What's the Blue?

The pink is the peach blossom tree in our garden. So what's the blue?


Baba's laundry hanger. I've posted other photos of laundry hangers from other gardens.


But I haven't posted this. It is the window box outside our second floor dining room window.


When we first moved in, I used to put potted plants there. After I watered them, they'd drip on Baba's laundry or futon. Baba and Aunt live downstairs. Usually there is more laundry hanging outside their sitting rooms.

Blue Skies

This is the peach tree in our garden in west Tokyo yesterday before the storm. Can you find the pigeon?

The peach tree did very well in the storm. Wonder where the pigeon is.

There were sparrows

in and near the sakura down in the park. There's not a cloud in the sky


except over Mt. Fuji.

Spring Equinox

It was a national holiday today here in Japan. Tokyo weather was springy for the equinox. I spent time in the garden looking at all the buds and greenery coming out and up. I was happy to see so many buds on this fruitless peach tree! I've been worried about it in the past. Here are two posts about the tree in March 2010.

I was really worried about Great-grandfather's bonsai plum trees this year. They bloomed over a month late! They usually bloom in February.

I'm glad they bloomed, but they are scraggly. I am responsible for them and I must do a better job! Actually, most plum trees in the area have bloomed late this year so it's not all my fault. Last summer was overly hot and dry.