Japanese Gardens

Even the Japanese say that the Portland Japanese Gardens are one of the best in the world. 
The extras: The Koi Pond, and Mt. Hood in the distance.

In case I don't get a chance to post tomorrow, the Abstract Thursday theme is 'Pastels'.
"Pastels or pastel colors are the family of colors which, when described in the HSV color space, have high value and low to intermediate saturation. The colors of this family are usually described as "soothing", "soft", "near neutral", "milky", "washed out", "desaturated", and lacking strong chromatic content."
Paste the tag AT68.