This is Page 3 of 3 - the best of June 2009!
posted: June 30th, 2009
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The photos on this page continue with June 20th and go through the end of the month, Hydrangea Blossoms and Iris Flowers. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
Begin June 20th
  On June 20th Kazuya and I went to Kita-Kogane and visited Hon Do Temple - again to see Hydrangea flowers. The first shot in this row shows a large patch of Hydrangeas right at the entrance to the Temple. The 2nd shot shows Kazuya standing in front of a bunch of Hydrangeas and the 3rd shot shows a beautiful pink flowered plant.
  The first shot in this row shows a patch of incredibly green moss. The 2nd shot is an Iris Garden within the Temple Grounds and the 3rd shot is a beautiful Iris Flower.
  The first shot here is looking across the Iris Garden at a Temple Building. The 2nd shot shows you 4 different colored Hydrangea Flowers in the same photo and the 3rd shot is a Blue Iris Flower.
  And, here are the final 3 shots at Hon Do Temple. The first shot is the Temple itself. The 2nd and 3rd shots show Kazuya and Dan'l in the Hydrangeas.
  On Friday, June 26th, Kazuya and I went to Nogawa Park and visited the Plants Area. The most interesting and beautiful thing we found in bloom was this Albizia julibrissin or Persian Silk Tree.
  We also found the "Tiger's Tail" (Lysimachia clethroides) flowers to be in bloom. Here is a nice shot. In addition - the leaves of Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum are always amazing to see. It's so strange to see a plant with pinkish-red leaves.
  On Saturday the 27th we went out to Mitake and took the Cable Car to the top of the mountain and wandered around the mountain searching for flowers. It was such a hazy day that there was nothing spectacular as far as scenery. We found the Mountain Lily plants to be budding out nicely, as shown in the center shot. The 1st and 3rd shots show an interesting plant which has no chlorophyll - it is a species of Monotropa or Indian Pipe.
  We also found some great specimens of Saxifraga stolonifera, shown in the first 2 photos. The 3rd shot is another "Tiger's Tail" (Lysimachia clethroides) with Mt. Ohtake as the background.
  This is a link to a separate web page showing some photos of our DVD Collection, an AVI Movie of our Home Theater System and 9 photos of our Sharp Aquos TV.
Kazuya has gotten - behind on his blog again, but if you want to take a look at it you can find it HERE. (Click on the "Studies of Plants and Wildlife" link in the new window.)
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