A small comment on lawns.

I never realised before just how important an expanse of green is to the Australian psyche until we were unable to locate one for our babes to run on, and when we finally did find a beautiful lawn it was off-limits (this glorious verdant free space with accompanying potted sacred lotus is Todai-Ji in Nara, Japan). 

Note to self: Surprised at the very average size of the pots those lotus are growing in. Must try to do that myself.