sea of poppies...

had to stop the car and cause a hold up...... also the name of one of my favourite books, am waiting for the next two in the trilogy..

married life...

instructions to mix this with rice for dinner ; )

fluffy catapillars...

everywhere, boy do they move, wonder what'll he'll turn into?

a forest of fern crowns....

just love the way these look, standing up tall in perfect circles in the dappled forest, any idea what they're called...?

i don't get it...

this is the car park for the beautiful wooded lakeside camp site 100m's away....but the concrete seemed more attractive?? don't want to dirty their tents??

shining rice feilds.

lunch..

what exactly are weeds...

these are supposedly weeds, but one they are beautiful and two you can eat the leaves and roots, what makes a weed a weed?

temple ceiling...

more flowers, this is such a colourful, yet simple ceiling in a temple that is very open to the elements, always reminds me of india for some reason, perhaps its the wind blowing through and all the colours...

wild flowers...

everywhere you look, of every colour, shape and size, i'm not a particularly flowery person, in that i don't know the names, but i don't tire of admiring their beauty....any idea what this is?

food...

the more i see of cows, the less i want to eat them, they are so sweet and peaceful...

view from.....

work on an industrial estate...the lighting was beautiful, to me anyways..

old prefectural office...

looked so elegant with all the tulips, i've been going past, and around this building for 11 years, even had my wedding pictures taken in the garden on the other side, yet have still not been inside it!! must pop in for tea sometime soon ; )

one of my favourite...

vegetables, and certainly one of the cutest around, i just love the way they curl around into little spirals, who can get tired of eating such prettiness ; ) and the smell, i love it, like walking on a wet day in the woods.. anyone know what the english name is, think it's kogomi in japanese..

what a day..

to be outside under such a sky! my first time to help in the field, i'm always eating the vegetables, so thought i better help dig a little....

love all things yellow..

seem to be very drawn to yellow this week, and these are so fluffy!

beautiful..

peaceful, nothing like a real fire...

aahhhh.....

flower, bird, wind, moon cafe....

sounds much better in japanese, delicious if not teeeny, white chocolate gateau...