz3FniuityNbyPZ1i3QSfLuW/w480-h640/P1032779%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Takano River which originates in the mountains of Ohara Yase flows north to south</div><div style="text-align: center;"> through the eastern part of the Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeULyF4iHgvhZin0cFlWCQUeIJ3U5oW8PWGS3_78seete--C-WlD5yImxXNhhnz_tdBhG9JdmkT70UU0h6fawAksgxWoMXLO9pKxZbwdTGl9QT_GPE_k2fRR35ATIAJkhoFqoY_37JcR5H91nWg5_OhAbeyRgE0Cm09V0_gHQ47tFIo5j_b0EuDcr/s965/P1750201%20700-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="724" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeULyF4iHgvhZin0cFlWCQUeIJ3U5oW8PWGS3_78seete--C-WlD5yImxXNhhnz_tdBhG9JdmkT70UU0h6fawAksgxWoMXLO9pKxZbwdTGl9QT_GPE_k2fRR35ATIAJkhoFqoY_37JcR5H91nWg5_OhAbeyRgE0Cm09V0_gHQ47tFIo5j_b0EuDcr/w480-h640/P1750201%20700-COLLAGE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">On a cloudy, sultry day during the rains last week, I stepped down to the walkway</div><div style="text-align: center;">alongside the river close to the Demachiyanagi Station.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLoDsipAz9Z5Ti4_xpaiUs-gJhbNSjqVOJDCiEhRTwt-SASnamhVvk0S5eAG3kPoE0a3yk89ptKC4cVlw8ylb0NJMZ6J4y713wpwxm5Ywj59RICJuUA_xDhVO8P_b8TmPck1kqbhi7F44BbRdCSszRhjjjT8Xf94zZKk0F0gDewWQBiPE2nY33iQN/s800/P1032781%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLoDsipAz9Z5Ti4_xpaiUs-gJhbNSjqVOJDCiEhRTwt-SASnamhVvk0S5eAG3kPoE0a3yk89ptKC4cVlw8ylb0NJMZ6J4y713wpwxm5Ywj59RICJuUA_xDhVO8P_b8TmPck1kqbhi7F44BbRdCSszRhjjjT8Xf94zZKk0F0gDewWQBiPE2nY33iQN/w480-h640/P1032781%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The pathway is wonderful for walking, jogging and cycling. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Many wild flowers are blooming on the riverbanks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-voQ_7K2bcZGx4lb8cxNJ7LyrCp_GmybNZte3GJL7XUykWvpuehKtz8zzP8UxjSaI9gvbfVCIqQtcnMXD1o5rHUchuxbJOKEkmZWNRCRNtcvygsvU320fsl9EgKRKRr21V9RGQQ4YSoglEiKMbumpRTlaZi5G1kGr5rjZDLReNw2YMd3iJA_29jbl/s801/P1032796%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="801" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-voQ_7K2bcZGx4lb8cxNJ7LyrCp_GmybNZte3GJL7XUykWvpuehKtz8zzP8UxjSaI9gvbfVCIqQtcnMXD1o5rHUchuxbJOKEkmZWNRCRNtcvygsvU320fsl9EgKRKRr21V9RGQQ4YSoglEiKMbumpRTlaZi5G1kGr5rjZDLReNw2YMd3iJA_29jbl/w640-h480/P1032796%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With different shutter speed, I hope you hear the sound of gushing water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKxGnZ3rHt4YkD8yH4noH9n-V2lBviga-iZGsowV3OfUXM2YrsNE9fUJXBeM-qe2QoZbXFYQyWOiEMS4Ex5uz_NUwNYrclUo-MXeD5cXAOYNX0G2TGheGLM0Z4-293dbCkVNSxEh3Cd5ZIQHPIeJxf_m7ra5V618Wlyo_cyUmvziCvsQK3gRICn3_/s800/P1032787%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKxGnZ3rHt4YkD8yH4noH9n-V2lBviga-iZGsowV3OfUXM2YrsNE9fUJXBeM-qe2QoZbXFYQyWOiEMS4Ex5uz_NUwNYrclUo-MXeD5cXAOYNX0G2TGheGLM0Z4-293dbCkVNSxEh3Cd5ZIQHPIeJxf_m7ra5V618Wlyo_cyUmvziCvsQK3gRICn3_/w480-h640/P1032787%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When you are with your camera, you pay more attention to the roadside/riverside flowers.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz6zV7gZV1E0FXiOpQLw-uP5AX4gphe42KCNJA5fgaGU2y8THMjglDp-6cZW0iFL5DT05RGzO7172GpZkjnZi80CyhJXvAIzvWVLD4rzknZbV6EEv4dWumalK34Sl0l-dX9UqY8jaiWvaWAWXm_9AoMV3PQ5vliqWNVm3Nv1aODQfwrwDm4Cucp6Q/s800/P1032807%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz6zV7gZV1E0FXiOpQLw-uP5AX4gphe42KCNJA5fgaGU2y8THMjglDp-6cZW0iFL5DT05RGzO7172GpZkjnZi80CyhJXvAIzvWVLD4rzknZbV6EEv4dWumalK34Sl0l-dX9UqY8jaiWvaWAWXm_9AoMV3PQ5vliqWNVm3Nv1aODQfwrwDm4Cucp6Q/w640-h478/P1032807%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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加茂川and 鴨川.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3nGW1Ht5WH51aF_rZeLk01wMD7PfzMzeLwkJbip6oWiHMwKJvc5uu_dycYX9_IXLRc7Aaf-C-yoBAhM-0oMbYABnb_mEhnflx9gDa6KARxCLxaHXmCP4fVB-XEx5NoxagoTczskQ8MFzNp9qbL0EQW9tf923-x9_vLCYBUF32gEvIsmsvddHYzuz/s700/P1032921%201%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3nGW1Ht5WH51aF_rZeLk01wMD7PfzMzeLwkJbip6oWiHMwKJvc5uu_dycYX9_IXLRc7Aaf-C-yoBAhM-0oMbYABnb_mEhnflx9gDa6KARxCLxaHXmCP4fVB-XEx5NoxagoTczskQ8MFzNp9qbL0EQW9tf923-x9_vLCYBUF32gEvIsmsvddHYzuz/s16000/P1032921%201%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Though stepping stones are placed, the rivers are shallow for people to walk across</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">if you don't mind get wet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh506UfABq9eBcXhr1l4e8XqIMDUd_nAZsxmcUD2SI5UxIaXEkG0ibxT1KVnKExzGluCyEeKW3BzA9QK4WTxCZexFRMNOdsuYL-uari8vO9DiJYL6dXwBxg9kyZPFk8sXpzoIr_CWR7HLf4750EDhwUwTmfWZhvkkMRL0fq4Ny_dPzoZgAQOeoZC_8r/s700/P1032930%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh506UfABq9eBcXhr1l4e8XqIMDUd_nAZsxmcUD2SI5UxIaXEkG0ibxT1KVnKExzGluCyEeKW3BzA9QK4WTxCZexFRMNOdsuYL-uari8vO9DiJYL6dXwBxg9kyZPFk8sXpzoIr_CWR7HLf4750EDhwUwTmfWZhvkkMRL0fq4Ny_dPzoZgAQOeoZC_8r/s16000/P1032930%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are turtles and waterfowls like ducks and egrets at the Kamo River. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(鴨/Kamo means Duck.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-6706696261991287272023-06-19T10:29:00.000+09:002023-06-19T10:29:30.941+09:00At Yata-dera Temple on a drizzly, humid day <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's the rainy season, 梅雨 Apricot Rains,which spans about one and a half months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's 紫陽花 Ajisai, Hydrangea season, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hydrangea is a floral symbol of Japan's rainy season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to Yata-dera on a drizzly, humid day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf5oWwWHl44PMcqw5sm4hX5MsYC98pvtuahH5FsJGUIDrM_NnbGWpRytNk6GiyfglYxiI1GZ-HulSI0RMixSqfX1oLQoPL7pN_wePeSlolGkb45q8Dr--_bJql5JSMUsF_3fWi3f6yza7KXC_1GFRzJy9rF4o7pWwsoe4zPT-Hv7JTAQek4FPNQ/s800/P1014160%20(800x596).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf5oWwWHl44PMcqw5sm4hX5MsYC98pvtuahH5FsJGUIDrM_NnbGWpRytNk6GiyfglYxiI1GZ-HulSI0RMixSqfX1oLQoPL7pN_wePeSlolGkb45q8Dr--_bJql5JSMUsF_3fWi3f6yza7KXC_1GFRzJy9rF4o7pWwsoe4zPT-Hv7JTAQek4FPNQ/w640-h476/P1014160%20(800x596).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yata-dera is the center of Jizo Bosatsu worship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It houses the oldest Enmei Jizo Bosatsu Statue in Japan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoFF0wmpMbsMetSemiSGomJdSpRwWvTg10vR5WUoFPDznaY-xKEHKsrGkvMQnO5yUqr0KWi6DioWhGVLKhzrQ7mPPliQVxhjPT8lVlvL0gHzFyfKixtPYebleHKMotmKBHzPSt1p5j_e-PnZ3yCSTCoFr5UPHxdhDburyzGllxdJQRwyjzSfgWQ/s800/P1032349%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoFF0wmpMbsMetSemiSGomJdSpRwWvTg10vR5WUoFPDznaY-xKEHKsrGkvMQnO5yUqr0KWi6DioWhGVLKhzrQ7mPPliQVxhjPT8lVlvL0gHzFyfKixtPYebleHKMotmKBHzPSt1p5j_e-PnZ3yCSTCoFr5UPHxdhDburyzGllxdJQRwyjzSfgWQ/w640-h480/P1032349%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hondo, Main Hall</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JGkUBbLhm1CVZDy7qEUqznRt3RlTJrVol-WMwCoZiCFDRq_NWNmDTpDt7WWgMaPMwLuX-Rl83X9yw2KHBEsSFueU_yc0LDhyGkLmWD3zaDCRuYVzz_iLbrrPECZ9aBDJR9lnmfHM87pOVKEmcXQOtcfo2r-zIN4fDPAT8PNCK1Akm59aJv9MqA/s800/P1032352%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JGkUBbLhm1CVZDy7qEUqznRt3RlTJrVol-WMwCoZiCFDRq_NWNmDTpDt7WWgMaPMwLuX-Rl83X9yw2KHBEsSFueU_yc0LDhyGkLmWD3zaDCRuYVzz_iLbrrPECZ9aBDJR9lnmfHM87pOVKEmcXQOtcfo2r-zIN4fDPAT8PNCK1Akm59aJv9MqA/w640-h480/P1032352%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stone Jizo Statues along the path leading to the Hydrangea Garden</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They've planted hydrangeas since 1965</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">as the round flower looks like the gemstone held in Jizo's hand,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">and the changing colors of the flowers teach 諸行無常 Shogyomujyo, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">everything is constantly changing and nothing remains the same.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There are around 10.000 shrubs of hydrangea of 60 different species.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(<a href="http://www.yatadera.or.jp/index.html">Yata-dera homepage</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He reigned 673 to 686.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0siHD3vbyWyOZ0yR-JMtyGLLJJXKLElOXOK_syToSqCqSPZRPrvKpzggIJ4XxSr6qzZnSYfWKT-I9V8FrpBYAjbnaOw1UDyMxJuiViC8_iy2rTc9e3QEs8Wktiv4mUA-qn3XvOylR7hQUMtZSgwSmfQ7gvP4Eg01KK1biKVbAx-bfth90O9-6A/s700/yatadera%205-01%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0siHD3vbyWyOZ0yR-JMtyGLLJJXKLElOXOK_syToSqCqSPZRPrvKpzggIJ4XxSr6qzZnSYfWKT-I9V8FrpBYAjbnaOw1UDyMxJuiViC8_iy2rTc9e3QEs8Wktiv4mUA-qn3XvOylR7hQUMtZSgwSmfQ7gvP4Eg01KK1biKVbAx-bfth90O9-6A/s16000/yatadera%205-01%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leading up to the temple gate is a steep slope </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">and to the Main Hall and </span><span style="font-family: times;">Hydrangea Garden is a long winding stairway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yata-dera; <a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2011/06/temple-of-o-jizo-sama-and-hydrangeas.html">The temple of o-jizo-sama and hydrangeas</a> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Yamato-koriyama City; <a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2022/04/sakura-at-koriyama-castle-ruins.html">Sakura at Koriyama Castle Ruins</a></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2019/09/indigo-dyeing-and-goldfish.html">Indigo dyeing and goldfish</a></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2019/03/cheers-to-hina-dolls-and-womanhood.html">Cheers to Hina dolls and womanhood</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/06/mosaicmonday-no-36.html">Mosaic Monday</a> </p>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-19438310235166972822023-06-05T16:50:00.005+09:002023-06-11T22:58:25.077+09:00Small but big stories of animals on leaves<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">"Even if all you do is fail</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">if you keep that weakness sharpen,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">it will become your own unique strength one day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">Even if you don't have a place now</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">you will find a place where you feel you are not alone.