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🇺🇸カリフォルニア 保護猫キャリーのガーディアン。 好きなもの:碧い海、猫、 犬、馬、ユキヒョウ 🇺🇸 CA. Guardian of Callie the Calico. Love blue ocean, cats, dogs, horses, snow leopards

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暗くなる時間が少しづつ早くなる
牧場のお馬さん達の黒い影が走行中の車から見えたけど暗すぎて写真にはうまく写っていなかった

It’s gradually getting darker earlier.
The horses in silhouette in the paddock from the running-car window, but it was too dark for my camera to capture them.

#Dusk #HorseFarm

05.08.2025 18:30 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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よく見かけるけれどこれもカリフォルニア原産ではなくて南アフリカからやってきた
蕾が開き始めた可愛いヒメハギ

We often see this plant, but it is also not California native. It's from South Africa.
Pretty pink myrtle-leaf milkworts start blooming.

#Flowers #Plants #Myrtle-leafMilkworts

04.08.2025 18:40 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
I found a very old postcard addressed to my grandfather from Russia during my visit to my parents’ house this spring.
The sender’s name, in beautiful calligraphy, is too artistic to read.
It only says, “August, at Moscow.” 
Interestingly, it is written “Moskoh” in English pronunciation in katakana instead of “Moskva.”
The year was 1908.
I had to check when the Russian Revolution occurred.

I found a very old postcard addressed to my grandfather from Russia during my visit to my parents’ house this spring. The sender’s name, in beautiful calligraphy, is too artistic to read. It only says, “August, at Moscow.” Interestingly, it is written “Moskoh” in English pronunciation in katakana instead of “Moskva.” The year was 1908. I had to check when the Russian Revolution occurred.

今年の春に訪れた実家で
ロシアから送られた祖父宛の古いポストカードが出てきた
達筆すぎて差出人の名前は読めない
「8月、モスコーにて」とだけ記されている
モスクワではなくモスコーとカタカナ書きしているのも興味深い
年は1908年
ロシア革命はいつだったっけ?

#OldPostcard

03.08.2025 19:30 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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数週間ずっと気になっていた声の主
今朝ついに見つけた
クーパーさんより少し大きいアカオノスリみたいだ

I’ve been wondering whose voice it is for several weeks, and finally, I spotted her/him this morning.
S/he looks like a red-tailed hawk, a bit larger than Cooper’s.

#Red-tailedHawk #Birds

02.08.2025 18:51 — 👍 29    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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住宅街で見るリンゴの木
こんなにまとまって実るんだっけ?
果樹園のリンゴは摘果と呼ばれる間引きをして品質の高い実に育てるのですって

Apples in the neighborhood are tightly hanging.
Do ones at the orchards look like this?
Not really. Growers thin out fruits to produce high-quality apples.

#Apples

01.08.2025 19:20 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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何食わぬ顔をしているけどミケ姐さんのご飯をまた盗んでいるでしょ
お口ペロリしてるから絶対そうだ
そんなところに隠れてもちゃんと見えてる

I know you are pinching Ms. Calico’s breakfast again
Trying to be cool, but I saw you licking your mouth
I can see you, though you try to hide

#Cats #Calico #Brown&WhiteTabby

31.07.2025 19:45 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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木の幹に張り付いている様なリスさん
写真を加工したら空を飛んでるみたいに見えるかな
その後木の高いところに駆け登ってしまった

Mr. Squirrel looks as if he is stuck to the tree trunk.
If I edit the photo, I wonder whether he appears to be flying.
Then, he ran up high in the tree.

#Squirrel #Nature

30.07.2025 18:54 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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白いハイビスカスの花びらをじっと見ていたら純白の割烹着を思い出した
はるか昔の日々のこと

Looking closely at the white hibiscus petals, I remembered a pure-white kappogi, a traditional Japanese-style long-sleeve apron.
The days that have all long gone.

#WhiteHibiscus #Flowers

29.07.2025 18:39 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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カリカリという音を追ってみると…
あ〜、おはよう、それは胡桃かな?
ナプキンをどうぞと言いたくなる

Following the sound of crunching....
Oh, good morning, is it a walnut?
Would you like to use a napkin?

#Squirrel #Nature

28.07.2025 18:31 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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招かれざる黄色い花
在来植物や動物に有害なイエロースタートル
1850年頃輸入された種に混ざって来米したのですって

Uninvited yellow flowers
Yellow starthistle is an invasive plant harmful to native plants and animals
It was brought to the US in around 1850, mixed with imported seeds

#Plants #Flowers

27.07.2025 19:08 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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昨日の夕刻散歩
ここに到達するまでの並木道の胡桃は今年も実を沢山つけてる

Evening walk yesterday
Walnut trees lining the walkway to this spot are bearing an abundance of fruit again this year.

#Sunset #Nature #Walnut

26.07.2025 19:59 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ほとんどの植物と同じようにバラも花が枯れたり散ってしまうと実が育つ
花の終わりと対照的な艶やかな緑色のバラの実

Most plants' fruits grow after blooming is done or petals fall off, and roses are not an exception.
The end of flowers and glossy green rose hips, what a contrast!

#Flowers #Roses #RoseHips

25.07.2025 17:27 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Look, a gold finch is eating a bug, I said to my daughter
No, it's a flower or seed, because they don't usually eat bugs
Look at its plumped beak
It has a perfect shape to crack seeds or berries
I learned something new from her again

Look, a gold finch is eating a bug, I said to my daughter No, it's a flower or seed, because they don't usually eat bugs Look at its plumped beak It has a perfect shape to crack seeds or berries I learned something new from her again

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ゴールドフィンチが虫を食べてるよと娘にいうと
花か種だと思う
普段は虫を食べないから
ぷっくりとした嘴をよく見て
種や木の実を割るのに適した形なの
と言うことをまたしても娘に教わった

#GoldFinch #Nature #Birds

24.07.2025 19:57 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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山岳地に来ている様な一枚目の風景
朝散歩時の気温18℃
今日はよく猫ちゃんに出会う朝だった

The scene in the first photo makes me feel as if I’m staying in a mountain.
The temperature was 62°F during our morning walk.
It was one of those mornings when we saw multiple cats.

