what a colour!

continue on the food thing.....beetroot soup...yumm

strange collection for dinner...

it was a dinner of slimey mushroom soup, steamed bok choy, vegetable curry, brown rice with black rice, veg pickles, blowfish rice topping, roast lamb and mustard sandwich, and a cuppa tea!

more mountains..

from yesterday..

kahoku town..

these shiney...copper/bronze? roofs on mini shrines caught my eye..

kaki .. persimmon tree

bamboo...

bending under the weight of the snow..first big dump of the year...earlier than usual..

mt chitose

the city mountain 'chitose' dusted with a little snow..

orange tree caught my eye..

with a peek of distant mountains...

a peek of blue...

and first snow on the mountains...

black eared kites..

i found out the name of those birds...

a lot of these...

swooping around these last few days, not sure what kind of bird, a kite or hawk perhaps...anyone know?

two

space amongst the trees...

temple dweller..

same temple...

visit to a temple...

on my way home from work, a beautiful wooded area in town..