2024

near Daimond Hill








final climb
ducks!
abandoned innerbelt


Looking for the tow path


Parent's Akron nest
Relaxing on our pond deck
Electrify America charger
Picnic lunch on road north

2020

Bike loop with Bruce and Jack to Hans 手作 bakery
earthworks at Qingtan Weir 青潭堰
Drystacked retaining walls in tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
above Pinglin 坪林
above Pinglin 坪林
Hans 手作 Bakery/Cafe
Nanshan Temple 南山寺
tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
石碇
Monkey Mountain ridge 猴山岳 or Paozilun 炮子崙 trail
local vegetable seller on 烏來老街 Wulai Old Street
Hot spring outcrop in the Nanshi river 南勢溪 above Wulai
Unusual white material in the storm drain
white material flowing below our stairs
unusual thick whte materail in the storm drains

chair reassembled
first strip attached
reparing the awl
cutting a section of hose
cutting off the hose coupling
View of wall between construction site and stream
Construction site from 220m
Central Garden City
Neighborhood adjoining construction site
Walled off construction site
Bridge over Lanxi stream

Dogs in the garden












Lanxi stream 蘭溪




Morning dog walk

Ride on a cold wet day up Lane 120 off the road to Fushan
above Xinxian 信賢 village
trail to check out above Lanhou falls 蘭吼瀑布 on Wuzhong stream 五重溪
clearcut forest near the top of Lane 120
the end of Lane 120 at 980m elevation
the Nanshi river 南勢溪



















Guangxing garden 廣興園地 from above

End of Garden City Rd 7
View of Rd 7 construction site
precise flying test (video)
over Guishan 龜山







Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園

Weiwei and Kannie

Weiwei in Lanxi stream (video)
Lanxi stream 蘭溪 below
soil and foundation profile
site elements
Guangxing garden 廣興園地

Quchi 屈尺 wetlands
First flight over Quchi 屈尺 (video)
projects afoot in Quchi 屈尺
Quchi 屈尺 work site
road improvement in Quchi 屈尺

2019

頭花蓼
Guangxi smokey hot peppers

homegrown broccoli
Toxic toad
squaring things away
calendula seedlings
Dan visits Gainesville
Boring beetle
Philip getting the good stuff out of the gutter
Digging out soil
Looking north from the south entrance





More pics of the Guangxing garden
Yard next door, work continues
Toona sinensis flowers/seeds
Getting ready for design
and left side on the ground
And around
Following the sun
Another shot of the home garden
Home garden starting to produce
11.5 km trace up the Dajia River 大甲溪 from Guguan 谷關 to Maling Hot Spring 馬陵野溪溫泉
facade of a temple
Taipower arts
Butterfly weed (milkweed) 馬利筋 (mǎ lì jīn) Asclepias tuberosa
Dajia River 大甲溪
Dajia River 大甲溪
Dajia River 大甲溪
a rock spared by the torrents
following signs of stone
geology of Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
a side canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
former central cross island highway above
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
waterfall at the hot springs
Maling Hot Spring 馬陵野溪溫泉
Dajia River 大甲溪
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪
Dajia River 大甲溪
Dajia River 大甲溪
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
former central cross island highway above
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon

Dajia River 大甲溪
former central cross island highway above
a side canyon

Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon


Taipower gate at trail head
Power lines from trail head
Taipower gate at the trail head

Snails on snail
A slice of life in Xindian
Valve not yet replaced into tankless gas hot water heater
Reassembled pressue differential valve
Failed pressure differential gasket





Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷



looking for breakfast in Duona 多納 village

the road down to Duona 多納 hot springs behind our guest house
Choko, Chayote 佛手瓜 (fó shǒu guā) \ 龍鬚菜 ( lóng xū cài) Sechium edule
Desert stream 沙漠溪
tracing up Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
Looking for Leigh's lost camera
Desert stream 沙漠溪
Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
Desert stream 沙漠溪
Diana’s Pools 海神宮
Diana’s Pools 海神宮
Diana’s Pools 海神宮
Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
Diana’s Pools 海神宮
Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
Diana’s Pools 海神宮
Diana’s Pools 海神宮

Zuoying 左營

repaired
new spring installed
121 km ride from Hsinchu 內灣 to Ilan 羅東 (video)
Lanyang 蘭陽 river drainage
rainy ride down to Qilan 棲蘭
Mngchi 明池
Mngchi 明池
Siling 四稜
Northern Cross-island Highway 北部橫貫公路
Sanguang river 三光溪 below from the North Cross Island highway 北橫
old bridge anchor?
Daman stream 大曼溪 from Dahan bridge 大漢喬
Yulao 宇老
to Smangus 司馬庫斯
Neiwan Suspension Bridge 內灣吊橋
Getting ready to ride in Neiwan 內灣
Sanxia 三峽 loop (video)