#Nature #Cats

23.07.2025 18:44 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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いつからこんな雲が出ていたのかな
昨日は一日中快晴かと思っていた
今朝も雲が居残っている
20℃の快適な火曜日
↑昨日 ↓今朝

When did these clouds appear?
I thought it would have been another clear day yesterday
Clouds still stay this morning
71°F, lovely Tuesday
↑Yesterday ↓Today

#Cloud #Sky

22.07.2025 18:33 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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雀さん達が北へと渡った夏
House Finch (メキシコマシコ)はよく響く歌声を披露してくれる
快晴の月曜日

Most sparrows have migrated to the north in summer
House Finch sings beautiful songs with brilliant vocal cords
Monday, sunny and clear

#HouseFinch #Birds

21.07.2025 18:34 — 👍 22    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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クーパーさんは巣立った後も巣の近くによくいるというので行ってみた
いた!
目が赤くないから間違いなく子供達の一羽だと思う

Juvenile Cooper’s hawks often hang out near the nest after fledging, so we went to see
There he is!
He surely is one of the young, as his eyes are not red yet

#Cooper'sHawk #JuvenileHawk #Nature #Birds

20.07.2025 18:14 — 👍 22    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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色も形も端正な実
高く広がる枝が眩しい陽の光を遮り程よい日陰を作る
散歩道沿いにある榎

The color and the shape of the berries show sophistication
The tall and widespread branches offer comfortable shade, shutting out the bright sun beams
A hackberry tree along the walking path

#Trees #Hackberry #Nature

19.07.2025 18:38 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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朝の涼しい時間を存分に利用しているのはこの賢いお方
ルーフトップダイニングが実に楽しそう

He is the clever one who maximizes the cool hours in the morning.
The rooftop dining looks fun indeed.

#Squirrel #RooftopDining

18.07.2025 18:48 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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花じゃなくて葉を擦ってみて、と言う娘
ハーブのような爽やかな香りがする!
いつから知っているのと聞いたら3~4歳の頃ですって

I did what my daughter said - rubbed not the flowers but the leaves
Herb-like refreshing fragrance!
She said she had known about the fact since she was 3 or 4

#Flowers #Fragrance

17.07.2025 19:03 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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リスさんが向かう先には黄緑色のブドウ
頭上高くなっているこの果物を今年も人間が食することはないだろうな

The destination Ms. Squirrel takes is the yellow-green grapes.
Humans will not harvest these fruits hanging high above our heads again this year.

#squirrel #grapes #nature

16.07.2025 18:48 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ダイニングテーブルに移動したらキャリーちゃんもついてきた
ソファの上からじっと見てる
スマホを向けると反対を向いてしまった

Moving to the dining table, Callie followed me as well
On top of the couch, she’s staring at me
Then she turned the other way, as she doesn’t like smartphones

#Cats #Calico

15.07.2025 18:31 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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カメラを通して見た36日間
メンフクロウ2025年の初夏

Thirty six days through the viewfinder
Barn Owls early summer 2025

#BarnOwls #Birds

14.07.2025 18:43 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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カメラを通して見た30日間
クーパーハイタカ2025年の初夏

Thirty days through the viewfinder
Cooper’s Hawk early summer 2025

#Cooper'sHawk #Birds

13.07.2025 18:27 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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遠くに飛行する小型飛行機の音
近くでさざめく蝉の声
ひんやりとした微風が気持ち良い
のんびりとした、幾分怠惰な土曜日

The sound of a small airplane flying in the distance
The sound of cicadas buzzing around us
A cool breeze crosses so soothing
Slow and somewhat lazy Saturday

#HappySaturday

12.07.2025 18:47 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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クィーンパームの実が重そうに垂れ下がってる
鳥やリスの食糧になるのですって
自然には無駄がないなぁとつくづく思う

Queen palm fruits are hanging heavy.
They are a part of the food source for birds and squirrels, so they say.
Nature won't waste anything, do they?

#QueenPalm #Nature

11.07.2025 18:32 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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日陰を選びながらの朝散歩
頭の高さに垂れ下がっていたのはカリフォルニアトチノキの種の鞘
風のない今日の最高気温は38℃の予報

Looking for shades for a morning walk
These seedpods were California Buckeye - some were hanging at my head height
No breeze, and it's forecasted to hit 101°F

#Plants #Seedpods #CaliforniaBuckeye

10.07.2025 18:01 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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裏庭の朝顔が花開いた
娘の友人シャーリーから種をもらってから何年経つだろう
私達はこの可憐な花をシャーリーと呼んでいる

The first bloom of our backyard morning glory
How many years has it been since my daughter's friend Shirley gave us the seeds?
We call this lovely flower Shirley.

#MorningGlory #Flowers

09.07.2025 19:00 — 👍 25    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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マグノリアの葉は二色なんだねと娘に言うと、そんな事5歳の時から知ってる、鋭い観察力のおかげだよ、と返された

Magnolia leaves have two different colors, a new revelation.
My daughter snaps back, saying she knew about it since she was 5, adding it was the power of her keen observation.

#Flowers #Magnolia

08.07.2025 18:39 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ありがとうございます😊
ちょっぴりカラーの入った影絵かな✨😸

07.07.2025 22:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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