一隅を照らす者、これすなわち国宝なり(最澄)
Lighting up a corner, this is the national treasure. (Saicho: Buddhist monk)
2019年12月23日月曜日
2019年12月22日日曜日
♯ and #
西洋音楽記号の「シャープ」(♯:横棒が右上がり)と、「ハッシュ」(#:横棒が水平)とが別物だということを、今日始めて知りました。単なるフォントデザインの違いだと認識していました。
最近、ハッシュタグという言葉をよく聞きますが、なんでシャープタグと言わないかと、不思議に思っていました。
電話機の#ボタンは、横棒が水平なので「ハッシュ」のはずですが、音声案内では、「シャープ」を押してくださいと言っています。国民のほとんどが混同しているようです。
Today, I learned that Western music symbols "sharp" (♯: horizontal bar rises to the right) and "hash" (#: horizontal bar is horizontal) are different things. Until now, I recognized both as just font design differences.
Recently, I often hear the word hashtag, but I had been wondering why they wouldn't call it a sharp tag.
The # button on the phone should be "Hash" because the horizontal bar is horizontal, but the voice guidance says like as "Press sharp button." Most of the people seem to be confused.
Today's topic was a Japanese domestic matter.
最近、ハッシュタグという言葉をよく聞きますが、なんでシャープタグと言わないかと、不思議に思っていました。
電話機の#ボタンは、横棒が水平なので「ハッシュ」のはずですが、音声案内では、「シャープ」を押してくださいと言っています。国民のほとんどが混同しているようです。
Today, I learned that Western music symbols "sharp" (♯: horizontal bar rises to the right) and "hash" (#: horizontal bar is horizontal) are different things. Until now, I recognized both as just font design differences.
Recently, I often hear the word hashtag, but I had been wondering why they wouldn't call it a sharp tag.
The # button on the phone should be "Hash" because the horizontal bar is horizontal, but the voice guidance says like as "Press sharp button." Most of the people seem to be confused.
Today's topic was a Japanese domestic matter.
2019年12月21日土曜日
2019年12月20日金曜日
イルミネーション illumination
昨晩は雨。今朝、オールドレンズを通して草むらを覗くと、天然のイルミネーションが現れました。
It rained last night. When I looked at the grass through the old lens in this morning, natural illuminations emerged.
It rained last night. When I looked at the grass through the old lens in this morning, natural illuminations emerged.
2019年12月18日水曜日
2019年12月17日火曜日
パンジー pansy
ひらひらと咲くパンジーが、寒さに意外に強いですね。
Pansies are blooming fluttering. They are tough against the cold unexpectedly.
Pansies are blooming fluttering. They are tough against the cold unexpectedly.
2019年12月16日月曜日
フライト追跡 flight tracking
知っている人が飛行機に乗っているときは、フライト状況をリアルタイムで示すサイトを、逐次チェックしています。小学校時代、地震だと思ったら実際は旅客機の墜落だったことが、トラウマになっているのかも知れません。
While someone I know is on a plane, I always check the site that show flight status in real time. When I was an elementary school student, I felt an earthquake, but it was actually an airplane crash. It may be my trauma.
While someone I know is on a plane, I always check the site that show flight status in real time. When I was an elementary school student, I felt an earthquake, but it was actually an airplane crash. It may be my trauma.
https://flightaware.com/ |
2019年12月13日金曜日
プリンセチア princettia
プリンセチアは、ポインセチアの新しい品種です。プリンセチアにも色々品種があり、その色は様々です。作出者の弁によると、ポインセチアにプリンセスのような華やかさを持たせたそうです。
私には、プリンセチアよりエネルギーの満ちているポインセチアの方が好みです。
Princettia is a new breed of poinsettia. There are also some breeds of Princetia, and their colors are various. According to the cultivator, they gave a princess-like glory to Poinsettia to make Proncettia.
I prefer the poinsettia, which is full of energy, than the prinsettia.
