giant tulip tree
It is almost March but most deciduous trees are still bare. The older I get, the more I come to appreciate the structure and beauty of bare trees. Trees are beautiful with and without leaves and in my humble opinion, their stark shapes in winter are beautiful in their own way. There is something inspiring about them that evokes something profound and affecting within me.
ginkgo tree
A pond mirrors the winter trees and people around it.
The other day I found a hint of the upcoming spring in front of
some bare weeping willow trees. I saw pink ume blossoms in bloom in the cold. The contrast
between the long thin ghost-like branches and deep pink blossoms looked interesting. It was an early sign
of spring. At present many ume trees have begun to bloom with white, pink, and red
blossoms.
I was away from blogging for about a month and now I
feel that the seasons change so fast. I've also had some changes in my
work and am still busy. I’m afraid that I won’t be able to keep
blogging as often as used to, but I want to keep updating
my blog at least once or twice a month from now on.
Lastly, I found a clump of narcissus yesterday in a park. As far as I know, this is the only clump of the plant there. Spring is just around the corner!
23 comments:
thank you for another beautiful post...i also love bare trees, but i needed to see some flowers!! :)
i hope that your busy-ness is a positive thing :)
i also wanted to say that i really enjoyed your post on bonsai--such a lovely, amazing practice, thank you for sharing your wonderful images.
Lovely photos! Trees are amazing, and whoever it was who said being in a forest is like being in a great cathedral was right. I love their bare form in winter as much as fully formed in summer. Spring is coming ..... hooray! Minerva ~
Happy to see you're "OPEN" again, Sapphire!
I really love the first harbingers of spring and I hardly can't wait any longer to take my own photographs of magnolia, cherry or ume blossoms. But I think I have to wait another four to six weeks... :-(
Our German winter is still "in operation"...
I hope you like the changes in your work that came up recently. All the best for your future projects!
Regards from wintery Germany, Uwe.
Welcome back! Life offline comes first so post as often as works for you.
It's surreal seeing these signs of spring when a blizzard is raging outside my window. It's beautiful, but spring feels so far away. Thanks for sharing yours.
cant imagine anything prettier than spring flowers in Japan...sigh...someday
zoe
Thank you for your lovely comments. I'm so glad to know that you enjoyed the posts! I found Master Kobayashi really impressive.
Minerva
Thanks! "whoever it was who said being in a forest is like being in a great cathedral" I really think so too.
YWB
Thanks for your kind comment. I look forward very much to your flower posts, especially, magnolias!! It looks like you have much colder winters there than in Japan. Take care!
Sarah
Thank you, Sarah. Our TV news also said that you have had a very cold winter this year. In northern Japan it has snowed very heavily since December. Take care!!
Sharon
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. O you also have wonderful flowers in Florida throughout a year!! It has been pretty cold this year in Japan.
Dear Sapphire,
missed you and your posts with the always beautiful photos! But I do understand - the same pressure as mine: little time, much to do.
Willows, when the very first hue of tender yellow-green comes through: so ravishingly lacy! As you I come to love structure of trees in winter, the black and white contrast, even more while growing older. Though of course I hope we'll always be young enough to enjoy giggling the frilly blossom of cherry/almonds and the clearer of ume. Here in Berlin - cold, but spring is in the air, the birds are singing - I walk through a special street and see the buds of a cherry tree swelling. Ah - and I bought already some flower seeds for the balcony :-) - but that has to wait...
Hello Sapphire, thank you very much for these delicate pictures about spring. It is great to read you again! A blog takes time and I understand that it is not always easy to have free time to write it, especially when you wish to share beautiful photos and interesting texts with your readers. Enjoy a nice spring!
I'm glad to hear you'll still blog once a month or so. Your posts are always so interesting. (Though, yes, regular blog updates are hard work.)
I've been very miserable in icy Tokyo since returning from sunny South Africa, but I keep telling myself that spring is around the corner; and - I agree - bare trees have a stark, simple beauty that I love, too.
Dear Britta,
Thank you for your kind comment! I know you have little time for blogging. I sometimes wonder how busy people manage to find time to do blogging. As for willows, as you say, the first hue of their tender yellow-green looks really fascinating. I like it very much! Looking forward to your new flowers on the balcony! Oops! I have not yet planted any seedlings for spring....
Dear Anne,
Thank you for your lovely comment. I love to take photos and it is my hobby. I once painted but recently I prefer taking photos to painting perhaps because I'm impatient; it takes a lot of time to finish one work...
