Asakiyume mita - all a-May

From: origa Date: May 11th, 2008 11:31 am (UTC) (Link)

Wonderful video! I feel as if I am right there in the forest, listening to this chirp ... Yes, all the different voices :)

And Happy Mother's day to you, btw! :)

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 01:47 pm (UTC) (Link)

And to you too :-)

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From: suzan_s Date: May 11th, 2008 12:48 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yes, YES! The merry month of may.... I love it.

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 01:47 pm (UTC) (Link)

This weekend, it's May in all its glory.

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From: desert_sparrow Date: May 11th, 2008 12:55 pm (UTC) (Link)

Happy Mother's Day!

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 01:47 pm (UTC) (Link)

Thank you!

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From: la_tisana Date: May 11th, 2008 01:17 pm (UTC) (Link)

Oh in the merry month of May
Beneath the blossoms will you lie,
Will you linger, will you stay
And watch the sparrows as they fly?

ah what a nice, nice, nice little poem! reminded me of some hobbit-song :)))

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 01:48 pm (UTC) (Link)

Thank you!

It was so beautiful on saturday that i just started humming the "Ode to Joy"--it's a month that makes a person want to sing!

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From: sartorias Date: May 11th, 2008 01:46 pm (UTC) (Link)

Oh that was lovely! But I also liked what I think was the quiet hush of wind through trees (either that or freeway rimnoise, which is what we hear each day at five a.m., when rush hour begins.)

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 01:49 pm (UTC) (Link)

You can hear car noises from Route 9--but I think that windy noise in the video is the camera's operating noise; it seems present in all the videos, regardless of where I make them.

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From: slobbit Date: May 11th, 2008 01:47 pm (UTC) (Link)

Lovely. Thank you.

I'm listening to many sparrows, and the silly mocking bird, and possibly the yellow-throated warbler with bandit mask I saw yesterday in the lilacs.

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 01:51 pm (UTC) (Link)

The mockingbird can be crazy! Once he started singing in the middle of the night--like 1 am. I'm like, Dude: It is no way dawn yet, not even close, and your girlfriends are all asleep, so no one is going to be impressed. Go back to bed!

But maybe he was just wanting some practice time without competition.

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From: slobbit Date: May 11th, 2008 02:19 pm (UTC) (Link)

Ours was singing once when I came home from judo @ 11pm.

Silly birds. They know no shame. That's why I love them.

I've seen an oriole around here the last couple of years. Now I'll know him when I hear him. :-)

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 02:21 pm (UTC) (Link)

I love them because they try on so many sounds and songs :-)

Orioles are so beautiful! They are like magic birds.

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From: jmeadows Date: May 11th, 2008 03:09 pm (UTC) (Link)

Oooh, this is beautiful. I turned it up and listened twice. :)

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 03:32 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yay!

I want to make another one that has the wood thrush more clearly. THAT bird can put you into a spell for a hundred years, if you listen to its song.

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From: aesiron Date: May 11th, 2008 03:21 pm (UTC) (Link)

I'm not much of a naturey person but always enjoy your entries about it.

The only bird song I recognize is a duck. :p

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 03:33 pm (UTC) (Link)

Hey, duck is a good start :-D

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From: 88greenthumb Date: May 11th, 2008 03:26 pm (UTC) (Link)

Ohaiyo gozaimasu, asakiyume-san! Taihen o-genki desu ka?

Lovely post, including of course the photo & video!

May--what a great time to celebrate mother's day!

Have a great mom's day!

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 03:31 pm (UTC) (Link)

Ohaiyo gozaimasu, greenthumb-san! Okage sama de genki desu! Greenthumb-san mo o-genki deshou ka?

