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posted: March 1st, 2006 |
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The photos on this page are from the weekend of February 25th - a trip to Bubaigawara Plum Garden - and our 3 porch violets as they looked on February 28th. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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The first 3 rows on this page contain only pictures of Plum Blossoms at Bubaigawara Plum Garden. The blossoms are about a month late this year, but they finally came out.
We visited on February 25th and, much to our surprise, the Plums were still not at their peak. Before you comment that "oh, there's nothing here but plum blossoms" please note the diversity in the colors, the number of petals per flower, the subtle differences in shading of the anthers and stamens and so on. |
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As forewarned - 3 more Plum Blossoms.
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As forewarned - 3 more Plum Blossoms.
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In this row you can find one more Plum Blossom photo and also 2 photos of Adonis ramosa. This is a threatened or endangered species in Japan, so the only place we have ever seen it is in various parks and botanical gardens.
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More Plum Blossom photos.
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And the final 3 Plum Blossom photos.
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These are pictures of Violets which we have growing on our porch. The first picture is a Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana - Hina Violet - note the tiny flower bud too. The 2nd shot is our Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis) and the 3rd shot, the one which is making the least progress to date, is a
Mandshurican Violet (Viola mandshurica).
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This is now a link to a separate web page showing 3 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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| Dec 2005 DVD Collection - 3 Photos Movie of Home Theater System & New TV Pictures (new window) |
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