an overblown wintersweet

The wintersweet has already been past their peak when I  visited the wintersweet garden. However, flowers were still giving off a sweet fragrance. 

Camellia bloomed in the severe cold

According to a newspaper, it was snowed even in the Taiwan and Guangzhou. Camellia has bloomed even in such a cold. I had to use high-speed shutter to shoot the camellia, because it was constantly shaking by cold and strong west wind.

plum blossoms

It was fairly cold this morning, but I found plum blossoms when I went for a stroll.
Barely two or three flowers were only bloomed in a twig. I felt that it was far in spring.

Dawn of wetlands

I saw so beautiful sky of the daybreak, when I visted Watarase-yusuichi for bird-watching. Venus and Saturn were seen in the eastern sky as shown in the above picture. I recomend, you should keep early hours. "The early bird catches the worm."

New Year Greetings

 First sunrise of 2016 

A distant view of Mt. Fuji on 1st Jan. 2016

Bell Tree Dahlia

It is called Dahlia Imperialis as scientific name that is native to Central America.

This plant is a quite common plant nowadays in Japan too. The flowering time is just before frost season. But flowers last a long time this year, because relatively warm days continued.

a plant called skunkvine

The name of this plant isn't lovely, but flowers are quite pretty.

The Satoyama of early spring

The Vernal Equinox Day is about two weeks later.　It becomes warmer day after day.　
The plum blossoms are starting to open in the Satoyama too.
Days of hay fever begin for me with the arrival of spring from now on for few months.

Potted hibiscus has just bloomed

The fresh air is still so cold. But the sunlight became strong day by day. 
The potted hibiscus which I put in the living room caught the warm sunlight and has begun to bloom.

A sparrow on a rope

A sparrow seems to walk on a tightrope, but no danger at all....
It has flown away soon after the shutter released.