I had a stroll around Ueno Park in Tokyo this morning and went to the Paeony Garden.
The plants grow shaded by parasols and the combination is stunningly beautiful.
Here’s one of the gardeners at work.
…and one of the many keen photographers…
Here are some of the ones which especially caught my eye.
Heroes Not Zombies 
Peonies!
My mother died last August, and while I was caring for her, she told me that I was to come back to her yard and dig up some of her plants so they could grow in MY yard. Mr. Chili and I went yesterday and collected a bunch of violets, some hostas, and a couple of the babies from her red Japanese maple. We’ll go back – probably next weekend, and dig up the peonies, too; she loved them, and I want to have them here.