wavy pattern drawn by snow on roof

wavy pattern drawn by snow on roof, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

春節祝福

春節祝福　, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

It is said in the old Chinese tradition that the Buddha asked all animals to be gathered and to celebrate New Year in Buddha’s palace. However, only 12 animals like a rat, a cow, a tiger, a rabbit, a dragon, a snake, a horse, a goat, a monkey, a fowl or rooster, a dog and a pig arrived the palace.
As a reward to the arrived animals, the Buddha named a year each of them and decreed that children born in these years would inherit elements of the corresponding animals personality.
The year of 2012 is the Dragon's year based on the Earthly Branches.
People born in 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 and 2012, those are the Dragon's people who are full of self-confidence, and they are highly intelligent and quick-witted. 　

in the early winter morning

in the early winter morning, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Hot air balloons were under preparation to take off in the early winter morning. The image was taken by 100-300mm (200-600mm for four-thirds camera) telescope lens. Try to click here for more large size of image.

Wintersweet in bloom

Wintersweet in bloom, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

There are 600 trees of wintersweet in the Roubai-no Sato (means village of wintersweet) in Kami-Nagano located in Kanuma-shi, Tochigi Pref., Japan. The blossoms of wintersweet are now best time to view and so nice scent of flowers drifting around.