Day3893: Baby Blue Eyes and an idea.

    

"Despair": acrylic, collage. digital.

* PS Alert: My significant other (Mac Pro laptop) is still ill, 

and not himself. I am not able to format, so things are out of place.

                                         

 

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2GN2S ...

5.3 Million Baby Blue Eye Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan

Although Japan's cherry blossoms get all the attention for their short-lived beauty ...

photo by yuga kurita

these little beauties, equally ephemeral are Japan’s Nemophila, or Baby Blue Eyes. And once a year, around late April to Early May, an astounding sea of 5.3 million of these little flowers cover the land for a little over a week.

photo by kobaken

Hitachi Seaside Park is located on the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, a little over 2 hours north of Tokyo. There, according to this helpful flower calendar, 5.3 million of these Baby Blue Eyes paint the hills blue in Spring in an event referred to as “Nemophila Harmony.” And according to the calendar, peak bloom is a bit earlier this year: April 15th – 22, 2023.

photo by Megu

photo by ituki kadiwara

photo by atsuyoshi motoyama

photo by Syota Takahashi

A Bright Idea ... (There really is a record for everything!) 

 Three Boeing aerospace engineers put their credentials to the test and broke the world record for the farthest flight by a paper airplane. (There really is a record for everything!) After nearly 500 hours of origami folding and studying aerodynamics, Nathan Erickson, Dillon Ruble and Garrett Jensen got their design to fly a whopping 289 feet, 9 inches -- almost the length of an American football field. The trio says they were inspired by various hypersonic aircraft, and everything from the angle of the path (40 degrees off the ground) to the type of paper (A4) had to be meticulously tested.

 

 

 

 

A cute 3+ minute video, Dear Earth, here.

 

Just because ...

  

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

 

Smiles for Sunday ...

  

 

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