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posted: Month 31st, 2016 |
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This page begins with February 28th, too late to include last month, with a trip to and climb of Mt. Takao and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama. Then we jump exactly 4 weeks and take a bicycle trip to our local Nogawa Park to check on the progress of spring! Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin February 28th |
On February 28th Kazuya and I went out and climbed Mt. Takao and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama to check on the progress of spring flowers. We did not find any flowers at all, and the sky was so filled with Cedar pollen that it was amazing. Can you find Mt. Fuji in the first photo? How about the second photo, can you find it there? Those two photos were taken from the summit of Mt. Takao. From there we hiked all the way to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama without taking a photo. Then, when we were coming down the Hikage Creek logging road we noticed the incredible amount of pollen in the Cedar trees. WOW! These photos were taken too late in February to be included on the February web page.
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While hiking down the Hikage Creek logging road we were able to SEE the pollen being blown out of the Cedar trees whenever a gust of wind came along and both of these photos show clouds of pollen blowing in the wind.
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Here are two more photos showing the clouds of pollen blowing around. Amazing, eh? Although neither Kazuya nor myself are terribly allergic to this pollen even we had (and still have) itchy eyes. Many people are severely allergic to this and have terrible problems in the spring.
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| End February 28th, Begin March 27th |
Our next outing did not happen until March 27th when we went on our bicycles to Nogawa Park to check things out there. The first two shots in this row show Viola grypoceras, the very first Violet to bloom every year. Nice to see. The third shot shows a Cymbidium goeringii orchid in bloom.
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In first position in this row you can see an Anemone flaccida with the flowers just beginning to open. In second and third position are two more shots of a Cymbidium goeringii orchid.
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In first position in this row are a couple of Erythronium japonicum (Trout Lilies) with the flowers just starting to open. In second position is a shot of a reddish-pink anchor flower (Aquilegia buergeriana). In third position is a shot of some very young maple leaves.
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In first position here is a white colored anchor flower (Aquilegia buergeriana). In second and third position is the very cute little Chloranthus japonicus.
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Here is the closest shot of the Chloranthus japonicus plant and flowers in first position. In second position is a nicer shot of a Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum), but still not fully open. In third place is a really nice shot of Cymbidium goeringii orchid flowers.
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Here are two more shots of Cymbidium goeringii orchid flowers and then a Viola japonica in bloom.
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Here is a final shot of the Cymbidium goeringii orchids in Nogawa Park. That is followed by a shot of the brilliant red berries of Reineckea carnea - Kichijosou in Japanese. In third position is another Viola japonica in bloom.
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| End Page 1, But March 27th Continues on Page 2 |
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