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Fireworks Wagashi Confection
Mar 15, 2010 Flickr Finds Leave a comment
Yoi Hanabi
Originally uploaded by katsuzin13
Simplicity. Beautiful. I would feel guilty eating this, and not for the calories.
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Leaf structure III
Feb 25, 2010 Flickr Finds 1 Comment
Leaf structure III
Originally uploaded by Focx Photography
Absolutely fantastic colors and texture. I love the gradation of color from red on the left to green on the right!
Zenko-Ji Tomyo-Matsuri (light up Fes.)
Feb 20, 2010 Flickr Finds Leave a comment
Zenko-Ji Tomyo-Matsuri (light up Fes.)
Originally uploaded by delta16v
I love how the tinted and white lights glow in the mist and cause the snow to glow. I would like to visit here in the winter time.
Round Two: FIGHT!
Feb 12, 2010 Gardening Leave a comment
I am gearing up for my next attempt at having a vegetable garden out back. I have some new ideas of how to keep the four-legged vermin from destroying my crops and we’ll see how that goes. I have purchased a number of heirloom vegetable and herb seeds from Seed Saver’s Exchange and will need to get some pots and build another raised bed or two to accommodate all of them. Here’s the run-down of what I’m going to try this year (starred items make a return appearance from last year):
- Spearmint
- Green Culinary Sage
- Genovese Basil (organic)
- Rosemary
- Dragon Carrot*
- Dragon’s Tongue Bean*
- True Lemon Cucumber (organic)
- Sakata’s Sweet Melon*
- Chinese Ornamental Pepper (organic)
A lot of herbs for cooking, and I want to try my hand at drying them as well.
Oh deer…
Sep 9, 2009 CCD Shenanigans, food Leave a comment
They finally got in. They took out all the watermelons, ate most of the dragon-tongue beans, but only a few of the sakata melons.
The Color of Bubbles
Jul 10, 2009 I Find Things Leave a comment
I can stare at these photos all day. I’d love to see the swirls of oil and water moving too.
Four years and 100,000 miles
Jun 30, 2009 CCD Shenanigans Leave a comment
I think I drive around a lot. Good thing it has great gas mileage.
Two miles from my front door.
Flower Viewing
Apr 20, 2009 I Find Things Leave a comment
Hanami at Chidorigafuchi. Yoshiaki Miura photo.
More fantastic photography at JapanTimes.co.jp.
Hanami (lit. “flower viewing”) is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, “flower” in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms (or sakura), or ume blossoms. From mid January to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan. The blossom forecast (sakurazensen, lit. cherry blossom front) is announced each year by the weather bureau, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two. In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. Hanami at night is called yozakura (lit. “night sakura”). In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura.
More beautiful photography:
When Pork Meets Cacao
Apr 8, 2009 CCD Shenanigans Leave a comment
I hear some people really like it.