Rurousha-san
Welcome back and thanks for your kind comments! I'm also very glad to know that you are back. I've not yet read your posts on your country. I'll visit you later and read them. You must have had a great time there.
こんにちは。お久しぶりです。 reflection の写真がとても素敵です。今日は花粉に襲われないよう完全防備で外出しました。
また素晴らしいブログを見せて下さい。
3月ですね。随分日が延び、光が明るくなってきました。実は先月父が急逝し、気が付けば3月になっていたという感じです。母の待つ所に喜んで旅立って行ったようです。そして今月は新しい命の誕生。こうして、人も自然も命を引き継いでいくのでしょう。
冬から引き継がれた命の輝きが、写真からあふれているようです。
ご自分のペースで、ゆっくりとブログ続けて行って下さいね。
ご無沙汰しています。昨年１２月から断続的に延べ１か月半ほど孫をあずかっているうちに冬も過ぎ、春の兆しが見え始めました。今年は寒さも厳しく梅の開花も遅れているようですね。一枚目の写真は南京櫨ですよね？ 葉の落ちた冬の木は力強く美しいものです。 全身全霊で空に向かって祈っているようにも見えます。梅の花たちは少し明るい画面の中、優しく温かな気持ちになりました。Ｓａｐｐｈｉｒｅさんもお仕事でお忙しいご様子、母はよく言います、健康でさえいれば忙しいことは幸せなことと。でも、お体お大事に。またの投稿を楽しみにしています。
洋子
“giant tulip tree”の説明を見逃していました。相変わらずそそっかしいですね。ユリノキが英語ではtulip tree というのも面白いです。週末にかけて４月上旬の暖かさになるようで、気温の変化に体がついていけるか心配です。では、次回までお元気で～！
minoruさん
ありがとうございます。ご無沙汰ばかりしております。やっと更新したので、またそちらのほうへ遊びにいきますね。更新するだけで、ふーふー言っております。
cosmosさん
まったくお父様のこと知らなくて、そうだったんですね。きっと今頃はお母様とゆっくり楽しくお過ごしのことと思います。私の父は震災の年に亡くなりました。お気持ち、推察申し上げます。今月にお孫さん、誕生ですね。みなさま、きっと待ちわびていらっしゃることでしょう。お忙しいのにかかわらず、ご訪問いただきまして、感謝申し上げます。
Yokoさん
ようやく春めいてきたようですね。お孫さん、かわいいでしょう？ 今年の冬は寒かったですね。北日本のほうはまだまだ雪で大変なようですが。
最初の写真は、東博のシンボルツリーの北米原産のユリノキ（tulip tree)です。これ、ものすごい巨木なんです。毎年この木の写真を撮っているのですが、たぶんユリノキとしては、日本一ぐらいの大きさだと思います。
梅もやっときれいに咲くようになったみたいですね。これからそんなに更新できないと思いますが、宜しくお願いいたします。コメント、ありがとうございます。
再度ありがとうごさいます。
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we all are waiting for the spring I see ! nice photos.... really need some warm and some new colors..
ciao
That tulip tree is a beauty and when the leaves are gone it's nice to admire the structure of trees. We are having a sporadic spring approach here in Florida as well, some cold then some hot weather, plants and birds are all confused.
ご無沙汰でございます*＾＾*
一枚目の木のフォト 素敵～☆
わたしも インフルやら仕事やら
出張やらで どこにも行かず
なかなか更新できませんでした＾＾ヾ
ずっと行きたかった三菱一号館美術館
ひとり旅だったので 気ままにのんびり
鎌倉へも足を伸ばしましたょ あすから
また 余寒の戻りらしいけれど そちらは
梅が満開だとか そろそろ 桜も気に
なりますねぇ お忙しそうですね どうぞ
おいとい下さいませ kumiko
Magia da Inês and Massimo,
Thank you so much!
Linda
"some cold then some hot weather, plants and birds are all confused." It is the same here. It is very windy today. Scared to see that the wind makes the branches bend.
Kumikoさん
お久しぶりです。インフルとか大変だったですね。三菱美術館、いらしたんですね。あそこけっこうお庭もふくめてステキでしょ。昨年、シャルダン、見に行きました。今年はまだ....あとでそちらにうかがいますね。
Welcome back, Sapphire. I also missed your awesome posts. But, we're all so time-challenged we can only do so much.
All of your photos are gorgeous, as always. Your eye is impeccable! And seeing those pink buds is a treasure after the erratic winter we've had.
The stark beauty of winter trees have their own beauty. Excellent pictures!!
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