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">A leaf tells a small but big story."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">(Excerpted from <a href="https://lito-leafart.com/index.html">lito@leafart official website</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd like to introduce an amazing Leaf-cutting artist, Lito,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">whose exhibition I came across</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in Nara.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I looked at his works marvelled at how he could do such a fascinating job</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">as well as his inexhaustible imagination and creativity.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later, I learned about his meticulous drawing and intricate cut-out technique </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">on this video.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JXuAtnZRlIs" width="320" youtube-src-id="JXuAtnZRlIs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Each </span>and every leaf-art of his is a wordless book with its own story.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The details of the stories of gentle-hearted animals living in peace </span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">become vividly visible when the leaves are held against the blue sky.</span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOk7CPvCqnXD66UuxCHYUK-8ag7PDLM88YYfpvEHRPz5xJbUzHnZCfv2iEnRoCODZr0l2UrjJOsYhIC_MKITQFd4LW3V_NE6YIqz05vobIR_Z_QVFI19hLPXOvvZ5MuGRpDBJc3FIy4zhaacIQiJBtIq17wuMm-8YR5ya__hyM9Rm28ynt_ydZQ/s750/leafcutting%20art-01%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOk7CPvCqnXD66UuxCHYUK-8ag7PDLM88YYfpvEHRPz5xJbUzHnZCfv2iEnRoCODZr0l2UrjJOsYhIC_MKITQFd4LW3V_NE6YIqz05vobIR_Z_QVFI19hLPXOvvZ5MuGRpDBJc3FIy4zhaacIQiJBtIq17wuMm-8YR5ya__hyM9Rm28ynt_ydZQ/s16000/leafcutting%20art-01%20750.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lito_leafart/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">©︎Lito</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">@</span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: times;">leafart </span></span></span></a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">"Once upon a time, there lived a man.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">He was clumsy and always made mistakes in everything he did.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">He was always scolded by the people around him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">One </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">day, the man ran away from his daily routine of being scolded,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">then he came across a leaf.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">On </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">the small leaf, he found a world of lush grass and trees,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">and animals were living there happily and peacefully.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">The </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">man was fascianted by the world on the leaf.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">This wonderful world was the place he had been looking for.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">A gentle </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">and somewhat humorous world that spread out on a single leaf. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">I would </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">be very happy if you could enjoy the stories of the various creatures that live there with me."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">Profile</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">""Born in Tokyo in 1986, Grew up in Kanagawa Prefecture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">In </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">2020, he began creating artwork using leaves as cutouts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">Diagnosed </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">with ADHD, he channels his energy into his craft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">The </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">resulting work is imbued with a warm, gentle touch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">Almost </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">every day, he posts his work on social networking sites, creating a buzz.""</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Visit <a href="https://lito-leafart.com/index.html">lito@leafart official website</a>, from which I excerpted passages,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span lang="EN-US">or have a look at his Instagram, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lito_leafart/">lito_leafart </a><br /></span></span><span>where he keeps posting each new piece of
work almost every day.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>You can see more works on <a href="https://mymodernmet.com/leaf-art/">this site</a>, too.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/06/mosaicmonday-no-34.html">Mosaic Monday</a></span></span></div><br /></span></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-53511421437285030052023-05-28T20:24:00.006+09:002023-07-12T20:35:23.778+09:00Stone Buddhist statues and Azaleas at the Chogaku-ji<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjex552X_w7z3vqF1gS2AqkkYy-zQTB2p3XewdoNnNfbhvHxYsmqraLgYKZDCdL1tBM0mO8c7pYbS0NbmXgnjbHFo7zhkkPUi0dt5ZIulLcNAFYiP6cm7eNlkWLOD32FbgdbssbNJL8/s800/P1004532+%2528800x600%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjex552X_w7z3vqF1gS2AqkkYy-zQTB2p3XewdoNnNfbhvHxYsmqraLgYKZDCdL1tBM0mO8c7pYbS0NbmXgnjbHFo7zhkkPUi0dt5ZIulLcNAFYiP6cm7eNlkWLOD32FbgdbssbNJL8/w640-h480/P1004532+%2528800x600%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Into Azaleas and greenery of May</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://en.japantravel.com/nara/ch%C5%8Dgaku-ji-temple/2166">Chogaku-ji Temple</a> stands along Yamanobe-no-michi, the oldest highway in Japan.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was founded around 824 by Kukai, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the founder of the Mount Koya Shingon sect of Buddhism.</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBR5zMN5PsI0Rdy93qNRzh62sxWvAbCWZeadUokvKHjK9b8R373Ji3R2xf44fLQaFha3VvOdPay8jDb4wxGAhYuRlxhDZH1yKk1_z9vaAVkd0nQgSdziwYGZUgua8_vo6KkzX9sqn/s800/P1004398+%2528800x600%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBR5zMN5PsI0Rdy93qNRzh62sxWvAbCWZeadUokvKHjK9b8R373Ji3R2xf44fLQaFha3VvOdPay8jDb4wxGAhYuRlxhDZH1yKk1_z9vaAVkd0nQgSdziwYGZUgua8_vo6KkzX9sqn/w640-h480/P1004398+%2528800x600%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Azaleas started blooming much earlier than usual.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The gravel approach with Azalea hedges on both sides leads visitors to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the oldest bell tower gate in Japan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is the only one structure which have survived since the founding of this temple.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyBhANo425VPQJZrzw9czHR3hsqITxYuF_ZJkNcTMBj9t6X34PxhWsYNJhdJ_5s7pD7OVqsQQrwrtqt8TnubfhKY6luLvaDHa1W3m1iOQJJfiTOhgXzEMMm-IzKJONRFuMbrsITOoOohWz-TwL40Ut-D68fN47As55IZvkbWZjTs77B61FMXzSA/s800/P1004418%20(605x800).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="605" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyBhANo425VPQJZrzw9czHR3hsqITxYuF_ZJkNcTMBj9t6X34PxhWsYNJhdJ_5s7pD7OVqsQQrwrtqt8TnubfhKY6luLvaDHa1W3m1iOQJJfiTOhgXzEMMm-IzKJONRFuMbrsITOoOohWz-TwL40Ut-D68fN47As55IZvkbWZjTs77B61FMXzSA/w484-h640/P1004418%20(605x800).jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A stone Jizo, a guardian of children, stands in bright and clear green.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He tries to save children at any cost.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLunzj-PQrBx38LkjojF-z3DAFSVY4j6Sydk0DQyE8vw48m2y2blxcNvuQhnb7kopDLDLQd_n0dWUUMA3MWVOQygAJFm-Oj5elVErKaWnpbQ-UgdCTrGQox8tHIcmxwJPSqVdGYmjv/s800/P1004428+%2528800x596%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLunzj-PQrBx38LkjojF-z3DAFSVY4j6Sydk0DQyE8vw48m2y2blxcNvuQhnb7kopDLDLQd_n0dWUUMA3MWVOQygAJFm-Oj5elVErKaWnpbQ-UgdCTrGQox8tHIcmxwJPSqVdGYmjv/w640-h477/P1004428+%2528800x596%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shades of pink are harmonious with fresh verdure as you look around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysCi9gt_8AfAceras6AOuX_DDOvNAJr5q_dojjUFG2x3IgsW5610U5kRRIDxt9h0txe5q2iaSmD1lnYZd5HpDqIjwc-CYUqCA6wNjbrMnUSgHzS8nq4DL94xxzMVBddWgYr2sB4QF7k62tQToe8-O7l8lJUPrzbpQSfqc29sX93Bx4m7sNrrArQ/s625/P1004412%20(800x593)-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="625" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysCi9gt_8AfAceras6AOuX_DDOvNAJr5q_dojjUFG2x3IgsW5610U5kRRIDxt9h0txe5q2iaSmD1lnYZd5HpDqIjwc-CYUqCA6wNjbrMnUSgHzS8nq4DL94xxzMVBddWgYr2sB4QF7k62tQToe8-O7l8lJUPrzbpQSfqc29sX93Bx4m7sNrrArQ/w640-h640/P1004412%20(800x593)-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are many moss-covered stone Buddhist statues in the precinct.