sakura near my house 2

Sakura near my house

We still had snow on May 2nd.

I hope it would be a last snow of this spring.

sakura buds 3

Sakura buds 2

Light pink hyachinth

hyacinth

It snowed again!

The day before yesterday's highest temperature was about 20C . This evening it started to snow. It is about 0C outside now. I think the snow will melt soon. Since I love to take pictures od rain drops and flowers in snow, I took these pictures.

Spring has come!

Sakura buds

Spring is coming soon.(?)

Today, I found some herbs and daffodils bobbing in the snow. I felt spring was coming soon, it was still cold outside though.

The spring has sprung!

Sakura flavored steamed bun

At this time of the year we can get many kinds of Sakura, or cherry blossom flavored foods and items in Japan. The spring is not coming soon in Hokkaido, though.

Double petaled cherry blossoms

Our cherry blossoms are late- blooming ones. The top parts were died during the winter, but a few twigs are still alive. We didn't have much rain a few weeks ago, and everything looked like withered. Now,everything looks glittering due to the rain drops. I wonder when most cherry blossoms bloom in the US? Ummmm, it is the large country, so it depedns on places. Am I right?

Allium

Rain drops

Rain drops on the peony leaves

Season for picking wild edible plants

Fuki, or Japanese butterburs.( The left side dish with fish cake)

Happy Mother's Day

I am so bad, because I did not cereblate her today. I should do or give something to her!

It was 30.C today,too.

It was 31℃ yesterday, and it is very hot today.

However, we still have some snow on the tiny ski resort.