不完全でも飛ぶよ。Imperfect but it flies

かなりお久しぶりです。

近日ちょうちょがたくさん、たくさん飛んでませんか？
まるで彼らのショータイムのように、ココロ踊るようなリズムでふんわりふんわり。

今朝も大きいの、小さいの、モンシロチョウに蛾をみかけました。
そしてこちらの奇麗な衣の方、




よく観てみると、左の羽がちょっとおかしいのです。
悪く言えば不完全。
でも生きてます。

ほかのちょうちょに負けないくらい、優雅に。
本当の心境は誰にもわからないけれども、なんだか嬉しそうに、元気に花から花へ飛び乗って踊っていました。

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Hello! it's been some time!!
am still alive & kicking :)

Had a beautiful encounter this morning.
There's been many, many butterflies fluttering in rhythmically lately but this one's pretty unusual (to me) & special!
If you see close, there's something wrong with its left wing. Did not make to full growth?
But it was flying as happily (hmm we could never know what's REALLY on their mind but it looks to me!) & as gracefully as all other little flutterers. Hopping from flower to flower, like a dancer from stage to stage.

Imperfect maybe but it lives, as happy as ever.

がんばれ日本！Ganbatte!

いつだって日本のココロはひとつ、だよ！

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The hearts beat in togetherness.

一夜過ぎて :: One night after

テレビをつけるのがつらいです。

でも一旦つけるとそれをじっとみてしまう、

状況が知りたいけど知りたくない複雑な感情。

決して人ごとではない、自然からなる悲劇。

まるで映画の場面のような被災地。

被災地を映画の場面と交えてしまう今日の時代。

今日本中が悲しさにつつまれています。

心が痛い。


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It's hard to switch TV on right now. But once it's turned on, it just makes one glued to it.
A complexed feeling of wanting to, and not wanting to see the situation.
A tragedy that could have occurred to just anyone by where they were. And it may.
A devastated scene like a movie.. in this such an age where we associate devastation to an entertainment.
The whole nation is in sorrow, and my heart just aches as it beats.

梅まつり行ってきました :: Plum Blossom Festival

先週末ですが、梅まつりに行ってきました！

いろんな色、種類の梅があちらこちらにあり、うっとり♡



Been to Plum Blossom Festival last weekend!

Many, many many types & colours of plums can be seen at this park in Gifu.



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なんともやさしいピンク色。

Very sweet warm pink tint...






ちょっと早いかな。

A little early for bloom?





あちらこちらで写真がとりたくなる。。（デジタル化して良かった、かも）

Makes one want to snap pics everywhere. (Thank gdness it's all digital cams now!)






ちょっとくもりの日だったけど、くもりの日らしい写真もスキだったり。

Cloudy day it was, but also gave us interesting mood in shots.






当日はモデル撮影もあって、自分もちょっと夢中で撮っちゃったりも（汗）。

だって人が絵に入るととってもステキな絵になるんだもの。

なんだかストーリーのある感じになって、スキ。

そしてモデルさんも一生懸命ポーズしてくれている。

だから撮る方もがんばって撮るよ。

（っていうか、カメラ任せの素人ですが。。（恥））

いちばんステキな笑顔に応えるために、是非精一杯ステキなアングルでとらえたいです。



There was also a free-to-join photo session with 2 models.

(Okay, I went a little high in this I was really snapping away...*)

Well we don't always get to photograph someone posing pretty!

Also the 2 ladies were posing patiently for we shutterbugs,

I think it's only right we try capture their good smile in as good angle possible in our ability.



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途中で見かけたサイン。え？？

"BEWARE OF WILD BOAR"

Surprised to see this sign.
I guess bcos this park is at the foot of small mountain!

ネコ x 鳥 :: Cat vs Birds

おばあちゃんのネコヤナギに小鳥がたくさん！

ついでに今やっと気づいたのは。。英語でもネコヤナギはネコヤナギなんですね。

Pussy Willow = ネコ　＋　柳


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Found many many little birds on grandma's pussy willows!

Also realising only now (blush*) Pussy willow is also called in same meaning in here as Neko (Cat) -Yanagi (Willows) :P