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My vacation began on April 7th. This page covers April 1st thru April 10th. We KEPT about 1,715 pictures this month and deleted a whole bunch too! It was very difficult to pick & choose the ones you see on these 3 pages. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin April 1st |
April 1st was a Sunday and it was great weather plus - the CHERRY BLOSSOMS were at their peak, so Kazuya made a great lunch box and we headed out for a picnic lunch under the Cherry Trees. The pictures in this row were taken on the way to
where we decided to stop for lunch. We were on our bicycles.
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The first shot here was still on the search for the "perfect" lunch spot. We found the spot and unpacked the lunch - here is a picture of what Kazuya made for us! We also took along a bottle of Saké and we drank that with our lunch. After lunch we continued our bicycle ride and found an area of Ornamental Peach Trees.
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The only shot in this row is an ornamental peach tree in front of a cherry tree.
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| End April 1st, Begin April 4th |
On April 4th Kazuya went exploring for a place for us to go on the weekend and he found this brand new violet! These are Viola violacea - very small and very beautiful!
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| End April 4th, Begin April 5th |
On April 5th he went out to a spot where we often go to see what was blooming and he found Takao Violets (Viola yezoensis f. discolor).
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Here is one more Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis f. discolor) and an Asarum caulescens. This is one of the Asarum's which has flowers above the soil.
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| End April 5th, Begin April 7th |
On April 7th I was on vacation and we went to the place where Kazuya went on April 4th. Here is a Viola grypoceras and two Viola violacea shots.
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Here is the best Viola violacea shot, a Viola grypoceras f. variegata and another Viola violacea. For the "smudged" background in the first shot I used the "SMUDGE" tool in Adobe PhotoShop.
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Here is another Viola violacea, a Viola obtusa and one final Viola violacea. This final shot shows the entire plant.
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In this row is another Viola obtusa and 2 shots of a violet which we had never seen in the wild - Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana. Quite a month so far, eh!
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| End April 7th, Begin April 10th |
On April 10th we went out and climbed Mt. Takao and camped out at I-Ccho-Daira. In this row you can see that we found some Viola bissetii and lots of Viola eizanensis.
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In this final row for April 10th, you see a Viola phalacrocarpa, some Mountain Azalea and a Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema sp.).
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| End April 10th, End Page 1 |
| And, that shows you what we saw during the first 10 days of the month. Thanks so much for taking the time to look. Please continue on to Page 2 for a continuation of this month's adventures. |
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