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OLfnZISQwNf_XhawwyZ3MSaYoj5z9X4CLGUlwkm9awyRxgu_PVxTAGCmICRJN_InyGD_yJqO7NahhrwnZVLyNhbk9-v663GRtYPJmbEqrFhS0eUDpFyypm4J8AzQwsbiLEPlfeLz/s800/P1004458+%2528800x600%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OLfnZISQwNf_XhawwyZ3MSaYoj5z9X4CLGUlwkm9awyRxgu_PVxTAGCmICRJN_InyGD_yJqO7NahhrwnZVLyNhbk9-v663GRtYPJmbEqrFhS0eUDpFyypm4J8AzQwsbiLEPlfeLz/w640-h480/P1004458+%2528800x600%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The statue at the upper center dates back to 1322.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmGnbjCKzQSNQFjbGOHN4XCUujJL4niLx4Ak1A0nm8D19_Hv2nYwGauRVxicvgVzpgxkf_rWoZSYCydEGzOvxIkB_M6nKsgVdUg-46ytEtlD7guU_BhnyaoB_vbgb8mNSXtCsyJq-/s569/P2210565+%2528756x800%2529-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmGnbjCKzQSNQFjbGOHN4XCUujJL4niLx4Ak1A0nm8D19_Hv2nYwGauRVxicvgVzpgxkf_rWoZSYCydEGzOvxIkB_M6nKsgVdUg-46ytEtlD7guU_BhnyaoB_vbgb8mNSXtCsyJq-/s16000/P2210565+%2528756x800%2529-COLLAGE.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beginning of May is the season of Kakitsubata Iris.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once I featured the irises in <a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2012/05/memories-of-grandmother-and-kakitsubata.html">Memories of Grandmother and kakitsubata iris</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicszDhXiRQajXNiUm-_I8nQn35P9Te5-09qfo6AiB_sTLwnghq6tol6ihg_WW47ReY_qScqraJIGPtuIQ7IIHRUYFwetcddimrwOjmt_eZ4t1puuIRGDxmLAMxdGya5XWreny6IBe5/s800/P1004501+%2528800x599%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicszDhXiRQajXNiUm-_I8nQn35P9Te5-09qfo6AiB_sTLwnghq6tol6ihg_WW47ReY_qScqraJIGPtuIQ7IIHRUYFwetcddimrwOjmt_eZ4t1puuIRGDxmLAMxdGya5XWreny6IBe5/w640-h478/P1004501+%2528800x599%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Peering through white Japanese snowball</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The pond is shimmering with iris reflections.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkul4IljPYzHEU-Zhi3Rj5vsnVeAl2hGBnbBBHChpLVjJxuFD2tsfL6nIiYf0Go5dJVu1NlQXufFRTzzTHhTfgDQopY3mw-_jjz3gBsNHizW8aUKULxfAaYCdYQu2mRf_ZnpauI469tTSZhidtz-LJpFGYlBL8GCx0-I1xXWkR8qG-CvAv8GXRFQ/s700/P1004535%20%20(800x590)700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkul4IljPYzHEU-Zhi3Rj5vsnVeAl2hGBnbBBHChpLVjJxuFD2tsfL6nIiYf0Go5dJVu1NlQXufFRTzzTHhTfgDQopY3mw-_jjz3gBsNHizW8aUKULxfAaYCdYQu2mRf_ZnpauI469tTSZhidtz-LJpFGYlBL8GCx0-I1xXWkR8qG-CvAv8GXRFQ/s16000/P1004535%20%20(800x590)700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Meiryo;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>The long straw festoon in the bottom-center photo, which is hung on the large trees</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span> on right and left side, </span>is the thing of Shintoism.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>Right after the entry of Buddhism, Shinto rites were incorporated into Buddhism.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>Chogaku-ji shows the characteristics of it.</span></div><div style="font-family: Meiryo;"><span><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgjj_w2Ae1KFSJe9OKmOaWW0y3mio8qvZZjT8l4JBS45DIN-vd7gYDQXSCSpJ9m7A4otFu24sVrtOqGiPcLwTrRv_l8L6nzkarR2bHH1o7wLmL_Ys2_jpsG8xs-EKTWcU483fJo_gQkkGWSBSM_kb84R0m64N3y2CcmedCiPuoDZ8QGsES03RDg/s883/P2210516%20(800x599)-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/05/mosaicmonday-no-33.html">Mosaic Monday</a></span></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-86552133119539673812023-05-07T20:50:00.004+09:002023-05-08T13:15:38.577+09:00Ao-momiji and other greenery at the Eikan-do Temple<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe245IpqDCvdqmYMVbjoI3-pMiHTJoJ4VRNPygGp4dR0zjU0_0IvNM0d-Kluliz6_VpUejRDheCMyfYyXIOmi4shEgVQbPLli6kp_fExwCgL9_Fcg7QQ0NcXGPXr1bJUTnppZqZxTl61D3jmTUMdZfMNIHjRDA_eQZ43CO-rLePZbqjFqTqEL30A/s800/P1032089%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe245IpqDCvdqmYMVbjoI3-pMiHTJoJ4VRNPygGp4dR0zjU0_0IvNM0d-Kluliz6_VpUejRDheCMyfYyXIOmi4shEgVQbPLli6kp_fExwCgL9_Fcg7QQ0NcXGPXr1bJUTnppZqZxTl61D3jmTUMdZfMNIHjRDA_eQZ43CO-rLePZbqjFqTqEL30A/w640-h480/P1032089%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ao-momiji is young leaves of Japanese Maples which shines in the light of May</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">while Momiji is fiery red Maples in autumn.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wMwqU-g-ZR3o0y-ppdA6Er2n2UJHnpCw8xOsUmpDRRmMyul9TySGsXPhuhajMDtiKFRJTJ__dNkue2ytIPAm_w83VJlWrK2HkhzcjuQVT6Wb0e3LVmd2-nkkKeFw70gcwhkMIoLkVJZXefxngoeQdFxG9SUkTTYJ2eCj9Nzaj3ky5FWvELj5Tw/s750/P1013063%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wMwqU-g-ZR3o0y-ppdA6Er2n2UJHnpCw8xOsUmpDRRmMyul9TySGsXPhuhajMDtiKFRJTJ__dNkue2ytIPAm_w83VJlWrK2HkhzcjuQVT6Wb0e3LVmd2-nkkKeFw70gcwhkMIoLkVJZXefxngoeQdFxG9SUkTTYJ2eCj9Nzaj3ky5FWvELj5Tw/w640-h480/P1013063%20750.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Along the path leading to the temple gate</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">永観堂 EikandoTemple is one of the most breathtaking Momiji spots in Kyoto.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I took a stroll through ao-momiji and other greenery last year, which was fortunate.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What with drastic increase of inbound and with Golden Week holidays, April 29th to May 7th,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kyoto's overtourism is returned to pre-Covid level this spring.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overcrowded places and congested transportaion is really inconvenient for travelers</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and locals alike.</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhQE0H_qBlt5APT8FmSXcAS3gmw30fUYwmL4kNPtPXtUbMYL2Mkfa1g8VZpzZ9f75Se3Bt8OhCYS4PPhTs5f9aVZbDHyvy6jKZ5ErbLhYH6cTZit6IGr1rbuxDcmpoorrv5T2o5qVZFjahFxO57IaQmbYw25SIfADTUzwmgQZE001G3hfSXl5vg/s800/P1013159%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhQE0H_qBlt5APT8FmSXcAS3gmw30fUYwmL4kNPtPXtUbMYL2Mkfa1g8VZpzZ9f75Se3Bt8OhCYS4PPhTs5f9aVZbDHyvy6jKZ5ErbLhYH6cTZit6IGr1rbuxDcmpoorrv5T2o5qVZFjahFxO57IaQmbYw25SIfADTUzwmgQZE001G3hfSXl5vg/w640-h480/P1013159%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;">The sign reads "Eikando Temple noted for もみじ Momiji, </span><span style="font-family: times;">Entrance to the halls"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eikando's main halls</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> are built alongside</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the base of the hillside </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">and are connected </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">by long wooden corridors and stairs.</span></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This curving staircase, which leads to the smallest 開山堂 Kaizan-do Hall on the highest place,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is called 臥龍廊 Garyu-ro meaning "lying dragon corridor".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It made me feel like that I was purified climbing up and down through the Dragon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZxWgTqddFYtuf1BGKXE1RCdmh2KLPCr3sQQpaLsSo3yTwnBMbw6RFcQTXvV9YUeDRAWh3VPu2v1F2fAdWZ7iE1GL28exZD89D6VfC8oiQNCn2oLK6loctl6-ODAXWiFWaCf9avcMsBPJYati2_4q0d031Vu2xbDSkSZhaSHbctH6vyz8ivFnxg/s800/P1013127%20(595x800)-COLLAGE%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">are shining through along this winding path.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Zu_xxmrKGhSSDOAE4mfEj4qrCfS35lJKlF6oDAYxjcOINuHGwHlC1oEBAq37JWMBApflYpTIwIeHnQKbPihnI7e2VBcl5NEIPHXKhMzR8Gf2m8mEp_Z5UDQOCgsKepXTvYHkOBotBvh5u3QSFG8N5SkzXhe2gWVcYEHS_T9OUsV07FGlslI4Xg/s700/P1013225%20700%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Zu_xxmrKGhSSDOAE4mfEj4qrCfS35lJKlF6oDAYxjcOINuHGwHlC1oEBAq37JWMBApflYpTIwIeHnQKbPihnI7e2VBcl5NEIPHXKhMzR8Gf2m8mEp_Z5UDQOCgsKepXTvYHkOBotBvh5u3QSFG8N5SkzXhe2gWVcYEHS_T9OUsV07FGlslI4Xg/s16000/P1013225%20700%20(2).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/05/mosaicmonday-no-30.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-90614786889438910332023-04-17T19:37:00.005+09:002023-08-25T13:08:33.835+09:00Early green-up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Landscape has been greening up rapidly like a magic.</span></div></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana;">Almost all of the tree buds open at the same time, painting the landscape </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">various different shades of soft green.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This happens earlier year by year recently.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8Jn2pOYY_ucn-CPRDnwkZclEEYBodUQhzLkr2-tXtL3xYLVhRRGfiAELvGHrChkNvtkVElnrhCxlPH0VY77t7BFSBqomw1nDfve0v4hS1dtGSCMeShLEwgdWMs8olMLXP73mwkcM3IL2MheW_AHaptDXaH3pnbQ1ccNHNEOjEVBxx1xrMDlQRg/s700/P1031841%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8Jn2pOYY_ucn-CPRDnwkZclEEYBodUQhzLkr2-tXtL3xYLVhRRGfiAELvGHrChkNvtkVElnrhCxlPH0VY77t7BFSBqomw1nDfve0v4hS1dtGSCMeShLEwgdWMs8olMLXP73mwkcM3IL2MheW_AHaptDXaH3pnbQ1ccNHNEOjEVBxx1xrMDlQRg/s16000/P1031841%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kasugano-enchi Park, April 9th </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><div style="font-family: Meiryo; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Appearance of new leaves, unfurling colors and shedding light,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">is full of hope and possibilities.