Sunday, February 28, 2010

Japanese Garden Haiku







A WHITE SWAN SWIMMING
PARTING WITH HER 
UNMOVED BREAST
CHERRY-PETALED POND
                       ~Roka










MY SHADOWY PATH
I'VE SWEPT ALL DAY
AND NOW...OH NO!
CAMELLIA-SHOWER!
                     ~Yaha














DEAD MY OLD FINE HOPES 
AND DRY MY DREAMING
BUT STILL...
IRIS, BLUE EACH SPRING
                      ~Shushiri













Images: Flickr Creative Commons
Haiku: Public Domain, at Sacred-texts.com

Saturday, February 20, 2010

The Beauty of Japanese Gardens

Well, we are still digging out after the multiple snowfalls that came through over the last month, but there's been entirely too many snowy pictures posted here for my liking. I started researching Japanese Gardens online to relieve my cabin fever and maybe get some ideas for the garden this Spring. I collected up some of the pictures I found and posted them in an article The Beauty of Japanese Gardens.  There are pictures of Japanese gardens all around the world. 
 
I have several sections completed in the garden.  It is sort of broken up into separate rooms, and I've worked on completeing a room or two each year. It's getting to look like a whole now. Last year we had some big Summer storms that trashed some sections, but it made us rework some things that look better now.  I know this Spring I will be finishing a bridge I started last year.  I also need to do a small rock garden on a hillside.  Not sure what thats going to turn out like, but I'll need to be rock-hunting again.

So anyway, it's just computer research time. Take a look at the other article if you like, Maybe it'll be what you need to start thinking about garden season too.

The Beauty of Japanese Gardens