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The sun is shining (for now). I’ve completed a few household chores. It’s time to look West, um, I mean online.
We all know that the online world is the perfect platform for up-to-the-minute updates on all things, large and small.
As a nod to this ticker of words, images, audio and video, I’m proud to report that our blueberries are growing in our yard.
My wife and I thought we had misplaced our camera. When I looked for it, I came across these designs from China.
My wife had brought them after she and her sister spotted them at a store in China.
She found our camera. I’m glad I realized she had these designs - nice, colorful, simple. They’re great lightweight items to take from place to place.
I realized again that during my traveling days, I kept an eye out for small keepsakes.
They’re lightweight and easy to slip into a backpack or other type of bag. At times, I would come home with larger souvenirs, such as a dragon kite from China.
But small items are ideal because they wouldn’t get crushed when I tossed my bag into a car, bus or train.
I began visiting China in the 1990s – at a time when online photo storage systems had not yet exploded for the masses. So, most of my photos are stored the old-fashioned way in envelopes tucked in boxes in my parents’ garage.
I thought I’d share pictures of Qingdao, China from my visit in 2000 – especially this Bavarian-inspired building that the German governor once used when German troops occupied the area.
Why share images that are nearly a decade old?
Images – no matter when they are published, shown publicly or viewed privately – always tell a story and show people a slice of what life was, or is, like.
And for me, China remains a fascinating and, at times, complicated place.
I’ll get to adding longer posts soon. But I just wanted to note some colors and shapes that I’ve always enjoyed seeing in Seattle.
I’ve always liked how the red and blue match and even if the afternoon sunlight washed out the blue numbers against the red wall.
And there’s the curve to the building as well as the gray pole’s height, the green street sign cutting across and white-and-blue sign in the background.
In this case, everything aligned just perfectly.
So my family and I helped the Seattle-area economy by purchasing this Chinese dragon while we were shopping at Uwajimaya, the Asian supermarket in Seattle.
We didn’t expect to buy it.
Isn’t that always the case when you tell yourself you’re just going to get food or gas?
The bird feeder in our yard is red. It contains water. But it is not a red lantern.
Speaking of colors, there once was a show called The Green Hornet, which featured Bruce Lee.
He often said: “Be like water.”
Get it?
Really, though, there is nothing to get.
Oh, yes. Speaking of colors, curry can be yellow, chili can be red and garlic stems are usually green.
And speaking of nothing, I found this dry, decomposing leaf, pictured below, in our yard. My son and I compared it to a full leaf.
My family and I were preparing our garden for warmer temperatures. The morning was sunny.
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