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<div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0'> <div> <h1 style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><em><span style='font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#9BA581;font-weight:normal'>Greetings!</span></em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#9BA581'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><em><span style='font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#9BA581;font-weight:normal'>For Starters...</span></em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#9BA581'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>On Tuesday the <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Upperville Garden Club</span></strong> held its 48th Annual Daffodil Show. Hats off to Barbara Sharp, Chair and Ginger Wallach, Vice-Chair and their entire committee for coordinating a stunning show and a preview to <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Virginia Historic Garden Week</span></strong> which begins on April 16th. And congratulations to all the winners and participants for providing lovely horticultural specimans and spectacular arrangements. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>Here is a short list of local garden events and tours of some of our beautiful Virginia gardens:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>April 16th:</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'> If you want to travel to the Richmond area, the oldest state garden tour will showcase the James River plantations and Tuckahoe, Thomas Jefferson's boyhood home. For information contact <a href="http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/7dfedd880063123c3ef9f9b5e2108fe0?pa=3388223096" target="_blank"><span style='color:#90A5A0'>www.vagardenweek.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>April 16th &amp; 17th:</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'> Leesburg will host its 21st Annual Flower and Garden Festival. I am told that this is always a fun-filled show with great ideas for design and plant inventory.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>April 18th:</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'> The Leesburg Garden Club is teaming with the Loudoun and Fauquier Garden Clubs to present tours in the historic Mt. Gilead area from 10am to 5pm. Among those on tour will be the gardens of Judy and Richard Mazzucchelli and Dawn and Michael O'Connor. For information please call 703.771.3081 or 703.777.6907.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h1 style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><em><span style='font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#9BA581;font-weight:normal'>With that in mind...</span></em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#9BA581'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>A little over a week ago we returned from a fabulous trip to Buenos Aires and believe me - it did not disappoint! Originally founded by the Spanish in the 1500's, BA has had a turbulent past of rule by oligarchs with great wealth followed by revolutions, dictatorships and coups. During its age of huge affluence in the late 1800's and early 1900's it sought the design inspiration of the French who influenced its city boulevards, architecture and park design which then, as you may know, led to its being known as the &quot;Paris of the Southern hemisphere.&quot; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>It is a tribute to the resilience of the Argentine people who weathered the upheavels of the Peron years and subsequent dictatorships until 1983 when a democratic form of government came into power, and where every street, road, and plaza is named for a revolution or leading revolutionary, that Buenos Aires holds its own globally as a sophisticated, cosmopolitan city. Unfortunately, like most urban areas, it is a study in contrasts of great wealth and beauty to appalling abject poverty.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>There were so many inspirational sights: city barrios (districts), each having its own distinct personality; the biosphere of <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Parana Delta</span></strong>; <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Placido Domingo</span></strong> in open air concert at <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>El Obelisco</span></strong> on Avenida 9 de Julio; the <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Teatro Colon</span></strong>; the <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Recoleta Cemetery,</span></strong> burial place of <strong><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Evita Peron</span></strong>; historic restorations and museums; historic/traditional and modern architecture; fabulous hotel interiors; urban redevelopment and incredible public gardens. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>And because we are approaching Historic Garden Week here in Virginia I would like to focus in this letter on some of the historic garden areas we saw in BA. Green spaces or plazas, one of which was in front of the apartment building where we stayed, punctuate the city grid of Buenos Aires like emeralds and provide the citizens with a much needed respite from the daily bustle of city life. A single great architect, <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Carlos Thays</span></strong>, who emigrateded to Argentina in 1889 from Paris went on to lay out many of these plazas as well as the country estancias.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=221 style='width:165.75pt;border-collapse:collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-tspace:2.75pt;margin-top:.5pt;mso-table-bspace:2.75pt; margin-bottom:.5pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:left;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt; float:left'> <p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=221 height=166 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://images.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0133/1571/original/CIMG2136.jpg" alt=Cimg2136></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'>Puente Blanco<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>Thays' most notable works, in the Palermo area, are the <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Botanical Gardens (Jardin Botanico)</span></strong> and the <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Third of February Park (ParqueTres de Febrero)</span></strong> with its famous, formal <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>El Rosedal</span></strong>, designed in 1914. <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>El Rosedal</span></strong> or <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Rose Garden</span></strong> has a sweet lake with several bridges, the most important known as <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Puente Blanco</span></strong> or <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>White Bridge</span></strong>, a lattice work confection that leads one into <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>El Rosedal</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=220 style='width:165.0pt;border-collapse:collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-tspace:2.75pt;margin-top:.5pt;mso-table-bspace:2.75pt; margin-bottom:.5pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:right;mso-table-top:middle;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in; border-spacing: 0;float:right'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-left:15.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt; float:right'> <p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=220 height=165 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://images.