私には、プリンセチアよりエネルギーの満ちているポインセチアの方が好みです。
Princettia is a new breed of poinsettia. There are also some breeds of Princetia, and their colors are various. According to the cultivator, they gave a princess-like glory to Poinsettia to make Proncettia.
I prefer the poinsettia, which is full of energy, than the prinsettia.
2019年12月12日木曜日
ポインセチア poinsettia
クリスマスが近づくとあちこちでポインセチアの鉢を見かけます。赤い葉が印象的で目立ちますが、、小さな花も良く見ると可愛いです。アヒル口のような面白い形をしたものは蜜腺です。
As we are getting closer to Christmas, we come across a pot of a poinsettia here and there. The red leaves are impressive and conspicuous, but the small flowers are also cute if you look closely. The thing that has an interesting shape like a duck mouth is the honey gland.
As we are getting closer to Christmas, we come across a pot of a poinsettia here and there. The red leaves are impressive and conspicuous, but the small flowers are also cute if you look closely. The thing that has an interesting shape like a duck mouth is the honey gland.
2019年12月11日水曜日
再帰 recursion
八百屋さんの店頭にロマネスコが売られていました。
細部に目を移していっても、同じ形を保っています。どうして野菜がこのような形になるのだろう。
Romanesco broccoli were sold at a greengrocer's store. 380 yen per piece.
It keeps the same shape even if you look at the detail part. I wonder why this vegetable has the shape like this?
triangle
細部に目を移していっても、同じ形を保っています。どうして野菜がこのような形になるのだろう。
Romanesco broccoli were sold at a greengrocer's store. 380 yen per piece.
It keeps the same shape even if you look at the detail part. I wonder why this vegetable has the shape like this?
triangle
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpi%C5%84ski_triangle |
2019年12月10日火曜日
2019年12月9日月曜日
最後の晩餐にマリア Mary is in The Last Supper
ヨハネは、実はマグナラのマリアという説があります。私にもどう見ても、ヨハネは女性に見えます。画像をいじってイエスを左へずらし、ヨハネのコピーをイエスの左脇へ嵌めると、寄り添い合うイエスとマグナラのマリアになります。
ところで、イメージ中央下にマントルのようなものが見えますが、なんと巨大な壁画の下に開けた通路だそうです。大胆なことをするものですね。
There is a hypothesis: John in the Last Supper of the wall painting is st. Mary Magdalen. John looks like a woman to all appearances for me.
When I made changes to the image, moved Jesus to the left, and placed a copy of John to the left side of Jesus, they became Jesus and st. Mary Magdalen snuggling together.
By the way, you can see something like a mantle under the center of the huge wall painting, it is a passage opened under the painting. They were bold to do such a thing.
ところで、イメージ中央下にマントルのようなものが見えますが、なんと巨大な壁画の下に開けた通路だそうです。大胆なことをするものですね。
There is a hypothesis: John in the Last Supper of the wall painting is st. Mary Magdalen. John looks like a woman to all appearances for me.
When I made changes to the image, moved Jesus to the left, and placed a copy of John to the left side of Jesus, they became Jesus and st. Mary Magdalen snuggling together.
By the way, you can see something like a mantle under the center of the huge wall painting, it is a passage opened under the painting. They were bold to do such a thing.
2019年12月8日日曜日
陽光の中で in the sunlight
何ということのない風景ですが、今日は陽光の中、気持ちのよい散策ができました。幸せとは、そんなものかも。
It's a scenery without any character, but I took a pleasant walk in the sunlight today. Happiness may be like that.
It's a scenery without any character, but I took a pleasant walk in the sunlight today. Happiness may be like that.
2019年12月7日土曜日
干し柿 dried persimmon
熟し過ぎのものですが、大きな渋柿を入手できたので、干し柿を作ってみました。でき上がりは、市販品とは異なり、中がジューシーです。噛むと中身が垂れ落ちてきます。熟し過ぎの柿を使ったのが原因と思われまがとてもおいしいです。
I got big sour persimmons which became over-ripe, and I made those dried. The finished cakes are succulent inside, unlike commercial products. When I bite it, the center drip off. It seems to be caused by using over-ripe fruit, but it is very delicious.
