One of Japan's popular crafts is bamboo basket making. This craft work is popular as it requires good handling and exquisite bamboo strips. The history of bamboo baskets in Japan begins with their use of utilitarian objects during the Jomon period(10,000 to 300 B.C.E.). Along with serving functions in daily life, bamboo baskets have been very important to humans.
Today, bamboo baskets are an integral and cherished part of the time-honoured flower arrangement and tea ceremony. The Japanese bamboo basket exhibits extraodinary beauty and intricate craftsmanship. Dating from the late centuries to the present, these bamboo baskets reflect the life long tradition of Japanese basketry.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Hi again everyone. Remember my dog Trixie? Well, she just went for sterilisation today at the Mount Pleasant Animal Clinic. The poor thing, whimpering all the way to the clinic. She knew that she was going to the vet, which was the place dogs feared the most.
The place was filled with countless dogs waiting to see the vet. One thing in common, they were all terrified too. When Trixie was there, she struggled with all her might to escape but to no avail as the nurse called her in. I could not enter as they were going to perform a surgery to take out her ovary and uterus so that she will not reproduce anymore. All I knew was that she was given an anesthetic to keep her from fidgeting.
I came to collect her in the evening. She looked all worn out and dog-tired. It was the anesthetic, the nurse told me. Trixie had to wear a buster to keep her from scratching her stitched-up wound for 2 weeks. I really pitied her as she had to take antibiotics and heart worm tablets everyday. These were to protect her heart from Aedes mosquito bites.
Well, I hope everything will be over for Trixie by next week- the medications and the wearing of the buster. :(
The place was filled with countless dogs waiting to see the vet. One thing in common, they were all terrified too. When Trixie was there, she struggled with all her might to escape but to no avail as the nurse called her in. I could not enter as they were going to perform a surgery to take out her ovary and uterus so that she will not reproduce anymore. All I knew was that she was given an anesthetic to keep her from fidgeting.
I came to collect her in the evening. She looked all worn out and dog-tired. It was the anesthetic, the nurse told me. Trixie had to wear a buster to keep her from scratching her stitched-up wound for 2 weeks. I really pitied her as she had to take antibiotics and heart worm tablets everyday. These were to protect her heart from Aedes mosquito bites.
Well, I hope everything will be over for Trixie by next week- the medications and the wearing of the buster. :(