Bears and a Dog Catching a Bird at Sunset

Koinobori (Carp Streamers on Boys' Day) : Weathering the Wind on a Clear Day

O-Mikuji, Cherry Blossoms and ToriiFortune

Folded fortune slips left by worshippers at a designated place in front of a Shinto shrine

Autumn Walk Take- Homes on Red Tray

Star Anise and Cinnamon Sticks

Apios (whole and quartered)

Basil Flowers

Inside A Rose

A Bunch of Pink Colored Flowers

Inside a Christmas Rose

Inside a magnolia

Cherry blossoms at their best

"Ume" (plum) Blossoms at Hiraoka Park in Sapporo, May 18, 2010

Blue Poppy

... cobalt blue poppy ... so pleasing to the eyes...gently swaying with the wind one late spring day...so refreshing