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Tag Archives: chestnuts
Shomaru Pass
Hi blog. I was fortunate that my school was closed on Monday, October 5th, in lieu of the sports day held on a Saturday in September. The kids had school, the wife had work. The weather was perfect for hiking. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and Tradition, Suburban wildlife
Tagged chestnuts, footprints, hiking, Japanese toad, mushrooms, stone marker
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More Adventures in Cross-Linguistic Nomeclature – What’s (not) in a name?
I’ve been way too quiet on the blogging front over the last few months. Finding things to write about can be tricky, especially without a good camera and the time to find that perfect shot, not to mention the weather … Continue reading
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Tagged beetles, chestnuts, rhinoceros beetles, typhoon, weather
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Fruits of my labours
Autumn is well and truly here, and the cold, cold winter is just around the corner. Leaves are changing colour in the mountains – most noticeably the reds of the maples and the yellow ginkgos. An early Chinese import, the … Continue reading
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Tagged chestnuts, fruit, ginkgo, ginkgos, hoshikaki, kuri gohan, persimmons, plants, trees
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