I got big sour persimmons which became over-ripe, and I made those dried. The finished cakes are succulent inside, unlike commercial products. When I bite it, the center drip off. It seems to be caused by using over-ripe fruit, but it is very delicious.
2019年12月5日木曜日
ベンチにイチョウの葉 ginkgo leaves on a bench
モミジの写真の掲載が続いているので、今日はイチョウの葉です。ちらほら、イロハモミジの葉も混じっていますが、小さいですね。
I've been posting maple photos these days, so today's photo are gingko leaves. There ara a few leaves of Japanese maple among gingko leaves, but those are tiny.
I've been posting maple photos these days, so today's photo are gingko leaves. There ara a few leaves of Japanese maple among gingko leaves, but those are tiny.
2019年12月3日火曜日
色の変化 change of color
緑色の色素は、日光をよく吸収します。寒くなると、光合成の働きも衰え、過度の光の吸収はかえって害になるので、緑の色素は分解されていきます。一方、光をさえぎる赤色の色素であるアントシアニンが作られるようになり葉を守ります。
紅葉の色の変化の裏では、巧妙なからくりの化学変化がおきているのですね。
The green pigment absorbs sunlight well. When it gets colder, the photosynthetic function also declines, and excessive light absorption is rather harmful, so the green pigment is decomposed. On the other hand, the red pigment anthocyanins is made and it blocks the sunlight and protects the leaves.
Behind the changes in the colors of autumn leaves, there is a ingenious chemical mechanism.
紅葉の色の変化の裏では、巧妙なからくりの化学変化がおきているのですね。
The green pigment absorbs sunlight well. When it gets colder, the photosynthetic function also declines, and excessive light absorption is rather harmful, so the green pigment is decomposed. On the other hand, the red pigment anthocyanins is made and it blocks the sunlight and protects the leaves.
Behind the changes in the colors of autumn leaves, there is a ingenious chemical mechanism.
2019年12月2日月曜日
怪しい木 suspicious tree
今にも泣き出しそうな空模様、柿の木は怪しく枝を張っています。
It's about to rain, judging from the look of the sky. Persimmon trees are spreading their branches suspiciously.
It's about to rain, judging from the look of the sky. Persimmon trees are spreading their branches suspiciously.
2019年12月1日日曜日
明るいレンズ high speed lens
明るいレンズは、ピント面が浅いので、人間の目と異なる世界が見えます。常識を取り払えば、新しい世界が開けるかもしれません。
A bright lens has a shallow focus, so we can see a different world from the ordinary. If we could remove common sense from usual day, a new world might be open.
A bright lens has a shallow focus, so we can see a different world from the ordinary. If we could remove common sense from usual day, a new world might be open.
2019年11月30日土曜日
モミジが覆い尽くす covered with maple
空が明るいので、人間の目にはモミジは黒くしか見えません。その点、カメラは露出補正ができるので、その色を見ることができます。
人間も、意識した部分に、脳内で露出を合わせができたらよいのですが。
Maples look just black to human eyes, because of the sky is bright. In that matter, the camera can adjust the exposure so we can see the color.
It would be nice for human if the brain could adjust automatically the exposure to the conscious part.
人間も、意識した部分に、脳内で露出を合わせができたらよいのですが。
Maples look just black to human eyes, because of the sky is bright. In that matter, the camera can adjust the exposure so we can see the color.
It would be nice for human if the brain could adjust automatically the exposure to the conscious part.
2019年11月29日金曜日
晴天のモミジ maple under clear sky
今日は久しぶりによく晴れ、透過光でモジミが鮮烈に輝いています。
It is fine after a long absence today, and maple is shining brightly with transmitted light.
It is fine after a long absence today, and maple is shining brightly with transmitted light.
