Blue Sky 太阳历除夕

Today is the last day of 2011. It's a fine day. People will never forget this year.

The red leaves in a Japanese garden 日本庭园的红叶

The maple leaves have turned red over the stream.

There is a small water fall behind the stone bridge.

Bright colors are found in autumn silence.

The trees are in their autumn beauty,

The woodland paths are dry,

Yeats

Visiting China

I went to Jiangmen in Guangdong province. This is an old street in the center of the city.

 The city has a big park named Moon lake park.

July 6th was the day of Duanwujie. I bought steamed rice wrapped with a bamboo leaf.

Warm Sunshine and Yamazakura 山桜花

Lots of people come to see this cherry tree in full bloom. They cheer over its beauty and take photos.

We see same flowers every year,

people are not same as they were-

- a Chinese poem -

Below is another big tree with red shoots.

Skiing 滑雪

Last Sunday I skied for the first time. I entered a beginner class. I have never imagined how difficult to walk on snow. haha Anyway I skied down the slope with V shape foot. 上星期日,有生以來我首次滑雪。沒想到這麼愉快。有一個臺灣女生跟日本親戚一起來滑雪。

Spinach under morning sunshine

Every morning the temperature falls under 32F (0C). Spinach grows well in a vinyl dome. I came back from Zhuhai, China on 20th. I love spinach spaghetti.

a wheat field

Wheat is growing against heavy frosts.

The temple of a goddess 辯財天廟

I went to see autumn leaves with my family. At the foot of this mountain, there is a pond which water is bubbling out from the bottom. This temple is dedicated to the goddess of water. We went up the stairs to the top floor. 這一帶盛名於清水。山腳有一個池塘，水從池底噴出來。這座高樓祭祀水神。
The golden leaves of a ginkgo are shining under the blue sky. 銀杏葉都轉黃了。

Inn with hot spring and haiku 深山里洗溫泉

Last Saturday, we stayed at this Japanese style inn located deep in the mountains. There is no noise of people and cars. The inn is not big, hence the guests as well as the hotel staff are not in cold and distant. I heard the arrival of red leaf season has delayed 10 days because of too hot summer this year.

The left building has baths. We can also enjoy an outdoor bath called roten-buro. I do love to take a hot spring bath outdoor watching mountains hearing streams and receiving a cool breeze on head.左邊是浴池館。也有露天浴池。非常舒服。

Guests can make green tea by themselves using hot water in the big iron pot. Some of them make haiku (short poem consisting of 17 sounds in the Japanese language). This small hut is used for tea ceremony. The bamboo trees are planted something tastefully. 客人可以用鐵壺里的熱水泡茶。