More practices: chrysanthemum .1 (菊花.再練習1)

Just learned that there's an exhibition of chrysanthemum at the Yuen Yuen Institute in Tsuen Wan. Although I have attended countless talks and lectures organized by this institution which advocates the unity of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, I have never once been there before. Killing two birds with one stone seemed like an eminently appealing option to me when I had breakfast this morning. So I went there. I never realized that this rather common flower could be so beautiful. I now have a headache the size of Victoria Peak deciding which of the snapshots I took to post. Maybe by color? Why not?

There were chrysanthemums everywhere: on the row of pots lining the paths up the garden, on the steps, in front of the parapets, on the walls, on the bamboo stage, in front of the temples, in the garden and upon special wooden racks for easier display.

A threesome, like a family



A wilder family

One of them



A different type of chrysanthemum, not yet open

starting to open up

a third type whose tips are streaked with purple

A pink chrysanthemum

Another view

A pinkish purple chrysanthemum

almost in full bloom

Its heart



Its side

A pink chrysanthemum with exploding hooks

Its smaller cousin