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Midsummer

2008-07-23 | weather
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Day-lily; 'Yu-u-su-ge' (Hemerocallis citrina var. vespertina)


It was the hottest day called 'Ta-i-sho' which is one of the 24 seasonal divisions on calendar yesterday.
And it's really been very hot and humid.
I heard some had got Heat Disorder and others had been drowned in the river or in the sea.

It'll be very hot till the beginning of August.
Please take care of yourselves !

By the way, Day-Lily was blooming beautifully in the hot weather.
This flower bloom in the evening and wither the next morning.
The color of lemon yellow looks cool !

Summer has come !

2008-07-16 | weather
A kind of Hibiscus

The Meteorological Agency announced that rainy season has finished today in Chu-go-u and Ki-n-ki region.
They say that it finished four days earlier than usual year and seven days earlier than last year in Chu-go-u region.
The amount of the rainfall was one fifth of last year.
Anyway it'll be hot for about two months from now.

Please take care !

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Hot days

2008-07-12 | weather

  The rainy season hasn't finished yet, but it was sunny from early in the morning and very hot today .
It's hot like midsummer.
Will this summer be very hot ?

I took this picture under the dogwood in my yard.
Doesn't it look like this template?

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Rose of Sharon
 



 


 


Evening sky

2008-06-12 | weather
Rainy season began here in Chu-go-ku region yesterday five days later than usual.
And it was a rainy day yesterday, but it's sunny and hot today.
I could see a beautiful scenery of sunlight reflecting in the rice fields in the evening.

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White world

2008-01-21 | weather

I woke up to see a wonderful white world.
We seldom see a snowfall in this area, but the snow that began to fall in the yesterday evening seemed to kept falling till early this morning.
I saw a scenery like this for the first time this winter.

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Sky in the end of the year

2007-12-27 | weather

Though I seldom see a rainbow recently even in summer, I happened to see it the other day.
I saw this rainbow around noon on December 24.
On seeing it, I took this picture as it disappeared soon.

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And we had a nice present on Christmas eve.
The full moon was seen in the winter sky.
It was not so dark on the day, so Santa Claus might have been able to deliver the Christmas present smoothly.

The winter solstice

2007-12-22 | weather


   Today is the winter solstice ; To-ji in Japanese.
The daytime is the shortest of the year, but it will become longer and longer from tomorrow in spite of having the coldest days from now.
Besides Christmas and the New Year are coming soon.
So I feel something bright !

By the way, we have a custom of eating  pumpkin and taking  a citron bath on this day wishing for good health.

 


Beautiful moon in September

2007-09-26 | weather

17:51

 In Japan, we have a custom of enjoying 'Full moon at mid-autumn'.
We put pampas grasses in the vase  and  set some dumplings or taro on the plate in the room.
And we enjoy watching the full moon.


18:30

It was fine last night and the air was clear, so we could see beautiful moonlight.
Moon-watching party was held here and here.

This is one of the annual events in Japan.