Mitsuike Park - April 4th 2009

We went to Mitsuike Park to have lunch viewing the cherry blossom on April 4th. The park is located in the northern part of Yokohama. It has three ponds (“mitsu” means “three” and “ike” means “pond”), which were used to irrigate rice fields during the Edo period. It was warm today. I made lunch at home and brought it. It was delicious enough. I was satisfied to have lunch viewing the beautiful cherry blossom. It is one of the best places to visit with your family and see great Sakura. The beautiful scenery is like below.

Every spring, we can see 10 kinds of cherry blossoms in Mitsuike Park. You can enjoy viewing cherry blossoms by the end of April. There is a time delay between the different blossoms.	Mitsuike Park has not only ponds but also many hills. So, there are many short hiking courses with beautiful tress and flowers.
The sky was light blue.	When I'm concentrating when taking a sakura photo, my mouth opens unconsciously....
This is my favorite photo.	Water birds perched on each post. What a lovely view!
Look, the last post is vacant!	I tried to take a fine closeup shot of the cherry blossom using a manual closeup setting with my digital camera.
In the park, the cherry blossom was gorgeous but we could also enjoy viewing these tiny yellow flowers (Japanese rose).	This branch has a unique shape.
Cherry blossom and a pine tree.	This is the best photo. Good job! Do you think so?
There were 3 kinds of ducks on this pond enjoying a swim. Each breed gathered in a small group. That was amazing!	Because there were so many people eating and drinking under the trees, it was difficult just to take a photo of the blossom without people.
Fabulous scenary!	Though this picture is out of focus, I like it.
We seemed to take a Cherry blossom shower.	We could see the most spectacular amount of blossom.
We were satisfied with the lovely cherry blossoms in the park. I strongly recommend sitting down on the hill and looking down the wonderful blossoms around the pond.	This was taken by my husband at the same spot as the previous photo. I think it is the best of all taken by him.

Wire Wrapping - March 28th 2009

I went to an atlier for making Murano glass jewelleries on March 28th. I enjoyed the Italian atmosphere in the atlier which had a lot of Venetian (Murano) glass beads as always.

On that day, we did a wire working and made this lovely wire wrapped jewellery! There were many samples we could look at for inspiration before we started. The work was difficult for me because the wires were hard. Once we bend the wire, the wire is shaped and we cannot transform it easily.	Though it was more difficult than just making beaded jewellery, I enjoyed making jewellery using wire. I would like to make more. As the material such as this square wire is very unique (rare), I think that the quality of the end product is good and looks gorgeous. What do you think about it? After working, I like making wire jewelleries.
I bought these materials (freshwater pearls, Venetian and Czech beads) at a discount price. As I could select them for making a jewellery suitable for the summer season, I was glad to get them.	As soon as I was home, I designed an original long necklace using my imagination (or inspiration). I could add the beads stocked at home and I found making it very satisfying and I named it "stardust" necklace. I love it.