Despite the overnight dusting of snow and the bitterly cold wind,I ventured down to Tokugawen,a local garden/museum yesterday morning.After a tour of the museum,of which more next week, I strolled over to see the winter peonies in the adjacent garden.The... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey
from Porcelain Monkey on Mon, Feb 25 2008
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