春節 Chinese New Year

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bike ride on the Nei Dong Forest Road 內洞林道 (nèidòng líndào) 2/18

Bee hive - local design
Tammy finally out on her bike
銹毛鐵線蓮 Unique flower on a vining plant
銹毛鐵線蓮 Ethereal, almost sea urchin like flower on vining plant
Common wild mustard plant
Big leaf begonia.
Philip and his wheels - got a flat again
Not nestea
Thinking about?
Fern unfolding
Fern tree frond unfolding
Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba flowers
Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba trunk bark
Still flowering at this elevation
flowering cherries
Black bulbuls chat
銹毛鐵線蓮 (xiù máo tiě xiàn lián) Leschenault's Clematus
Listening to and looking at the bees
Tree budding
Tree budding close up
Front view of the bee hives
A variety of cherry, the blossoms of which are more pink than the pale Japanese variety and less red than the native Taiwan variety
Musa basjoo formosana 台灣芭蕉 (táiwān bājiāo), 山芎蕉 (shān qiōng jiāo) fruiting along the road
Subtropical fruiting trees: bajiao, cherry, and magao. A Taiwanese cedar (planted) occupies the far background
Forestry bureau administrative demarcation sign
Watch out
Don't wear perfume!
Map of our short trip

Garden visit 2/19

Stefani visits us in the garden
Looking toward the entrance to the garden.
Same view, wide.
Looking toward the water collection system and composting area
Art is in the details at Patricia's house.
Bright red lilly, powerful fragrance

Patricia at sunset on the western-facing balcony of her apartment in Garden City, Xindian.

Visit James' farm above Wulai 烏來 (wūlái) 2/20

Exquisitely woven basket over 20 years old
Holocaust above James' farm
Stand of trees left to protect the veggie garden - James' request
Holocaust to the right of his place
More detail of the relationship of the garden and clear-cutting activity
Clear-cutting above James' farm - many tree ferns (already suffering from a virus) and trees with trunk around 30 cm in circumference cut down.
James' veggie garden - lavender cabbage
Beets
Potato towers in tires
Burlap bags protect the walkways
New squash bed
Guy chat
Broccoli.
Close up of the ravaging to the right of the farm
Lettuces NZ varieties
Another view of the holocaust

hike with dogs along Cuifeng road 翠峰路 (cuì fēng lù) 2/22

Farm road - warning that the road is for small vehicle access
Remains of a car?
Feathers
Hiking trail sign near an area we used to live in
Dogs on the local forest trail, tired
Weiwei, resting
XindianRiver Tap Water Quality and Volume Protection Area
No backhoes? No digging or development...
臺灣澤蘭 Eupatorium formosa?