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A haiku poem from Ukraine, however, made me look at the early spring trees</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">- t</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">he mixture of soft green, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">khaki or olive drab, yellow and white -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">in a different angle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This spring </span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even the trees are wearing </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Military uniform</span></span></div></div><div><span><span style="text-align: left;">(</span><a href="https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/20220524-1-2/">Vladislava Simonova</a><span style="text-align: left;">)</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Meiryo; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qRoAokRIVbVS-sghKklFCqz4ZTyAdzrJ_Ej-5mntuF8vvBF3Rr2dp_iZbLinKLuKSIb-_6rk7WXqB0Go1QM-OLdLw7UlthhpQTgwdQ2Ez_SCtX1Mw_rLKGsz_Du-5_tPFnWGUyUr3al-OQkvEtgItPFqAkiqRHVwH9NjBNXQh5VsquqlsDA9Zw/s800/P1011289%20800-COLLAGE%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qRoAokRIVbVS-sghKklFCqz4ZTyAdzrJ_Ej-5mntuF8vvBF3Rr2dp_iZbLinKLuKSIb-_6rk7WXqB0Go1QM-OLdLw7UlthhpQTgwdQ2Ez_SCtX1Mw_rLKGsz_Du-5_tPFnWGUyUr3al-OQkvEtgItPFqAkiqRHVwH9NjBNXQh5VsquqlsDA9Zw/w640-h480/P1011289%20800-COLLAGE%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">During the Sakura season when pale pink blossoms are all around, baby leaves</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> could be overlooked.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsguOHlM694foY30XP67fLVA-IfpCs0L8vSraLXGz88tyJ3L_METNz8GzRalSO_s1zuZYLaz-rbUmg12hbfEOIf8G-lVjVkdPqBFBsGEZSan3-gwjyeWJjKbN8YsYK4Qi5d7RTwXpW370Zr29CsLEO8ocO99tODJ8X0B1Jkl_7epDTjuNNqsxYQ/s800/P1019270%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsguOHlM694foY30XP67fLVA-IfpCs0L8vSraLXGz88tyJ3L_METNz8GzRalSO_s1zuZYLaz-rbUmg12hbfEOIf8G-lVjVkdPqBFBsGEZSan3-gwjyeWJjKbN8YsYK4Qi5d7RTwXpW370Zr29CsLEO8ocO99tODJ8X0B1Jkl_7epDTjuNNqsxYQ/w640-h640/P1019270%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Umami Hills Park, March 28th</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dandelions along the wooden steps and around are not just another ordinary scene.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlgPZtKSyHRZXzH7BnAhUrk5O2VvYNZS-8KurKBU_M7A8qBrd6H6VZs_kAWUXL3je8CDBZcvIYp08rnYT9LVKKqHZzbRHbgEAHrDhI_ctUnQOT4GchcciXeuR-gX2tAGtrm34_AiZOlvkZUeeyuYYTWNk_neHkGkvgxDVSk7s7n9_7npxeYeDkg/s700/P1019264%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlgPZtKSyHRZXzH7BnAhUrk5O2VvYNZS-8KurKBU_M7A8qBrd6H6VZs_kAWUXL3je8CDBZcvIYp08rnYT9LVKKqHZzbRHbgEAHrDhI_ctUnQOT4GchcciXeuR-gX2tAGtrm34_AiZOlvkZUeeyuYYTWNk_neHkGkvgxDVSk7s7n9_7npxeYeDkg/s16000/P1019264%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Purplish-pink little flowers of Mitsuba-tsutsuji, or Rhododendron dilatatum,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">would look less prominent in the overwhelming presence of Sakura.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is the early-blooming azalea of which bloom time coincides with Sakura</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and is endemic to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region">Kanto</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_region">Kansai</a> regions.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="800" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7k3ItUl8ZUWB9kgy1CcZ2r9homBUcpirLTDe1iNjEA-_O5xO8csvd5_x0A0IqBYry3JFO31toMrfJudlG96BOShhMRkSByGQFva_OT1BWejjQYdUwY0Dl19rSZq8ZhggIwV2XPohR1JeA0GzPIvhlxSDEg2L0Wc9hQrhDd8e1yZh3artSFiuNg/w640-h428/P1021129%201%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the meanwhile, green colors grow brilliant and deep.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBBGoA64MikC1eNZf2EJupSUqKgFzFJKNCx53hkd2swhdQ04pkHzYm_9DYFCulxvss9utVeYHxpA5Xn5CdpNholpMAd69zOvwzM4_Jw8At1ezRV2pwbvX0WZMvDsFPfZuck1oJGUCUCUzegNKTjA57q_UjUv2kpciy9zB_HTCvS-Q5MDNSlhMEA/s800/P1012304%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBBGoA64MikC1eNZf2EJupSUqKgFzFJKNCx53hkd2swhdQ04pkHzYm_9DYFCulxvss9utVeYHxpA5Xn5CdpNholpMAd69zOvwzM4_Jw8At1ezRV2pwbvX0WZMvDsFPfZuck1oJGUCUCUzegNKTjA57q_UjUv2kpciy9zB_HTCvS-Q5MDNSlhMEA/w640-h476/P1012304%20700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yellow and white come to look clearer in the deeper green.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ndE_DL-AEJagn4U1Ut2RlckKiaOH1hZUsica9RG3eO2RVWoi4A8BcZGvNv56Zs6LgY3_d2ddyTzJPY-Ou0TXH4cfMxk9lTE-lr7XRciLyG6OyJZi7GZnek0mRdmzAa584EB1eN1qxqP2cTY6rST8rG71IzmcpnrSuF_OcJkQNIPHiS-Dn0DVKA/s1021/P1130833%20stardust-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="766" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ndE_DL-AEJagn4U1Ut2RlckKiaOH1hZUsica9RG3eO2RVWoi4A8BcZGvNv56Zs6LgY3_d2ddyTzJPY-Ou0TXH4cfMxk9lTE-lr7XRciLyG6OyJZi7GZnek0mRdmzAa584EB1eN1qxqP2cTY6rST8rG71IzmcpnrSuF_OcJkQNIPHiS-Dn0DVKA/w480-h640/P1130833%20stardust-COLLAGE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">紫蘭 Bletilla striata</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPeBPIBVkATFwGOxIJ7qr-rIUt6B816x6R1i9FW3kyX0hAIBnM4MpO2J5YMIOWHwYoFpbhLt6z5NpAtG-z4krkXBHL6pSTH_ZY-k7scMP3g01pGCpJPf_g61s82StZsR3QK9jbwCmGHq97k59eYJ6xS5e1OAc_syYPD-KAZCg4fEoDYBe5rZDwg/s800/P1012313%20(590x800).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPeBPIBVkATFwGOxIJ7qr-rIUt6B816x6R1i9FW3kyX0hAIBnM4MpO2J5YMIOWHwYoFpbhLt6z5NpAtG-z4krkXBHL6pSTH_ZY-k7scMP3g01pGCpJPf_g61s82StZsR3QK9jbwCmGHq97k59eYJ6xS5e1OAc_syYPD-KAZCg4fEoDYBe5rZDwg/w472-h640/P1012313%20(590x800).jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Japanese Maples</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDo776o5DBayyxGen4f5BIZlNwZlm84v-DQx26ismL2_tLBlXzC9QZjXW_ifjtvKGEFfIfZgyVz8Mwrq-QkiHjLQBXIXwYGteMO0bZ76Cy9bUCHDIDYnQvM-IUQc-HPxAMhQoFTYQs-Ed0IfiikeDOqSlcUNFVeT_QdyLTPqZj-QEOmVT_3b5vA/s700/P1013805%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDo776o5DBayyxGen4f5BIZlNwZlm84v-DQx26ismL2_tLBlXzC9QZjXW_ifjtvKGEFfIfZgyVz8Mwrq-QkiHjLQBXIXwYGteMO0bZ76Cy9bUCHDIDYnQvM-IUQc-HPxAMhQoFTYQs-Ed0IfiikeDOqSlcUNFVeT_QdyLTPqZj-QEOmVT_3b5vA/s16000/P1013805%20700.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY26Nfcg7nK0g5FcBXJkAEgbkF4iprrAb4L5O5BwnWTBR39vFyB2AwGMspdGBEizy4goN_uQ2kryzfQFGTrD60uofWXLhmySymPRVxL3K0HlupeUH-3FngAmCt4jkmXoMTc0qfyIZrWL_X386AAMP6Q-6ZlJhdiJGAaf4ohjQytyMtNXFPIAqbDg/w640-h480/P1011217%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Weeping fern, Lepisorus thunbergianus, on Camphor</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Js4av6PLhzwLWYZ3kQ_U0IWCnt-FTmf-N_y3P3Ajii_oRQXqxh1kL371kvao8U8r4cAqj8DzAl02cZxQTKRD8DIcQawuT2Eo7i5itzE4zJ2Or-3ekVsvHlkhOQ9rdflG6neUnREvVXnoIME4wImGIpKZGz82gcXn1S7Vwr8Ux0FRZqH_r0c2fw/s883/P1012105%20(800x600)-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="662" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Js4av6PLhzwLWYZ3kQ_U0IWCnt-FTmf-N_y3P3Ajii_oRQXqxh1kL371kvao8U8r4cAqj8DzAl02cZxQTKRD8DIcQawuT2Eo7i5itzE4zJ2Or-3ekVsvHlkhOQ9rdflG6neUnREvVXnoIME4wImGIpKZGz82gcXn1S7Vwr8Ux0FRZqH_r0c2fw/w480-h640/P1012105%20(800x600)-COLLAGE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Young leaves of Camphor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Though it's still mid-April, land is already in the attire of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">early summer green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunlight feels strong on sunny days except for the time when being covered in </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230414/p2a/00m/0na/008000c">yellow dust</a> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">from the continent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11sHDjkKyKoaYbF1VjqZByHY9ZwCbXZXL_XqZHdtbWZSkBwnaXWANon7QgQ7fxdvVl17N_s2JnUWJXBouc0XrUqN8r_6PR6pAJRUl7u5zdW02vQeIfNnLgAuEwPMqaab1c7nQ1vY8xEn1x1XQi1XVtYZaXElFVV5knC9SD21_H7gmwpCXu8ywEQ/s800/P1012190%20(800x606).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="800" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11sHDjkKyKoaYbF1VjqZByHY9ZwCbXZXL_XqZHdtbWZSkBwnaXWANon7QgQ7fxdvVl17N_s2JnUWJXBouc0XrUqN8r_6PR6pAJRUl7u5zdW02vQeIfNnLgAuEwPMqaab1c7nQ1vY8xEn1x1XQi1XVtYZaXElFVV5knC9SD21_H7gmwpCXu8ywEQ/w640-h484/P1012190%20(800x606).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/04/mosaicmonday-no-27.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-1335342892682817942023-04-04T10:55:00.010+09:002023-04-19T15:15:03.700+09:00桜 Sakura Season, 2023<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><div style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">It is the season of Sakura (Cherry blossoms) blooming all around. As I often wrote, Sakura come and go all at once, enchanting us with their ethereal beauty and elegance. They are also so strong that they aren't scattered away even in a storm when they know it's not time for them to go. Especially in the times of adversity, Sakura always look inspiring and encouraging with their endearing attitude to fulfill their ephemeral lives. </div><div style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybEfAeT8dfKe81Hev5R2-qfwBfghbJJQLAiboam2vq9TOCjPGNE4vvtBvBJH8M--FHy1N24PUH8slJt9fEU5WM9cV0MqBvaqZbXEFSe6EA0yh6WpHxv4LFO7ugImc57-R3Q_DmdOT8RcrAv75kfAZKoXuZgdmTwA3tyw9EdUZc1r1dGNjbWd-9w/s800/P1019106%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybEfAeT8dfKe81Hev5R2-qfwBfghbJJQLAiboam2vq9TOCjPGNE4vvtBvBJH8M--FHy1N24PUH8slJt9fEU5WM9cV0MqBvaqZbXEFSe6EA0yh6WpHxv4LFO7ugImc57-R3Q_DmdOT8RcrAv75kfAZKoXuZgdmTwA3tyw9EdUZc1r1dGNjbWd-9w/w478-h640/P1019106%20800.