Snapshot No. 640-644
644. A morning after the rain
A scene of the square in front of my place this morning.
Jiro likes walking a lot on fallen leaves.
643. Acorns
Made sirakasi's acorns into charms.
Just drill a hole in the cap, put a thread through the hole, and fix them with wood glue.
Hmmm, kawaii.
642. "Flying saucers" crossing the autumn skies
Metasequoia cones found at a nearby square.
Falling on the ground still in green seems to be the same phenomenon as the persimmon bearing too many fruits spontaneoulsy drops some of them to protect itself, the so callled "physiological fruit drop".
While the ones remaining at branches high above are matured and fly their seeds in the late autumn and winter.
Those prematurely dropped in green are to have seeds inside.
So, I picked up several cones and put on the table.
The round stuff like dust of about 5 mm scattered around the cones are the ones came out from the cone crevices.
Each of them is the seed surrounded by a circular wing enabling to fly a long distance with the wind.
The metasequoia fossils are said to be found in the "Cenozoic Tertiary layer".
Thus this tiny "flying saucers" have been crossing the autumn and winter skies every year over the geological time scale all the way up to this time.
641. Keyaki leaves
Keyaki leaves look almost falling.
At a nearby square.
The leaves of keyaki are slender as in the photo.
And the sawtooth is situated at the tip of round arc which is a characteristics of the keyaki.
While, only occasionally, there exist the leaves of more than 2 times in length and over 3 times in width.
Especially, when the main trunk of keyaki is cut down, it sends out large leaves, in oreder to maintain its life. The increased weight by the large leaves is so huge that the branches are bent downward instead of going upward.
We see the streets with keyaki rows looking like those of willows with a ghost-haunted atmosphere. This is because the main trunks are cut down.
Below show the large leaves I saw and picked up at a different square.
At a glance, the oval shape gives an impression not to be of keyaki, but the sawtooths are exactly those of keyaki.
640. Flying low
A C-130J of Yokota seen frequently these days. A shot in front of a nearby library.
It comes to this area after dropping para-troopers at the area about 5 km west, by keeping the same low altitude and low speed.
644. A morning after the rain
A scene of the square in front of my place this morning.Jiro likes walking a lot on fallen leaves.
643. Acorns
Made sirakasi's acorns into charms.Just drill a hole in the cap, put a thread through the hole, and fix them with wood glue.
Hmmm, kawaii.
642. "Flying saucers" crossing the autumn skies
Metasequoia cones found at a nearby square.
Falling on the ground still in green seems to be the same phenomenon as the persimmon bearing too many fruits spontaneoulsy drops some of them to protect itself, the so callled "physiological fruit drop".While the ones remaining at branches high above are matured and fly their seeds in the late autumn and winter.
Those prematurely dropped in green are to have seeds inside.
So, I picked up several cones and put on the table.
The round stuff like dust of about 5 mm scattered around the cones are the ones came out from the cone crevices.Each of them is the seed surrounded by a circular wing enabling to fly a long distance with the wind.
The metasequoia fossils are said to be found in the "Cenozoic Tertiary layer".
Thus this tiny "flying saucers" have been crossing the autumn and winter skies every year over the geological time scale all the way up to this time.
641. Keyaki leaves
Keyaki leaves look almost falling.At a nearby square.
The leaves of keyaki are slender as in the photo.
And the sawtooth is situated at the tip of round arc which is a characteristics of the keyaki.
While, only occasionally, there exist the leaves of more than 2 times in length and over 3 times in width.
Especially, when the main trunk of keyaki is cut down, it sends out large leaves, in oreder to maintain its life. The increased weight by the large leaves is so huge that the branches are bent downward instead of going upward.
We see the streets with keyaki rows looking like those of willows with a ghost-haunted atmosphere. This is because the main trunks are cut down.
Below show the large leaves I saw and picked up at a different square.
At a glance, the oval shape gives an impression not to be of keyaki, but the sawtooths are exactly those of keyaki.
640. Flying low
A C-130J of Yokota seen frequently these days. A shot in front of a nearby library.It comes to this area after dropping para-troopers at the area about 5 km west, by keeping the same low altitude and low speed.
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