You must go where I can not

"The Secret of Kells" is one of the most beautiful animation I had seen.

Irish poetic , like a dream, simply timeless. Again it proves - in my eyes, simple line drawing can be as powerful as 3D animation. I always prefer this - almost every frame is an Art kind of cartoon.

You must go where I cannot. Pangur Ban, Pangur Ban (name of the cat)

It’s a misty old world,and we are only in it for a short, sharp while.

Didn't you have dream like this before? Try to fight the beast with something ridiculous, like a piece of chalk, or a piece of chocolate. I just love it.

P.S. If you've netflix account, you can watch it online for no extra cost.

現在誰都不敢愛

幾天前, 自己在千挑萬選後, 拋棄多年的舊愛, 重金選了新Mac情人。

蘋果昨天發布新的MacBook Air

心中即時聽到一峰的聲音 ---

"最怕挑剔篩選好情人　辛苦揀好才驚覺

最稱心的一位終於趕到　現在誰都不敢愛"

只好乖乖的, 不去多看一眼, 但是漂亮稱心的東西, 總是有他們的魔力。

真的, 蘋果又做魔鬼了。

October Backyard Happening

I found her while waiting for the appearance of river otters.
Anybody likes star fruits??
This reminded me of Rousseau's wild animal in the jungle, but this tiger doesn't look surprised at all.

If you want to stay with your horse

From the mountains to the coast

Same as last year, I will take the Trek. (not the trike, which weigh twice as much; I can hardly go up any hill.) Lucky that I begin to like my new saddle - an Adamo, which was advertised for men, but I find it works for women too. The Giro still needs sometime to break in, but I'm happy to take the advice of not wearing a 16 year old helmet anymore.

Here's where we will camp and start the ride a week from today. No! it's not some chateau in Europe. This is the Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina.

Very excited to have the chance to ride the new (since 2008) Point Lookout Trail to see the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains.
If you're interested in all the details of this 7 days .... 450 plus miles on open roads, eight overnight towns and 1000+ cyclists, here's Cycle North Carolina fall ride website.

Now he's six and a half

Jacob advanced to level 5 over the summer.
First try on his brand new rollerblades.
He loves the TV show "Wipeout".
He keeps telling me how much he likes his "NEW" Sony DC, also using functions I never know it had.

Alchemist

Here's a few shoots of the last soda fire in the end of May.
I chose to use a long lens to focus on the color and texture of the surface, instead of the form.
If you click on the image, it will give you a fairly large image and nice details.
When sodium carbonate interact with the slip on top of porcelain.
The interviewee on the radio said: .... heat up strontium and copper together, it gives turquoise color......

Yes, I know that. Is he a potter? It turn out he's a different kind of alchemist. Someone who is passionate about color, even it only last for a few second in his case.

Still don't know!? Look up to the sky tonight, when everyone go : ooohs and ahhhs!!!

The same sound you hear in some art shows.

平靜的起點

早前老友送來這<平靜的起點>。 看著蒼翠的山, 柔柔的水, 這裡的人與事, sailor不禁感動不已。

A Self Sustained System, until....

Another odd job, in the middle of nowhere. A camera and weather station in Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge recording mostly beach erosion, ran for more than 2 years with no incident, until the GSM-cell modem die.
As a non-technical support personnel, I got to wander around the wilderness.
It is not the first time, I encountered this kind of little creature.
But, it's the first time, I saw one play dead.

June Backyard Happening

First time growing red potato.
One of the best moment, which only happens a few hours each time, a few times a year.
Roses are from the newly planted rose garden, but lychee are from friend's tree. It surprises me every time when someone said they don't like lychee, or not even willing to give it a try.

Meet a new friend

He was a little shy at the beginning, until we broke open the package of a granola bar, he came right toward ....... the breakfast.
After the ride, I decided Not to have "Bacon"...... at least for today.

Normal sunday ride

This is our routine for Sunday morning. Get up before sun rise, have a half breakfast (I had egg fry rice this morning.). Then head south on A1A, go on Gomez in Hobe Sound, along the south beach road on Jupiter Island. Since it's early Sunday morning, there is almost no traffic. In fact, there are way more bicycle than car along this route.Another routine is "Bacon (thick & crunchy) & Buttermilk Pancake (Arrowhead Mill) & mix berries" after 30 miles ride. Yum Yum!

Soda fire with Ellen

Both Ellen and I adore porcelain soda fired works. We are attracted by its subtle, quiet quality of depth and beauty. At the same time, the deposit of soda and directional flashing is kind of like kiss by angel; unpredictable and unrepeatable.
This is our first test firing. We had mixed 5 different kind of slips and half dozen glazes. Most recipes from Gail Nichol's book and Sam Chung's handout. Loaded very loosely.
Instead of spraying soda solution, Justin taught us how to mix 50/50 soda ash with baking soda into soda paste.
Ellen putting 10 lbs of soda paste in around 2300F. Then the kiln is reduced cooling (fire down) to about 1800F before shut down. And it will be opened in 3 days. Stay tune.

又是愁善鳳凰時

後面是一棵大榕樹, 是的, 是一棵鳥的天堂.
這棵就在街頭

Long weekend in Paducah, KY - Music Festival

Title of photo : "Album Cover of the Hasegawas" w/ out of town artists.
Name of the album : " Together, we ride"
One. Two. One two three...........

Auntie May May... comes a long way....

Together we ride... ride to the park... ride to the pond... ride to the market...

It's not enough time... to play all the toys... read all the books... sing all my songs...