Sunflower Village, where the clearing work has begun, Wednesday, August 24, 2022.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

The Sunflower Festival has ended, and some plots have begun to be cleared before plowing.

The cycle of life, with petals falling, seeds forming, and the entire flower gradually withering and returning to the earth.

With great love, gratitude and prayers to the great Sunflower Village, where we realize its powerful life force and boundless preciousness.

The precious cycle of life!
The precious cycle of life!
Sunflowers dropping petals and leaning their heads back
Sunflowers dropping petals and leaning their heads back
Summer has passed, and autumn is creeping in between seasons.
Summer has passed, and autumn is creeping in between seasons.
Plots that have been cleared prior to clearing operations.
Plots that have been cleared prior to clearing operations.
With the Sunflower Park Hokuryu Hot Springs in the distance.
With the Sunflower Park Hokuryu Hot Springs in the distance.
Plots after logging and fields of blooming sunflowers
Plots after logging and fields of blooming sunflowers
Pretty late-blooming sunflowers on the hill.
Pretty late-blooming sunflowers on the hill.
A large yellow yellow yellow phoenix butterfly, which brings "leaps and bounds," perches on a yellow sunflower flower.
A large yellow yellow yellow phoenix butterfly, which brings "leaps and bounds," perches on a yellow sunflower flower.
A fat, round bumblebee sucking nectar!
A fat, round bumblebee sucking nectar!
Dragonflies take a break.
Dragonflies take a break.
The moment when the large rainbow that appeared early that morning shone with a ray of hope!
The moment when the large rainbow that appeared early that morning shone with a ray of hope!
 

◇ ◇ ikuko

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