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The blooms of Sakura was much earlier due to the sudden warming up in March; it isn't affected by the severity of winter but by the time when warm east wind starts to blow. <span>Restless as always at this time of year, I strolled around various different places </span>with clearer, brighter vision. </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="clear: both;">- 東大寺 Todaiji Temple complex, March 27th -</div><div style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFCvNs09Q5APYe2v8oHgq35Gl9Dkvzp0664nCybt5m-lyyaJ8ghtgicD7jjdwC8rAVQDHKGtguu-t_pwHC-8TGyEYc9VDYjyWgheknwglBYtXsLS4fQSUS3qubFIz4tIEbxaPXerrIcNHqwtiisagZcJ6xSfB2M5-3whr_guaVt5cc_EojunruA/s1000/P1019119%201000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFCvNs09Q5APYe2v8oHgq35Gl9Dkvzp0664nCybt5m-lyyaJ8ghtgicD7jjdwC8rAVQDHKGtguu-t_pwHC-8TGyEYc9VDYjyWgheknwglBYtXsLS4fQSUS3qubFIz4tIEbxaPXerrIcNHqwtiisagZcJ6xSfB2M5-3whr_guaVt5cc_EojunruA/w640-h480/P1019119%201000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cascading Sakura at an architecture along the path to the Shigatsu-do Hall</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNsUBH0ddeVu-o75LYr-XGL7P9W4pHc3OneunrR42BAvm8qFJ-Yvp7jgpkgwMoqdN8LdYxqjYU6cqx7wekcQkziljXiPv5sQExjrB6ADS6dEOZQnpOz8fUE6RqydgFriZnq9PRqQTj3YqQuQ-sUuodxMYRmMn8H0BnYGjfyNB1gVZMHucp-fa9w/s700/P1019147%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNsUBH0ddeVu-o75LYr-XGL7P9W4pHc3OneunrR42BAvm8qFJ-Yvp7jgpkgwMoqdN8LdYxqjYU6cqx7wekcQkziljXiPv5sQExjrB6ADS6dEOZQnpOz8fUE6RqydgFriZnq9PRqQTj3YqQuQ-sUuodxMYRmMn8H0BnYGjfyNB1gVZMHucp-fa9w/s16000/P1019147%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">From the balcony of 二月堂 Nigatsu-do Hall</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpk_qZb6Raq_ySzLyLokW4wN6ePH4v9BHBw5MZankVkiDBKctTCWveUTYv-ZGuLSuFJs0LpZbS1nNgx5UWERFYwkC420NDuI059G8h0OzEU2ENsJXIwpBT33EZPUYlV0nrI0MGtOoEkcdyfq9PvPM8rkSOYXQD-Vy5XtHmFvjxwedAPTPhg2Y7mQ/s800/P1019102%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpk_qZb6Raq_ySzLyLokW4wN6ePH4v9BHBw5MZankVkiDBKctTCWveUTYv-ZGuLSuFJs0LpZbS1nNgx5UWERFYwkC420NDuI059G8h0OzEU2ENsJXIwpBT33EZPUYlV0nrI0MGtOoEkcdyfq9PvPM8rkSOYXQD-Vy5XtHmFvjxwedAPTPhg2Y7mQ/w640-h482/P1019102%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sakura petals drifting in the air and on the water conjures up the various memories including of my late families to make me feel sentimental. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAx6YB_vL1oQHs8_n0u7LzyA8nBb_b5ClG951TfQDxElnZf26FVxcRviPM6RAZ8nGzsQwzTXu8KlUwKP-1NJSRBQy7g26-6e4huTBC1oC_HKOobbmdztnXkH3-7tRldk8tsmIxZnjUWEJ_t7nd7AFqFuJMc9L4eVFkEJeBjd4GJNcMg1TMYSzhQ/s700/P1020344%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAx6YB_vL1oQHs8_n0u7LzyA8nBb_b5ClG951TfQDxElnZf26FVxcRviPM6RAZ8nGzsQwzTXu8KlUwKP-1NJSRBQy7g26-6e4huTBC1oC_HKOobbmdztnXkH3-7tRldk8tsmIxZnjUWEJ_t7nd7AFqFuJMc9L4eVFkEJeBjd4GJNcMg1TMYSzhQ/s16000/P1020344%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sakura season is going to be over soon here in Nara.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-EKAfn1BL071VGFFNfwv4Q-2PXWuI0LOl-fP7XMdQNIA3d7Zd-PSMmfT-fqcZWeucap3scmDQ6Kz3QggslGvZvw-fs1-0YswI9o2s2hCwq0-DdhZBZTQ4yfj_UsrshakqKN0RtkEnogNhQjqljGwIwl0lJ3bxd3zX6-CBZ04kbQGpD1k2Mn1HA/s800/P1020485%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="603" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-EKAfn1BL071VGFFNfwv4Q-2PXWuI0LOl-fP7XMdQNIA3d7Zd-PSMmfT-fqcZWeucap3scmDQ6Kz3QggslGvZvw-fs1-0YswI9o2s2hCwq0-DdhZBZTQ4yfj_UsrshakqKN0RtkEnogNhQjqljGwIwl0lJ3bxd3zX6-CBZ04kbQGpD1k2Mn1HA/w482-h640/P1020485%20800.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A summary of school spring break of my grandchildren; girl Y's 10th birthday, boy Y and M in the nearby Sakura park, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">F's graduation from elementary school, Okinawa ramen and Tottori sand dune.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLYUcE7BuK0Kn713LqRGuskZ_dbfFrlUznxTqEmJIZgX7amca0_ZKOx0vdNd4eMsFBM7-q95imwKRwEFFvLXvgws_9Z3_ymtmo6kRpKXzfGklC8m9z4SMDLDH0VcBajc6OlNILM4o9qYjXrn-jlvL-oyD5r5DqfuJM19Y3IS7bbevEEtMFQrTHg/s600/IMG_5125-COLLAGE%201%20600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLYUcE7BuK0Kn713LqRGuskZ_dbfFrlUznxTqEmJIZgX7amca0_ZKOx0vdNd4eMsFBM7-q95imwKRwEFFvLXvgws_9Z3_ymtmo6kRpKXzfGklC8m9z4SMDLDH0VcBajc6OlNILM4o9qYjXrn-jlvL-oyD5r5DqfuJM19Y3IS7bbevEEtMFQrTHg/s16000/IMG_5125-COLLAGE%201%20600.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This song is one of the most popular Sakura songs as a "graduation song". School year ends in March in Japan; graduation ceremony is held in late March when Sakura starts to bloom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VkeJ9lCHbM0" width="320" youtube-src-id="VkeJ9lCHbM0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sakura by MORIYAMA Naotaro, covered by Gille</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/cherry%20blossoms">All the posts labelled "cherry blossoms"</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/03/mosaicmonday-no-25.html">Mosaic Monday</a></span></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-34803170860768764952023-01-22T19:51:00.002+09:002023-04-19T14:58:14.037+09:00Wish you and the world PEACE, LOVE and HEALING<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHStRydD-ByQ1CgDufad-odXrmHMZzkHTUORnZGRoQYzm3Hkq3McK58L1hm8xPJc9UHrs_XduwcfSuS-B3K_qQYMCSoPdjYhWoQ0zJe6ffYqbkHV67nea489CpDdscgESbMZHd9qtH_Co7B1ntx85Uhxy8kCcIXkdI4DBZ2GiYKdyBfSPZzXkcw/s700/P1018503%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHStRydD-ByQ1CgDufad-odXrmHMZzkHTUORnZGRoQYzm3Hkq3McK58L1hm8xPJc9UHrs_XduwcfSuS-B3K_qQYMCSoPdjYhWoQ0zJe6ffYqbkHV67nea489CpDdscgESbMZHd9qtH_Co7B1ntx85Uhxy8kCcIXkdI4DBZ2GiYKdyBfSPZzXkcw/s16000/P1018503%20700.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">水仙 Suisen, Japanese Narcissus, are the first bulbs of the year to emerge </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as early as January or a little before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are called "雪中花 settchuka", flowers in the snow, as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are different from "trumpet narcissus" blooming toward spring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal">
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">Dainty snow-white flowers and slim blades are from vigorous long-lived bulbs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">As 水仙 literally means "water nymph" and "narcissus" reminds of Greek mythology,</div><div style="text-align: center;">they often bloom around water front.</div><div style="text-align: center;">At the Hannaji Temple, they play around stone Buddhas <span>and join in prayers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>like white candles with bright yellow flame.</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhj7NoAOXlbnJ0BBultxDBCkHFR1CUbaEuKOJZpptZ2AoHCMSzHunb27jNUDTyB8WbSIgJePLceH07LEDyQSM43LckzT8zVhrJxL8LdQZgeULqfkiEnL73O4NXpknYjpkTOWGmQuhAhiJG_p9v1p-C0lPqTFKzDuojMm6uv6FziEM-csesSTjf6Q/s800/P1018524%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhj7NoAOXlbnJ0BBultxDBCkHFR1CUbaEuKOJZpptZ2AoHCMSzHunb27jNUDTyB8WbSIgJePLceH07LEDyQSM43LckzT8zVhrJxL8LdQZgeULqfkiEnL73O4NXpknYjpkTOWGmQuhAhiJG_p9v1p-C0lPqTFKzDuojMm6uv6FziEM-csesSTjf6Q/w640-h480/P1018524%20800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>Suisen bowls are offered to the Buddhist statues.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>They look like candle light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pAjl85ashdlRIgcBClR1yCB2NouYFBHKpG7bdabtt4fKIeteYZ5yZti8Zqgeyoe0TOA9YbMZ_vlWxGI-WbWwt7NLjreqdiUZMKWxQ0V2bmnk-m-Id5NNfSmB4jwEacVejNAfIbzzPWVnFwCnDv367tlIGXlGJkLR9PrWFDPIKPiffEthxB1JPw/s800/P1018581%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pAjl85ashdlRIgcBClR1yCB2NouYFBHKpG7bdabtt4fKIeteYZ5yZti8Zqgeyoe0TOA9YbMZ_vlWxGI-WbWwt7NLjreqdiUZMKWxQ0V2bmnk-m-Id5NNfSmB4jwEacVejNAfIbzzPWVnFwCnDv367tlIGXlGJkLR9PrWFDPIKPiffEthxB1JPw/w480-h640/P1018581%20800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span lang="EN-US">Hannyaji Temple is a small temple famous as </span><span>“<span lang="EN-US">a temple of flowers</span>”<span lang="EN-US">, </span></span><span><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span><span><span lang="EN-US">especially for cosmoses in autumn as is called "cosmos temple".</span></span></div><div><span>The precinct was sunk in silence in the chilly air a little before the gate was closed.</span></div><div><span>I enjoyed that ambience.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyjjEM1jg18qwO2OzvXSAmVHSeiAVrUuB6KsWl9jWS50UObvnKU82l4McyykzbyDuXYIxAK5aWbKiyKA0L2lOWpefy7FXJl4ouXhvVqteVGKlPghdaO0YfXOfPCLxGghKtiEnp23e0MFk0GI9VR-4xD4DCQ-cp5a3tlWvgINKLEZiqmzi77ZSKw/s701/Hannyaji%20narcisus-01%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="701" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyjjEM1jg18qwO2OzvXSAmVHSeiAVrUuB6KsWl9jWS50UObvnKU82l4McyykzbyDuXYIxAK5aWbKiyKA0L2lOWpefy7FXJl4ouXhvVqteVGKlPghdaO0YfXOfPCLxGghKtiEnp23e0MFk0GI9VR-4xD4DCQ-cp5a3tlWvgINKLEZiqmzi77ZSKw/s16000/Hannyaji%20narcisus-01%20700.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Last but not least, I hope you've started a nice, peaceful new year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I enjoy the slow pace of life after my families went back to their homes,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the livelier beat has returned before I know it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRYEdjQem1H1smYb_pqjc7R17dQrTQKOvzYK_-iXkgUuhAukgjIzqGRhwC2CiRPVB9Ep0XXs36AhD0KFea8V2FRLSGD018Tc8uo0-55NDiOsVTlm02T2jZYPwdvIeFbxPDSNiK_QjSKeGOxHGguiixXhNIRJxebuvZAWbpbFRIgtf2vaAxmg2Rw/s700/P1018454%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRYEdjQem1H1smYb_pqjc7R17dQrTQKOvzYK_-iXkgUuhAukgjIzqGRhwC2CiRPVB9Ep0XXs36AhD0KFea8V2FRLSGD018Tc8uo0-55NDiOsVTlm02T2jZYPwdvIeFbxPDSNiK_QjSKeGOxHGguiixXhNIRJxebuvZAWbpbFRIgtf2vaAxmg2Rw/w640-h480/P1018454%20700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The mosaics are a part of the new year cards reached on January 1st</div><div style="text-align: center;">from my relatives and friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm catching up with old friends whom I haven't seen in years in person,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which is going to be one of my nicest things this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQaUMpiSCej_gB1Dbxh7Fx_TRE__s667BenZ16HmhKMmKD70c_vwFNbNpzPYHflrbxp5rjWaD7eveDl86i4VnPuOlOaY75LoYCddOeW9q2WhGwzg_0E0AWE4L7jbfxSge0VlZ1Qd9BXWcQfw_FzrMks7dBjPyIPCQLTEFtQiDHE7HF6yMPYIXTw/s879/P1018462%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="879" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQaUMpiSCej_gB1Dbxh7Fx_TRE__s667BenZ16HmhKMmKD70c_vwFNbNpzPYHflrbxp5rjWaD7eveDl86i4VnPuOlOaY75LoYCddOeW9q2WhGwzg_0E0AWE4L7jbfxSge0VlZ1Qd9BXWcQfw_FzrMks7dBjPyIPCQLTEFtQiDHE7HF6yMPYIXTw/w640-h640/P1018462%20800-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div>As I feel uncomfortable looking at the computer screen,</div><div>I'll be away from the laptop till late March when I have cataract surgery.