Scenic Falls
by Bruce Bley
Title
Scenic Falls
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This past weekend my wife and I visited the Anderson Japanese Garden in Rockford, Illinois. The garden in the autumn is filled with many colors of fall and unique places for picture opportunities.
The Anderson gardens were established in 1978 by John R. Anderson and landscape architect Hoichi Kurisu on the site of Anderson's home. They were inspired by Anderson's trips to Japan, and particularly his visit to the Portland Japanese Garden in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, which were also designed by Kurisu.
In 1992, John Anderson was recognized for his outstanding work in promoting international friendship and mutual understanding between the United States and Japan with a commemorative silver cup from the Japanese government. Educational programs at the Anderson Gardens cover the language, arts, and culture of Japan, and the Gardens host formal tea ceremonies, ikebana and calligraphy demonstrations, bonsai displays, and feature programs for students and adults. Anderson Japanese Gardens hosts an annual Opening Day Celebration and Japanese Summer Festival, featuring celebrations of Japanese culture. In 1998, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson donated the gardens to a nonprofit organization.
In 2004 the gardens were named finest Japanese garden in North America by the Journal of Japanese Gardening.
I hope you have enjoyed this work and will share it with others. You can see more of my work on my homepage in the various galleries that I have created. Thank you for visiting and please come back.
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October 27th, 2015
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Comments (15)
Marsha Heiken
Bruce,this place must be awesome in person. Love this waterfall. Marsha FV
Bruce Bley replied:
It is truly a wonderful place to visit not only for it's beauty, but also for it's serenity. Love going there. Thank you for the visit, Marsha.
Bruce Bley
Dr. Bob and Nadine. I want to thank you for the feature in the group "1 A Broad Landscape View". Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
Randy Rosenberger
As administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, it is with pride and honor that I choose to feature this beautiful piece of your artwork on our homepage! Works of this stature and beauty are very deserving of special recognition, which you are receiving within our family of friends and fine artists in the WFS group. Congratulations on your feature on our homepage. You are very deserving of this honor. Liked & Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group)
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery, Randy. I sincerely appreciate it and thank you for your support.
Roger Passman
Your glorious image is featured by Exploring Illinois. Congratulations Bruce! -- As many times as I have walked past this very waterfall, made images of the waterfall and the moss covered rock in the foreground, I have never noticed the walking bridge just above the falls. This is the reason I love looking at photographs; I have the absolute privilege of looking through the eyes of another image maker thereby making my vision all the more keen. We all learn from each other, Thanks for the bridge and the small rainbow. Lovely.
Bruce Bley replied:
Roger, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Exploring Illinois". I sincerely appreciate the honor and thank you for the nice comment. I am glad you enjoyed this work.