Scrambled Memories: Luna, New Garden, Song-Pu Village

Here we have a random assortment of pic's from the last week or so. Some awsome celestial views around this time of the month, and the weather is totally on our side.

We also got a new garden!

As always, click on any photo to see a much bigger version. I totally suggest you do it for the moonrise one....seriously.

Me teaching a morning session, and the morning view from our living room (out our front door).

The view we have pretty much every morning - well, the bricks, mortar and trees are always there, but the clouds and colours are 'pretty much' always there! - from our third floor window. Song-Pu wakes up for another scorcher. This is also when we hear the rooster, the village chief on loud speaker and the pig ushering in the new day together.

Morning events. People in the background waiting for the bus, neighbours dog walking along the road and a couple of farmers getting loaded up with betel nuts and snacks for another epic day in the fields. The rice harvest is now starting, so the views are chaning from emerald green and vivid contrast between sky and field to brown and dusty in parts. This is not a distraction from the beauty, not in the least, just a change of scenery. It is really interesting to see the vibe of the village change with the approaching harvest - new vehicles in the fields, people busy once again, assorted bags of rice and husks... .

More people getting ready for a day in the fields. The house directly beside us is a restaurant and a multi-purpose shop of sorts, and it is a common way-station for people in the morning and at lunch. A very friendly lady runs it who, earlier in our year, would help us call a cab. The other pic is a sultry morning view of the fields across from our house.

Then....at night.....the game begins! The moon rising above the Coast Mountains, alomost directly behind our house.

The moon, Luna of the evening sky.

Another morning view of Song-Pu village. The tallest bulding is ours, the third floor window you can see is where most of our morning rice field shots are taken from. The roof beside us is a haven for birdies, as is the hydro lines, so we get the epic geological splendor of the Central Mountains, the rice fields and the birdies to gaze at as we awaken. Not too bad at all.

But, there is always the rooster. If only I had a muzzle.......

Trevor's new sticker (thanks Skeptical Inquirer!!) on the coolest helmet this side Kansas, and Crystal at the site of our new garden! Our neighbour has the garden, and when she found out that we were interested in trying to grow some Taiwanese varieties and that we were somewhat used to having our own veggies to grow back in Canada, she cleared a small plot for us. We have basil, cilanto, bok choy, chinese cabbage, okra, chinese eggplant and a lot more to come (we hope!).

Rice harvest. Cut the stalk, burn the rest. Hmm.........this reminds me of a few other bad ideas that agriculture has given us.