My sister and I both enjoyed the lovely blossoms in the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose yesterday. The Japanese celebrate cherry blossoms as a metaphor for the graceful and ready acceptance of destiny and so there are several such trees in this garden. The transience and beauty of the blossoms create a meditative calm, and […]
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Christmas Eve Eve at the Japanese Friendship Garden
I was inspired to take a walk today by Baldy at Baldy.Blog. He has begun a picture-a-day challenge for himself as a motivation to get outside. It occurred to me that I could do the same and so here are my pictures taken today at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose. It was 2.5-mile […]
Trying Out My New Camera
I have just bought an Olympus E-M10 and today I tried it out in my local neighbourhood and at the nearby Japanese Friendship Gardens. I still have a lot to learn about the camera’s capabilities, but so far I’m very happy with the basics. Here are some of my favourites.