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Sattal - Uttarakhand - India

Species # 1164

On the Main Road of West Lulworth, Dorset

Sattal - Uttarakhand - India

11 april 2022

tsukikage plum blossoms

taken at the 2020 Mito Kairakuen Plum Festival, Kodokan, Ibaraki, Japan

Besides the ability to sooth your throat, quench your thirst, and relief the heat, the drink also provides some health benefits such as improving appetite & digestion and possibly inhibiting the buildup of lactic acid in the body.

Fruits in my garden. Take a look in my album "Misc" !

taken at the 2021 Mito Kairakuen Plum Festival, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Plum Point, Newburgh, NY

Plum

As seen in a nearby garden.

Better viewed large :-)

taken at the 2022 Mito Plum Festival at Kodokan, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

plum

white plum blossoms taken at the 2023 Plum Festival at the Mito Kodokan, Ibaraki, Japan

plum blossoms

境内の梅

Photographed at my home, Yakima County, Washington.

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These are the only plum flowers that were fully blossoming at Kaiakuen Garden in early February. The website says ten percent of the plums on the three-hundred hectare premise were blossoming but that wasn't true. Kairakuen Garden is one of the three renowned Japanese Gardens, along with Kourakuen Garden and Kenrokuen Garden. The silhouette in the background is Kobun-tei House, a traditional Japanese-style house built on the premise. It offers a house tour.

偕楽園の梅の花(水戸市)

Delicate beauties

雲一つない快晴の碧空バックに陽光を浴びた白梅が輝いてました。「桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ間抜け」と言われますが、この樹は剪定が行き届いて花付きが良い梅なんですが、その代わり小枝が多くて多くて💦・・超苦手な撮影対象の一つです💦

My favorite pie :-)

Have a nice day and thank you for visiting!

Japanese plum ume - also known as Japanese apricot.

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The photo is taken from the observation tower of the Plum Island bird sanctuary. Wonderful area to walk around in, and the tower provides a bird's-eye view :)

To the left you see the frozen marsh area.