by Anderson Japanese Gardens | Nov 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Look how gracefully these leaves are just flowing downstream.” I didn’t see what she meant. She was a young mother With her young children, And a young man, Perhaps the children’s father, Perhaps her husband. She was pointing down at the creek,...
by Anderson Japanese Gardens | Nov 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Crutched Oak This large oak Arcs gracefully up and over a stream And is supported by a crutch. The base of the crutch Is nearly in the stream. Roughly at the point where the crutch Meets the oak The trunk fractures Into three large branches Then...
by Anderson Japanese Gardens | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Here in Northern Illinois, it is starting to feel like autumn is drawing to a close. The nights are getting colder, the days shorter, the trees more bare. In the gardens, the season is nearly over: the last day we are open to the public is this Sunday. We are...