Our garden in May

I was watching the dogwood tree in our garden vaguely through the window, having breakfast. Because some birds were coming to eat food in the can on the dogwood everyday during winter as my husband has been continuing to put food in that can. But they left our garden since spring came. I thought the birds migrated to the short distance like bulbuls.

At that very moment, the shadow of some birds crossed branches of the dogwood. I gladly expected birds had left early spring came back to our dogwoods tree. I approached the dogwood cautiously and found broods on a branch. Maybe they seemed to  have just left their  nest. Four chickens perched on the branch of the dogwood closely.

                  Maybe the right young's  eyes rested on my camera. Though I took them through the window.

But where was their nest? My husband said when he went the garden six days before, two birds( maybe their parent) flied down  to attack him. So their nest must have been around there.

They on the branch seemed to fall down with strong wind but four chickens clung the branch together. They were squirming busily but they froze with my husband's footstep. After the footstep receded they started squirming again. I wonder why they fly away with footsteps? Parent said them to stay here or they can't fly without parent's lead or? I remembered my children raising.

And when mother bird and farther bird each bring worms they pressed  with yellow bills full open. Parents give them food in turn,I wonder. I thought bringing up four children takes a lot of doing.

It seems that they are talking with their eyes and I feel parent's love to their children. the left is child.

Parent brings worms frequently. I wonder what this worm is ,or where they find from? Though there are small bushes neighborhood.

I was not weary of watching them then the entrance chime rang.
When I came back here from the entrance, their figures had already disappeared.

The family started off. I cannot help wishing  they survive in the hard natural world though the encounter with them was only for 30 minutes.

I think they are a family of Japanese bush warbler.


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This year may be a great year roses. Roses in the garden neighborhood and ours are full blooming. After raining.

                                      Thank you for coming, dear friends! Have a lovely day!

Strolling in the water front of Yokohama

I went  to see the elder daughter who lives in Yokohama city. I heard she is trying on some wedding dresses or color dresses.  I thought it sound like interesting. I wanted to see her wearing in lovely dresses.  But there were so many dresses that she couldn't choose even only one on that day.

After leaving her, I strolled around there. Minatomirai, Yamasita- Park, China Town.


Minatomirai
I went up the 69 floor of the Landmark Tower building. This tower is 273meters high and was the highest in Japan but lately surrendered to the Harukasu(300 meters high) in Osaka city. The night view from here was very beautiful like scattered many jewels. I could  also see the light of the  metropolis Tokyo. It's left upward in this picture.

There were many couples around me. Here seems to be a good spot for couples. Unfortunately as my husband is acrophobia he will never come here.

 The moon is also shining, looking down people's lights. It's continuing to see the human life from long long  ago, I wonder?

Osanbashi Pier,
 Since 17century  Japan had been ruled with  national isolation. Only Chinese and the Dutch  were allowed to enter Japan. But The port of Yokohama was opened in 1859 as a direct result of the Treaty of Kanagawa, signed by Commodore Matthew Perry of United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan.  At the time, two wharfs were built in place of the present day Osanbashi , I heard.  Major cruise ship such as the Queen Elizabeth 2 are embarked here.

Water front in Minatomirai, from Osanbashi-Pier. Landmark Tower is left of this picture.

The Red-Brick Warehouse, bonded ware house that built in 1911 and now there are shops inside.

Yamashita Park
While I was strolling Yamashita-Park, lovely voice crossed in front of the museum ship, Hikawa-Maru. This Japanese ocean liner was launched 1929 and made her maiden voyage from Kobe in Japan to Seattle in US.

Many petals of cherry blossom came together around the ship.

China town
When our daughters were little children we were living in Tokyo next to Yokohama city for husband's transfer. In those days the elder daughter was learning piano at near Yokohama-city  and we used to take her to her teacher's house from Tokyo by our car. After lesson we used to visit here to have meals.  A good old memory rushed into my mind.
This area about 200meters square contains about more than 500 shops including nice restaurants of Chinese food, I heard.

                                                                  Maso temple in China Town

I could see Mt.Fuji clearly from a bullet train, Shinkansen.
                                     Thank you for visiting,Friend!