I took a bike ride to Kyodo no Mori Park, yesterday.
It’s early in the season for plum blossoms,
but the weather was so warm,
I packed up my paints, and went anyway…
The park has updated since last season; upon entrance
the tickets are done on a machine,
and you pass through an automated gate…
The blossoms are lovely,
even if I was a bit early, the ones that were blooming were so beautiful,
carrying the scent of early Spring…
It was difficult to find a place to paint,
but as always, after a walk around the park,
a place always presents itself- this time amongst the bonsai plum trees…
Broken - Patrick Watson
(I Can’t Seem To) Make You Mine - The Clientele
Day Dream (D.Ellington/B.Strayhorn) - Allen Toussaint, ft. Joshua Redman
Friday I’m In Love (The Cure)- Phoebe Bridgers
I Wanna Know Girls - Portastic
Joan Of Arc - Jennifer Warnes / Leonard Cohen
Rust (Transformed) - Echo & The Bunnymen
Exits - Foals
Zoot Kook - Sandii
You've Done Nothing Wrong - Iris DeMent
My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (B. Dylan) - Marianne Faithfull
It was so warm today, like Spring…
I saw a few plum blossoms, as I rode past on my bicycle…
Experience tells me in February this won’t last, and cold will return.
But for today, it feels good…
2 - 2019 iPod playlist:
Skating Away - Jethro Tull
L'étoile - Parov Stelar, ft. Max the Sax
Passion Dance - McCoy Tyner Quartet
Satellite of Love - Lou Reed
Amsterdam - Eberhard Weber, Jan Garbarek
Me and My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie
Flight From The City - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Any Major Dude Will Tell You - Steely Dan
Holiday - Funken
Let’s Get Lost - Beck & Bat For Lashes
Shuck Dub - R.L.Burnside
Piggy Peril/ Juicy Tubes - Playful Corp.
The Cutter (Transformed) - Echo & The Bunnymen
The Walking Wounded - Rosanne Cash
Who - David Byrne, St. Vincent
Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
