Snow land

One week has passed since I came back Iwate 

I am going to upload my one week impressions about Iwate 

Iwate is covered with snow

 I sometime feel I came to unreal world when I am surrounded by white and silent snow

I think I am going to upload many photos of swan until spring comes 

Takamatsu ike (a pond near my house) is covered with ice
and lots of swans come everyday

Fly
These pictures are out of focus but the view was fantastic
Swans flew suddenly to go back to a river which is safe at night

Foot prints of swans on the pond
In the morning, pond is usually covered with snow
I was surprised that foot prints of swan are so large

Gama　(cattail)
I don't know whether cattails are standing because of their will
or they have no way without standing



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Ducks on the ice and black patches on ice

Swans usually follow me while I am walking the road besides the pond
They are expecting to get bread crumbs 

And they try to attract me

This Thursday, I got a chance to give breads to swans 

A kind woman gave me a bag of bread when I  was watching swans

Over exposure 

Extra

Ajisai flower on snow

A happy New Year

A happy new year!! 

May this year be a better year for people and animals all over the world 

I got a new camera Rocho GR digital 4 from Santa Clause 

so I started to take photos with it

Also I changed a phone to Xperia z so I am going to put some photos taken by it

New year morning
While new year dishes were being displayed on the table,
 our cat mama-chan was monitoring us 

Nishime
One of the traditional new year dishes (osechi)

New year sunset
xperia has a narrow screen




Frost
I went back to my parents house in this winter vacation
I like going to my father's vegetable field in the morning and observe frost on vegetables  

Weed

Frost on Cauliflower leaf
When you have a close look, frost has various shapes

Cabbage 

Chinese radish

Broccoli

Fiber of a snow pea
you can see how light is important for plants

Straw berries







Walk
I like walking around our house with my dad
Sometimes we run, sometimes we walk silent, sometimes we talk 

A leaf on the road 

Cloudy morning 

Evening
The swan lost his wife last year
They used to have several chicks every year. he looked lonely in a large pond 

Seitakaawadachisou
It is introduced by US and said to be threatening Japanese eco-system
but it's not plants fault
I don't hate them

extra 

Garlic and light
nothing special but this kind of light and atmosphere makes me happy