People can enjoy twice of cherry blossoms viewing in a season at the city where I live. An indigenous of cherry tree called Omoigawa-Sakura comes into bloom after finishing of general or common cherry blossoms. The cherry tree is hybride of two species of cherry trees, and it is the city flower of Oyama city in Tochigi Pref., Japan.

taken by Olympus PEN E-P1 with M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6, 1/500 f/5.6 ISO200 Aparture Priority AE

私の住んでいる街では、お花見が２度楽しめます。 思川桜という固有種は普通の桜が散った後咲きます。この桜は２種類の桜の交配種で、小山市の市の花です。

a bowing narcissus

a bowing narcissus, originally uploaded by photoholic's images.

This type of narcissus blooms every year at front yard. But, all of them come into bloom over toward the ground.

taken by EOS40D EF-S60mm 1:2.8 macro USM 1/160 f/7.1 +0.7EV ISO200 Aperture Priority

前庭に毎年咲く水仙だが、すべて下向きに咲くのである。

Katakuri in full bloom

This is a typical flower that blooms in early spring and it is called Katakuri in Japanese. It is now in full bloom in MIkamo-Yama mountain in Tochigi Pref. Japan.

早春の代表的な花の一つ、カタクリが見ごろを迎えた。撮影場所は、栃木県佐野市、岩船町、藤岡町の１市２町にまたがる「みかも山」の北端にあるカタクリの里。

taken by CANON EOS40D with Carl Zeiss Planar f/1.4 50mm