missing Atsugi

I'm blogging from Manila now. These are some random photos taken in Atsugi which I wasn't able to post last month.

Dogs! ♥ Candid photos of dogs at Bousai no Oka Park :)

Hairy brown dachshund

Our visually-impaired neighbor with his seeing-eye labrador

There's a small park near the building where I attend Nihongo class every Saturday morning. This is the scene I usually pass on my way home.

Just before leaving Japan, I caught these bright buds (?) in the sidewalk planters in downtown Atsugi. Pretty! :) I wonder what the planters will have for me when I get back.

what do you call these?