Glad you enjoyed the entry--hope the weather and the day are lovely for you as well :-)

Edited at 2008-05-11 03:31 pm (UTC)

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From: 88greenthumb Date: May 11th, 2008 04:23 pm (UTC) (Link)

Domo Arigato gozaimasu! Watashi-no taihen o-genki desu! Sumimasen ne asakiyume-san! I wish I knew more Nihonggo but alas, I am limited to just a few words and poorly constructed sentences! I keep promising I would learn more but I keep saying this with my Spanish, Italian, French, Thai, etc. too. So am just a dabbler, a real jack-of-all- trades-master-of-none!

Kiyotske-te kodasai. Mata aimashyo!

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 04:27 pm (UTC) (Link)

Wow, Thai? That's so cool! And I would love to learn Italian one day...

So ne, mata aimashou!

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From: 88greenthumb Date: May 11th, 2008 10:49 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yes Thai, but don't be too impressed. As with the other languages, I only have a smattering. I had to learn enough Thai to communicate with my monolingual babysitter (not so fun!) and to haggle in the markets (fun!) and order Thai food (fun!)

Do you know Spanish and/or French? I've noticed some similarities with Italian. "Sure," says my Italian friend, "they're all "Latrine!!!"

Do you speak a lot of Nihonggo? And do you write Katakana or Hiragana? How long did you live in Japan?

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From: asakiyume Date: May 12th, 2008 12:40 am (UTC) (Link)

I did learn French in high school--but that was quite a while ago. Did you live in Thailand? How long? What took you there?

I lived in Japan twice, once for a year and a half, and once for almost two years (the first time was before I was married and the second time was afterward). I can read and write Japanese as well as speak it (but not as well as I used to...)

And since you must have kids as well--Happy Mother's Day!

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From: 88greenthumb Date: May 12th, 2008 01:36 am (UTC) (Link)

Thanks for the mom's day greetings. Yes, I have one kid-a grown-up son, who's married to a half-Japanese, half-White woman. In fact, am about to go out and meet them. They originally planned on taking me out to a shushi dinner (there are some good sushi places here, ) but am not too hungry. So we may just go out to walk by the beach. (She needs the exercise-she's due in July!) I made an applesauce bread (from a mix!) so we may just sit and picnic!

Wow! Almost 4 years of living in Japan! That must have been an experience! I'm impressed that you speak, read and write Nihonggo. Wish we lived closer to each other so I could learn from you! Did you go to school or work in Japan? I had a short (4-month) stint in Japan many years ago. I lived in Nagoya and took a training course on Regional Planning at the UN Centre for Regional Development. We did study Basic Japanese but we didn't take it seriously.

I lived in Thailand for 2 years. (That's where I met Trish, who was visiting our common friend, a Nepali, at our school. I did my graduate degree on Human Settlements Planning there under the sponsorship of the Canadian International Development Agency.

Got to go. My son just called and they're picking me up soon!

Oyasumi nasai, asakiyume-san! BTW what does your username mean?

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From: asakiyume Date: May 12th, 2008 02:23 pm (UTC) (Link)

Your time in Thailand must have been fascinating--I hope at some point you'll post about it, maybe?

My username means "Shallow Dreams" ("yume"=dream and "asaki" is the classical Japanese version of the modern-day adjective "asai," meaning shallow.) It comes from the Iroha poem, which you can read about here.

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From: djaza Date: May 11th, 2008 06:44 pm (UTC) (Link)

I love your birdsong posts. And Sailee who was sitting on my lap as I listened sure perked up her ears!

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From: asakiyume Date: May 11th, 2008 10:01 pm (UTC) (Link)

:-)

I love it when animals react to the things we're listening to!

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From: b_oki Date: May 12th, 2008 05:04 pm (UTC) (Link)

love your forest-birdsong video and photograph!

so peaceful :)

Happy Mother's Day!

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From: asakiyume Date: May 12th, 2008 05:27 pm (UTC) (Link)

And to you!

I'm glad you liked the birdsong--I want to try to get a clearer recording of the wood thrush, whose song is so beautiful, but I was very happy to get the oriole so clearly.

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