The River きれい

Just a year in its life.

I have made my home here in Mito for almost one full year now. I came in the dead of winter and it has returned to us again - let the cycle begin anew. From the beginning I have taken "time lapse" pictures of the Cherry Blossom River by the train station.

Both sides of the river are lined with Cherry Blossom (sakura) trees. The South side blooms first with the faint pink of the traditional trees. The North side bursts into bloom just as the South side has died and has a whiter hue. During viewing season the river is lined for more than a mile with pink lanterns, extending the viewing season late into the night

                                   For more about the cherry blossoms, see my other post.         
                                   (http://linguadiscipuli.blogspot.jp/2016/05/sakura.html)

When the blooms fall the river becomes dormant again, a dead grey, waiting for the green of summer. 

In the summer, the grass grows un-manageably high, being cut every few weeks by a whole crew of men. You can see, even the water turns a vibrant, virulent green (maybe from algea).

Then the colors of fall. 

Once again, for more on that see my previous post. 

http://linguadiscipuli.blogspot.jp/2016/12/turning-of-time.html 

Then back to the dead of winter, waiting to start again.