Kiku means ‘to listen’ as well as ‘chrysanthemum’ in Japanese. So it was appropriate to hear Taico drumming at the NY Botanical Garden Thursday afternoon at a members’ event to open their autumn flower show.
Our friends, Aileen and Gerry, had invited us to visit the garden with them to see the exquisite flowers and to hear the drums. Later in the evening, we walked to the ‘pop-up” Japanese restaurant for a delicious supper of miso soup, sushi, ramen noodles, and a bento box filled with tasty morsels.
To say the flowers were beautiful and impressive is an understatement. The art of meticulously growing, nurturing, and controlling the chrysanthemums is a true test of patience and skill with amazing results.
The weather was perfect: clearing skies after having rained for a couple of days with temperatures in the high sixties. The booming sounds of the Taico drummers reverberated across the botanical garden as the sun was setting. It was a wonderful afternoon and evening.
(iPhone photos – not bad!)