2019年11月28日木曜日
メタセコイア dawn redwood
曇りの日は、光がよくまわるので、柔らかい表現になりました。
Today is cloudy so the light reaches evenly. So, the Metasequoia's look becomes soft.
Today is cloudy so the light reaches evenly. So, the Metasequoia's look becomes soft.
2019年11月27日水曜日
2019年11月26日火曜日
どこから from where
あれっ、どこから光が差し込むのだろう。透過光と反射光が混じっているような。
Look! Where does the light come from? It seems that transmitted light and reflected light are mixed.
Look! Where does the light come from? It seems that transmitted light and reflected light are mixed.
2019年11月25日月曜日
蜘蛛の巣 spider web
蜘蛛の巣は、垂直に同心円状に作られると思っていました。ところが、この蜘蛛は水平に巣を作っています。効率悪くありませんか。
もしかしたら・・・、強風でこわれた巣の修復中ですか。
I think that the spider web would be made concentrically vertically. However, this spide is constructing a horizontal spider's web. Don't you think it isn't inefficient?
Maybe ... Are you repairing your web broken by a strong wind?
もしかしたら・・・、強風でこわれた巣の修復中ですか。
I think that the spider web would be made concentrically vertically. However, this spide is constructing a horizontal spider's web. Don't you think it isn't inefficient?
Maybe ... Are you repairing your web broken by a strong wind?
looking up |
2019年11月24日日曜日
2019年11月23日土曜日
青い目 blue eyes
2019年11月22日金曜日
解体 dismantle
自動車にガソリンを入れても動力にしかなりませんが、私達は、食べたものがエネルギーにも、体になります。体を構成する細胞は、新しいものに漸次入れ替わっています。でも、なぜか老化を避けることができません。何でも永遠に続かないですね。
Even if we put gasoline in our cars, it can only be used as power, but what we eat becomes energy and also our body. All the cells that make up our bodies gradually replaced by new one. But for some reason aging cannot be avoided. Nothing will last forever.
Even if we put gasoline in our cars, it can only be used as power, but what we eat becomes energy and also our body. All the cells that make up our bodies gradually replaced by new one. But for some reason aging cannot be avoided. Nothing will last forever.
not my house |
2019年11月21日木曜日
皇帝ダリア Tree dahlia
皇帝ダリアは、木のように背丈は高いけれど、か弱いイメージです。普通のダリアのようなエネルギッシュな存在感を感じません。
"Tree dahlia" is called "emperor dahlia" in Japan. It is tall like a tree, but it seems weak image to me. I don't feel an energetic presence like general dahlia.
"Tree dahlia" is called "emperor dahlia" in Japan. It is tall like a tree, but it seems weak image to me. I don't feel an energetic presence like general dahlia.
2019年11月20日水曜日
小菊 small chrysanthemum
道端に生き抜く小菊。ここには、人の情けを感じます。
A few small chrysanthemums survives on the roadside. I feel there is people gentleness around here.
A few small chrysanthemums survives on the roadside. I feel there is people gentleness around here.
2019年11月19日火曜日
イチョウの紅葉 autumn leaves of ginko
イチョウの紅葉が始まりました。手前の薔薇はウルメールムーンスターです。
Autumn leaves of the ginko tree have begun. A flower on this side is Ulmer Muenster.
Autumn leaves of the ginko tree have begun. A flower on this side is Ulmer Muenster.
2019年11月18日月曜日
さざんか sasanqua
さざんかの花をみると、童謡の「たき火」が流れてきます。子供の頃、繰り返し歌ったのでしょう。
さざんか さざんか さいたみち
たきびだ たきびだ おちばたき
あたろうか あたろうよ
しもやけおててが もうかゆい (巽聖歌)
Whenever I look at the flowers of sasanqua, I hear the nursery rhyme "bonfire."
I probably sang it repeatedly when I was a young child.
Sasanquqa sasanqua blooming along the alley
Bonfire bonfire burning fallen leaves
Should we pass by? Why not get warmed by the fire?
