Ladies day

When I went to Japan a couple of years ago,

I saw this rose poster at the train station.

Instantly, I thought I had to see this exhibition.

But I was with my elderly mother who had

a knee problem at the time.

There was no way she can walk to the museum.

So I asked her to wait at the station

 and ran to the museum all by myself.

The show was so wonderful!

Many master pieces done by

Redoute and Parsons were breath taking.

And the rooms of this show was  actually

filled with rose scent infusing through

air conditioners.

Such a great idea by curators.

I still don't know what was the special occasion though

the day I visited the museum was " Ladies day " and

every female visitors got a free pass.

http://www.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp/artmuse/

A year on and new beginnings

This is the last healthy image of our Cathedral.

Christchurch was hit by massive earthquake in September 2010.

And have been suffering waves of continuous aftershocks.

City was recovering from Boxing Day aftershock and 

no one was expecting what to come on 22nd of February.

We lost many lives, buildings and other things. Yet we found our inner strength, kindness and

true beauty of ourselves. People we loved and things we cherished are keep on living inside us.

And we will live to make them proud.

We love Christchurch OXOX