Small change to autumn

Some moderate change of the season around me gives small but remarkable findings sometimes.

Some small fruits of Callicarpa japonica, Murasaki shikibu in Japanese that was taken after the name of author of The Tale of Genji , are going to turn into white from green, and from white to purple.

In autumn we have rainfall including that of typhoon once in a while, and it tends to last a couple of days.

 In fact the last typhoon showered 2,400mm during four days regionally ( southern part of Nara prefecture and Wakayama prefecture).
I offer my condolences for the people who suffered damage.

 It was not a small change at all. On seasonal matters ,not so big change must be a lucky one.

 A tiny spider ,which is up side down , looks floating in air and aiming the watery sky instead of waiting for his prey, before the arrival of the typhoon.

It cleared up at last.


Textoria trifida , Kakure-mino in Japanese, blooms without any particular distinction,
though a little butterfly found it. We can see some sort of butterflies until late in autumn.

Before, I made this tanka when I saw a butterfly in cooler season.

石の上にとまりてをりし砂色の蝶飛び去りぬ　背中が寒い

A sandy little butterfly

on a stone flew away

and has gone,

I felt faint cold on my back

like the butterfly flew away

 

My neighbour's dogwood tree began to bear some red fruits, while some of them are still whitey.

The red ones are starlings' favourite and they will be gone sooner by the birds who were waiting for their riping.

 

 

 

My neighbour gave me some seeds of Cardiospermum halicacabum, Fūsen-kazura in Japanese, which has many orange coloured tiny paper balloon (fūsen)-like flowers during summer.

Each has a white heart mark on it.

I will check the suitable season for sowing the seeds.