I love the topic Ann Christine has given us this week, surprise … but I’m struggling a bit with getting my head around it. “Let life surprise you” Unknown So I that is what I’m going to do …. share … Continue reading
Patti’s topic ” A Quiet Moment” – beautiful! My thought went straight away to my visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park ( (広島平和記念公園) in 2015. I visited the park 3 times during my 5 days. “The atomic bomb was created … Continue reading
Tina, wants us to have show off our lines … that leads somewhere – surprisingly I didn’t have that many. So I have struggled with the gallery this week. Wonder why … maybe I don’t really care where the leading … Continue reading
The A-bombed trees in Hiroshima, there is quite a few of them in the city center. Even if they were server damaged, they were given support and care. They are still standing and growing. On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb … Continue reading
What can be rarer than to find a garden full of umbrellas that are protecting the delicate flowers from the strong sun???!!!! One of the most humble experience I ever had, it was also so beautiful – a magical sight .. and … Continue reading
“Love is a friendship set to music.” Joseph Campbell A newly wed happy couple getting their photo taken in the beautiful Shukkeien Garden, Hiroshima – April, 2015 https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/jubilant/
“Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding” Albert Einstein When I read this weeks topic this image came to my mind straight away – the beautiful and the ugly in harmony; the cherry blossoms … Continue reading
“A garden isn’t meant to be useful. It’s for joy. Rumer Godden So soon I read this week’s subject … my thoughts went straight to the Shukkei-en Garden in Hiroshima, as I call the garden of umbrellas. This garden was completed in 1620 and in … Continue reading
Those 4 images are very special to me, even if they are reminders from the same war …. so fare from each other. The images are inspirational to me because they proven that the people have the force to stand up when … Continue reading
All around Hiroshima there was, what they call, a-bombed trees. Trees that survived the bomb and still standing high and mighty. Let me introduce you one of the trees that I met – this tree is standing in the courtyard … Continue reading
When visit Hiroshima is it very hard to understand the impact that a-bomb had on the city – if it hadn’t for all the memorials all over the city it wouldn’t be noticed. All the a-bomb survival trees …with their reminders. What I … Continue reading
Shukkei-en (縮景園?) is a historic Japanese garden in Hiroshima. Construction began in 1620 on order from Asano Nagaakira, daimyo of the Hiroshima han. The gardens were opened to the public in 1940, the Asano family donated them to Hiroshima Prefecture. Being … Continue reading
After a dinner last night did I decided that I would take a walk through the Peace Memorial Park …. Nancy went back to the hotel. Our hotel is only 10 min walk from the park. It was the chilliest evening … Continue reading
