Portland Japanese Gardens December 13, 2010

When my brother said he wanted to go to the Japanese Gardens on his vacation in December, my response was "You want to go in winter!" After much convincing we made out plan. Happily, just days before we set off, Groupon.com was offering a two for one coupon. So rather than $9 each that was the total. Awesome!

Off to the gardens we went. After a windy ride in the hills we found the parking lot for the Portland Japanese Gardens. After parking we hiked up the trail to the entrance gate. No sooner did we go
through the gate than the rains came. Not daunted, off we went to explore.

Even in winter and in the rain it was quite scenic. I am not the type to sit and contemplate the landscape and the use of one element to represent another. Too quiet for my liking. However, observing those who are into that type of thing was interesting and Larry was totally in his element.









There was lots of color and textures that made the scenery quite interesting. There were plants that were even in bloom.




























And the rain added its fine touch and even made a leafless tree twinkle.




























Larry's observation of the this scene was that the rocks represented people and how the ripples represent the fact that we do not live in isolation and the ripples represent the affect we have on the lives of others, whether we recognize that or not. Deep!