Autumn Colours 秋の色 [English and Japanese]

in WE ARE MOVING5 months ago

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Autumn Colours

I went to town today and saw beautiful autumn colours in the trees. My house is high up in the mountains, so when I go down near the ocean, I notice that things are a bit different from the mountain area, especially the colours of the trees, plants, and flowers. Downtown temperatures are at least 2-3 degrees warmer than near my house. The warmer weather seems to make the autumn colours appear faster. There are also various types of fruits and flowers in town because people have planted them, while near my house, there are more wild plants. I saw vivid, colourful plants in the trees. They are red, purple, yellow, and brown.

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There was an old, mature acorn tree on the property of a post office. The tree had many acorns, which were still green, but they looked heavy. I don't collect acorns for flour, but if I needed to, I would definitely come here to gather some and make my own acorn flour.

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I also noticed some pretty pepper vines. They seemed like decorative plants, but I learned they can be used to make medicinal liquor. In my hometown, there are wild grapes in the mountains that are similar in size to these grapes, though they aren’t as colourful. They are just purple. I used to make jam from wild grapes when I found them.

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The rowan berries, which are my favourite autumn fruit, also caught my eye. I don’t think we can eat them, though, because of their name in Japanese 'nana kamado (ナナカマド).' "Nana" means seven, and "kamado" means oven. The name suggests that these fruits are so hard, they won’t burn even if you put them in the oven seven times!

However, birds seem to enjoy eating them. I was amazed by the strength of their beaks. I’ve heard some people make liquor from nanakamado berries. I’ve never tried it, but it's said to be fruity with a slightly bitter taste. Although I don’t drink alcohol anymore, I wish I could have tasted it once.

The sun was shining on the nanakamado tree and its fruits, and I captured the beautiful moment in these photos.

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Japanese 日本語

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秋の色

今日は近くの町に出かけ、きれいな色の木々を見かけました。私は山に住んでいるので、海の近くの町に降りてくると山とは違う自然に気がつきます。特に、木、植物や花の色合いが違います。町の気候は家の周りと比べると2−3度は高いです。温かい気温が植物をより早く秋の色に変えてしまうような気がします。町には山の中の自然の植物とは違った種類の植物が植えられています。色鮮やかな植物や木々があって、赤、紫、黄色や茶色と色とりどりでした。

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郵便局の敷地内に古くて大きなどんぐりの木があります。木にはたくさんのどんぐりがなっていて、まだ緑ですがとても重たそうでした。粉を作るためにどんぐりを集めることはありませんが、もし必要があればここに来てどんぐりを集めて粉にすることができるでしょう。そのくらいたくさん実がなっていました。

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ノブドウがあることに気がつきました。飾りのように見えますが本物で、食用にはできませんが薬用のお酒として飲むことができるようです。私の故郷ではヤマブドウが豊富に取れます。ノブドウのサイズと似ていますがこのようなカラフルな色合いではなく紫色をしています。よくヤマブドウを採ってはジャムを作っていました。

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私の好きな秋の植物であるナナカマドも目を惹きました。ナナカマドは7回かまどに入れても固くて形が残っていると言われるその名の通り、とても固い実なので食べることはできないと思います。

それにもかかわらず、鳥たちはおいしそうに食べているのを見かけます。鳥のくちばしはすごいですね。お酒にするとフルーティーで苦味があっておいしいのだそうです。私はお酒をやめたので飲んだことはありませんが、試してみたかった気がします。

ナナカマドの実に太陽の光が当たってとてもきれいな瞬間を写真におさめました。

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Thank you for reading!
お読みいただきありがとうございます。

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Those beautiful colors from that view I never seen before. So lovely!

Thank you! Yeah, they are very colourful and pretty;)

Autumn is so beautiful in there ✨🤩. Everything is vibrant and lively 🤩❤️

Thank you! Yes, autumn is so beautiful here but I feel a bit sad because summer is finishing soon. I liked your post as well!