Just before the sakura season ends...

...two blog entries from a friend who's clearly more gifted with a camera than me. All pix taken within walking distance from my house.

Up on the hill

Down by the temple

Alien Crushed by Falling Anvil! Film at 11!

OK, I could have picked a more romantic header. But doesn't it just look like it? This is what's left from the gorgeous cherry splendor (see further below). The tree is void of blossoms now, they're all on the ground in my parking spot. I swear, this is how I found it.
Amazing what a little wind and time can do. I stood there with my two sons (5 and 8) for a long time, swapping impressions ("It's a troll face!" "No, it's a map!" "No, it's a mutant lobster!"...)

Cherry (Flower) Float

If you just wait long enough, things will beautify themselves.
(Comments about my grimy car will be deleted)

Heralds of Spring

Chinese New Year is almost upon us, and harbingers of spring abound. Apart from the unusually warm weather (28°C/82°F) and our sons' particularly rowdy behavior, there's the cherry trees.

This one grows just across the road from our house.