Flowers tell us a change in season, and these white and pink Camellia sasanqua told me that autumn would soon be over...
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| White Camellia sasanqua 白い山茶花 |
White and Pink Camellia Sasanqua 白とピンクの山茶花
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Flowers tell us a change in season, and these white and pink Camellia sasanqua told me that autumn would soon be over...
Flowers tell us a change in season, and these white and pink Camellia sasanqua told me that autumn would soon be over...
Kintaro Candy is Cookie Cutter😁 金太郎飴はクッキーカッター😁？
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Do you know Kintaro or have you heard of Kintaro? Kintaro is a boy or popular figure from Japanese folklore. He was raised with animals by a mountain witch on Mount Ashigara. Look at Kintaro I drew below😁. He's so cute!
Do you know Kintaro or have you heard of Kintaro? Kintaro is a boy or popular figure from Japanese folklore. He was raised with animals by a mountain witch on Mount Ashigara. Look at Kintaro I drew below😁. He's so cute!
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| Kintaro 金太郎 |
Number of Spots Matters! - "Good" Ladybird or 28-Spotted Potato Ladybird... テントウムシ？ダマシ？
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I found this ladybird while walking around Tokyo National Museum.
I found this ladybird while walking around Tokyo National Museum.
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| How many spots does it have? 斑点はいくつ？ |
The Little Old Lady in the "Wild" Strawberry Patch 「蝦夷蛇苺（エゾヘビイチゴ）畑」の小さなおばあさん
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What's this flower?
They are wild strawberries I found at a neighborhood park. I didn't expect to see such strawberries there because of the timing and the place. Wild strawberries fruit in winter or spring somewhere in the countryside, don't they?
These red fruits (not berries) reminded me of a Japanese picture book I read a long time ago, entitled "The Little Old Lady in the Strawberry Patch (Ichigo batake no chiisana obaasan)." The story is about a little old lady living in a strawberry patch whose work is to "color strawberries red🍓" and who got very busy one year because of earlier-than-usual flowering of strawberries. She hadn't finished the preparations for the coloring...
I don't have this book any more and had completely forgot about it until I saw these cute strawberries, but I read this heartwarming story many times and I want to read it again😉
What's this flower?
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| What's this white flower? 何の花でしょう？ |
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| Look at the fruits below the flower! 花の下に実が！ |
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| Two are ripe while two still green 赤と緑のイチゴ |
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| Cawaii! かわいいね！ |
These red fruits (not berries) reminded me of a Japanese picture book I read a long time ago, entitled "The Little Old Lady in the Strawberry Patch (Ichigo batake no chiisana obaasan)." The story is about a little old lady living in a strawberry patch whose work is to "color strawberries red🍓" and who got very busy one year because of earlier-than-usual flowering of strawberries. She hadn't finished the preparations for the coloring...
I don't have this book any more and had completely forgot about it until I saw these cute strawberries, but I read this heartwarming story many times and I want to read it again😉
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朝の散歩で見つけました。ゴーヤの花を見ていて何気に足下見たらちっちゃくのぞいてました。
「いちごばたけのちいさなおばあさん」をいう本を思い出しました。確か、苺畑にちっちゃなおばあさんが住んでいて、そのおばあさんのお仕事が苺を赤く塗ること🍓だったと思います。好きな絵本の一つで何度も何度も読みました。また読みたいです😉
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Mini Bugs Hanging, Resting and Ready to Take-Off! ちっちゃい虫さん、集合！
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I don't see flowers these days. Instead I often see berries and small bugs like these!!
All of these bugs are about 1cm long, so I would not have noticed had I walked as I usually do, but that day I got up before 5 a.m., so I had plenty of time to slowly walk to pay attention to each leaf and petal....
Walking allows me to appreciate things all around me and to restore myself in solitude... I like both and I need both....
I don't see flowers these days. Instead I often see berries and small bugs like these!!
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| Leafhanger? 落ちる？ |
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| I'm busy having breakfast... 朝ごはん中です｡｡｡ |
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| Another bug hanging on a firethorn berry... これも落ちる？ |
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| Resting on a hibiscus leaf 芙蓉の葉っぱで一休み |
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| Ready to take off! 離陸します！ |
All of these bugs are about 1cm long, so I would not have noticed had I walked as I usually do, but that day I got up before 5 a.m., so I had plenty of time to slowly walk to pay attention to each leaf and petal....
Walking allows me to appreciate things all around me and to restore myself in solitude... I like both and I need both....
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最近花を見かけることが少なくなり、代わりにいろいろな実や虫を見かけるようになりました。
上の虫たち、みんな１センチぐらいです。普段だったら気づかなかったと思うのですが、その日は５時前に起きたので周りを見ながら歩く余裕がありました。
朝の散歩には二つ意味があります。花や虫たちと出会えること、そして一人になって自分を取り戻すこと😉 両方好きです。
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Water Snowflake is "GAGA" in Japan...😆 ガガブタ😆
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This is nymphoides indica or banana plant, robust marshwort, or water snowflake I saw at Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden in Tokyo. Whatever it is called, I love this flower because it's hairy😄!
This is nymphoides indica or banana plant, robust marshwort, or water snowflake I saw at Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden in Tokyo. Whatever it is called, I love this flower because it's hairy😄!
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| Nymphoides indica 鏡蓋 |
Sweet Autumn Clematis 仙人草（センニンソウ）
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So white and so pretty! This is clematis terniflora or sweet autumn clematis at Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden in Tokyo.
It is called "hermit plant" in Japanese because its stamens look like a hermit's beard. It is also called "(plant) horses don't eat" because of its poisonous nature. If you touch it without noticing, you will have a skin rash...
I said that before but will say it again. "Don't be fooled by appearances."😱
So white and so pretty! This is clematis terniflora or sweet autumn clematis at Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden in Tokyo.
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| Clematis terniflora センニンソウ |
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| Sweet autumn clematis look so innocent, but poisonous! 仙人草 |
It is called "hermit plant" in Japanese because its stamens look like a hermit's beard. It is also called "(plant) horses don't eat" because of its poisonous nature. If you touch it without noticing, you will have a skin rash...
I said that before but will say it again. "Don't be fooled by appearances."😱
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向島百花園の仙人草（センニンソウ）です。こんなに可憐なのに全身有毒。なので別名「馬食わず」。いつも言ってますが、外見だけで判断してはいけません。うっかり触ると火傷（皮膚炎）します😱
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Calliandra 紅合歓（ベニゴウカン）
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I first thought that these were bottlebrush flowers, but they are not. They are calliandra or "powder puff plant," which well describes the appearance of the pretty red flower!
I first thought that these were bottlebrush flowers, but they are not. They are calliandra or "powder puff plant," which well describes the appearance of the pretty red flower!
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| Calliandra 紅合歓 |
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| Powder puff plant ベニゴウカン |
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