a longing for blue sky

a longing for blue sky, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I hoped for clear sky when I took this picture. Unfortunately, the blue sky did not appear after all at that day.
My little consolation is that I was able to take this picture at the moment when a thin sunlight was coming through the clouds.
This picture would become more attractive image If the sky was clear.
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typical flower in the rainy season

typical flower in the rainy season, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The Japan Meteorological Agency officially announced yesterday that the rainy season started ten days earlier than usual here in Kanto region.

Flowers of hydrangea become more and more beautiful day by day, because, hydrangea is typical flower in the rainy season here.

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blooms in pure white

blooms in pure white, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

kalmia was blooming in pure white that reminds me of a wedding dress.

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A rose blooms in blue.

A rose blooms in blue., originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The rose shown in above is a new species which was bred to be blue.
Mr. Moriji Kobayashi, who is a plant breeder, succeeded in breeding of this blue rose in 1992. And he named this rose "SEIRYU (青龍）" which means "Blue Dragon"

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red and small berries in my garden

red and small berries in my garden, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The image above shows berries of Mock Strawberry in my garden.
In Japanese, we call it "Yabu Hebi-Ichigo" that means "Tussock Snake Strawberry" in terms of literal translation, because, it is traditionally said that snake eats this berry.
But, actually snake never eats such berry.
The Mock Strawberry blooms small yellow flower as shown in the image below.
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For Your Happy Sunday Morning!

For Your Happy Sunday Morning!, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The allium is like a lollipop or a Chupa Chups in shape.
Lollipops, in a flower garden in my neighbourhood, were swaying always in refreshing breeze of early summer. So I had to wait for a while until the breeze stopped completely when I took this picture.

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iris

iris, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The photo was taken by Olympus pen E-P3 with Ai Nikkor 35mm f/2.0 when I took a stroll in my neighbourhood.

I am irritated at so slow response of flickr after changed to its new looks. Visibility has been improved a lot but quick response have been lost. I really hope flickr to improve the response time.

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An expression of my sympathy

An expression of my sympathy, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I express my sincere sympathy to all victims of Oklahoma tornado.
The most sad is that many children were killed. I pray for the repose all of their soul.

iris in a refreshing color

clematis, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

taken by Fujifilm X-E1 with Nikkor O Auto 35mm f/2.0

The mirrorless DSLC gives us the opportunity to use old lenses again. That is why I use both Olympus Pen E-P3 and Fujifilm X-E1 rather than my EOS7D.
The Olympus announced their new product Pen E-P5 to be released in coming June. I would buy it or not, I'll be troubled again with this announcement.

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It should be now!!

It should be now!!, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

This is a scene at the pottery fair held in the town of Mashiko from April 29th to May 6th.
A blackboard appeals to visitors that "When do you buy?" "It should be now!!".

The Sister city agreement was signed with. St. Ives, Cornwall in the UK and Mashiko last year. The connection of St. Ives and Mashiko started from 1920 as the towns of pottery.
Because, Bearnard Leach and Shoji Hamada from Mashiko set up the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall in 1920.

Flowering of Mock Strawberry

Flowering of Mock Strawberry, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

It is a very small flower. Diameter of the flower is about 1.5cm at most.
The flower of Mock Strawberry has five petals normally, but I found a flower which has six petals that might be a mutation.
I felt a bit joy like found a four-leaf clover.

The photo was taken by EOS 7D + Planar 50mm f/1.4 + Extension Tube EF12 II on 30th April in my garden.