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By ATSUO BEPPU
Born in Tokyo in 1938. Passed his boyhood on Amami-oshima island. Moved to Amami again in 1974 from Tokyo. Interested in taking pictures, shooting videos and fishing.












【 PEACHES AND PIGEONS ) 】



This time, I am writing about something personal because all
the pictures here were shot in the yard of my home in Tatsugo-cho.
 
  Hanamomo peach (Prunus persica) trees bloom in March in
Amami. The blossoms are deep pink and gorgeous. The fruit
ripens in July. Its size is a little smaller than a chicken egg.
It is often said the fruit isn't edible. I tried one and found it isn't
bad at all, although it's not very sweet. I once made some jam from 
the collected ripe fruit. It turned out perfect in color, scent and taste.
 
  One day a few years ago, I found pigeons called Zuaka-Aobato
(Formosan Green Pigeon) eating the fruit on our peach tree.
I took some photos of them from the second floor veranda of our house. 
They seem to keep coming back every year to eat the fruit by twos
and threes.




 
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