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I am a glass beads maker in Japan.
In Japan we make glass beads using crystal glass rods and burner with air pump.Crystal glass has low melting point and delicate color.I love to make Japanese glass beads called "Tonbodama."
I love flowers. I make many kinds of flower bloom inside glass beads.
Please enjoy my glass works.When you are interested in me or my works, would you please contact me.I wold like to make friends of beads makers outside Japan.
My gallery and store in English,"Ayako's glass garden"
http://www13.ocn.ne.jp/~
shiro-ya/indexenglish.html
my ebay account
glass_jewelry_from_japan
Please search it as the word "Japanese lampwork."
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In last New Year holiday, I visited Australia. I found the flower on the road near Melbourne. I don’t know the name exactly, but I think it is African Iris. It is not native Australian, but I made the bead because it is beautiful.
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I like the black center of the flower.
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Vegetables and their Flowers
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Dragonfly is flying around balloon flowers.
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Beach morning glory flowers bloom on summer seashore, seashells scattering.
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I like birds. I wish I had wings like them. I let them fly in the sky of my beads.
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I made the beads, inspired pottery of ink blue flowers.
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Do you know the edible wild plant in early spring? It is flower of butterbur actually. The symbol of early spring comes out from twisted dry grass.
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Water lily flowers blooms on the pond and butterflies skimmers (Rhyothemis fuliginosa) are flying around them.
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Water lily flowers blooms on the pond and butterflies skimmers (Rhyothemis fuliginosa) are flying around them.
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Camellia flowers bloom in winter Japanese garden.
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Butterflies are flying around cherry blossoms.
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Cherry blossoms are blooming on the branch, waiting spring.
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Cherry blossoms are blooming on the branch now. Spring has come to Japan.
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It is one of Japanese winter holiday bead series.
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It is one of Japanese winter holiday bead series.
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cherry blossoms of smokey colors bloom on the gray and silver bead. I made the bead, using typical kimono pattern.
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Cherry blossom is symbol of spring in Japan.
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Pink and yellow chrysanthemum flowers bloom on the beads. The flower is symbol of autumn in Japan.
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Clematis blooms in early summer.
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This flower is common mallow mauritiana. Small deep pink flowers bloom among layered leaves.
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Blue and pink cornflowers bloom on the beads.
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Pink and blue cornflowers bloom in the cube bead.
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Crested kingfishers are flying on icy river. Frozen maple leaves are falling over them.
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Cuttlefishes are swimming on coral reef. Blue crabs and starfishes are around there.
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Butterfly is flying around daffodil flowers.
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Butterflies are flying around two kinds of daffodil flowers.
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I love multiple layered petals of the flower.
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Dahlia flowers in late summer
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Dandelion blooms like yellow stars in spring field. Bee and butterfly love the honey.
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Dandelion flower blooms and seeds are flying from the seed head.
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Many kinds of double christmas rose bloom in the beads.
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Many kinds of christmas rose bloom in the beads.
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I like clematis flower, especially double flowered ones.
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Double cosmos flowers bloom on the blue autumn sky.
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Dragonfly is flying around balloon flowers. It is traditional Japanese pattern.
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Making dragonfly bead was my dream, because Tonbo-dama means "dragonfly-ball" in Japanese. I finally finished them. Would you please look at my dragonfly!!
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I made butterfly murrini of yellow and black wings. The yellow is new color of Satake lead glass.
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Owls are flying in the wind. Snow and leaves are dancing around them.
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Owls are flying in the wind. Snow and leaves are dancing around them.
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Blue and pink forget-me-not flowers bloom and butterflies are flying around them.
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Blue and pink forget-me-not flowers bloom and butterflies are flying around them.
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I think we need some bright colors in gray winter day.
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Globularia salicina came from South Europe originally. We call the flower “Blue Eye” in Japanese. Small flower of blue and white is lovely.
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Happy Holiday!
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I made them for everyone who supports women's rights. Happy Women's Day!
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The wreath of leaves and berry is around the bead.
