New place -breath of the spring-

I moved to Iwate, which located 550km north of Tokyo 

Snow remains in some part and everything is slow compare to where I lived

 But breath of the spring never make me disappointed 

"Fukinotou": butterbur sprout
This plant cracks between snow and comes up

One day afternoon 

There is a pond called "Takamatsu ike" near my house
It is a wintering point of swans but number of swans decreases as spring gets close 

Iwate is surrounded by mountains but hardly they can be seen 

Pussy willow 

There are lots of apple orchards in Iwate
Farmers started to prepare after the long winter 

Fukinotou is bitter but tasty
We cook with miso and eat with rice 

Spring stream 

Swans came to asked me for food

Several days ago, there were lots of swans
Sad that I cannot meet until winter