Mulberry （クワノミ）, Sacred bamboo （ナンテン）

I took my mother to a farmers market when she visited me from Japan.

There are many varieties of berry. She asked me “ Are they mulberries?”. “No, they are black berries.”. I replay. She said “They look like mulberries I used to eat”, then started to telling me about her childhood memory, and now it is my memory of Mulberry.

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Soji Yamanote, one of Rikyu’s disciples said 

花の上手は何れの花にても手柄次第也なり。花に法度を言うは初心の為也。

 “You can arrange any flowers with your sense.  Rules are for beginners.”

I think I can start learning chabana from copying the arrangements by the persons who have a great taste…