Manito Park by scribblingramma

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photography · @scribblingramma · Oct 8 '18

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Manito Park

A week ago, while I was house-sitting and dog-sitting for my daughter, I ventured to the nearby city of Spokane, Washington, to explore Manito Park. I have been to this park many times over the years, and never tire of it. The beauty of the place always impresses and amazes me.

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"Duncan Garden is a classical European Renaissance-style garden comprising three acres of the park. The garden includes manicured turf areas and vast displays of colorful annual bedding plants." [source](https://my.spokanecity.org/parks/gardens/duncan/) Every year the color combinations and varieties of flowers are a little different, so it's a new sight each summer. 

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<center>This is such an attention-getting splash of color!</center>

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Across the parking lot from Duncan Garden, a little path leads up a small slope to this shelter.

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On the other side of that little slope, what a sight meets the eye! It is the wall below the rose garden. This, too, is planted with different flowers from one year to the next.

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This vine-covered wall conceals a stairway up to the rose garden. I had never before been here at the right time of year to see its autumn colors.

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I was surprised to see so many roses still blooming bravely on the first day of October. But I've never tried to grow roses, so I really wouldn't know! 

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Do you ever sniff a rose in a public garden and then wonder how many other noses have already touched it that day?

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Not only is it fun to take photos here, but it is also a favorite spot for artists. This lady was having fun with the autumn colors, but lamented the quickly changing light conditions. The sun was playing hide and seek behind the clouds.

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The Japanese Garden symbolizes the friendship of Spokane and its sister city, Nishinomiya, Japan. The garden is designed for quiet contemplation and a leisurely stroll. Signs caution against running or making noise. Huge goldfish (koi?) occupy the peaceful pond. 
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<center>Tsutakwa Pagoda was a gift to Spokane from its sister city in 1989.</center>

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The perennial garden looks different every month, of course. I like getting ideas for plants to try out in my own garden. And that is the end of your mini-tour of Manito Park!

<center>*All photos taken by me on my Android phone.*</center>

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@jacobtothe · Oct 8 '18 (edited)

It has been years since I last visited Manito park. I have fond memories of the Japanese Garden and its koi pond though.

Koi and goldfish are related. They are both essentially ornamental carp subspecies.

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@joeylim · Oct 8 '18

@scribblingramma I totally laughed at this line: 
>Do you ever sniff a rose in a public garden and then wonder how many other noses have already touched it that day?

 Nope I have never wondered that, but my nose is one of them because I always sniff all these lovely flowers <3

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@scribblingramma · Oct 9 '18

Ha ha! I'm glad that line made you chuckle! Yeah, I'm a flower-sniffer, too!

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