文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for the 'Fall Colors' CategoryFoliage, mostly from around Kyoto Every day this week I've really enjoyed each morning's trip to drop Anthony off at school, as the cornucopia of rich colors along the way are mentally enriching, spiritually uplifting. They give me yet another reason to count my blessings to be able to live where I do. And this, mind you, is while it's been a depressingly overcast and hazy week. So, consider what it was like in the brilliant and crisp sunshine that greeted Kyoto today. It was simply glorious. Words or pictures can never do it justice. Today was the epitome of a perfect autumn day at [...] 
View full post » My head is swimming due to a cold I came down with yesterday, so to brighten things up a bit, here's a touch of color from the same outing here in Kyoto, Japan that produced the fall-foliage desktop backgrounds I posted the other day. Zooming back a bit.... You can see these same trees in the "Placing Incense" photo my summer "More From Nanzenji" post. 
View full post » Today was one of those "I hate where I live" days (in Kyoto, Japan) that I seem to be having a lot lately. A simple visit with some friends to the "Fall-colors Festival" at the preschool of one of their friends turned into a veritable feast of indulgent photographic delights. The fall colors have been creeping up for the last couple of weeks, as I've shown in a few posts (here, here, here, and here), but it's definitely not yet even near peak. Still, there are some wonderful spots of color, and many of them are at the Eikando Temple [...] 
View full post » I really hate where I live. Not only Kyoto in general, but in particular, the specific area of Kyoto where I live. This morning I walked to the nearby convenience store for some bread, and I was assaulted by beautiful scenes of inner-city fall foliage. Not only did they positively scream at me, they punched me in the face, demanding that I photograph them. Geez, all I wanted was some bread, and I get this!? I don't have time for this. What a crappy place to live. Jingu-Michi ("Shrine Street", which dead-ends at the front entrance to the Heian Shrine) [...] 
View full post » I seem to be buried under a photographic avalanche of my own making. I thought that today I'd get started with the bonanza of interesting and/or pretty pictures that I hinted at yesterday, but instead, today I took two more shots that I want to share. While waiting for the fall colors to come into full swing, there are the occasional early flashes of color that entertain. My office window affords a nice view of the neighbor's front garden, with one such "early flash of color" tree. It was overcast and rainy today, with occasional short bursts of sun sprinkled [...] 
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