4/02/2012

Cherishing... 愛でる


I've been enjoying my relaxing day off :-)  After driving back home from a movie and small shopping, I went to a riverside walk in my town just to check cherry blossoms and get some more nice fresh air♪  
今日も素敵な休日を過ごしています。映画と買い物の後、近所の河川敷までリフレッシュに桜を見に行ってきた♪
It seems a little too early to enjoy trees full of pretty blossoms, but I could see some buds coming out among twigs.  I brought my camera and was trying to looking up at the trees bending backward.  It was funny but people passing by started to stop around me and looked up at the trees just like me since they found me taking pictures of cherry blossoms. lol  
まだちょっと早かったみたいだけど、咲きかけの蕾が枝じゅうに見られました。私、木の下からカメラを上向きに構えてて… おかしなことに、そんな私の姿に気づいた通行人のみなさんが足を止め始めて、みんな同じ姿勢、しばし一緒に上を眺めて桜蕾鑑賞タイム。

One of the people, a lady walking her puppy told me "Look over there.  Small bunch of flowers is there.  You should take some more pics from here♪"  She was kind :-)  I could take this picture thanks to her♪ 
そのうちの、ワンコ散歩中のマダムが「ほらアナタ、こっちに咲いてるわよ。キレイなのが撮れるんじゃないかしら♪」って、親切 :-) おかげで素敵な一枚が撮れました♪

It was around 5pm when I went to the river.  The sun was about to start setting.  The sky was getting dark blue in the east.  Among twigs and buds, I found the moon which was still faint in the blue.  It is hard to see in the picture, but the combination of the cherry tree and the moon in the dark blue was beautiful♪
河川敷に行ったのは夕方5時頃だったので、夕日の前、東の空が暗くなり始めた頃。うっすら見え始めた白い月が、枝の合間遠くに見えました。写真では分かりにくいのが残念だけど、桜の枝とまだ青い空に見え始めた月のコラボ、ステキだったぁ♪  

We'll be able to enjoy blossoms more in a week here.  This riverside is my favorite place in my town :-)
I'll come here and check trees again on my next day off♪
じきに、1週間後にはここも桜の花でいっぱいになるでしょう。ここはウチの町のお気に入りスポット。また次の休みに見に来よう♪

Extra picture... "birds" lol  Nature just around my place.  Nice and relaxing♪
おまけ「鳥たち」(笑) 身近な自然に癒される♪

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