Friday, February 24, 2012

[jules' pics] Local Cooling

Ume buds
It's been a loong coold wiinter. At the end of last January I'd already been photographing ume for a couple of weeks. We are almost at the end of February and the ume near our house are not yet apparent. The photo above was taken in a warm part of Kamakura last weekend.

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Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 2/24/2012 09:49:00 PM
Posted by James Annan at Friday, February 24, 2012

3 comments:

Hance Huston said...

Anne and I were in Narita on February 13th, and the Ume there were just barely starting. It did seem like the season was late, because of the cold.

25/2/12 2:51 am
Hance Huston said...

And in New York, it seems that Global Warming, rather than Local Cooling, is taking place...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/nyregion/amid-winter-blooms-wondering-what-that-means-for-spring.html?hpw

27/2/12 10:57 am
James Annan said...

Hi Hance,

I think we may just have been getting used to early springs, I don't know if this year is actually *late* when considered over the longer term. But I've had enough of the cold for one winter. And there's more snow forecast for tomorrow!

28/2/12 4:04 am

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