Oh, why don't I have spring fever, when it's even spring?

[kodalai]

So, Spring has Sprung in Toyama, my first real spring in over four years. Flowers bustin out all over, new leaves on the bushes, greenery everywhere, the fabled sakura trees in bloom.... and ever since the first day of april, the weather has been unrelentingly overcast, gray, damp, and disgusting.

I would have liked to take pictures of some of the truly beautiful facets of spring here, but 1) the light has always been too poor for it to be worth it, and 2) I discovered recently that my digital camera has stopped working entirely. (I know what the big item on my Birthday List is going to be. :p)

It's a shame, since I discovered this in the single four-hour period this month so far where the weather has been nice. I took some smirnoffs and leftover easter candy (kindly shipped to me all the way from the states!! ILU guys) and the new volume of Tramps Like Us, and enjoyed about two hours of the most idyllic spring Experience possible. Blue sky, sakura drifting overhead, violets coating the ground, little kids running around and playing in the park, sedate adults sitting on blankets (but only a few; not enough to make it crowded) a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou. Et cetera.

It was a wonderful way to spend an unexpected day off, but since then it's been back to the dingy, damp, gray, depressing weather, bleah. I'm starting to understand why Toyama-jin get more excited over the lovely fall than the spring.

Translucent petals
Sakura drifting through rain
A gentle reproach:
"The beauty you seek is not
Always the beauty you find."

Comments

[nekojita.livejournal.com]

Even if it was brief, I'm glad you got to enjoy a bit of spring! I've always been more partial to fall myself, though.

[kodalai.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the falls here (or at least the one I experienced) is longer, warmer, drier, and has more sun. :)

[foxglove6.livejournal.com]

I'm sort of with Topper on the subject of pictures every once in awhile. Usually I'm all about taking pictures as was taught me by my father. But I also like to not take pictures and just enjoy what's happening around me. On the other side I like to take artistic photos instead of just random snapshots of what's happening around me.

I hope you get a new camera soon. It sucks to be without one when you really want one. Hope the weather gets nicer. Gray can be really awful after too long. But maybe that just makes the sunshiney days better?

[kodalai.livejournal.com]

I'm rarely with topper on any subject, but after the initial disappointment I got philosophic about it. :) The whole idea behind sakura, after all, is that they are beautiful because they are ephermeral and transative, and their beauty cannot really be captured and preserved.

[foxglove6.livejournal.com]

i want pictures! ;-)

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

I recommend: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E8OYA0/104-2548043-7022364

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

(I got mine used for muchly cheaper.)

[kodalai.livejournal.com]

Ideally, I'd like one that is smaller and lighter than my old one, which was actually somewhat clunky to carry around. It was getting old, tho, so I guess the time has come.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

Iss tiny!