</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2023/01/mosaicmonday-no-15.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-2136870645073642192022-12-24T21:02:00.004+09:002022-12-31T19:43:24.289+09:00At the end of the year 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJgY2HQGJ6dkaD4zix4tpV11v5w_iJYv0qDTsqpiCusBS65Ykhr29yvTfy8Wz_zXQejqMbr6SDL2mBDGmutMbekxVbMaJ9Ze6Hfu08ixuE2MAt3xppqwvrIKo5WtBU2sd_Nl2ONdDamOzULST01Z8qHM8mGOZ6Opugjjjmg-gKPvoghjOw0CG7w/s700/P1018093%20700%20greetings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJgY2HQGJ6dkaD4zix4tpV11v5w_iJYv0qDTsqpiCusBS65Ykhr29yvTfy8Wz_zXQejqMbr6SDL2mBDGmutMbekxVbMaJ9Ze6Hfu08ixuE2MAt3xppqwvrIKo5WtBU2sd_Nl2ONdDamOzULST01Z8qHM8mGOZ6Opugjjjmg-gKPvoghjOw0CG7w/s16000/P1018093%20700%20greetings.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "戦 tatakau or sen" was picked up as the Kanji, Chinese character, that describes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> the representative social mood of the year 2022 in Japan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It means to compete to win or lose in wars or sports competition, like</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Russia's invasion of Ukraine, other international conflicts, and positively</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the recent FIFA World Cup.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another Kanji also meaning "tatakau", "闘 toh" would be more suitable for the battles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">against many profound social problems.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"戦" was chosen for the second time following 2001 when September 11 terrorism attacks occurred.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div>I'd choose "想" as my personal Kanji this year, which means "to meditate, to comtemplate, </div><div>to miss, to long for, or to recall."</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBzoxVVKEICKujqYpCR5OYCqsqZ-bfzR3K1tmd5xcWJbILhsuUUWm4tPhLDm2TFmuXzHN5NuFTKXX_Us--8AJ8lRmKHd_ZU3u0FKjvTg-8T98vVAehv4qLJK2-xGq9T9WYmKu2SGkFXqMuD0rXy4HxFttYFQ6uBcqlqsZ9dzGq0LlG01BlXy1ag/s700/P1017999%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBzoxVVKEICKujqYpCR5OYCqsqZ-bfzR3K1tmd5xcWJbILhsuUUWm4tPhLDm2TFmuXzHN5NuFTKXX_Us--8AJ8lRmKHd_ZU3u0FKjvTg-8T98vVAehv4qLJK2-xGq9T9WYmKu2SGkFXqMuD0rXy4HxFttYFQ6uBcqlqsZ9dzGq0LlG01BlXy1ag/s16000/P1017999%20700.jpg" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;">The Christmas tree gets animated periodically.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>When I walked in and around Grand Front Osaka, I was overwhelmed by </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>so many people, but </span>it was nice seeing them having their share of fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">(Posts related to Grand Front Osaka including this one:<a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/Grand%20Front%20Osaka">here</a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lights warmed up my heart, and made me feel somber, too, to think of the people</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> suffering without electricity and heat to survive in the frigid cold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The brilliance of illuminations with energy-efficient LEDs generated by BDF </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">looks symbolizing dazzling capabilities of human beings, but sadly in fact </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> there are equally dazzling incapabilities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zHFJStIDd0QaGPwqjzl8xJEW1cpD1D73YzEB6JpJM50SWKvuX5FF-urjCshTUH0GsJBg5MHe1NMnQUD1SmiWqC7CUw4lWOY1AtVrQczYP0UWurFwztQ41Lx66PNy1ZpsGskyOccPYE1Tv7z44yirLOm8gXysS2BBPPExZAJ4wUPIbcBO8RlYiQ/s700/P1018067%20700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zHFJStIDd0QaGPwqjzl8xJEW1cpD1D73YzEB6JpJM50SWKvuX5FF-urjCshTUH0GsJBg5MHe1NMnQUD1SmiWqC7CUw4lWOY1AtVrQczYP0UWurFwztQ41Lx66PNy1ZpsGskyOccPYE1Tv7z44yirLOm8gXysS2BBPPExZAJ4wUPIbcBO8RlYiQ/w640-h640/P1018067%20700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May Peace will prevail on earth in the New Year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YVlsImT5Vsbwr8u8VvCHzmc9mlviC1YtAHhOuLY-uZmjNLxrRxzH7jVYByMMBngurZezAK-cjVCxBNYvDK1piBexH_L7y6j5lLiiAheHk6F49uoKXqvhdEwCTRdHM3PUiAPa60CMZ6RHtGN8rd4aJ7N7SWWOM9g0V6ciMYczuyU0fBIj_qI4fw/s569/P1018009%20(800x761)-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YVlsImT5Vsbwr8u8VvCHzmc9mlviC1YtAHhOuLY-uZmjNLxrRxzH7jVYByMMBngurZezAK-cjVCxBNYvDK1piBexH_L7y6j5lLiiAheHk6F49uoKXqvhdEwCTRdHM3PUiAPa60CMZ6RHtGN8rd4aJ7N7SWWOM9g0V6ciMYczuyU0fBIj_qI4fw/s16000/P1018009%20(800x761)-COLLAGE.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your visits and comments throughout the year is appreciated from the bottom of my heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you next year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2022/12/mosaicmonday-no-11.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-85611576225820966002022-12-12T17:54:00.004+09:002023-11-14T16:00:21.007+09:00Autumn magic<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fleeting, glorious beauty of autumn foliage is inspiring with their progressing life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> toward the final burst of flame of life and then their dancing in air </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after getting free to return to soil.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now that landscape is being muted in colors, I'll recap autumn foliage of this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sunny, warm days and the chilly temperature at night made colored leaves breathtakingly beautiful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Late October -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaves of <b>Crape Myrtle</b> were fabulous in the nearest park from my home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ol6arbHFtrhQRPn01FaxyWQwX5fTQIq5f-BTxjCdVcbVGMjkdytW7YouaY0sU8F1PnFMmZDXiQv8hbaQReXrqgivrVgynxzAQdPTfGOM-n8-sWjRsTmbhrBVVv-IHVdcKLmYulnNKEJ2KCXQH7aofKo4KhMwfuAVkuwb-T5enKSsoYBLTFJ-BQ/s750/P1016326%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="750" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ol6arbHFtrhQRPn01FaxyWQwX5fTQIq5f-BTxjCdVcbVGMjkdytW7YouaY0sU8F1PnFMmZDXiQv8hbaQReXrqgivrVgynxzAQdPTfGOM-n8-sWjRsTmbhrBVVv-IHVdcKLmYulnNKEJ2KCXQH7aofKo4KhMwfuAVkuwb-T5enKSsoYBLTFJ-BQ/w640-h478/P1016326%20750.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9VcUq0E3cyR21-20UaiQ81MWbbRmsD7NHqgyQwfCaS6Qzy75I4XraTbBUqGL8ZHL7tHZ4SHemVAp21WR0EIteSf0c99T9h5KqkHyW4cnGHPkjuwQqVni3t0Txqz5O1j09dxTb4wBHpSbzaX3tTAQBmZP-dij82PkKLqPZw_PIGimCuSg0xctIA/s750/P1016327%20750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="750" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9VcUq0E3cyR21-20UaiQ81MWbbRmsD7NHqgyQwfCaS6Qzy75I4XraTbBUqGL8ZHL7tHZ4SHemVAp21WR0EIteSf0c99T9h5KqkHyW4cnGHPkjuwQqVni3t0Txqz5O1j09dxTb4wBHpSbzaX3tTAQBmZP-dij82PkKLqPZw_PIGimCuSg0xctIA/w640-h425/P1016327%20750.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun flickered through <b>Sakura </b>(Cherry tree) leaves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WNd2ZU7uHNdU-CYpFSvwCY_sg0hez2Eehmzf-Rl61QWSh_8LohXm5ylJ2RD4757UyrRAcJ7JVDXv0OUpsdzftDbreP3Hge8_v8ZrtUkpwHqY-udBD_HRlrRurqLqvk0WpvLlQtxsPSUR0ozGSOHx_SYz0rLQ6NtLow4VyYR547NAfxvxYyBO8w/s750/P1016341%20750%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WNd2ZU7uHNdU-CYpFSvwCY_sg0hez2Eehmzf-Rl61QWSh_8LohXm5ylJ2RD4757UyrRAcJ7JVDXv0OUpsdzftDbreP3Hge8_v8ZrtUkpwHqY-udBD_HRlrRurqLqvk0WpvLlQtxsPSUR0ozGSOHx_SYz0rLQ6NtLow4VyYR547NAfxvxYyBO8w/s16000/P1016341%20750%20(2).jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- Early November -</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tall <b>Maple </b>trees with big leaves, of which name I don't know, were glowing </div><div style="text-align: center;">yellow gold at another park in my neighborhood.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmRxmQTEQfaNvsx6I4ICbIeFmj9xrBGm30oNzO24Kzhzydys2GzQQGcmAfm4GxXiy8-ZK8rdME3ggFyMqg_JY-8WkWrNC51aAsPo-Kl4eAdmH2wJhgDS7Twshp1wnQdoFjc9wLgBv2oG5nSz6jQR7aiWIvvxi00ea0tdE8tJPQ4yIMntZbctApw/s800/P1016412%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmRxmQTEQfaNvsx6I4ICbIeFmj9xrBGm30oNzO24Kzhzydys2GzQQGcmAfm4GxXiy8-ZK8rdME3ggFyMqg_JY-8WkWrNC51aAsPo-Kl4eAdmH2wJhgDS7Twshp1wnQdoFjc9wLgBv2oG5nSz6jQR7aiWIvvxi00ea0tdE8tJPQ4yIMntZbctApw/w640-h480/P1016412%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b> Chinese Tallows </b>were sparsely filled with leaves along Ara-ike Pond, Nara Park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiko0xiSsfTqN5rpLqTB0YNh61P9fajcPNvi4-xwKoc5ZJ9bI5v319u3c-4VNMfHEM0QTlnl37V5ovcYNP-jAABo4HduH58UrpWBFO29Q5FB4VBRY8Wt30SvhgOKKuFi4MbAvfl__apWdbYqRvYm3MxDIx43N_Jw-BFdQJXKUMP7rMGltItePp7Gg/s750/P1007058%20750-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiko0xiSsfTqN5rpLqTB0YNh61P9fajcPNvi4-xwKoc5ZJ9bI5v319u3c-4VNMfHEM0QTlnl37V5ovcYNP-jAABo4HduH58UrpWBFO29Q5FB4VBRY8Wt30SvhgOKKuFi4MbAvfl__apWdbYqRvYm3MxDIx43N_Jw-BFdQJXKUMP7rMGltItePp7Gg/s16000/P1007058%20750-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- Late November -</div><div style="text-align: center;">At <a href="http://shoryakuji.jp/">Shoryaku-ji Temple</a>, brocade of <b>Momiji</b>, Japanese Maples, took my breath away on a cloudy morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shoryaku-ji located between the mountains in the outskirts of Nara City, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you see multi-layered brocade of colorful leaves as you climb or descend </div><div style="text-align: center;">the slopes and steps in the precinct.