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0132/4083/original/CIMG2138.jpg" alt=Cimg2138></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'>Hubby on bench under the Serpentine Pergola <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>Following the shore line of the lake, a <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>serpentine</span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>pergola</span></strong> covered in climbing roses is decoratively enhanced with stone benches and grecian urns. At the center of El Rosedal, a large circular area, the <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Poets</span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Garden</span></strong>, is filled with busts of those such as Shakespeare and Argentina's most famous poet, Jorge Luis Borges. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>And off in a corner, secluded in a wooded area, a tradtional tiled sunken <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Andalusian patio</span></strong> encompasses tiled benches, walls and steps. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=221 style='width:165.75pt;border-collapse:collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-tspace:2.75pt;margin-top:.5pt;mso-table-bspace:2.75pt; margin-bottom:.5pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:left;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt; float:left'> <p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=221 height=166 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://images.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0132/4096/original/CIMG2154.jpg" alt=Cimg2154></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'>Andalusian Patio<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>While I have always preferred a more casual and natural approach to gardening (otherwise known as &quot;benign neglect&quot;) it was difficult not to fall in love with the structured, formal elements of <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>El Rosedal</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-bottom:13.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=554 height=415 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://images.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0132/4087/original/CIMG2142.jpg" alt=Cimg2142></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'>El Rosedal or Rose Garden is a romantic garden with winding red gravel paths, and has over 15,000 roses and 1,189 species of every color imaginable.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-bottom:13.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://madmimi.com/images/divider.png" alt="***"></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>In addition to the <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Jardin Botanico</span></strong> and <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Parque Tres de Febrero</span></strong> the <strong><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Japanese Garden (Jardin Japones</span></strong>), created in 1967 as a token of appreciation from the local Japanese community, boasts over 150 species of flora, many of which were brought from Japan. One of the largest gardens of its kind outside Japan, it is drop dead spectacular!<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=220 style='width:165.0pt;border-collapse:collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-tspace:2.75pt;margin-top:.5pt;mso-table-bspace:2.75pt; margin-bottom:.5pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:right;mso-table-top:middle;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-left:15.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt; float:right'> <p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=220 height=165 id="_x0000_i1032" src="http://madmimi.com/system/promotion_images/0131/9037/CIMG2172.JPG" alt=Cimg2172></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'>Ornamental Koi at the Jardin Japones<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>The centerpiece of the garden is a large lake which is crossed by two red traditional bridges. The lake is home to dozens of large, colorful, amusing, ravenous carp, which surface at any sign of human life above and according to one tour book these ornamental koi are &quot;reputed to jump like Kobe Bryant&quot; if they suspect a promising treat!<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=221 style='width:165.75pt;border-collapse:collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-tspace:2.75pt;margin-top:.5pt;mso-table-bspace:2.75pt; margin-bottom:.5pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:left;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0; float:left'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt; float:left'> <p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=221 height=166 id="_x0000_i1033" src="http://images.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0132/4102/original/CIMG2174.jpg" alt=Cimg2174></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'>The arched red bridge at Jardin Japones<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>Filled with a wide variety of plants, most of which are native to Japan, such as azalea, sakura, momiji, and katsura, it also has a some native South American plants, such as floss silk trees and tipa. Within the park are several traditional granite sculptures, in line with Japanese and Buddhist traditions. A Japanese Buddhist Temple also sits within the park, providing a place of worship. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=220 style='width:165.0pt;border-collapse:collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-tspace:2.75pt;margin-top:.5pt;mso-table-bspace:2.75pt; margin-bottom:.5pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:right;mso-table-top:middle;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div style='margin-left:15.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt; float:right'> <p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=220 height=165 id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://images.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0133/1871/original/CIMG2190.jpg" alt=Cimg2190></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#3A352A'>Boulders and iris at lake's edge<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>Numerous telescopes strategically placed throughout the park encourage visitors to view the multitudes of birds which come to perch on these well placed boulders. It wouldn't surprise me if the birds might have a good look at the sassy koi, and think, &quot;Ah, a nice fat tasty morsel for lunch!&quot; <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=554 style='width:415.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=554 style='width:415.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div> <h1 style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><em><span style='font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#9BA581;font-weight:normal'>Endings ...</span></em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#9BA581'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>While we enjoyed every second in Buenos Aires we are happy to be home now that it is warming up (well maybe) and everything is blossoming! When we departed most of the daffodils that I planted in the fall had yet to make any kind of appearance but they have now emerged, along with our flowering trees, and hopefully all will be in bloom before long. One thing is certain, though. It will be a long time before my lowly daffodils make their way to one of the exalted local daffodil shows!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#3A352A'>From 85 degrees...to pouring rain...and now sunny again. What next? 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