Haru Irasshai!
Spring has finally arrived! Ahh, my favourite time of year ^_^
To celebrate this marked occasion, I present my observations of the local bee population that have begun harvesting the peach/plum blossoms in my backyard. Otherwise known as “in which I risk several injections of histamine” it was quite a relaxing experience, despite the difficulty of getting good shots of the little buggers. These fickle little creatures rarely stay on the same flower for more than about 10 seconds. Perhaps they are just fickle by nature, or maybe it had something to do with having a camera persistently poked in their faces. About half of the bees just ignored me while the rest moved on dutifully.
I love having this tree in my backyard. There are distinctly pink flowers around the base which suggests a graft. I think these are peach blossoms, while the white ones are plum. Anyway, I am inescapably reminded of sakura, adding to the list of references to Japan which recently appear to be increasing. Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something…
Huzzah its spring, although to tell the truth it feels like it has been spring for the last couple of days here. Blue skies, warm sun, lunches on south lawn. Main problem is that it was still winter!
Anyway to the photo, ‘FANTASTIC’, keep it up. Kind of makes me want to play around with my camera a bit…a trip to the botanicals may be in order if I get/or feel that I have free time (unlikely).
Hey Simon,
thanks for reading! If you’re seriously considering teaching in Japan, or any kind of work for that matter, I’d stay the hell away from Nova (run screaming in the opposite direction might be the most appropriate course of action).
Hey your blog is really funny! Is Nova really that bad? How come? I ask because my cousin is um… working for them in Japan. (slightly worried now)