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posted: November 2nd, 2005 |
Kazuya now has a full time job at a French Restaurant named "Wildcat" and he has to work EVERY weekend. His regular day off is Monday and then he has one additional day off later in the week, which varies from week to week. So, don't know what I am going to be doing on future weekends, nor how often this will get updated in the future. Not much fun going out to the mountains alone. Anyway, the only adventure this month was on October 1st - a trip to Mt. Mitake. I also took some photos of our porch violets and included those. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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The first 2 photos are Cimifuga sp. The 3rd photo is Sanguisorba officinalis.
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Here are 3 more Sanguisorba officinalis photos. The English common name is Great Burnet.
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Here is one more Sanguisorba officinalis and a couple of cloud shots.
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Here are 3 shots of the beautiful upper Tama River at Mitake. Each is a different zoom ratio.
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Here are 3 more shots of the upper Tama River, in the first shot you can see how wonderfully clear the water is.
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Three more shots of the upper Tama River at Mitake. In the 2nd and 3rd shots you can see that this a popular place for kayakers. They even have competitions here, which is the reason for all of the ropes strung across the river. They have to go between the white rods hanging down from the ropes, but some have to be gone between
while going downstream and some have to be gone between while doubling back and going upstream. The competition is both for accuracy and time.
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In this row you can see our porch Violets. In the first photo, the left Violet is a Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis), the middle one is a Hina Violet (Viola takedana) and the right side one is a Manchurian Violet (Viola mandshurica). The 2nd photo is a closer shot of the Takao Violet (Viola yezonensis) and the 3rd photo is the Manchurian Violet (Viola mandshurica).
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The first shot in this row is a closer shot of the Hina Violet (Viola takedana). By the way, we brought all of these violets home from mountain treks as sickly things which we wondered if they would live or not. They were all ones which were perched on the edge of a cliff and about to wash away in the next storm. They all had a maximum of 3 leaves when we "rescued" them.
The final shot, of my DVD shelf, is now way out of date! Here is a link to my entire DVD collection if you're asking yourself what might be good to rent for the weekend! CLICK HERE. The DVD's will be sorted by date purchased and includes DVDs which are NOT included in the picture. You can click on title to sort that way if you desire. This link will open a new browser window. |
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| That's all for this month, hope that you found something you enjoyed out of the limited selection which there is. |
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