— Writing Slowly

I’m reading about the traditional Japanese porch, the engawa, seen here at the Shugakuin Imperial Villa.

A traditional Japanese-style room with shoji screens opens up to an engawa porch with a lush garden view.

But right now I’m sitting on the typically Australian version, the verandah, an idea the colonialists took from India.

In each case, inside and outside connect quite elegantly.

Two brown chickens and a white chicken roam near a house with a verandah and a lush green lawn and trees in the background.