
Life is continuous with its environment, an existence whose boundaries are ambiguous. In other words, the contour of life’s existence is not a physical, bodily boundary, but an ambiguous one that includes the continuity with its environment. Life does not exist by itself rather, it is the environment that is continuous with it that maintains the structure of life. It consumes external matter and energy as food and discharges it, sustaining its ordered structure as the energy dissipates. The vortex is an existence within the flow, and the contour of its existence is ambiguous. The vortex cannot maintain a stable structure on its own rather, it is created and sustained by water that continuously flows inwards and outwards.

If a vortex is taken out of the ocean and placed in a closed box, the vortex will disappear. Life is like a vortex created in the ocean. A stone can continue to exist in a closed box, sealed off from the outside world, but life cannot sustain its existence in such a box because it does not maintain an independent structure. Objects like stones and man-made creations maintain a stable structure on their own. Where are the contours of the existence of life? In the middle of the city, this man-made botanical park and its lake sustain the ecosystem together with humans, as a man-made ecosystem within the city that includes human beings. Nagai Botanical Garden stretches over an area of 240,000-sqm with a large lake in the center, and its flora change with the seasons throughout the year.ĥ0 years since its opening, the garden is now home to many wild birds, such as Northern goshawks and owls, which are placed at the top of the food chain and thus dependent on a healthy ecosystem to exist. It is located inside Nagai Park that opened in 1944 as an urban park that includes facilities such as a baseball stadium. He slept on the coach and by the next afternoon, everyone was fine.Nagai Botanical Garden is an outdoor botanical garden in Osaka that opened in 1974. I was on the mend, so I called my mom to come help with the boys, since Scott was in no shape to assist. No more than two hours after the rest of the crew got home, everyone got sick. I didn’t go because I wasn’t feeling well. What happened the first year we visited Illuminations? When the lights don’t cooperate with my photo. There were a lot of people this year, even though they continued the timed tickets process implemented last year to control crowds. I remember riding it way back when we visited in the 70s and 80s. The Carousel is vintage – it’s restored from the Carousel at Joyland, Wichita’s amusement park that closed in 2006.

This year, some rode the carousel because when your mother-in-law/grandma asks you to ride the carousel, you do. It’s always tricky to find a time when the weather cooperates. My mom buys the tickets and we spend two hours walking around. I always love lights, so I do enjoy this holiday activity. Scroll down to the end to see why the first year was more than memorable.

I’m not sure how old the boys were when we first went, but they could not have been more than four or five years old. It’s become almost an annual tradition – visiting Botanica’s Illuminations.
