Dahlia

After the rain, I took a walk without expecting any good photo chance 

But I came across to a garden which was filled with colorful dahlias

Pink 

Red 

Sun light (next day of heavy rain)

Purple 

Soft orange

Extra photo 

Duck family 

Wet days

It has been raining for a week or two

I do not hate rain but I do not like my photos look a little bit sad because of rain

Even there is no sun, ajisai is blooming and grass is growing 

Twins
Got tired of rain 

Flow of grass

Growth

Tachiaoi

Ajisai

Lily was cut with weeds and was lying down 

Wild lily 

Moss explosion

Wood louse 

Extra photo 

Avocado
Finally an avocado that I ate and planted in April came out

Duck family
Mother was busy taking care of four kids

Mt. Iwate

Mt Iwate

2038m, religious mountain

Since it is a rainy season, it was raining for most of the times 

Light sometimes gave us hope to see sun, but sun never showed up

Rainy forest 

Since Mt Iwate is a volcano mountain, vegetation is not so rich
Even such rain drops pleased my eyes

Butter cup

A boy was taking a picture of sky in a short clear weather

Up draft 

Foggy morning with poor visibility 

Three members of our team were stranded in the mountain long before
We offered flowers to console their spirit and prayed for our safety 




 

Chinguruma
It seemed chinguruma were watching out for our safety 

jiwari jiwari

jiwari jiwari means slowly in Japanese 

Rainy day and  hot sunny day comes in turn

and slowly slowly but surely summer is getting close

Allium 
 A big round purple flower 

Clematis 

One summer day 

Tree window

light and shadow 

Sunset and grown up weeds 

Ajisai 

Ajisai represents rainy season (tuyu) in Japan 

It changes colors to white, blue and purple 

I like the youngest white ajisai. It looks like a sophisticated sculpture 

Tachiaoi in the rain
I used to call it kokekkoko- because it looks like a crown of chicken
 and actually it stick on my forehead when I  flip the calyx 
It was standing silently under the rainy dark evening and something attracted  my eyes