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Good Morning friends, Sudha here again sharing some Saturday musings. As we are slipping in slowly into winter this Masaoka Shiki's haiku comes to mind -
"Fallen leaves  Come flying from elsewhere:  Autumn is ending"

It's calming to listen to the raindrops and admire this elegant lantern. Unlike the other ones in the garden, this one stands on both water and land. The long legs resemble the bridge of a Koto (13 stringed zither). This is a replica of the one found in Kenrokuen garden in Kanasawa, Japan. If you happen to be in the garden today there is a Koto demonstration from 1:15pm-2:15pm at Cathy Rudd Cultural corner. #portlandjapanesegarden #japanesegarden #lanterns #littledetails #koto

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Happy Friday friends, Sudha here again. Today I’m sharing a photograph of a spot where I often spend a few minutes while I’m volunteering. As Pico Iyer once said, "sitting still is a way of falling in love with the world and everything in it.” I stand still and observe the many different shades and textures of green and this helps me to be in the present moment and reset. Like the name suggests, this garden is natural and hardest to maintain, especially with pruning. Pruning in a natural way, without visitors noticing, takes an immense amount of skill and doing that with an eye of an artist is no easy task. Thank you garden staff for all the hard work you do and leaving us with a feeling that we are also a part of the tapestry. 🙏🏽#portlandjapanesegarden #japanesegarden #pruning #naturalgarden #nature

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Good Morning friends, I am enjoying the winter sun and hope you are too. Lets take a moment and sit by the sand and stone garden. Enjoy the quiet and take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the stones along the border. This is an aesthetic concept called "Mitate" (to see anew). It is a concept that stemmed from words used in unexpected ways in literature and in garden design. The concept of Mitate can be found in such things as the use of roof tiles, as decorative edging for garden paths and borders or in the millstones that are used here and there as stepping stones.
I love this concept !! #portlandjapanesegarden #japanesegarden #sandandstonegarden #zen

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