garden respite...

Last month we picked what we thought would be a quiet weekday morning to visit the Japanese Garden, just starting to come into its beautiful spring finery.

Upon our arrival, though, we found a couple of big yellow schoolbuses disgorging loads of kids at the gates.

Somehow the garden managed to absorb the children, and we still managed to experience a few quiet meditational moments like this one.

Portland, April 2006.

Rolleiflex T, Fomapan 400, PMK.