{"id":11611,"date":"2016-10-13T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T15:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=11611"},"modified":"2016-10-14T07:43:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:43:10","slug":"stuff-liked-week-fall-color-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/13\/stuff-liked-week-fall-color-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I Liked This Week: Fall Color Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are anxiously (eagerly?) awaiting the storm that was promised us by our local celebrity weather man, Cliff Mass<\/a>. Unprecedented winds, he said. Historic level stuff for Puget Sound, he said. Knowing that the leaves could be gone tomorrow, I charged my camera*, put the husband and the dog in the car, and headed to Kubota Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 garden was started by a Japanese landscaper — Fujitaro Kubota —\u00a0 in 1927. The garden’s website<\/a> tells us that the family was quite generous in sharing their private grounds with the public; we rewarded them by throwing them in an interment camp for four years during WWII. The family restored the gardens after their release; the grounds have been a public park since 1987.<\/p>\n

And right now, this minute, the color is spectacular. I hope our impending storm is kind to this garden, though time will sweep the leaves away eventually, storm or no.<\/p>\n