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| Tulips in bloom |
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| Magnolia |
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| Our budding photographer |
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| The window into the Japanese zen garden. The roji, or tea garden, prepares guest for the tea ceremony. The four seasons are included in its design, and moss represents the passage of time. Guests must stay on the stepping stones, and the tsukubai, the basin that visitors use to wash before the tea ritual, with stooping reminding guest to show humility. |
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| The stone wrapped in string means do not enter in a Japanese garden. The host may not yet be ready for you, or in this case, the door is not open to the public. |
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| It's quite a science to designing a bonsai. There are so many great and some ancient bonsais on display at the Chinese Gardens. I forgot (irony intended) that Gingko is also known as the Maidenhair tree. I like the image of the floppy gingko leaves, like a girl flipping her long hair back out of her face. |
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| Love this black and white combo pine. |
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