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kodalaiSo, 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.
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."
