This post is an amalgamation of photos from my birthday jaunt to the Japanese garden in the Clingendael estate last week, and another visit I couldn't resist taking today. Well, it's only open for a few weeks in Spring and Autumn, so it could be considered gathering my Japanese rosebuds while I may. Plus, Spring has been so late this year that it's been playing merry hell with timings and bulbs and shrubs, and nothing is flowering together as it does normally, so I was happy to go back today and see the latest in Japanese shrubbery news.
For once I wasn't disturbed by the plethora of folks wandering around and enjoying the surroundings; on the contrary, they were, on the whole, friendly and courteous (so, mostly not Dutch), and I found that they actually made my photos come alive. If you know me and my people-avoiding tendencies, you'll appreciate that this is a big step forward in stopping myself from shouting at everyone to Get Off My Lawn. Especially as I own no lawn. And probably wouldn't shout at anyone. But I'd be thinking it really hard, whilst getting out of your way, and probably apologising for being on your path even though you're the one that walked into me.
I reckon we could all do with a little more Japanese politeness and respect in our lives, and it seems that this is the perfect place to start!
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