tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post6353145520139589537..comments2023-12-29T11:44:38.434+09:00Comments on yokohamamama: Friday Field Notes--Quick Change Tree, or I Really Do Live In Japanyokohamamamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-82452648328699476952010-11-14T13:23:14.694+09:002010-11-14T13:23:14.694+09:00You know, KK, that tree doesn't smell. At lea...You know, KK, that tree doesn't smell. At least, not that I've noticed (and I would notice--I smell everything:)) But that's alright--it more than makes up for lack of smell by changing color over the course of the day, and that apparently has to do with temperature. Or temperature and light--as it warms up over the day, the flowers change color. I noticed on days that were cool yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-40038875857699687492010-11-14T09:15:19.244+09:002010-11-14T09:15:19.244+09:00Daz--now that you mention it, I remember that from...Daz--now that you mention it, I remember that from the Wiki article. And, now that I think about it, Tokyo is on roughly the same latitude as Nashville, Tennessee... and Yokohama is 30 miles south of Tokyo... so maybe that's why they bloom around here. We're far enough south. Come to think of it--there are quite a few magnolias around here, too, which I have always thought of as a yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-86693303406629970102010-11-14T03:22:46.560+09:002010-11-14T03:22:46.560+09:00According to wiki, the Cotton Rosemallow is aka th...According to wiki, the Cotton Rosemallow is aka the Confederate rose, so it might be restricted to the south.<br /><br />Amy, I don't even know how to to the balloon! I feel strangely uneducated now, just 'cause I don't know origami. As if the ever Growing Book List wasn't enough...Dazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907025299657181744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-61894445842949845122010-11-13T23:36:31.097+09:002010-11-13T23:36:31.097+09:00The tree is gorgeous, Amy. I've never seen an...The tree is gorgeous, Amy. I've never seen any flower that starts off white and then turns a color. Too cool. The child in me wonders at the beauty and the scientist in me wonders at the mechanism. And of course, both aspects doing their wondering without interference with the other. My only regret is that I can't smell it. Scents are such a large part of my love of the outdoors. KKBundyhttp://blessedatheist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-62514011131998082602010-11-13T08:46:49.654+09:002010-11-13T08:46:49.654+09:00Alice--I think there must be trees like that in th...Alice--I think there must be trees like that in the States, too, since the English name is Cotton Rosemallow. Seems like I've heard of it, but just never seen one. People should plant more of them--they bloom beautifully:)) When I first came here, being an Indiana girl, seeing mountains all the time was just constant "Wow! A mountain! Look, mountains! Ooh! The ocean! Wow!" yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-69531138829907480502010-11-13T07:44:45.596+09:002010-11-13T07:44:45.596+09:00More origami... With a slight fail to it.<a href="http://sakura-no-tsubame.blogspot.com/2010/10/stars.html" rel="nofollow">More origami...</a> With a slight fail to it.Dazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907025299657181744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-84031708506104219092010-11-12T23:16:44.032+09:002010-11-12T23:16:44.032+09:001. i want to ride on one of those go carts
2. Fuji...1. i want to ride on one of those go carts<br />2. Fuji is awesome<br />3. That is so cool that the blossoms change color like that!Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-7238464690647496632010-11-12T21:50:20.562+09:002010-11-12T21:50:20.562+09:00Beautiful! And I love that tree, I've never se...Beautiful! And I love that tree, I've never seen anything like it.<br /><br />I am so envious of you for the gorgeous mountain on your horizon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-75490902525225425502010-11-12T19:36:08.124+09:002010-11-12T19:36:08.124+09:00Marsh Mallow is indeed a plant--and the original c...Marsh Mallow is indeed a plant--and the original confection was made with mashed up plant:)) The Wiki link up top goes to the Mallow page, which has a nice description:))<br /><br />(Laughing)--just noticed that Koshi standing a ways behind me looks like he's a phone strap hanging out of my bag. Ahh! That's what I get for having my husband take a photo *into* the sunlight...yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-71980069583072945662010-11-12T16:39:18.554+09:002010-11-12T16:39:18.554+09:00Marsh Mallow is a plant? I never knew that. I thou...Marsh Mallow is a plant? I never knew that. I thought it was just a sweet. It never occurred to me to wonder about the name, either, but it should have. I mean, a confection apparently named after a swamp should have piqued my curiosity.<br /><br />BTW, you appear to have a small person attached to your handbag. Is it some form of good-luck charm?Dazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907025299657181744noreply@blogger.com