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posted: April 1st, 2005 |
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Photos included this month include only those taken during March, 2005 (well, one Bonsai tree photo from last month is included again - as an edited version). Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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First photo is a plate of strawberries - for scale, the plate is 9 inches on a side. Huge, eh? The next 2 shots are the Tama River, taken at Mitake on March 5th - yes, that is snow in the first photo. Kayakers even in the winter! Note - the photos are mis-labeled as Feb, but it was actually March!
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Also taken on March 5th - Tama River at Mitake. Kazuya in the first photo, the first pussy willows in the next 2 photos. I especially like that one taken by Kazuya with the river and mountains in the background.
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Also taken March 5th at Mitake - snowy mountains in photo #1, a nice bird in photo #2 and the Tama River and a rest hut in the 3rd photo.
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The first shot is also on March 5th. We went to the plum garden in the photo, but it certainly did NOT look like the photo, it was still too early in the season. The next 2 shots are Veronica (Veronica sp.), taken at Nogawa Park on March 12th.
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The first two shots are also taken on March 12th. The first shot is Uguisu Kazura, sorry forgot the scientific name and the next shot is a Hepatica. The 3rd shot is a Chrysoplenium album var. stamineum, a very tiny plant and flower.
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The first shot is a nice cloud scene taken from Mt. Takao on March 13th. The next 2 shots are Cymbidium orchids (Cymbidium goeringii). Although we found the secret area where they were growing on March 13th when we were there, these shots were not taken until March 26th, when we went back looking for the blossoms. We only found buds on March 13th. Still lots
of buds on March 26th, so we're going to have to return again to see the best of the flowering.
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First 2 shots are Cymbidium orchid collages. All 4 pictures included in the collages were taken by Kazuya. The 3rd shot is an Anemone raddeana. The photos in this row were all taken on March 26th.
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The first shot is called "Dirty Cats Eye" - Chrysosplenium macrostemon var.atrandrum. Pretty, eh! The 2nd shot is another Anemone raddeana and the 3rd shot is one of the first violets we have found this season.
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The first shot is another "Dirty Cats Eye" - Chrysosplenium macrostemon var.atrandrum. The 2nd shot is a repeat of one from last month, but with some undesireable materials removed at the top of the photo. A friend requested this photo, so I cleaned it up for him. The 3rd photo
is my DVD collection as of Aug 20, 2004 - this photo is no longer current! By the way, here is a link to my entire DVD collection if you're asking yourself what
might be good to rent for the weekend! Click Here. The DVD's will be sorted by date purchased. You can click on title to sort that way if you desire. This link will open a new browser window.
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| That's all for this month, hope that you found something you enjoyed out of the limited selection which there is. |
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