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This is Page 1 of 1 - the best of February 2009!
posted: February 28th, 2009

This page begins with February 8th and takes you through the 15th. There were no adventures after that date, unfortunately. I had to work on 3 of the 4 Saturday's in February and Kazuya had to work on the 1 Saturday which I did not have to work. In addition, Kazuya had to work on 1 Sunday. Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin February 8th
  On February 8th Kazuya and I went out to Mitake and Sawai, on the Upper Tama River. We were hoping to maybe see some good birds, but we didn't. We ate lunch in this really nice Soba (a kind of noodles) Restaurant. The first 2 pictures show the restaurant from the outside and the 3rd picture shows what we had for lunch - Soba and Tempura. Very YUMMY!
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  After we ate lunch we walked along the river - people were kayaking even in this cold and windy weather. We also found that the Pussy Willows were out.
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  Here are 2 picturesque shots along the river. The first shot shows the Ginkgo tree which is so beautiful in November (See Pages 2 and 3 of November's photos).
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  Here are 2 more river photos showing the sun reflecting off the surface of the river.
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End February 8th, Begin February 11th
  On February 11th Kazuya and I went to Bubaigawara and went to a Plum Blossom Festival there. Here are 3 shots of Plum Blossoms.
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  And here is one more shot of a Plum Tree - a bit further back - so that you can see how dense the flowers are on the tree.
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End February 11th, Begin February 14th
  On the 14th of the month we went to Nogawa Park and found the Setsubun-sou (Shibateranthis pinnatifida) to be finishing up, but we found a few good flowers to photograph. Here are 3 of the best shots.
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End February 14th, Begin February 15th
  On the 15th we went to Koishikawa Botanical Garden - I forgot to take my camera! Here are 2 of the best shots which Kazuya took. The first photo is a very early cherry tree. The 2nd shot is me and a "weeping" Plum Tree.
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End February 15th, End February 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.
    February 22, 2009 DVD Collection,
Movie of Home Theater System
& Sharp Aquos TV Pictures
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Kazuya has his - blog all updated now with his latest photos and writings and it is very beautiful. 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.)

Thanks so much for taking the time to look this month, sorry there isn't much to show. I had to work 3 of the 4 Saturdays of the month and Kazuya had to work on one of the Sundays, so we didn't get out as much as we might have hoped to.


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