Walks in Japanese Gardens

                                                                                                                                jhhymas

This was taken
 on one of our early-summer Yuki Teikei haiku walks 

at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga.

It is possible to sit for a long time 

watching the graceful carp move in the water

and thinking about life, about beauty and about art.
If you can do it with friends like these, you are very fortunate.

cool bronze feet

of the lilypond crane--the carp's

whiskered shadow

June Hopper Hymas