It may seem strange that there is a Japanese Memorial in rural New Zealand. It turns out that this area has a checkered past. The garden is stunning at the moment, in a very peaceful way.
Climate wise, it is a fantastic place for real cherries too. Each tree was humming with some very busy bees. A friend of mine has a commercial cherry orchard about 1 km from here.
We stop here regularly, not for the cherries but because there are 4 tame hens lurking around, waiting for bread. Little e knows this, so she was off to find them the first chance she had.
Lots of spring pics on my blog reader today! Your blossom pics are lovely.... interesting article too, I never knew we had PoWs here, clearly my NZ history is a bit lacking!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photographs, looks like little E had a ball! xx
ReplyDeleteThe sight of blossoms like that just lifts the heart! Thanks for the history lesson too - just told my husband and he had no idea something like that occurred. Isn't it funny how quickly little ones make associations between places, people and things! x
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