2013/08/17(Sat) - Forest in Summer

E-5, P8175545

OLYMPUS E-5
OLYMPUS OM ZUIKO AUTO-S 50mm F1.8

This summer was very hot.
But, it is not so hot in the forest.

This road is covered by tall trees.
Only such condition of summer season and wheather could show such good view.

2013/08/16(Fri) - Now, Summer!

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OLYMPUS STYLUS XZ-2

In a small park, I found an exuvia of cicada.
Such view is a fresh reminder that it is middle of summer now.

2013/08/08(Thu) - Interesting plant on the roadside

E-5, P8085443

OLYMPUS E-5
OLYMPUS OM ZUIKO AUTO-S 50mm F1.8

During walking after the lunch, I found an interesting and strange plant on the roadside.
From the flower (?), a thin and long vine was growing straight out.

This is "crowdipper".
Though it is easily imagined "dipper" from the shape of flower, why called "crow"?
I don't know.

In Japanese, this plant is called also as "crowdipper (KARASU-BISHAKU)".
Perhaps, because it looks like a crow's footprint the leaves divided into three?

2013/07/29(Mon) - Snail baby on a rainy day

XZ-2, P7294537

OLYMPUS STYLUS XZ-2

Afternoon of a rainy day, I found a small small baby of snail on the ground.
The snail baby walked very very slowly.

I was watching him for a while.

2013/07/28(Sun) - Iris

E-5, P7285256

OLYMPUS E-5
OLYMPUS OM ZUIKO AUTO-S F1.8

On a roadside slope,
Lots of orange-colored flowers, a kind of Iris, were bloomed.

Very beautiful.

2013/07/27(Sat) - Small mushrooms in the forest

XZ-2, P7274502

OLYMPUS STYLUS XZ-2

In the forest "Aoba-no-Mori",
On the ground,
I found a group of mushrooms.

They are orange-colored and very very small.

2013/07/25(Thu) - Rainy morning

XZ-2, P7254471

OLYMPUS STYLUS XZ-2

Katahira-cho street in Sendai city.
This morning is dark and rainy.

Oxalis flowers were closed.

2013/07/24(Wed) - Small white flowers in the dry riverbed

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These small white flowers are quite common on summer season in Japan, called as "Hime-Jo-On".

"Hime" means little or cute in Japanese.

On the dry riverbed of Hirose-river, a lot of the flowers bloomed. 

2013/07/23(Tue) - Oxalis floweres on the stone wall

XZ-2, P7234430

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There is a old street called as "Katahira-cho" in Sendai city.
A line of old samurai residences was along the street till about 150 years ago.

Though the samurai residences dissapeared now, some stone walls on the borders remain there.

You can enjoy to see various flowers grown from between stones of the walls, season to season.
Today, I found beautiful light-purple colored Oxalis flowers on the stone wall.