KyushuCalanthe
Just call me Tom
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Fall has come to southern Japan finally, though the leaves are not fully ripe yet. My back as some of you know is not well right now, so I've been restricted to short walks around the neighborhood. These pics are a taste of what's out there right now.
A little lavender aster is flowering like mad along the roadsides and on the berms of rice patties. I don't know why, but little weeds like this one have a special beauty about them for me.
All the late season butterflies are going like crazy right now to use the remaining warm days since the cold rains of November and frosty nights of December are coming fast on our heels. Personally, I love goldenrod.
The persimmons, known as kaki in Japanese, are bearing their fruit now and simultaneously losing their leaves.
The very last of the rice was harvested a couple weeks back. Nowadays most is mechanically harvested and dried in warehouses, but a few folks still harvest by hand and dry it the old fashion way.
Moso bamboo is an important part of traditional Japanese culture even though it was another import from China centuries ago. The palm in the photo, Trachycarpus fortunei, too is another Chinese import, though its journey here is lost in time.
Honestly, I'm not much for this time of year. I find the decreasing light levels and shortened days a drag mentally and physically. At least the visual interest of fall compensates for some of my melancholic feelings.
A little lavender aster is flowering like mad along the roadsides and on the berms of rice patties. I don't know why, but little weeds like this one have a special beauty about them for me.
All the late season butterflies are going like crazy right now to use the remaining warm days since the cold rains of November and frosty nights of December are coming fast on our heels. Personally, I love goldenrod.
The persimmons, known as kaki in Japanese, are bearing their fruit now and simultaneously losing their leaves.
The very last of the rice was harvested a couple weeks back. Nowadays most is mechanically harvested and dried in warehouses, but a few folks still harvest by hand and dry it the old fashion way.
Moso bamboo is an important part of traditional Japanese culture even though it was another import from China centuries ago. The palm in the photo, Trachycarpus fortunei, too is another Chinese import, though its journey here is lost in time.
Honestly, I'm not much for this time of year. I find the decreasing light levels and shortened days a drag mentally and physically. At least the visual interest of fall compensates for some of my melancholic feelings.