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25: wilting flowers

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25: wilting flowers - the auroran sunset

Here at abelard.org, we take a lot of photographs. Many of them are pretty or interesting. This is the twenty-fifth in a regular “photograph with little or no explanation or comment” feature.

Southern Japan is semi-tropical, which makes for lovely warm weather and some very pretty flowers. Here are a few pictures from a late summer walk around my ex-neighbourhood.

Palm trees, in residential Japan. Image credit: the auroran sunset

 

Pink and white spiny acacia flowers, in residential Japan. Image credit: the auroran sunset

 

An orange flower with a long antennaed insect in residence, in residential Japan. Image credit: the auroran sunset

 

Fluffy pink and white flowers with red stamen, in residential Japan. Image credit: the auroran sunset

 

Round petalled orange flowers with rolled bright green leaves, in residential Japan. Image credit: the auroran sunset

 

Pink trumet-like flower, in residential Japan. Image credit: the auroran sunset

 

Big yellow daisies, in residential Japan. Image credit: the auroran sunset