Saturday, May 8, 2010

Camera Critters

Each Saturday Misty hosts Camera Critters. Be sure you visit! It's a wonderful place for critter lovers.

Back to the Japanese Garden in Hermann Park.

We rounded a corner to view the Tea House and found this little guy.



Black-crowned Night Heron


We kept looking and found his friend.



Black-crowned Night Heron


By the time we walked all the way around the lake near the Tea House we had found seven Black-crowned Night Herons ... all little statues ... standing very still, quiet, beautiful.


Black-crowned Night Heron


Last week there was an article in our little neighborhood newspaper about Black-crowned Night Herons and Yellow-crowned Night Herons nesting in a neighborhood near Hermann Park where the Japanese Garden is located. I think Mr. Dragon and I will go heron hunting this weekend!

More critters in the Japanese Garden next week!


Friday, May 7, 2010

Postcard Friendship Friday

Postcard Friendship Friday is hosted every week by Beth at The Best Hearts Are Crunchy.
She is celebrating Mother's Day this week with a wonderful postcard and information about Mother's Day in Australia. Be sure you visit.

I didn't have an official Mother's Day postcard, so I thought a cat and kitten might do.




Cat & Kitten Postcard


The back of the postcard reads:
Cat and Kitten, 1986, by Pamela Higgins Patrick (American).
Pastel on paper.

From The Cat Postcard Book: A Celebration of cats, with 30 full-color portraits to mail, share, and cherish

Happy PFF and a Happy Mother's Day!


Sunday, May 2, 2010

Mosaic Monday: Japanese Garden

It's Monday and that means Mosaic Monday, hosted every week by the lovely Mary at The Dear Little Red House. Be sure you visit.

Edited to include link to Today's Flowers -- a virtual flower garden. So many of you have enjoyed the iris, I thought I should share them a little more!

Mr. Dragon and I went to the Japanese Garden in Hermann Park last week.
It was a beautiful afternoon. The humidity was low and we had the garden almost to ourselves.

With its waterfalls, bridges, and stone paths that wander among crepe myrtles, azaleas, Japanese maples, dogwoods, and peach and cherry trees, the Japanese Garden is a peaceful hideaway in the Park. This particular garden is a daimyo style, and includes a tea garden, a kaiyushiki stroll garden, and a scroll garden.


I have lots of photos and you may have to put up with them for several weeks!


Mosaic From the Tea House



This is the Japanese Tea House and all of these photos are shots from or around the Tea House.


Iris Blooming


We were too late for the azaleas in the Japanese Garden, but there were a few Iris still blooming.

More next week!

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A quick update on Mr. Dragon. The feeding tube is out and he is learning how to eat all over again. Much easier said than done. He doesn't have much energy, so when we go out we make sure there are plenty of places to sit and rest. The Japanese Garden was perfect. Going in the afternoon, all the school children (at the museum of natural science or the zoo) were gone and we could find a good parking place. He's lost weight. Each day is an adventure, but the doctors are happy about the pathology report and very optimistic. We keep plugging along.

Thanks again for all your love, prayers, support, white light, et al.
We do appreciate it and you!