In my last post I mentioned that the Japanese and Chinese Gardens exist as a result of city planning decisions – that in the industrial wastes that would eventually occupy the Jurong swamps, Singapore’s government realized that people needed a place to go for greenery, tranquility, and recreation. Naturally, since this is Singapore, we could […]
We had a tour of the Japanese Gardens this morning, and I learned a lot, at long last, about what the Japanese garden aesthetic idea is – why there are rivers of gravel, for instance, and why rocks are parked all over them. Singapore’s Japanese and Chinese gardens were planned in the 1960s and built […]
This crane was aesthetically posed in a pond in the Japanese Garden this morning. I thought it was a statue at first.
The Singapore Unitarians, that small but doughty band, met for a tour of the Chinese and Japanese gardens this morning. I have lots of pictures of statues that I’ll post separately, but here were some highlights: This is the big Confucius statue towards the southern end of the garden, complete with a couple of dragon-y […]
I took this picture out our living room window this morning, about half an hour after dawn. A mother-daughter team out for a walk, with sun hats.
I saw this impressive guy on the NTU grounds this morning. It flew by me, so big I thought it was one of the local red roosters on the loose. I didn’t quite get a picture of its head, but take a look and see if my photos look like the bird from the diagnostic […]
At least the YOG fence gives the lizards a place to hang out. I like its long toes.
This is outside the Farrer Road MRT station and new City Square Mall.
rather than a swamp, which is what it used to be. There are concrete drainage ditches all over the place, and usually they’re not conspicuous for their beauty. But this morning after some rain, they became gurgling fountains and waterfalls. Two examples: and I don’t know if you can see their charm; perhaps you need […]
I was walking between downpours this morning, and saw a lot of snails climbing the YOG fence. Here are the approaches of 3 of them: Who says you need opposable thumbs to grasp objects?