Aisatsu

Aisatsu

This blog is for family and friends, to share my feelings and photos with and for myself, to support my fading memory. Readers who have my site translated automatically, please refer to the original if necessary. Especially when it comes to identification. Any comments, anonymous or by email name are always welcome!.

Wednesday 6 March 2019

First flowers of the season: Nanohana, Mitsumata, Sumire

After Plum Blossom it is time for Nanohana...

Rapeseed blossom, brassica napus (菜の花) is used for oil and eaten as a Japanese vegetable in spring. The bright yellow fields are like an explosion of spring




... and Mitsumata

Oriental Paperbush, Edgewortia chrysanha (ミツマタ) The wood is used for Japanese paper.












Here with my first butterfly this year: Indian Red Admiral, アカタテハ



Japanese Violet, Viola mandshurica (スミレ)



Sago palm (ソテツ)




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