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Hummingbirds are flying around hibiscus flowers.
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Hummingbirds are flying around phlox flowers.
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They are good for holiday season.
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Ivy leaves turn into red.
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Three kinds of Japanese adonis is spring wild flower adopted in garden.
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The Japanese Adonis are kinds of Adonis amurensis. The adonis is originally Japanese spring wild flower but some kinds are adopted in garden. Two kinds of the flower bloom on the bead.
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Japanese Anemone hepatica brings spring. It is originally wild flower but gardeners have made it fascinating double flower. Many kinds of Anemone hepesica bloom Japanese garden.
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Japanese anemone hepatica flower is one kind of spring ephemeral in Japan.
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The day flower is Japanese favorite wild flower.
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Japanese marsh marigold flowers bloom on the stream.
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Japanese marsh marigold flowers bloom on the stream.
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I would like to let you know some of Japanese New Year. Here are my ornamental cabbage beads. We arrange the cabbage and some other New Year items, like plum flowers, pine branch, bamboo leaves or nandina berry, and display in front of house. I arranged pink ornamental cabbage and bamboo leaves and nandina in the beads. Enjoy them!
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Here is a typical pattern for Japanese New Year. Combination of pine branch, bamboo leaves and plum flowers.
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Here is another my New Year bead. It is one of very typical flower arrangement for New Year. I know lily is not traditional Japanese flower, but it is very popular now. We need some bright and sweet flower on dim winter day. We arrange lily with some Japanese traditional new year items. I arranged pink and white lilies with sarcandra glabra.
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Hydrangea flower is symbol of rainy season in early summer in Japan.
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Beads of bunch of lilac flowers
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Lily flowers bloom on the gray and silver bead, butterflies flying around.
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The flowers are typical arrangement for Japanese new year. Bright color of them makes gray winter day bright. Lily, aranthera anne black, nandina berry.
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In Japan we usually make bead jewelry with leather code. So our tonbodama usually has a hole from side to side. But in Western world you make jewelry of bead with hole from top to bottom. I think it must be good for pendant. Then I try one.
And my American friend suggested that white flower on purple must be beautiful. How do you think of it?
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The flowers are typical arrangement for Japanese new year. Lily, aranthera anne black, nandina berry. Bright color of them makes gray winter day bright.
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Feather pen and the word "LOVE."
A wonderful gift for someone intimate to you.
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Moon, bush clover and bellflower are Japanese traditional pattern for autumn.
Actually Japanese bush clover and Japanese bellflower bloom in different season. Bellflower blooms in summer.
But I hope the pattern is beautiful.
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Combination of moon, bush clover and bellflower is Japanese traditional pattern for autumn. Actually Japanese bush clover and Japanese bellflower bloom in different season. Bellflower blooms in summer. But I hope the pattern is beautiful.
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Luna moths are flying around moonflower in the midnight.
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I love the blue flower.
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Morning glory is traditional Japanese summer flower.
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Morning glory is symbol of summer in Japan.
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I made the flower, using mosaic technique.
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Here are my first Moretti 3D flowers. I usually use Satake lead glass, but it is too soft and breakable for 3D beads. So I tried Moretti. It is wonderful to try something new to me.
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I tried mosaic technique.
It was difficult but I enjoyed it.
I will make more patterns with the technique.
I hope the beads are good for holiday season.
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Japanese style glass beads, Obidome.
Ornaments for Japanese kimono belt. It is put on front of belt.
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Yellow okra flowers bloom near green young fruits.
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Old Rose Flowers bloom in autumn garden.
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The pink flower is one kind of Phalaenopsis
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Two kinds of orchid flower bloom on the bead
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Orchid flowers bloom on the beads.
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The combination of rnamental kale and viola flower is very popular for winter garden in Japan. The both plants are strong in cold weather, so we can enjoy the beauty in gray winter and early spring days.
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Spring has come!
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In Japan we call the flower, "tokei-so," clock-flower. You may understand the reason.
