Thanks to our good friend Rob C who’s just returned from a trip to Japan and sent us some great horticulturally themed pictures. The first (above) are fruit trees in Tokyo’s Imperial Gardens. Wow, they really are some large sized fruit!

While he was on his way to Meiji Jingu one of the Shinto shrines there, he caught this great display of minature gardens above. They’re excellent Rob, more photographs please!
Japan pics © Rob C 2024
We’ve just heard from our good friend Rich R in the Lake District about the weather tomorrow morning up there and it looks like it’s around minus 4. We will not complain about the supposed cold weather here in SE23!

And the above photographs too look like a special place even though we wouldn’t want to be doing any skinnydipping in the water there at this time of year. We’ve saved a great one until last, a majestic looking sheep from 
