Woods around Asahikawa, Hokkaido (pastel)

Wintersweet

View from the pier in autumn

Fed up with winter's grey...

 

.....people stop more often in front of flowers shops...

Biei in winter - Hokkaido

 

Dwarf bamboo in the snow

Strange plant

 

Trichosanthes cucumeroides

 

A plant to be found in China and Japan; the fruit - like miniature watermelons - draw the eyes. It is my second attempt at depicting this plant.

First snow this year