藪そばの火事 YABUSOBA burned down

・藪そばの　焼失惜しむや　寒椿　（素粒子）

It is a pity that the YABUSOBA shop burned down in February 19. It has been well-known traditional Soba shop since Edo period at Kanda, Tokyo.


写真は、火事の二日前にお昼を食べに行って撮ったもの。庭の寒椿がきれいだった。
5DIII, EF24-105mm/F4L IS USM

如月（衣更着） Second month of the lunar calender

枯れ山に　薄く紅刷く　梅の花　（素粒子）

When viewed from a distance, plum blossoms looked like a red haze thinly on the desolate mountainside in early spring.

5DIII, EF100mm/F2.8 macro IS USM

余寒 The lingering cold in early spring

・本当の　春待ちわびる　余寒かな　（素粒子）

Though it is spring on traditional calendar, but winter lingers still. We are waiting anxiously for spring to come.

写真は、雛飾りの”鶴亀の舞い”の一部

5DIII, EF100mm/F2.8 macro IS USM

立春 The beginning of spring in 2013

・春立つを　知りたる如く　梅咲きて　（素粒子）

An ume blossom come into bloom, as if she knows the beginning of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar.

5DIII, EF100mm/F2.8L macro IS USM

冬芽 Winter buds

・来る春を　じっと待ち居る　冬芽かな　（素粒子）

Winter buds, they are waiting patiently the coming spring.

5DIII, EF 70-200mm/F4L USM +EF1.4XIII