... and rain ... (77/365, 18 Mar 2022)
Yesterday, fortunately was good weather for a graduation. Today, unfortunately and for those whose ceremonies are today, it is back to winter temps and rain. In non-Covid years, I participate in all the ceremonies as Dean of International Relations; in Covid times we are limited to attending our own Faculty/Department. Which, frankly today, I didn't mind. A day at home, on a cold rainy day, what could possibly go wrong. Well, not too much really, though the mountain of email remains a mountain (no matter how much time I spend chipping away at it; I guess it is like what they say about the Sydney Harbour Bridge, you just finish painting it in time to ... go back and start again; emails, they never end).
And I had to step out at some point to go and do the shopping. Which I did, timed to beat the rain, according to the forecast. Which, I almost did, with just a light misty kind of rainy shower as I turned the corner on the final leg home.
And so it came to be about noticing the rain mostly, and I wish I could photograph the cold, the actual cold... it was a real throwback to winter today.
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| A marker stone near the station recording the division of Akatsuka. It is currently fenced-off but I hope to get a closer view to read the detail one day |
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| Bringing the sakura indoors (perfectly legal branch purchased from the florist, common at this time of year; I did not break it off a nearby tree) |
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| Raindrops |
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| If you look closely, you can see the buds |
But, the buds of the cherry blossoms are all around, next week, we will forget this cold and rainy day and embrace the pink petals which will be all around.
Close-up pics on the iPhone 12 mini; the branches across the road in the park on the Canon EOS 90D, 100-300mm lens, at 300mm.
