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Lens-Artists Challenge #311: What’s in a Garden?

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Now, it’s not a good time to visit any gardens in Japan. The temperature is extreme and exceptionally high for one month compared to common years. The weather forecasting company says it is indeed 4-5 degrees Celsius (7-9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher. When I visited the garden shown in the photo above, it was 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit). I could say it is crazy. I gave up on staying there just to take photos. The next photo was taken at the Japanese Pear Orchard next to the garden. I returned to my car right after taking this photo for the record.

I would like to show a bottom picture taken last summer. A picture itself looks not so beautiful. You would see one butterfly and quiet flowers. I prefer to those type of garden. It was rather natural and wild. The flowers were indigo, which is completely different from the color we know. In fact, indigo is made from leaves. And the important thing is that the temperature was below 25 degrees.

Lens-Artists Challenge #311: What’s in a Garden?

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Floral Friday #183

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　この涼しげな場所は、数年前の今頃のブルターニュ。夕刻6時頃になれば、30度近くにも達するからカフェは木陰でビールを飲むお客でいっぱいになる。半分はバカンス客、半分は早いバカンスから仕事に戻った地元の人だが、リゾート地でもない地方都市だとカフェもバカンスで閉まったりするので、混雑は避けられない。

　暑くて家になんていられないよという知人は、ちょうど遅めのバカンスに出かけたところで、今頃どこにいることやら。律儀に暑くて混雑するお盆休みを過ごす日本人には、ちょっと羨ましい。やれやれ、明日から平常モードだ。