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc7ocY-QbhaCKw6ffUlHxnxnlHxLz5bmsPBabG6OZI9higd2KdodpGcPWA-UqSBawIln5FKjUfZNHb598IjuIV_flm3xoiXhX8N7QV6Nw1WkDRPSJ3D7pyebxdwbrN8FdoAWst05GDr4ssuav1FOpuuAr8HPFXVZMIU42xgG2ys54jE2dPlnGog/s800/P1017346%20(605x800).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="605" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc7ocY-QbhaCKw6ffUlHxnxnlHxLz5bmsPBabG6OZI9higd2KdodpGcPWA-UqSBawIln5FKjUfZNHb598IjuIV_flm3xoiXhX8N7QV6Nw1WkDRPSJ3D7pyebxdwbrN8FdoAWst05GDr4ssuav1FOpuuAr8HPFXVZMIU42xgG2ys54jE2dPlnGog/w484-h640/P1017346%20(605x800).jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">The garden view from Kyakuden (Guest Room) of Fukujyu-in is breathtaking</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with not only the trees in the garden but also the ones outside the wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately photographing is prohibited indoors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nuRoyyv53D3CqVo-S9Fmz-LeGu_QERVWwLF-D9E0q2sUngP-db4QJsU4_objl0YwNi8hlY-1UtMwqRu4hkbrtb6Pz_r4iljL3YoKcInLDFh35rozdaLrFkU3gV72avJjntSUDc1GvBNC7bAyvPNK7oqYsmUs85vACeLgoD53Iju395xeW_p1Xg/s1106/P1017403%20(600x800)-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1106" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nuRoyyv53D3CqVo-S9Fmz-LeGu_QERVWwLF-D9E0q2sUngP-db4QJsU4_objl0YwNi8hlY-1UtMwqRu4hkbrtb6Pz_r4iljL3YoKcInLDFh35rozdaLrFkU3gV72avJjntSUDc1GvBNC7bAyvPNK7oqYsmUs85vACeLgoD53Iju395xeW_p1Xg/w640-h480/P1017403%20(600x800)-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At the Main Hall, <a href="https://www.asahi.com/articles/photo/AS20210501002309.html?iref=pc_photo_gallery_next_arrow">Yakushi Nyorai</a> (Healing Buddha) from the Asuka period (592-710)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is specially open to the public November to early December.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="800" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4vWXQrLtUR7Cj1ykas0ePXIlWZ7JX-SSz8hycbiLFx8jzHhxFHnpzCdsZrIIse1bz2oJrgkIJh2srI8EppRSIla4ApLwHFoguMXMgLdyczqqEPilfZB4gr5GAjt2CEd7h8IWeQIOZxqT4ngubsVHNrjuyxtUXZoSj3DsB6JRMObFb6Yh02dHcw/w640-h472/P1017378%20(800x589).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">The roof of the Main Hall</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shoryaku-ji is thought to be the birthplace of sake, the most ceremonious bevarage in Japan.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When is the origin of sake is unclear. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sake production, fermenting rice into alcohol, was government monopoly </div><div style="text-align: center;">until temples started brewing their own in the Medieval times.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just like brewing of beer was progressed in monasteries in Europe, sake was made </div><div style="text-align: center;">by monks of temples in the Muromachi era (1334-1573).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOzD9ibaCl5VR4uK0zZ0bqXO83aNwCc7DaMyuNTfJ0vIEhIOca5FfBmHxNTB2wBeRnJGOmkfkwTPHGyNd24jd_9NBQKQhpMnbqMSdEeiNlr5K9E1wBiEnv0u7v66zFlZwEQZUkVAK9k-7PICuB3Der93IJHn_aWeRTp0zhF_9rHg5-rXaS3th0A/s16000/P1920728%20(800x592)-COLLAGE%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made myself busy for viewing and capturing autumnal landscape</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as if catching up the speed of the season giving way to winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I'm content. Hope you, too, in your own autumn or on this blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Teu5PHEXuuqqrpdjLRS6Wem7UQn999S4jjEcCia_ZmV-jwL06QBiFtFbumi33uJrbhYIqU_WqiyFo4HD8m_rGxte7FNRkrsS-Bb-M2rwAfmLKvHgWdXDHbAbWGjdb0kWiCFCYB1DrO0QH_bj_O59XbSKYbvPcKyncHw9UGQcsy0UAT9hfLEPGQ/s800/P1380853%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Teu5PHEXuuqqrpdjLRS6Wem7UQn999S4jjEcCia_ZmV-jwL06QBiFtFbumi33uJrbhYIqU_WqiyFo4HD8m_rGxte7FNRkrsS-Bb-M2rwAfmLKvHgWdXDHbAbWGjdb0kWiCFCYB1DrO0QH_bj_O59XbSKYbvPcKyncHw9UGQcsy0UAT9hfLEPGQ/w640-h480/P1380853%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2022/12/mosaicmonday-no-10.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-42827704918751263582022-11-28T20:28:00.005+09:002022-11-28T20:52:01.347+09:00A glimpse into Nanki-Shirahama, a seaside hot spring town<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While enjoying brilliance of continuous sunny, warm days,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">autumn foliage is at their best as "Momiji", Japanese Maples, are rapidly </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">turning colors to yellow to orange toward final burst of fiery red. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Putting colored leaves aside for the next post, however,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll report my last-week trip to Southern Wakayama Pref., especially </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nanki-shirahama area, a seaside town facing the Pacific.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is noted for spectacular rock formation, a beautiful beach, and hot spring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div>Sandanbeki Cliff is a precipitous cliff, 2 kilometers long and 50 meters high. </div><div>Visitors can go down by an elevator to see a hollow in the cave.</div><div>When the sea water enters the cave, it blows up through the hollow.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrmViilfEAPWLtH6Q3gRe0HhpT1D7GQHtPKS5qBUrEy9HBvsg9vn-amWAeiMrRTS9w0O0--73DzQ_Su_z9GriNls2Fci_sQlXyutC381JhNyJF0LIBrEi6Ms5bzf1Yji0L5t3b27Q1NVQkv2zQfez378rJ6CqG5zmzRzH5EWHvTZFEpK2vMDOmQ/s800/P1017289%20(800x533).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrmViilfEAPWLtH6Q3gRe0HhpT1D7GQHtPKS5qBUrEy9HBvsg9vn-amWAeiMrRTS9w0O0--73DzQ_Su_z9GriNls2Fci_sQlXyutC381JhNyJF0LIBrEi6Ms5bzf1Yji0L5t3b27Q1NVQkv2zQfez378rJ6CqG5zmzRzH5EWHvTZFEpK2vMDOmQ/w640-h426/P1017289%20(800x533).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtb1zzi_XQjB06G4szkmuzw7xaoN3fmPAZdHMAgj_bNwM5eQhwte80uBP9ZbBMHpLwqM5NFPDwkl5rznsmvrinHg4B0Wu9FjSN56-uU6GWSLcB8pWpv1B3I9P1y0Sujy0GPJs_95a5T7WR96ZjlsRqOPVeBUzu2p8clBC82Kp_0hcr9LWfXIdFAQ/s800/P1017298%20(800x598).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtb1zzi_XQjB06G4szkmuzw7xaoN3fmPAZdHMAgj_bNwM5eQhwte80uBP9ZbBMHpLwqM5NFPDwkl5rznsmvrinHg4B0Wu9FjSN56-uU6GWSLcB8pWpv1B3I9P1y0Sujy0GPJs_95a5T7WR96ZjlsRqOPVeBUzu2p8clBC82Kp_0hcr9LWfXIdFAQ/w640-h478/P1017298%20(800x598).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div>The vast horizon makes you feel the beauty and magnificence of nature.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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of Senjojiki was formed about 1.8 million to 65 million years ago</div><div><span lang="EN-US">when the stratum was gradually eroded by the waves. </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0TxTMjo5pn8onULExMeVP1Vf9IJPGQIIyeXOYz2DiSbbfvQoYX39C985m9miNHFXnrRxiTDG4ChdZ8WpbxilDwLlnOMCWVTsAWHaYxNqZ9WnEGMAqZCsK12pfQvm_E33f17SJSooszs0WmOsP123GKaAhdu2cUnpSbHAz7nuvcx1AUsNMGYjIw/s569/P1016986%20(800x595)-COLLAGE%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0TxTMjo5pn8onULExMeVP1Vf9IJPGQIIyeXOYz2DiSbbfvQoYX39C985m9miNHFXnrRxiTDG4ChdZ8WpbxilDwLlnOMCWVTsAWHaYxNqZ9WnEGMAqZCsK12pfQvm_E33f17SJSooszs0WmOsP123GKaAhdu2cUnpSbHAz7nuvcx1AUsNMGYjIw/s16000/P1016986%20(800x595)-COLLAGE%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">Walking on Senjyojiki, you can closely experience the stunning steep coast </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">denuded by raging waves </span>of the ocean.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGriLBva9WtY-7hBnu3mJJsZ-_4QQsgopd0gQr_YHFTbO0zIZ0Lf7RciCTUP9XKPwXpgIaekne3cH_jLZQ3UD6069WSpPSFnw6vBTuUR4r6beXsc_fWRv6U-K5oa6ile0S20ysUgy_oAip4cl9H4g2pmtWD-E0Uzh4V3b_iGFbDt6oEuqir1o-Jw/s800/P1016999%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGriLBva9WtY-7hBnu3mJJsZ-_4QQsgopd0gQr_YHFTbO0zIZ0Lf7RciCTUP9XKPwXpgIaekne3cH_jLZQ3UD6069WSpPSFnw6vBTuUR4r6beXsc_fWRv6U-K5oa6ile0S20ysUgy_oAip4cl9H4g2pmtWD-E0Uzh4V3b_iGFbDt6oEuqir1o-Jw/w640-h480/P1016999%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> Shirarahama Beach is famous for its sparkling white sand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The white sand consists of mostly silica sand used in glass manufacturing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Most of the current sand is from Australia as the rivers got unable to carry down</div><div style="text-align: center;">the white sand because of development.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Shirarahama Beach signed a partnership with Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> as sister beaches.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="KO"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The mosaic contains the Engetsudo Island, Tenjinzaki Cape, and a hot spring bath</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span lang="KO"><span>in our hotel room </span></span><span>other than the three sites mentioned above.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Engetsuto means "Island of the full moon".</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2AW5FX67qc-1bV8P_cnfg9ic9f_vY_arGn9UR-XCrATkZqOdE-t2exkH0j0BU79f5mDzBwbI33-wXmJSq9w9owygDb69fIhmPxLjAOiuy6fyv1T8-ppesvrz44BY_-Z8LxTguYMtL_ibm2lGshM4ff73ilmior005bDUmhv0VPrAl4EYOsZ6Qg/s625/P1016896%20%20(800x752)-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2AW5FX67qc-1bV8P_cnfg9ic9f_vY_arGn9UR-XCrATkZqOdE-t2exkH0j0BU79f5mDzBwbI33-wXmJSq9w9owygDb69fIhmPxLjAOiuy6fyv1T8-ppesvrz44BY_-Z8LxTguYMtL_ibm2lGshM4ff73ilmior005bDUmhv0VPrAl4EYOsZ6Qg/s16000/P1016896%20%20(800x752)-COLLAGE.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It was a good break and diversion from the ongoing autumn foliage show.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I'll see you next time with fabulous colorful leaves of autumn.