Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The second gangs

They were moving, picking, swimming.....and I saw these kids fell asleep and were floating around!! ふっと見たら、この子たち、居眠りしてました。ゆらゆら浮かんで水の動きに流されてた。
I was looking for the 5-duckling-family, and bumped into this 16-duckling-family today. The second gangs this year. I gave them some bread crumbs, so Mom ducky let me take some pictures after that. Still, she was protective and tried to stand between the chicks and me, but pretty much she was saying "OK, you could take pictures."
先日の5匹の家族を探していたら、なんと16匹の家族にバッタリ出会いました。パンくずをあげたあと、ママダッキーは用心深く私を見ながらも、写真撮ってもいいよ、って感じで、しばらくそばにいてくれました。

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Tulips

Tulip is one of my favorite. I like yellow tulips. These red tulips are store bought, and lasted only 2 days, that's what I don't like about tulip......they don't last long at all.
Look at the bottom two tulips, don't you think that they are saying "I love you"?
チューリップは大好きな花のひとつですが、長持ちしないのがたまにキズ・・・・この写真は花束を買った日、次の日にはちょうどよく開いてもう一度写真を撮り、3日目にはもうだめになってしまいました。
この写真の下の2つ、頬ずりをしてくっついているようにみえませんか?

Monday, April 28, 2008

Bug day

I'd never seen these totally sphere shaped flowers before. Amazing! Flowers as a chshion with yellow head pins.....Buttonbush is the common name, they are by the pond at the park. This blue bug was covered with the yellow pollen, too busy at his job to notice me very close.
こんなマンマルの花、今まで見たことあったかしら。小さい白い花に黄色の待ち針がささっています。
そこにこのキレイな紺色の虫が、一生懸命、体中黄色の花粉だらけにして働いていました。
カメラが近づいても気がつかないくらいに一生懸命、でした。

I took this shot of Butterfly, open and close her wings on the flower, didn't know there was a dragonfly passing by and got into my picture!
蝶がパタパタしていたのを、行ってしまわないうちに、と急いで撮りました。だから、トンボが通り過ぎているとはしりませんでした!

Unfortunately, both green and yellow bees are not in good focus, but that flying one is so cute!
Flying straight to his destination, buzzzz......
残念ながら、緑のも飛んでるのも、ハチにはピントが合っていません。でもまっすぐに一途に飛んでいく姿、カワイイね!

Sunday, April 27, 2008

A Spring day

I saw a bird taking a bath in the edge of the lake at the park, the sunlight and splashes made me feel very spring, and I saw the other side, there was a field of clover, I lay on the blanket and took pictures, almost fell asleep.
うちの近くのサビれた公園(自然保護区域になってるけどいつも誰もいない)の池のはじっこで黒い鳥が水浴びしていました。太陽がバシャバシャはねる水に反射して、すごく春っぽかった。反対側にはクローバーの芝生があって、寝転がって写真をとってるうちにねむくなりました。春眠暁を覚えず。


Friday, April 25, 2008

my birthday

My birthday today! We are getting older and older, some people even don't feel celebrating their birthday anymore. I really don't want to get older, but that is that. I feel new, I feel special, I am glad on my birthday! This is the cake I baked, and my niece decolated. I wanted rasberry too, but the small pack was $5.99 and that's rediculous! Blackberry was sweet, blueberry wasn't.
段々年が重なっていって、誕生日が来るとまたひとつ年をとった!と言ってあんまりおめでたがらない人もいますよね。もちろん、年をとるのはイヤだけれど、それはそれ・・・・誕生日というと朝からなんだかすごく特別の日のようで、新しい始まりのようで、ちょっと違うことをしたいような、いいことをしたいような・・・・・特別の日なんです。このケーキを焼いて、姪が飾ってくれました。

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Morning Dew

Morning Glory Day 16: The 3rd leaf in the middle, and I can see the 4th is coming up.
On my hands and knees, got my jeans soaking wet, I was taking "Morning dew on the grasses" pictures on Saturday morning. It was a little before 8 o'clock, soon after the Sun came up.
I tried again on Sunday morning after 9 o'clock, what a big difference! The dew were almost gone, the light was stronger, the yellow parts of this blue flower were non exist. The early riser catches a good photo....
土曜の朝、家の前の芝生がキラキラしているので、この頃凝ってる「朝露」の写真を撮りに外に出ました。ひざとひじとを草の上について低く低くなって、ウワア、なんてたくさん粒々キラキラ・・・・朝露に光が当たるとできるこのマンマルのかわいいこと、やめられない!ジーパンがビッショリ濡れました。


Monday, April 21, 2008

The first five ducklings


Muscovy Duck, very popular duck here in Florida, we secretly call them ugly ducks...sorry! Their ducklings are very pretty and we wait for them every spring, and these are the first five I saw this spring! Because of the big birds, herons or Ibis?, not many of them survive the whole childhood.....like 2 or 3 out of 10 chicks will be teenagers , maybe.
This mother looks pretty enough, but male ducks have bumpy red faces and are quite ugly....and aggressive.
どこにでもはびこって結構図々しいダッキーです。オスは特に、顔中ブツブツがついててとても醜いアヒルのコ、加えてひどくあつかましい。このママはまだ、かわいい方です。いつも春になるとヨチヨチお母さんにくっついて歩く姿が見られますが、この5匹(ヒヨコはなんて数えるんだ?)はこの春の最初の5匹です。1ダースちかくまとめて生まれるらしいけれど、白い大きな鳥に取られてしまったりして、去年も残ったのは2-3匹・・・・・頑張って醜い大人になりなさい??