Friday, November 19, 2021

98% Partial Lunar Eclipse 百分之九八躲藏的月偏食

The beautiful lunar eclipse occurred tonight, around 18:00 Japan Time. Though the eclipse was partial, 98% of the moon was hidden in Earth's shadow. This is a very deep eclipse.
This moon shape is one hour later from the first photo. Did you see tonight's eclipse?



Monday, November 8, 2021

Autumn Deepens 秋色加深

Three cherry trees in the center have already lost their all leaves. Those of the left tree have been changing colors.  The best time of autumn leaves is coming near day by day. 樹木葉子變黃變紅; 櫻樹已經落葉。

Now you can enjoy chrysanthemum flowers. This type of growing method is called "three branch standing".  Growers pinch the top in the spring and raise three branches. They make efforts to grow the two of the three to the same height, the one higher and make all flowers as big as possible. The flowers in this photo are 130 to 150 cm high. 
三枝菊花栽培法

This flower has 25cm diameter. I don't know how to grow chrysanthemum flowers excellent. It takes six months from top- pinching to full-flowering.

Walking in the forest park, I found lovely ruby berries shining under the noon sun. This shrub is Cornus officinalis, the Japanese cornel. The berries have been utilized for nourishing tonic medicine. 山茱萸的核果