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04/26/2013 A trio of trees in a leaning angle along Shore Road in Bay Ridge. Kodak Ektar 100. Olympus 35 SP. G.Zuiko 42mm 1:1.7.
Pine-tree on sticks
Kenrokuen Garden is a beautiful Japanese garden with an area of 11.4 hectares located on the heights of the central part of Kanazawa and next to Kanazawa Castle. The Maeda family, who ruled the Kaga Clan (the present Ishikawa and Toyama areas) in feudal times, maintained the garden from generation to generation. From its scale and beauty, it is regarded as one of the most beautiful feudal lords' gardens in Japan.
Kenrokuen Garden has a big artificial pond, and hills and houses are dotted in the garden. Visitors can appreciate the whole, dropping in at them. The big pond called "Kasumigaike" was compared to an open sea, and an island, on which an ageless hermit with miraculous power was believed to live, was constructed in the pond in hope of the long life and eternal prosperity of the lord. Kenrokuen, which means "having six factors", was given the name because of the six attributes that bring out the perfect landscape of the garden: spaciousness, tranquility, artifice, antiquity, water cources, and magnificent view from the garden.
There is a stone lantern designed in the image of the Japanese koto (harp) by the pond, which becomes the symbol of Kenrokuen Garden. There is a fountain created using the natural pressure of water flowing from the higher pond.
Visitors can enjoy the beauty of the flowers and trees, such as plum and cherry blossoms in spring, azaleas and irises early in summer, and colorful red and yellow leaves in autumn.
The work is in the middle of a roundabout on the Canary Wharf Estate - can it really be true that motorists were initially confused by it, and tried to obey the signals?
From the plaque nearby:
"The sculpture imitates the natural landscape of the adjacent London Plane trees while the changing pattern of the lights reveals and reflects the never-ending rhythm of the surrounding domestic, financial and commercial activities."
Watch this clip of the lights in action.
在附近办事，排在我前面的有30多人，拿到轮候票后就来这里拍个照。
I was the 32nd in a queue, so took a break and took photos before my turn.
Photos courtesy of Jason Houston, www.jasonhouston.com . From a March 2009 trip with writer William deBuys traveling to Indonesian Borneo (Central Kalimantan, Indonesia) to visit with NGOs Yayorin and Orangutan Foundation UK to explore the social and environmental dynamics of forest conservation in and around the Lamandau Wildlife Reserve. The LWR is a release site for the Bornean Orangutans, the central area for an upcoming Rare Pride Campaign, and site of a proposed community-based carbon trading demonstration site for the UNDP's REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) program.