It’s taken me some time, but here are pictures of the Leu Gardens in Orlando and of last Sunday’s snow in Tokyo. It should be obvious which are which.
Cypress knees. Scientists theorize that they increase oxygen uptake.
Spanish moss.
The next shots are all from the rose garden, which perhaps more than the rest of the Leu Gardens benefits from January cool.
Backlit Spanish moss.
More Spanish moss. It’s the South.
I can’t remember the name of this plant, even though it had a remarkable one. That comes of waiting too long to post the pictures.
Now for the snow in Tokyo. These pictures, as the previous ones, smyp uploaded for me. Thanks!
Umbrella casualty.
Good thing I knew where the metro entrance was.
Power shoveling.
Camouflage coat.
Deserted platform.
Playing in the snow after church.
Tim, the boys, and the snowman at Honda chapel.
The snowman didn’t last past lunchtime, suffering a lumbar prolapse and ensuing abdominal structural failure.
Beautiful! And dew on the roses, too. Mom says the plant is called gaut. Love ya!
The gout plant, right! As I said, a remarkable name. I’m glad your mother has a better memory than I do!
So I stumbled across this blog from your entry on the conference in Sanya, and found it amusing because your observations were 100% aligned with what I experienced. Everything from the luggage to the driving to the “corner that avoided the cleaning lady.” And it makes me think I missed something at the farewell event (which I skipped out on) if the booth girls were there. Oh well.
I read all of the entries from what you thought of the conference and a few of the entries thereafter. I loved the images from China and Japan. I’ve personally snapped got dozens of pics of signs with mis-translated English that I took when living in Tokyo and was fortunate enough to encounter a few from this most recent trip to Sanya. My favorite from this round – while walking along a path in a forested area near the beach, I saw a sign warning me of what looked like low hanging branches. It had a stick figure person, with a line above the head (the branch, I guess) with a phrase that read, “Mind Crotch”. An instant favorite!
Thanks for commenting, NoLimitLion, even though I have no idea who you are. You obviously had more time to wander the beach than I had. As my Sanya experience centered pretty neatly around the conference, the hotel, and the drive to the airport, and it seems you may have seen a little bit more, would you mind sharing what you thought of the rest of Sanya?
And of course I am curious how you came to stumble across my blog. Not many people do. It is nice, though, to have it resonate with someone other than the usual suspects!