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2022/11/mosaicmonday-no-8.html?m=1">Mosaic Monday</a></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-57492883979647753802022-11-14T14:55:00.013+09:002023-04-19T14:59:17.080+09:00Some things unique to Japan about Chrysanthemums <div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">First of all, what flower comes up to your mind as a symbol flower of Japan?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Probably, Sakura (Cherry blossoms), right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sakura is the cultural icon of Japan, while Chrysanthemum is the Imperial Emblem of Japan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Perfect-symmetric 16-petal Chrysanthemum is thought to be official Japanese flower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7aWS8HRATmmwT8h0U8Ib-je9iBhS8MwiQqurIhz3XDyogTQDyhEJV3IHbmcUkgk72CHgJ_79bd5LTPnJjrh-L_jOYhQUQpyE9qly1w2Vy60ZOxIcu4gC2UW8IM1subCbuo0gag5ZZBsohrYmwe7hPaZx_YGjG3uui1CBvxmdRxi1ACouUDcS0A/s600/600px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7aWS8HRATmmwT8h0U8Ib-je9iBhS8MwiQqurIhz3XDyogTQDyhEJV3IHbmcUkgk72CHgJ_79bd5LTPnJjrh-L_jOYhQUQpyE9qly1w2Vy60ZOxIcu4gC2UW8IM1subCbuo0gag5ZZBsohrYmwe7hPaZx_YGjG3uui1CBvxmdRxi1ACouUDcS0A/s320/600px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Image from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg">here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div>Chrysanthemum is one of the people's favorite flowers for their wide range of</div><div>colors, shapes, and sizes.</div><div>The cut flowers are long-lasting and clear the air indoors.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">in different local places of Japan are called "wagiku", or Japanese Mums,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with unique colors and shapes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq0yFWJXO_qlgFGvsmwx2UHR3zLPFlrYHTxGuvWXUlrKZtuVnmT2zp262Y2dm5656O7y7zf7bw4iBCHmEQgZwUWbM5OjpktLeA2LppcQo__GAArccNbvxmZy42SZYipwR7So-R5MBnNkmutTR75ULpRtZWsXFqK0xvnJp1XMye8pLwbfbeTnqmQ/s800/P1016577%20(800x596).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq0yFWJXO_qlgFGvsmwx2UHR3zLPFlrYHTxGuvWXUlrKZtuVnmT2zp262Y2dm5656O7y7zf7bw4iBCHmEQgZwUWbM5OjpktLeA2LppcQo__GAArccNbvxmZy42SZYipwR7So-R5MBnNkmutTR75ULpRtZWsXFqK0xvnJp1XMye8pLwbfbeTnqmQ/w640-h476/P1016577%20(800x596).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;">Saga-giku</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In particular, classical Chrysanthemums developed in Heian and Kamakura </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Periods (794-1333) are unique and distinctive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Saga-giku", Chrysanthemum Grandiflorum cv. Saga, was cultivated exclusively</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at Daikaku-ji Temple in Saga, Kyoto.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They look like brushes with many thread-like thin petals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Higo-giku", Chrysanthemum grandiflorum 'Higo', from Kumamoto Pref., </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">has sparse petals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Choji-giku", Arnica mallatopus, from Fukushima Pref, have hemispherical </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ball of petals at the center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you identify which is Saga-giku, Higo-giku or Choji-giku from the mosaic?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">"Bonsai" Chrysanthemum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBAhfqD7QdZHKd5DpKm0zArT8rqX5P_HB2-T0fVVPlS3C7vXbTLgZ-LoCUfhP0E7Ao4VZ-yMB7blnMGVbNFFncbFEi0__UTRoDSIv1wDqDZkzCkWeBLkB2pNMwzfPseFLgXLZlW3L2i0l_qe-OzpLZTdRqg86MReOfCGIrKz4L7fqZ7KicO6kiw/s800/P1016245%20(800x602).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBAhfqD7QdZHKd5DpKm0zArT8rqX5P_HB2-T0fVVPlS3C7vXbTLgZ-LoCUfhP0E7Ao4VZ-yMB7blnMGVbNFFncbFEi0__UTRoDSIv1wDqDZkzCkWeBLkB2pNMwzfPseFLgXLZlW3L2i0l_qe-OzpLZTdRqg86MReOfCGIrKz4L7fqZ7KicO6kiw/w640-h482/P1016245%20(800x602).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chrysanthemum Dolls were displayed at the roof of Nara Park Bus Terminal</div><div style="text-align: center;">in early November.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are life-sized handcrafted figures clad in clothes made of Chrysanthemum</div><div style="text-align: center;"> flowers and leaves.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The figures are mostly from popular period dramas or folktales.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>The exhibition featured seven people representative of Asuka Period (592-710),</div><div>the cradle of Japanese culture, right before the capital was moved to Nara.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Kamatari" target=""><span style="font-family: times;">Fujiwara-no-Kamatari</span></a> <span style="font-family: times;">& <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Tenmu" target="">Emperor Tennji</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnC41JyrVTgdoYXkZ7xR5nzVYlY1MeAR_5aCjVFn1ndYCTlUSSZX8O-NYSi9srgXpkU7kbTzjUY3CLIfNALQqsOuLBK-6H_DqJOwfpbe4cOMHpnrJSPgqM40izB41Ooh_LgIhbefmYPYr53PrCeh4IZyEe6KxjeGM7HlZ5Gj3RHkCW9PU4cj4uQ/s16000/P2160630%20(800x800)%20(2)-COLLAGE%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lastly these are my favorite blue Brachycome in my garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are called "星空マム Hoshizora mum" meaning "Starry-sky mum".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They continue blooming from spring to late autumn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABIhTkNwtBcNohwDKE5Vpsodlm-JxzpcgLQGKTcXUH5yQuWN63aON3FQHrZLB5vISDciPuQITarlYT59dpyVu5Hj19wZ0ma0MK6AKgMMkBSQD9DuCBm15v9S2lvxdymfV8LYc0SvjIsS3kVYIYKADDF13mlKKKT5_1WIfCQGRfugM0gZf4wRRqQ/s800/P1016854%20(800x594).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABIhTkNwtBcNohwDKE5Vpsodlm-JxzpcgLQGKTcXUH5yQuWN63aON3FQHrZLB5vISDciPuQITarlYT59dpyVu5Hj19wZ0ma0MK6AKgMMkBSQD9DuCBm15v9S2lvxdymfV8LYc0SvjIsS3kVYIYKADDF13mlKKKT5_1WIfCQGRfugM0gZf4wRRqQ/w640-h476/P1016854%20(800x594).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linked to <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2022/11/mosaicmonday-no-5_11.html">Mosaic Monday</a></div></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324653069160902634.post-35784675198845223452022-10-30T21:03:00.007+09:002022-10-31T10:28:09.594+09:00Autumn roses wet with dew<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUP0F1nzR9PjPi-hLfRIMkMHREgGdBuYhoK5qvtgEIWolXp_oo9o_E_a1ZeDxwYIuvIGOgvMpDsr4zV4MgRUhR4DnkPF4hdnx8gS6kzXFgOlAtwpokiXauOBUUO7_VUahJ5ibdrAO3rN9qoj2KTY06_t6CeTJVMjkP0YV86y5Fuiik9T0IEN0KQ/s800/P1015973%20(800x600).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUP0F1nzR9PjPi-hLfRIMkMHREgGdBuYhoK5qvtgEIWolXp_oo9o_E_a1ZeDxwYIuvIGOgvMpDsr4zV4MgRUhR4DnkPF4hdnx8gS6kzXFgOlAtwpokiXauOBUUO7_VUahJ5ibdrAO3rN9qoj2KTY06_t6CeTJVMjkP0YV86y5Fuiik9T0IEN0KQ/w640-h480/P1015973%20(800x600).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">October is going to be over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Throughout October, daytime has been sunny and warm like early summer </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">while I've turned on heater mornings and evenings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tiny drops of water form on cool surfaces of roses at night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One morning I enjoyed quiet time photographing roses wet with dew.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyRgKf7PEAPBF3HIy_6RMgsa8607Il5kixCVYWnj-tz4k-sp2wnTuASiJHjyF6q5B0by6G8QsN-ey14HpGijwO9FT7gxi12jfjXjN71GrhyO1stjQKxgxQRYnsBPOhXCZRuS8OskH-DrQPsqxusJai69uANNGDv1H-5hDCSaGCrhZPZ4iSdt-zQ/s800/P1016073%20(800x596).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyRgKf7PEAPBF3HIy_6RMgsa8607Il5kixCVYWnj-tz4k-sp2wnTuASiJHjyF6q5B0by6G8QsN-ey14HpGijwO9FT7gxi12jfjXjN71GrhyO1stjQKxgxQRYnsBPOhXCZRuS8OskH-DrQPsqxusJai69uANNGDv1H-5hDCSaGCrhZPZ4iSdt-zQ/w640-h476/P1016073%20(800x596).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dew disappeared as the sun moved higher.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFQ72F92gwu8nKDUdmipKWY5xk1oCsqdoBGo8bjyfascDBxrvxuF9qHj4AUDJKYnGkQzSiwKv8iSE3K2LrC9WNeebBwvx3KwQvtz01doWH1s9-TCZYv_ceYuM5vDnFdmn7M4AHW_q0s_2cXnCMFz9VPzkAcMKPkmQYqpGyWt4GvIXuEAZN-vimw/s800/P1016037%20(800x593).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="800" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFQ72F92gwu8nKDUdmipKWY5xk1oCsqdoBGo8bjyfascDBxrvxuF9qHj4AUDJKYnGkQzSiwKv8iSE3K2LrC9WNeebBwvx3KwQvtz01doWH1s9-TCZYv_ceYuM5vDnFdmn7M4AHW_q0s_2cXnCMFz9VPzkAcMKPkmQYqpGyWt4GvIXuEAZN-vimw/w640-h474/P1016037%20(800x593).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also on the leaves of roses, there were glinting dew. </div><div style="text-align: center;">These are close-ups through my lens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQk9Mju7KszhuW92lUWBW697aJwKN-MoA4XMD83zpaFGMhKr606kOU7U-9q8bhyhGGZvYOUk969WyQKUMdDe7xsybzXbiW0PBeVuK5zr45mfP_h8jDw-a0zoPnKlD8qjqj9Cvt4HpXqF0-UiWWz194_42zg8PbYQRDRI5LfviTpAS7H9Jp5eyfA/s800/P1016008%20(800x599).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQk9Mju7KszhuW92lUWBW697aJwKN-MoA4XMD83zpaFGMhKr606kOU7U-9q8bhyhGGZvYOUk969WyQKUMdDe7xsybzXbiW0PBeVuK5zr45mfP_h8jDw-a0zoPnKlD8qjqj9Cvt4HpXqF0-UiWWz194_42zg8PbYQRDRI5LfviTpAS7H9Jp5eyfA/w640-h480/P1016008%20(800x599).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">I showed a tiny leaf perfectly fringed by waterdrops in my garden</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the last post, <a href="https://stardustenglishwriting.blogspot.com/2022/10/raindrops.html">Raindrops</a>.</div></div><div>This time, rose leaves covered with droplets of dew.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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