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Mar 31 2014 9 Comments

The simple pleasures of spring

The transformation of our natural surroundings, and the much-touted ephemeral beauty of the cherry blossom, are without a doubt the highlights of spring. But at the same time, it’s sometimes the simpler things that we appreciate the most.

the joy of spring in Japan

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  1. June says

    3/31/2014 at 11:13 pm

    Nice shot, Lee! Is that your shadow looming in the foreground?

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    • Lee says

      4/1/2014 at 8:35 am

      Thanks. It is, yes. Always interesting to have your presence in a photo one way or another!

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  2. Marcin says

    4/1/2014 at 1:25 am

    I love it. “Simple pleasures – greatest treasures” – for those few precious moments all the stress and worries of his everyday white-shirt-and-tie life take a backseat.

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    • Lee says

      4/1/2014 at 8:36 am

      Exactly. A moment when all seemed perfectly well with the world.

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  3. Jeffrey says

    4/2/2014 at 1:23 am

    I assume you left before the police got there?

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    • Lee says

      4/2/2014 at 11:06 am

      Yes. Always.

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      • Jeffrey says

        4/3/2014 at 3:45 am

        Go back today and will we find a chalk outline in the grass?

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        • Lee says

          4/3/2014 at 11:52 am

          Nah. Or I certainly hope not!

          Always amazes me how easily people can sleep here. I struggle in a bed. In the dark, In total silence…

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          • Jeffrey says

            4/4/2014 at 1:29 am

            Yup. The train sleeping amazes me. If nothing else, I’m too self-conscious to do it. It’s a talent to be admired.

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