4/14/2008

Takitani Pond

  
  




33 shining bright




17 park



so many blossoms ...
the swan house on the lake
still empty





44 lake and mountain




37 park pleasures





41 branch in sunshine





Friends in the Sky
talking of old times
and yesteryear


25 friends in the sky






sudden suspense ...
and here he comes
our way


30 heron




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4/10/2008

Shuraku-En Park

  
  



Dragon Branches



63 pine dragon branches




dragon branches -
the old park is
back to life





66 branches wide





62 tree and petals in water




64 green pine and roof in water






68 bridge only




55 carp in blossom water



鯉の口 大きく開いて 落花飲む
koi no kuchi ookiku aite rakka nomu


this old carp
opens his big mouth
to drink petals









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Tsuyama Hanami

  
  



31 stone wall detail



just a few petals
on the old stone walls -
Tsuyama castle



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38 wall on the right





29 looking down at the walk







44 pink hanging down


a pink cloud
hanging from the sky -
old castle walls





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Hiroshige Branches


28 Hiroshige detail



35 Hiroshige branches








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Unfortunately, the sky was overcast and it started to rain later ...
But all the trees seemed to be in full bloom !
There were only a few petals already fallen on the ground and the stone walls, a rather rare sight this year !


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4/03/2008

spring peace

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spring peace -
just the right shade of
warmth and colors



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Our garden is pure magic this afternoon ...



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my eyes

  
  




sudden pain -
the chirping of birds
behind closed eyes





sudden pain -
the fragrance of daphne
behind closed eyes













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I have been doing a lot of computer-related work lately ...
and still another week or more to go
until the deadline is met !


I sit on the porch and hope for a speedy recovery.



. . . Chirping of birds, saezuri ... KIGO



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4/02/2008

houses getting old

  
  



30 getting older




getting older -
the sad reality of
rural Japan





31 old house with graves






spring sunshine -
remembering a friend
by the roadside




24 for a lost soul





His funeral was in January.

The family graves are right there in the background
of the second photo, behind the breakdown house.


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My colorful friends by the roadside today
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3/31/2008

fragrant daphne

  
  




01 daphne and plums Till Nr. 08.


evening rain -
the twilight smells
of daphne




07 blossoms deatail






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unknown bird

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spring afternoon -
another call from
an unknown bird




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Slowly the birdsong in my garden is getting more and more vivid ... each new arrival is a new joy.


And here is another unknown "bird" that I met today ...

HOKKU
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Feeding Birds

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feeding birds ...
the BIG BULLY chases
the small ones




The sparrow family would flutter around him and
be back in no time to get another seed.


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3/30/2008

Gardener,s Joy

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harusame 春雨


gentle spring rain -
the colors grow
with every drop




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3/28/2008

today well lived

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Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the truths and realities of your existence:

The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of achievement,

For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,

But today well lived makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness
And tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.


--from a Sanskrit text


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salutation of dawn <>
so many birds singing
in my garden



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3/25/2008

getting older

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getting old -
another broken dish
in the sink



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Senior Citizen's Day.
Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi)

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3/24/2008

spring garden

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spring garden -
another color and then
one more



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Every day adds more color to my garden,
new blossoms, new shades of green !



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3/22/2008

equinox

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spring ancestor worship -
a bunch of sparrows
in the old tree



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Equinox days are for ancestor worship.
The family assembles at the graves, cleans them and performs the rites of the season.

. . . Spring equinox (haru higan)



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3/21/2008

Graduation Day

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Today was Graduation Day of our local grammar school, where we teach the kids about International affairs.

30 students were lined up ... and their parents in rows just beside us.


graduation day -
his hankerchief moves
up and down



The few fathers (it was a normal working day) seemed even more moved than the mothers, especially when the final "Good Bye" song was performed.




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