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Friday, April 23, 2010

Spring Flowers in the Neighborhood

Even though Yeouido is famous for its cherry tree-lined streets, and even though there is a festival there every year where they block off the roads to motor vehicles so pedestrians can enjoy the blossoms day and night, our neighborhood in Seoul was just as lovely.

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cherry and magnolia trees in blossom adorn the apartment complexes near where we live

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The trees can be seen all along the walkway of this little arcade where bikes are stored.

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close-up view of the same trees seen in the previous picture

 

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A particularly lovely tree right outside the security building in this arcade.

 

TheFry has enjoyed a daily walk for some months now.  In fact, we have to take him out for at least an hour in the morning so he’ll be tired enough for an afternoon nap.  Otherwise, he can be cranky all day.

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Here he is in the arcade, making a mad dash for the phone booth.

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He inspects all the glass panes to make sure they are really there.

 

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He takes an interest in the bolts.

 

 

 

 

A mere four days after the previous pictures were taken, we had received a bit of rain.  When the clouds parted, most of the cherry blossoms were gone.

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See you next year, my lovelies!

 

 

The next spring flower to grace Korea is the bombshell azalea.

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Sometimes my camera takes good pictures…

 

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Gathered together, gossiping in the sunshine.

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They are most popular in purple, but they also come in red.

 

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There were also these delightful flowers…not sure what they are called yet.

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And Lilacs!!!

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I’m trying to get TheFry interested in flowers.

 

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He tries to grab them.

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Trying to take a picture together.  TheFry says: “Look out, ladies!”

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Unexpectedly, TheFry said “Cheese!”

 

Happy Spring, Everyone!

1 comments:

Unknown said...

hahaha "Look out, ladies" awesome.... :)