November

More than half of the November has past

I realized that only 5 weeks are left in this year

The colder it gets the more swans arrive in this pond 

Lead water
Water looked really heavy on Saturday evening

Maple leaves wrapping around the branch 

It was 4:30 but sun has already left
Some of the swans were resting on the shore 

Alone
Most of the swan comes from Siberia with family or mate
But this swan was swimming alone and making a big beautiful wave pattern

Stereo image of leaves
Maybe because leaves fell down really softly, I feel these leaves are creating stereo structure

This picture was taken after 10 second at the same place of the upper photo
Light can change a picture dramatically

Shinto wedding
It is not common to hold a wedding in the shrine in Japan anymore
Most of the people wear western style wedding dress

7/5/3
November 15th, 7, 5 and 3 year old kids celebrate and wish for their good health
So quite a few family were coming to the shrine

A woman was selling toys for 7/5/3 event









 Since my camera is not working most of the time
frequency of upload will be decreased

I will try not to make this "photo stack" to "photo stuck"


sorry 

First snow

Dear friend who has not seen first snow

I had a first snow last night, to be precise first snow cover 

I woke up in the morning and felt ummmm it's cold

I was hesitant to go outside but took my half broken camera and took a walk

It was cold but sun was melting the new born snow

I know I will suffer from heavy snow throughout the winter, 

but first snow always makes me excited 

The snow was soft and really fragile

When the sun lightened the ground, snow immediately started to melt
It was just a moment view 

It looks little bit happy to have a heavy snow hat 

Pile of leaves 

Colorful leaves on a wood
It reminded me of play house that I used to do in my childhood

Close up 1

Close up 2

Soft snow
You can see how soft the snow was

Leaves
Stepping on these leaves made me happy
I could make my foot print and anyway it was really soft 

Sun light

Green and white
I like seeing green things in winter...how strong they are!!
I'm always admired and get energy from them 

Color combination

last color

I had first snow today

Leaves are falling down

I am trying to keep colors of nature in my eyes 

Burst

It looks something is exploding in the air

Boats
Boats will not be used for a while since the pond will freeze soon

Many immigrate birds arrived in this pond 
They are trying hard to get attention from human to get bread crumb 









 Color section


You will notice how colorful the nature is

Red

Some ducks are always hiding under the red curtain 

Yellow

Pink

Light green

Fallen leaf
When I walk just 10m away from usual road that I am taking,
I often come across to totally different sight

Dim 

zoo keeper

I had a chance to be a zoo keeper for one day

I took care of flamingo, white rhinoceros and elephants 

It was heavy rain and really cold so only few visitors were there

This zoo closes during winter so those animals will spend quite life until next march 

Black and White 

or 

with color ? ? ?

Color of flamingos comes from their food

 

Flamingos under the rain

We fed carrot to make them pink

I think black and white won this time 

So I am going to put pictures without color this time 

Rhinoceros 

length 3.6-5.0 m, weight 2.3-3.6 t

It is one of the critically endangered animal 

It was such a large animal but calm and kind

I was surprised that its skin is really soft 

and smell of her house was nice

African elephant 

length 6 m, weight 3-5 t

I like elephant a lot 

It is the world largest and cleverest animal 

touch

Communication

Bit more

Caged 

One couple
One couple came while I was taking care of animals
They were happy to feel the largest animal