Wow. I'm cranky today.
I really need to be more Zen about things. Here's a picture to meditate on:
This is the famous "Crane and Turtle" garden at Konchi-in in Kyoto. It's one of very few gardens absolutely known to have been designed by the great garden-desing master Kobori Enshu, out of the huge number of gardens attributed to him. It's really quite lovely-- I'm not sure the picture does it justice, but we spent a pleasant while looking at this while waiting for a tour of their art collection.
There, I feel better already.
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Earlier this year I reviewed Douglas Tallamy's Bringing Nature Home, which inspired me to convert my garden to all or mostly native plants.
August is the time when gardens look their best.
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow Aaron Newton and I will begin our next Farm and Garden Design Class.
First of all, in my first post I accidently wrote the class was starting tomorrow, April 4. In fact, we're starting the following Thursday, April 11 and running to the first Thursday in May (apparently I can't read a calendar correctly).
I won a small Buddha keychain from this very blogger through his "guess how many photos I will take in Japan" contest. It now hangs from my rear view mirror, and counsels me to patience and acceptance when traffic leaves me cranky.
I don't always listen to him. But I do try.