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posted: March 31st, 2009 |
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The photos on this page continue with March 28th and go through the end of the month - Nogawa Park, Koishikawa Garden and Ogesawa. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin March 28th |
On March 28th Kazuya and I went to Nogawa Park again to check on the progress of spring flowers. The first shot here shows how "green-up" is progressing along the No River. The 2nd shot shows an Astragalus sinicus flower and the 3rd shot is a Chloranthus japonicus.
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 March28_NogawaPk01_ Astragalus_sinicusRC |
 Mar28_NogawaPk08_ Chloranthus_japonicusRC |
Still at Nogawa Park. Here is a great shot of a Viola japonica and then 2 shots of Viola keiskei.
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 Mar28_NogawaPk32_ Viola_keiskeiRC |
 Mar28_NogawaPk42_ Viola_keiskeiRC |
Both of these shots show you the same incredible clump of Viola grypoceras. The 2nd shot is zoomed in a bit closer is all.
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 Mar28_NogawaPk51_ Viola_grypocerasRC |
Here is a great shot of a Coccothraustes coccothraustes. The 2nd photo shows you some pretty young maple leaves and the 3rd shot is the season's first Gentiana zollingeri.
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 Mar28_NogawaPk57_ Coccothraustes_coccothraustesRC |
 Mar28_NogawaPk45_ YoungMapleLeavesRC |
 Mar28_ICU_02_Gentiana _zollingeriRC |
| End March 28th, Begin March 29th |
On the 29th we went to Koishikawa Botanical Garden. We found the Viola diffusa to be in bloom. Then we found these TINY Trigonotis peduncularis flowers. These things are about 5 mm across (less than 0.25 in) and finally, we found (only 1) Viola yedoensis (3rd photo) this year - somewhat disappointing.
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 Mar29_KoishikawaBG_10_ Trigonotis_peduncularisRC |
 March29th_KoishikawaBG020_ Viola_yedoensisRC |
Here are 2 more shots of Viola diffusa followed by a Purple Flower (how do you like that Latin name?)!
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 Mar29_KoishikawaBG_35_ Viola_diffusaRC |
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The first photo in this row is a Viola confusa ssp. nagasakiensis - we only found one of this violet too. The 2nd shot is a great shot of some Cherry Blossoms. We ate our lunch under the tree shown in the 3rd shot and while we ate we watched the birds come and suck the nectar from the cherry flowers.
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The first shot in this row shows you a Viola grypoceras f. variegata. Notice the red veins in the leaves - that is why it is named f. variegata. The 2nd shot shows you some beautiful pink cherry blossoms.
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Here is a white dandelion (Taraxacum albidum) and a normal yellow dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis) to show you the contrast in the colors.
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 Mar29_KoishikawaBG_106_ Taraxacum_officinalisRC |
| End March 29th, Begin March 30th |
On March 30th Kazuya and I both had no work, so we went out to Ogesawa, in the Mt. Takao area. Here are 3 shots of Viola bissetii which we found. We took too many pictures.
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 Mar30_Ogesawa17_ Viola_bissetiRC |
 Mar30_Ogesawa13_ Viola_bissetiRC |
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Here are two more photos of Viola bissetii and one shot of Viola eizanensis.
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Here are 2 more photos of Viola eizanensis and a wonderful shot of Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis - one of the sorrels, so of course the leaves taste great.
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 Mar30_Ogesawa61_ Viola_eizanensisRC |
 Mar30_Ogesawa138_Oxalis_ griffithii_var_kantoensisRC |
Here are the two best shots of Omphalodes japonica which I have taken to date. These shots came out better than I could imagine. And, the 3rd shot is a Trillium smallii. This is a threatened species and when we passed back by here an hour later one of the plants had been broken off and stolen by some grandmother who wanted it in her kitchen window! At least she didn't take the roots. This activity is amazingly widespread here in Japan. We could tell you horror stories of grandmothers walking around with shopping bags overflowing with illegally obtained plants and flowers.
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And - we finally come to the end. Here is a shot of an Arisaema sp. (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) and a shot of Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis f. discolor). Hopefully more shots of Takao Violets will follow next month.
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 Mar30_Ogesawa36_ ArisaemaRC |
 Mar30_Ogesawa86_Viola_ yezoensis_f_discolorRC |
| End March 30th, End Page 3, End March 2009's Photos |
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.
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| February 22, 2009 DVD Collection, Movie of Home Theater System & Sharp Aquos TV Pictures (new window) |
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