Palms are already itchy because of chilblains
さざんか さざんか さいたみち
たきびだ たきびだ おちばたき
あたろうか あたろうよ
しもやけおててが もうかゆい (巽聖歌)
Whenever I look at the flowers of sasanqua, I hear the nursery rhyme "bonfire."
I probably sang it repeatedly when I was a young child.
Sasanquqa sasanqua blooming along the alley
Bonfire bonfire burning fallen leaves
Should we pass by? Why not get warmed by the fire?
Palms are already itchy because of chilblains
2019年11月17日日曜日
豹紋 leopard design
いくら近づいても逃げません。ただ、落ち着きがなく、じっとしてくれません。
No matter how close I approach you, you don't fly away. However, you keep fidgeting on the flower disappointingly.
No matter how close I approach you, you don't fly away. However, you keep fidgeting on the flower disappointingly.
2019年11月16日土曜日
カリンの紅葉 autumn leaves of Chinese quince
葉のいろいろな色と、幹の剥げ落ちた様子、その組み合わせが絶妙です。
The various colors of leaves and the look of exfoliated trunks, these combinations is exquisite.
The various colors of leaves and the look of exfoliated trunks, these combinations is exquisite.
2019年11月14日木曜日
床の間 tokonoma
床の間に飾られた、桔梗とヤマモミジです。
A bellflower and a maple are displayed in 'tokonoma.'
A 'tokonoma' is an alcove built into a wall of a traditional Japanese room where the art or flower is displayed.
A bellflower and a maple are displayed in 'tokonoma.'
A 'tokonoma' is an alcove built into a wall of a traditional Japanese room where the art or flower is displayed.
2019年11月13日水曜日
2019年11月12日火曜日
イイギリ Idesia polycarpa Maxim
イイギリは雌雄異株なので、赤い実のなったこの木は雌株ですね。赤くて目立つ実を付けるその目的は、鳥類に存在を示し摂食してもらい、種子分散を図ることです。私は、自然の仕組みにはいつも平伏します。
"Idesia polycarpa Maxim" is a dioecism. So this tree bearing red fruits is female. The purpose of producing red and prominent fruits is to spread seeds by feeding birds. I always adore to the mechanism of nature.
"Idesia polycarpa Maxim" is a dioecism. So this tree bearing red fruits is female. The purpose of producing red and prominent fruits is to spread seeds by feeding birds. I always adore to the mechanism of nature.
2019年11月11日月曜日
赤い実 red fruits
2019年11月10日日曜日
ナンキンハゼ Chinese tallow tree
ナンキンハゼの紅葉が始まりました。見頃はもう少し先です。
The autumn leaves of Chinese tallow tree have begun. The best time is a little later.
The autumn leaves of Chinese tallow tree have begun. The best time is a little later.
2019年11月9日土曜日
カツラ(桂) Cercidiphyllum japonicum
風が吹くと、2枚,3枚と黄色く紅葉した小さな丸い葉が落ちてきます。その葉の醤油のこげるような、よい香りがあたりにだたよいます。
When the breeze blows, the small round leaves which have turned yellow fall little by little. There is a fragrance in the air, because the leaves have an aroma like burned soy sauce.
When the breeze blows, the small round leaves which have turned yellow fall little by little. There is a fragrance in the air, because the leaves have an aroma like burned soy sauce.
2019年11月7日木曜日
お食い初め first meal
お食い初め。海外の人には、なんのことだか分からないでしょうね。
One of the traditional Japanese ceremonies for celebrating babies around 100-day-old is “first meal."
Elders pretend to have their baby eat rice, soup, boiled food, and grilled fish. And we hope that the baby won't have trouble with food for a lifetime.
The interesting thing is that an elder touches a small stone taken from the ground of a shrine with chopsticks, and then touch the chopsticks to the baby's gums. Because we hope to strengthen the baby teeth.
This stone is called "the stone that hardens teeth".
One of the traditional Japanese ceremonies for celebrating babies around 100-day-old is “first meal."
