I drove to Setonaikai with my sister- in-law yesterday afternoon.
But we could enjoy scenery of the sea shining beautifully.
What do you think this is ?
It is a scenery seen from my house in the evening.
Only thing I can see is some all-night lights reflecting to the surface of the rice fields along the footpath.
Only sound I can hear is the sounds of many frogs.
Especially the weird sound of a bullfrog which appeared a few weeks ago is very great.
They are very noisy, but at the same time I feel the silence at night.
sunset this evening
It is a rainy day today.
Rainy season has already begun in the south part of Japan, so the season will begin in this area soon.
It was a fine day yesterday and I could see beautiful scenery like this.
Evening sunlight reflecting on the surface of rice fields filled was so nice.
Ground is covered with the fallen leaves of chestnut and it shows us winter brown world.
I saw some fallen chestnuts here and there too.
I went to our graveyard to clean the day before yesterday with my husband, because this week is the equinoctial week.
The graveyard is at the back of our temple and I could see the beautiful scenery of rice fields.
Asiatic dayflower ; Spiderwort
Pretty Asiatic dayflower was blooming at the corner of the precincts of the temple.
Rice plants are growing beautifully and we can enjoy the beautiful scenery now.
And walking along the path, I saw some kinds of flowers of weed or so.
It's very sultry these days.
But these scenery make us cool a little !
Mo-ji-zu-ri (Ne-ji-ba-na)
Fox-tail
Lotus flowers began to bloom in the pond of lotus.
The leaves of lotus also look very cool.
It is fine and it's very hot today, so I uploaded this scenery.
I saw some water strider on the surface of the water.
They also look cool !
lotus flower
water strider
It's the season of rice planting and the farmers are planting rice plant these days.
So rice fields are filled with water and I could see beautifuｌ sunset this evening.
The sunlight was reflecting to the surface of the water beautifully.
Some ducks flew to this rice field from the pond to find some food.
I can see many ducks in the pond in winter but most of them flew to the north now.
Three or four ducks stay in the pond all year round without flying to the north.
Yellow iris is blooming in the pond of lotus.<  > |
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Plum tree
The flowers of this tree are in full bloom now.
It looks as if it snowed over the tree.
I love this scenery very much.
A pond where beautiful lotus flowers were blooming in summer is like this picture now.
Rural scenery these days are changing day by day.
The leaves of the tree behind a zen-temple have turned their color to early winter color.
The leaves looked gold in the evening sun.
There are many persimmons left on the twigs of the tree yet.
Perhaps this fruits tastes bitter, so some birds will come to eat them when they are ripened.
And I saw many Japanese radishes hung on the stick to dry them.
This is one of rural sceneries around my house.
Fall has come.
The length of the day is becoming shorter and shorter.
It's cold a little these days and the leaves of the tree are becoming yellow or red.
I feel the coming of fall from them too.
