by Emiko
Cover Stories
March 15, 2002
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Spring sun shinning through petals of Tulips. by Emiko |
March 3, 2002
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"Sakura Love" is bringing a spring
flavor to my living room. by Emiko |
January 13, 2002
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Red seeds brightly shining in the bluest
sky in January Florida. January 13, 2002 * More Encounters in Florida in January, 2002. by Emiko (C)2002 All right reserved. |
January 1, 2002
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I saw the Space Shuttle Launch from this spot in March, 2001. by Emiko (C)2002 All right reserved. |
December 27, 2001
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Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season. by Emiko (C)2001 All right reserved. |
December 7, 2001
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November 12, 2001
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A new flower stand recently opened in front
of the station. Walking over the cross walk from the sation, the cheerful colors always catch my eyes. Bringing these cheers back home, making me feel better at home. by Emiko (C)2001 All right reserved. |
November 5, 2001
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Nothing can be bluer than the autumn sky.
Looking up these tall flowers, the sky looks even higher. by Emiko (C)2001 All right reserved. |
September 16, 2001
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July 12, 2001
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June 3, 2001
Peony was in bloom here and there and everywhere
in a small town of Iowa in early June. -
June 3, 2001
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May 27, 2001
From my mother's yard.
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April 19, 2001
Yellow rose is yellower than yellow.
Colors become deeper and deeper.
Most enjoyable season now.
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April 1, 2001
Sakura is not the only flower that tell you
Spring has come.
White KOBUSHI flower was shining whiter than
snow flakes in the green park.
by Emiko
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Space Shuttle Discovery launched at Sunrise.
* Click here for more space shuttle photos.
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February 22, 2001
Arrangement in Taipei, Taiwan.
A touch of Dinasty Gorgeousness.
* More Gladiolus Flowers
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February 2, 2001
As I walked from Westin Stamford to Westin
Plaza in Singapore in early February, 2001,
Silver Sallow arrangement was shining in
the sun.
It was was a very warm Spring greeting to
me even under Singapore's tropical climent
especially after traveling from snowly Tokyo.
by Emiko
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January 14, 2001
Forsythia is a typical Japanese spring flower
for me.
Westin Hotels in Singapore are filled with
Forsythia flower arrangement when I stopped
there in ealy January, 2001.
It looked like celebrating a coming spring
season for me.
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January 1, 2001
* Holiday Greeting from Emiko
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November 6, 2000
In Southern countries, Orchids are always
a queen of the flowers.
They are so glaceful, gogeous, and sometimes
very neat.
They caught my heard aht I bought some Orchid flowers at a nearby DIY shop recently .
Hope they can service throughouth the coming
winter season.
by Emiko
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September 13, 2000
What would you associate Crysanthamum flowers
with?
If you are a Japanese, Cryosanthamum dolls
in Autumn, family Buddist shrine, and the
like would come to your mind immediately.
However, Crysanthamum can be a lot more than
that.
It was really an eye opening experience for
me to see this gorgeious flower arrangement at a hotel
lobby in Virginia last week.
Come to think of it, Crysanthamum flowers
in North America are used very differently
from what we, Japanese, normally use.
I must use more imagination and enjoy different
style of flower arrangement this coming season.
Can't wait to see my mother's yard filled
with Crysanthamum flowers.
by Emiko
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August 25, 2000
Have you ever seen a Banana Flower?
I found one in the courtyard at a Hotel in
KL, Malaysia the other day.
Of course, what I saw there was different
from what you normally eat, but what a happy
and pretty flower!
Banana is very close to the life in tropical
countries.
Sometimes Banana leaves can be plates to
serve meals, sometimes a material for houses,
etc.
It is also very important for wild life.
In fact, monkeys are very good at finding
a good sweat banana trees, according to my
Thai friend.
I had a chance to try a small wild banana
with seeds in it, but it was unforgettably
good! It was just so good!!
After returning from one week business trip
to South East Asia, I noticed that it is
rather quiet after dark in my neighborhood.
Soon, I realized.
The chorus of cicadas after dark is now replaced
with insects' orchestra.@
After the cleartoned cicadas around sunset
hours, there used to a chorus of large brown
cicada throughout the Summer.
Nice long autumn evening must be approaching
now. - August 25, 2000.
* Well, the summer is not gone yet, on the
second thought.
A big chorus of large brown cicada and others
woke me up this morning. - August 26, 2000.
by Emiko
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July 30, 2000
Blue sky, chirp of cicadas and sunflowers.
Summer is here.
This bright sun flower always gives me a
courange to go thru hot and muggy Japanese
summer.
In my childhood, there used to be many tall
sunflowers near my parents' house, but it
is very unfortunate that there are not as
much nature anymore.
It is very ironic to see my apartment in
Tokyo has more nature than where I grew up
now.
I am even enjoying cleartoned cicadas every
sunset.
Yes, the bear park I was watching thru my
living room window in February is now covered with very deep green and filled
with lives.
* Photo: The sunflower I liked the best in
my mother's yard. - July 30, 2000.
* From my childhood eye level. - August 14,
2000.
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June 5, 2000
Wild flower I saw in North Calfornia in June,
2000.
Entire area was so dry but there were suddenly
a bunch of those flowers along the highway.
Nice breeze were bringing refreshing flegrances
from Sage bushes around the area.
But be careful with rattlesnakes!
by Emiko
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February 27, 2000
My living room has a quite nice park view.
The park is rather hilly and covered with
lots of trees.
During winter, most of them are bear and
entire area is so brown and empty.
However, there are some camellia trees with
green leaves and
a couple of red flowers are coming out now.
I was inpressed with the brightness of those
red flowers
because it was telling me that the spring
is just around the corner.
So, I decided to paint this warm feeling.
However, my patio is rather too far away
to see the flower well enough.
I went outside but the tree is too high up
on the hill and could not see it well again.
I started walking into the park and finally
found this one.
In fact, it's been almost 10 years since
I painted last time.
This camellia flower is not only bringing
me a spring,
but also the things being left somewhere.
by Emiko
(C)2000 All right reserved.
