Winner

You may remember that in my post about Sankeien garden I said that whoever could tell me the name of the Bonsai tree in the picture would get a prize.



The first (and in fact only) entry came from my father who correctly named it ophiopogon japonicus nana or Monkey Grass, a plant native to Japan and often used as decoration in larger Bonsai designs.


As a prize dad will recieve this:




A kokeshi doll of a sumo wrestler. Kokeshi are a Japanese traditional art form carved out of wood and often brightly painted.


You too could win a prize. All you have to do is answer the questions I ask. It's that easy.

I leave you today with a quote from Dianne Feinstein, "Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recomend it."