"Qkano" <wildimages@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >What does the wrtiting say on the stone (this weeks's gallery) Good question Bob, and I thought the group might be interested too - oo oh - ta - po - pi - water poppy! Ya they sure have a weird way of writing English using Katakana. I actually didn't include the translation to see if anyone was interested, or knew it. These little concrete (fake wood) signs are in places around the pond. Some are in Japanese. Last year if anyone remembers, I submitted a photo with another one. It said heeshee, which means Water Chestnut in Japanese. -- Jim Davis Nature Photography http://jimdavis.oberro.com Replies in plain text only please!