Elders pretend to have their baby eat rice, soup, boiled food, and grilled fish. And we hope that the baby won't have trouble with food for a lifetime.
The interesting thing is that an elder touches a small stone taken from the ground of a shrine with chopsticks, and then touch the chopsticks to the baby's gums. Because we hope to strengthen the baby teeth.
This stone is called "the stone that hardens teeth".
2019年11月6日水曜日
ウルメールムンスター ulmer munster
鮮烈な赤は、デジタルカメラを選びます。新しい製品ほど、色の再現は良くなります。私の古いデジタルカメラでは、花びらに縁取りができてしまいます。でも、新しいカメラは、くっきりはっきり写るので、面白みは少ないです。完璧なものは、どの分野にもありません。それぞれの良いとことを楽しみましょう。
The bright red chooses a digital camera. The newer the product, the better the color reproduction. My old digital camera make hemming the petals. However, the new products produce simply clear image, so it's less interesting. There are no perfect things in any field. Let's enjoy each good point.
The bright red chooses a digital camera. The newer the product, the better the color reproduction. My old digital camera make hemming the petals. However, the new products produce simply clear image, so it's less interesting. There are no perfect things in any field. Let's enjoy each good point.
2019年11月5日火曜日
セブンスヘブン seventh heaven
イギリス生まれの薔薇、セブンスヘブン。天国には、7つの層があるのでしょうか。私には、地上の天国と地獄だけで充分です。
These are English-born roses seventh heaven. Is there seven layers in heaven? For me, heaven and hell in this life are enough.
These are English-born roses seventh heaven. Is there seven layers in heaven? For me, heaven and hell in this life are enough.
2019年11月4日月曜日
フリージア Friesia
薔薇は、虫媒花ですが、八重咲きの薔薇は花びらが多くて、雄しべも、雌しべも見えにくいですね。内側の花びらは、雄しべが花弁になったので、種子が作られないことが多いと聞きました。
The rose is an insect-pollinated flower, but the double-flowered rose has many petals and we cannot see the stamens and pistils easily. I heard that the petals on the inner side were made by changing stamens into petals, so the flower didn't produce seeds.
The rose is an insect-pollinated flower, but the double-flowered rose has many petals and we cannot see the stamens and pistils easily. I heard that the petals on the inner side were made by changing stamens into petals, so the flower didn't produce seeds.
2019年11月3日日曜日
2019年11月2日土曜日
ジャストジョイ just joey
この撮影の直後に、この花は、庭師にカットされてしましました。このバラ園では、満開の花は、これからしおれるだけなので、ことごとくカットされて廃棄されます。
Immediately after I took this photograph, this flower was cut by a gardener.
In this rose garden, the flowers in full bloom will be cut and discarded entirely, because they are only withered from now on.
Immediately after I took this photograph, this flower was cut by a gardener.
In this rose garden, the flowers in full bloom will be cut and discarded entirely, because they are only withered from now on.
2019年11月1日金曜日
イノシシ wild boar
遊歩道を散歩していたら、ここでも、先日の大雨で、道がこの先なくなっていました。
イノシシが3匹、私には何の興味も示さず、とぼとぼと歩いて通り過ぎていきました。彼らもすみかを失ったのかも知れません。
Taking a walk along the promenade, I found the road was destroyed from here by heavy rains.
Three wild boars plod wearily without interest in me. They may have lost their home.
イノシシが3匹、私には何の興味も示さず、とぼとぼと歩いて通り過ぎていきました。彼らもすみかを失ったのかも知れません。
Taking a walk along the promenade, I found the road was destroyed from here by heavy rains.
Three wild boars plod wearily without interest in me. They may have lost their home.
2019年10月31日木曜日
ストロベリー アイス strawberry ice
波打つ花びらの縁に、淡いピンクが入り、可憐さが漂っています。
The edge of the rippling petals is dyed with pale pink, and there is a cuteness.
The edge of the rippling petals is dyed with pale pink, and there is a cuteness.
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