3 posts tagged “wind”

The snowy cone of Fuji stands out in the sparkling clear air with every trace of pollution blown away in yesterday's gale. Twigs and leaves litter the ground.

Azaleas are out everywhere.

Yesterday at the Chigasaki museum, we saw a small exhibition of prints and scrolls related to the Tokaido road that runs from Kyoto to Tokyo. Today I realized that the road has been replanted here and there with the pine trees that originally lined its route.

Back at home, two crows flew high across the blue sky. A pheasant's sudden cry, and the bush warbler's song.

--Julian

(David writes about his windy Sunday here.)

Stepping outside this morning, I found it was several degrees warmer than in the house. The windbell was spinning furiously. Grey clouds passed swiftly overhead, as they have all morning. Tree tops sway with balletic grace. The remaining leaves are being snatched vertically from the branches and twisting high in the air before raining down elsewhere.

Crows also blow this way and that, stalling against or racing with the air currents, lifting and plunging spectacularly. A kite, aerodynamically superior, coasts lower, feathers ruffling, holding its course. Indoors, the wind moans ominously through gaps and cracks.

This perturbation has continued until noon. It's only a matter of time before it begins to rain.

--Julian

As the latest typhoon approached, there was a lot to listen to:

rain beating down
wind a low roar in the treetops
crickets unfazed

And when it had blown by,

twigs and leaves everywhere
some rice flattened, some still standing
grayer clouds scudding across a gray sky like smoke from a fire

--Julian