春の花 Flower blossoms in eary spring

「ララちゃん、立春から三週間も経ってようやく三寒四温の時期になってきたね」
「チラホラと菜の花や梅の花が咲き始めたみたい」
「うん、春の花をみると昔からの友達に久しぶりに会えたような嬉しさを感じるね」

・久闊を　叙するが如く　春の花　（素粒子）

We feel delighful to see flower blossoms in early spring, as if we had met old friends after a long silence.

EOS40D, EF 100mm/F2.8L macro IS USM

春耕 Caltivation in early spring

・耕せば　土の匂いや　春浅き　（素粒子）

Though it is an early spring, a farmer cultivates his own farm. The smell of cultivated earth makes him happy with presentiment of fertility.

EOS40D, EF70-200mm/F4L USM

蕗のとう Edible flower bud of fuki

・忘れずに　訪ね来たるか　蕗のとう　（素粒子）

Still it is the coldest weather in these days, but edible flower bud of fuki (Petasites japonicas) visit us again as a spring messenger.

EOS40D, EF100mm/F2.8 L macro IS USM

お雛様 Girls' festival doll

・憂き世こそ　雛を飾りて　楽しまん　（素粒子）

Because we are living in this fleeting world, it is better to have a kind of pleasure like Girls’ Festival (= "Hinamatsuri" in Japanese).

(写真は雛飾りの一部で、“鶴亀の舞い”)
EOS40D, EF24-105mm/F4L IS USM

立春 The beginning of spring

・春立ちて　筑波の嶺の　青さかな　（素粒子）

　Mt. Tsukuba looks blue in the distance. Still it is the coldest season, today is the beginning of spring in a traditional calender.

EOS40D, EF70-200mm/F4L USM