Plant Planty Plant Plant!
Eh, I like plants and have lots of pictures of plants. I suppose this will be a plantful interlude between shrinery and templery. Being a plant nut, I have lots of fun pictures of plants.
flowers are pretty cool. They're seem most often by temples. This kind is mildly strange, as it seems to grow standing right up out of the water. Perhaps I need to go sit with one of these sometime and work on becoming a spiritual figure of sorts.
Here is
. Simply cute as a button, I must say. Hard to see from this picture do to my terrible photography skills. Mr. Grass Puppy was just this wonderful little ball of grass jutting up from the sidewalk like a Chia Pet. Much cooler though. I suppose the concept of a small puff of grass following me around and playing fetch is a bit too darling for my sanity.
What posting of plant things would be complete without the lovely, eternal
. I suppose it's another species of ginko since most of the trees I have seen in America have those perfect, fan-shaped leaves. No tasty ginko nuts in sight. Sad.
Fukushima is famous for peaches. They're rather tasty looking.
Nothing quite like grabbing some nice, ripe, white peaches off the branch and taking a bite.
The eggplant, or nasu, is a sign of good fortune in Japan, especially if seen during your first dream of the new year.
at its voluptuous curves and dark, shining desire. It seems to hang quite liberally from the vine of green leafiness. Lots of people do their own gardening in Japan, as vegetables and fruit are quite expensive in the markets. A small watermelon can often cost 9 dollars or more! They're very into freshness and seasonal things. I have heard that they protect their farmers very well from economic doom.
I love figs! Figs however are hard to come by where I live. They don't tend to survive very well in areas with coldness. Seeing a fig tree was therefore rather exciting.
Emm and I had some gonzo figs of major largeness from a supermarket near us. This supermarket, known for its swooping dove shape, was called the Benimaru, which was short/Japanezfied for York Beni Mart. Strange name, but eh? It's actually owned by 7-11, as is Denny's and many other stores in Japan. I suppose 7-11 left our shores to conquer foreign markets with its convenience store powers of kabloom.
Last on our plant filled tour is a picture of a water lily from the mini-moat surrounding the Peace Bell in Hiroshima. I suppose I'll have a Hiroshima-based post sometime. I was rather annoyed to find a plastic bottle in the moat. Luckily. my parasol of justice was able to fish it out and prevent further desecration of the still waters. I suppose I just enjoyed the coloring of this flower. Yay flowers!
Oh well, life goes on. Jobs don't hunt themselves now, do they? I've been reading the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. It's been interesting though kind of needlessly preachy. I think some hardcore RTS gaming is needed soon. Darn computer! Must buy a new video card soon!
flowers are pretty cool. They're seem most often by temples. This kind is mildly strange, as it seems to grow standing right up out of the water. Perhaps I need to go sit with one of these sometime and work on becoming a spiritual figure of sorts.
Here is
. Simply cute as a button, I must say. Hard to see from this picture do to my terrible photography skills. Mr. Grass Puppy was just this wonderful little ball of grass jutting up from the sidewalk like a Chia Pet. Much cooler though. I suppose the concept of a small puff of grass following me around and playing fetch is a bit too darling for my sanity.
What posting of plant things would be complete without the lovely, eternal
. I suppose it's another species of ginko since most of the trees I have seen in America have those perfect, fan-shaped leaves. No tasty ginko nuts in sight. Sad.
Fukushima is famous for peaches. They're rather tasty looking.
Nothing quite like grabbing some nice, ripe, white peaches off the branch and taking a bite.
The eggplant, or nasu, is a sign of good fortune in Japan, especially if seen during your first dream of the new year.
at its voluptuous curves and dark, shining desire. It seems to hang quite liberally from the vine of green leafiness. Lots of people do their own gardening in Japan, as vegetables and fruit are quite expensive in the markets. A small watermelon can often cost 9 dollars or more! They're very into freshness and seasonal things. I have heard that they protect their farmers very well from economic doom.
I love figs! Figs however are hard to come by where I live. They don't tend to survive very well in areas with coldness. Seeing a fig tree was therefore rather exciting.
Emm and I had some gonzo figs of major largeness from a supermarket near us. This supermarket, known for its swooping dove shape, was called the Benimaru, which was short/Japanezfied for York Beni Mart. Strange name, but eh? It's actually owned by 7-11, as is Denny's and many other stores in Japan. I suppose 7-11 left our shores to conquer foreign markets with its convenience store powers of kabloom.
Last on our plant filled tour is a picture of a water lily from the mini-moat surrounding the Peace Bell in Hiroshima. I suppose I'll have a Hiroshima-based post sometime. I was rather annoyed to find a plastic bottle in the moat. Luckily. my parasol of justice was able to fish it out and prevent further desecration of the still waters. I suppose I just enjoyed the coloring of this flower. Yay flowers!
Oh well, life goes on. Jobs don't hunt themselves now, do they? I've been reading the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. It's been interesting though kind of needlessly preachy. I think some hardcore RTS gaming is needed soon. Darn computer! Must buy a new video card soon!