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Many petunia flowers bloom in the garden.
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White and blue scabiosa, pincushion flowers bloom on the bead. Dragonflies are flying around the flowers.
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Scabiosa, pincushion flowers.
Several years ago, I made Japanese wild pincushion flower, but this ones are Western flowers. I think they are fancier.
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This is one kind of Japanese camellia, named Otome Tsubaki. It means maiden camellia. Isn't it beautiful name?
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Two kinds of pink flowers bloom and dragonflies and butterflies are flying around them.
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Two kinds of pink flowers bloom and dragonflies and butterflies are flying around them.
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Two kinds of pink flowers bloom and dragonflies and butterflies are flying around them.
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Plum blossom is lucky symbol for new year in Japan.
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Plum blossom is one of luck symbol for new year in Japan.
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The pom-pom flowers are kinds of chrysanthemum. Cute flowers of round shape bloom around the bead.
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Ranunculus flowers of three colors bloom on the beads.
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Ranunculus flowers of three colors bloom on the bead. They look so bright. I hope they bring spring to us.
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Raspberry flowers bloom inside and outside the beads.
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Ivy leaves turn into red, purple and Orange.
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Ivy leaves turn into red, purple and orange.
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This is my first vessel bead. How do you think of it?
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The flower is Hypericum calycinum, one kind of Rose of Sharon. I love the yellow flower blooming in early summer.
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I didn't know saffron crocus flower blooms in autumn.
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There are a lot of kinds of Saxifraga fortunei. The lovely small flowers are delight in late autumn garden.
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Many flowers, desert chicory, desert gold, delosperma bloom in desert. Scorpions are A crawling among them.
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This single-petaled nigella is called “Blue Istanbul” in Japan. I visited the old city last month. I don't know nigella came from Turkey. But the deep blue flower reminds me of blue tiles of mosque in Istanbul.
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Snowflakes falling from heaven, twinkling. I made new three murrini of snowflakes.
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Snowflakes falling down from the heaven.
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Snowflakes are falling over camellia flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling over camellia flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling on pink and blue christmas rose flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling over christmas rose flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling on christmas rose flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling over christmas rose flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling over double christmas rose flowers.
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Snowflakes falling on fir branch. Beads for holiday season.
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Snowflakes are falling on the flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling on flowers.
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Snowflakes are falling on ivy leaves.
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Snowflakes falling on last white wild rose. Beads for holiday season.
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Snowflakes falling on last white wild rose. Beads for holiday season.
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Snowflakes are falling over old rose flowers.
It is good for winter holiday.
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Snowflakes are falling on Paeony flowers.
It is one of Japanese winter holiday beads series.
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The flower is one kind of Japanese Ranunculaceae Coptis. I like wild flowers. Spring Ephemeral is delight in early spring.
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Hydrangea flower is symbol of rainy season in early summer.
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In Japan Sumi-e (ink and wash painting) painters like to paint paeony flower. It is very traditional design. I tried making the beads, inspired by such painting.
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In Japan Sumi-e (ink and wash painting) painters like to paint paeony flower. It is very traditional design. I tried making the bead, inspired by such painting.
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Sunflower looks beautiful in the bright sunshine of summer.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many sea creatures, sea anemones, starfishes and nautiluses are bottom of the sea. Turtles are swimming above them.
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Vine rose flowers bloom around the beads.
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Goldfishes are swimming around waterlily flowers.
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Waterweed (Egeria densa) is floating in the pond, blooming. Goldfishes are swimming around the waterweed. And ripples are spreading on the surface of the bead. (The surface is smooth but you still recognize the ripples on it.)
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Winter paeony is delight of gray winter day.
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Snowflakes falling above rose flowers.
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Bunches of wisteria flower hang on the vine cane.
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Yellow cosmos flowers blooms and butterflies (& Indian Red Admiral) are flying around them.
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Yellow cosmos flowers blooms and butterflies are flying around them.
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Yellow vine rose flowers bloom around the bead.
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