I'm into a gold phase and so I found this photo taken in Hong Kong. Not being a shopper I actually didn't rave about this city when I first went as, apart from Stanley market, I hated the mass of crowds and seemed to spend the whole of my few days unsuccessfully seeking out somewhere quiet. These goldfish/koi /carp [what are all these names...... the same thing or not?] were in a garden behind a hotel and gave me some peace. The second time I went back to Hong Kong I enjoyed it much more and didn't waste my time, and everybody else's, whining and complaining, but just took the Tylenol and went along with the busy, chaotic and noisy flow. I found some quieter space walking round the top of the Peak trying to find where my brother had lived years before and wishing I didn't have to get back in that tram again..... which is really a funicular railway on an immensely steep slope which gave me the heebie-jeebies.
I used to wonder why they didn't clean the water in Asian ponds as it always looked so murky until I learned that it is purposely done! The jade green colour actually takes a lot of work to achieve with clay usually lining the bottom of the pond and the rocks are carefully placed around to create shadow. Often I look at things too quickly not appreciating the work and thought that, in this case, has been put in to achieve a natural look! The gardens are welcome in those busy Asian cities and their simplicity, and sometimes starkness, is perhaps a welcome diversion from the onslaught on the senses everywhere else. Their aim, after all, is to provide a corner of tranquility.
I can't let today pass without wishing all the best to the United States and their new President and the feeling of hope and change that he brings will affect us all here too. Whatever would you do on your first day at the job there?
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