another impression from Ritsurin garden.

Impressions from an Ikebana exhibition in Meiji Jingu:

This is yet another photo taken at sunset close to the cottage we rented in Finland.
More views of Puruvesi Lake:
Sunset in Finland
Nightfall in Finland
Sunset Weeds

Weeds in the evening light, a moment after the sun set seen in Finland.

There are lots of flowers near the lake, but I especially like the thistles.

I just liked the light on the withered bark of the tree…
Doesn’t it almost look like a face?

A lotus flower in a Fukuoka Temple.

I took this picture inside Kibble palace, a world-famous glass-house in the Glasgow Botanical Gardens, back in 1993. When I revisited the botanical gardens in 2005, this attraction was closed for restoration.
One more reason to return to Glasgow some time later and see what this great building looks like now!

Who’s that?, originally uploaded by laurenz.

no idea what type of bug this is - but it sure is sitting on a beautiful lotos seed pod in a Fukuoka temple.

Sapporo Reflection, originally uploaded by laurenz.

There is a small park with two beautiful ponds next to the old Sapporo government building.
A very meditative spot right in the centre of this Northern metropolis.

Araucaria, originally uploaded by laurenz.

quite a big plant?- inviting passers by to enter a flower shop next to Wiesbaden’s “Marktkirche”.

Lotos Bud, Tochoji temple, Fukuoka, originally uploaded by laurenz.

a Lotos Bud, seen in the Tochoji temple, Fukuoka (Japan)

Sunflower, originally uploaded by laurenz.

seen in Glasgow botanic garden.

Another shot from the local flower shop.

A macro shot I took at the next flowershop with my Lumix FX8. No tripod, no filters.