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nasturtiums
nasturtium salad

Community garden

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Alex's water tanks

dangerous stuff

Repair projects

Algis's Asus board
failing garage door

new Taipei side walks

the 849 from Wulai approaches

morning dog walk below the house along the Lanxi stream 蘭溪

The canopy has started to fill out in the Garden City community garden

the bajiaos grew back
more beds with ginger and tumeric
Patricia doing something different with the spirals
open spots for annuals and different plants in sunnier spots
volunteer pumpkin plants as a living mulch
Lettuces departing, sweet potato, chives and shiso coming in
Prepping the beds for tumeric and ginger
Everything is growing now, including the snails.

Mulching as the rains get more intense
Our food forest

Red giant flying squirrel 棕鼯鼠 (zōng wú shǔ) Petaurista petaurista

squirrel nipples
may have been run over or flew into a power pole
almost 90 cm head to tail

We discover a recently dead female Red giant flying squirrel 棕鼯鼠 (zōng wú shǔ) Petaurista petaurista on the road near our house. A zoologist friend points out that this individual is a female from the nipples. It may have been run over or flew into a power pole.

Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴 (táiwān xiǎo wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus musicus

Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴
Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴
Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴

others...

dangerous stuff on the road
Garden City services
wired

Explore of highway 118 (羅馬公路) out of Zhubei 竹北 and back to Taipei with Alan

Wanhua Train Station 萬華火車站
Alan on highway 118 羅馬公路
Atayal elementary school
Shihmen Reservoir 石門水庫
above Shihmen Reservoir 石門水庫
at the coffee shop
Fuxing 復興 below on the north-cross island highway
Alan at a coffee shop
north cross island highway 北横公路 below
back to the BeiHeng 北横公路
back to the BeiHeng 北横公路
113 km ride on Highway 118

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basil planted
backpack requires repair
new life from old
local gastropods

Bike ride to Taipingshan 太平山

DaTong 大同 map
Starting point
Jack dismayed at broke seat post



at the Taipingshan 太平山 lodge
Road to Cuifeng 翠峰湖
Road to Cuifeng lake 翠峰湖
cold return descent
view obscured
big tree at Bailing 白岭巨木
alluvial agriculture in the Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
alluvial agriculture in the Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
107 km ride to Taipingshan 太平山

It is around 15C at the top and very cloudy. We decide to cut-off the extended ride to Cuifeng lake 翠峰湖 and ride back to the train station in Luodong 羅東 in increasing rain.

Dry box repair

failed AD-66 dry box unit
afro resistor