#27 · Jun 16–20 · Grain Beards and Seeds
Plums turn yellow
梅子黄
Ume no mi kibamu · Plum fruit turns yellow
Ripening yellow-green plums on a branch after rain; tactile skin and leaves.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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