Due to travel I haven't created any posts recently. I attended 6 - day photography workshop at Death Valley NP / Alabama Hills hosted by https://capturetheatlas.com. Prior to the workshop I assumed it would be a fun, relaxed journey but it turned out to be a really intense adventure. Between each sunset and sunrise, there … Continue reading Under the Beautiful Galaxy
Our mother natural always provides us with her beautiful feathers regardless of weather conditions. During year 2023, I went to the same local place - a Japanese Garden to explore impact from seasons' change. At Minnesota the temperature can range from forty below to 100 degrees throughout a year. The garden showed its unique features during … Continue reading Four Seasons at Japanese Garden
Tonight is new year eve, tomorrow will be the Lunar New Year, the Year of Dragon! If you were born in 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, this is your lucky year! Happy Lunar New Year to all my readers!
Minnesota is famous for its cold weather at winter time, during which the temperature could go down to 30 degree below. However such a brutal environment has never stopped brave Minnesotans from seeking fun and dramatic activities. Words can't tell the true stories, let's see the photos. Looking at those kids and young adults, I … Continue reading Dramatic Actions in the Cold
While the time is approaching to the end of 2023, it is also the time to look back through this year. What has been significant? December 6 of this year marked 30th anniversary of my arrival at the United States. I replayed the moment I nervously stepped out of San Francisco International Airport, without any money … Continue reading My Favorite Journey of 2023
Symmetric feature in architecture or landscape provides us with magnificent views and expand our minds from the line of symmetry into a much broader scope. How about the opposite of symmetry - asymmetry. First of all, what is asymmetry? Google shows that asymmetry presents the quality of having parts on either side or half that … Continue reading The Asymmetry
Lots of times, the symmetric shape happens in the areas of architectures. Couple of weeks ago I visited State Capitol of Minnesota, which are considered as one of the Midwest's most spectacular buildings. The Capitol is more than 430 feet long, and 220 feet tall from ground level to the top of the dome's lantern. … Continue reading The Symmetry
The fall season at Minnesota is short, lasts for only a month, which is October. We didn't go far to see the fall colors this year, since we finally noticed that the colors around our neighborhood are just as stunning as those in national or state parks! The shore of Normandale lake, which is less … Continue reading A Sign of Colors’ Peak
Around a year ago, I visited an exhibition hosted at local zoo, named as "Jack'o Lantern Spectacular". Thousands of carved pumpkins were displayed for upcoming Halloween. There were some pumpkins carved as normal as usually seen in front of people's front yards, except that they were pilled up together to create scenarios as groups of … Continue reading After a Year, I Still Don’t Know How They Did it……
The fall at Northwestern regions has been so short that we almost need the heater turned on soon after the air condition is turned off! The fall lasts for at most a month here, from end of September to the end of October. Then we enter into long winter which might last for six months. … Continue reading Once Again A Season of Colors
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