And then out to dinner with the Leavers, and back to their house for dessert, discussion, and art.

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"Moving a rock, even a short distance, may be a gardener's most lasting achievement."

and...

"Japanese gardeners have capitalized on the constancy of rocks, their immutability. This is worth remembering when a big boulder must be dug out. We shouldn't curse the glacier that brought it or the ice that forced it to the surface, for to move a rock is to erect a monument."

—Roger Swain, Field Notes