Sanxia Temple 三峽祖師廟 (video)
Sanxia 三峽
Sanxia 三峽
Sanxia 三峽
Dragon boat tourists at Bitan 碧潭
crossing back over the Zhuoshui River 濁水溪 at Heliuping 合流坪 at nightfall
Zhuoshui River 濁水溪 at Heliuping 合流坪
scooters parked across the river
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道 above Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda road 丹大林道
root through rock
Erfensuo 二分所 garden
Erfensuo station 二分所
Erfensuo station 二分所
colorful waterfall
colorful waterfall
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道 above Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda road 丹大林道
Sanfensuo station 三分所

wire
camp site below abandoned village
planted trees at a camp

Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
Painted lady 姬紅蛺蝶 or (jī hóng jiá dié).小紅蛺蝶 (xiǎo hóng jiá dié) Vanessa cardui
deer skull
Danda road 丹大林道
trail up to pylons
Danda road 丹大林道
tree catches stone
Irresponsible parkng
Danda road 丹大林道
pylons above
Danda road 丹大林道
power lines above
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道

Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Qanituan 加年端 Jianianduan
Danda road 丹大林道
camp at Qanituan 加年端 Jianianduan
John at water source
at water source
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Qanituan 加年端 Jianianduan
Danda stream 丹大溪 bekiw
deer skeleton
Leigh
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道

Danda road 丹大林道
Sanfensuo 三分所
Sanfensuo 三分所
Sanfensuo 三分所
Sanfensuo station 三分所
Sanfensuo station 三分所
Sanfensuo station 三分所
abandoned Sanfensuo station 三分所
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
trail up to power pylon
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda stream 丹大溪

Danda road 丹大林道

Danda stream 丹大溪




Danda road 丹大林道
tunnel 丹大林道隧道
Danda tunnel 丹大林道隧道
Looking back to Heliuping 合流坪
beginning of Danda road 丹大林道
Danda Suspension Bridge 丹大吊橋
Looking for a way across Zhuoshui River 濁水溪
Gondola at Heliuping 合流坪
frog at home
frog at home


dogs in Lanxi stream 蘭溪


Heliu stream 合流溪 waterfalls (video)
Heliu stream 合流溪 (video)
Nanao south stream 南澳南渓
Nanao south stream 南澳南渓
Bamboo viper
Bamboo viper
Bamboo viper
Bamboo viper 赤尾青竹絲 (chì wěi qīng zhú sī) Trimeresurus stejnegeri
Bamboo viper
Heliu stream 合流溪
Philip waits back in the canyon
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
crab
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
tracing in the rain
Heliu stream 合流溪
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
new shin guards

Nanao trail 南澳古道
Nanao trail 南澳古道
Nanao trail 南澳古道
trail to 飯包山 ?
a secondary side canyon
Leigh stows his loot
newly cleared land next to house
Typhoon rains spur fungus growth
Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after typhoon Lekima 利奇馬 (video)
Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after typhoon Lekima 利奇馬 (video)
Loose leaves blown from the trees
Nutrient cycling speeds up afte typhoos
Stand of bamboo next to creek
Upper picnic/gathering area next to Lanxi river
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Lanxi Creek after Typhoon Lekima
Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after typhoon Lekima 利奇馬 (video)
lemon, 紅心細葉酪梨 avocado, 福木 fruit
福木果實

tall plant ready to be brought in if necessary
tender plants in the house
everything off the walls and on the ground
the next morning of the mushrooms
prepped for light typhoon
turkey in Gainesville (video)
naranjillas and tamarillos from the home garden
Yellow Biquinho Pepper
garden post house repairs
A quick summer swim in Gweishan 龜山 with James and Tane
Nanshi river 南勢溪 and Beishi river 北勢溪 confluence
Tane and Kanie
snail eggs
Nanshi river 南勢溪 in Gweishan 龜山
Weiwei
6.25 km Wenshui stream 汶水溪 trace from Shuiyun Suspension Bridge 水雲吊橋 to Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布 and Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布 (video)
Wenshui stream 汶水溪
Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
climbing around Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布

Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
Wenshui stream 汶水溪
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
lunch at Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
fossil
Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
Dashimen waterfall 大石門瀑布
Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
Wenshui stream 汶水溪
Wenshui stream 汶水溪
Nanzhuang township 南庄
Taiwan lillies on the cliffs
Easily disturbed landscape
Luchang 鹿場
campsite in Luchang 鹿場
dinner in Luchang 鹿場
Luchang 鹿場
Luchang 鹿場
彩色薑花
彩色薑花


Native flowering plant damaged by herbicide
Cash crop cultivation typical in mountain areas
Nanzhuang township 南庄
Nanzhuang township 南庄
Nanzhuang township 南庄
Wild Taiwanese raspberries
destructive ginger cropping
A common thorny prickly ash tree
Nanzhuang township 南庄
Native legume getting ready to flower
Nettles with big leaves
Nettles
Leigh's dive

Jon's jump 3 (video)
Jon's jump 2 (video)
Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
another group coming up Fengmei stream 風美溪
another group coming up Fengmei stream 風美溪

Fengmei stream 風美溪 below Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
Jon's jump 1 (video)
another group coming up Fengmei stream 風美溪
Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
Fengmei stream 風美溪
Taiwan shovel-jaw carp 台灣鏟頜魚 (táiwān chǎn hé yú), 台灣白甲魚, 苦花 (kǔ huā), 鯝魚, 苦偎, 齊頭偎 Onychostoma barbatulum
Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
wasp fighting spider
Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
Taiwan lilies spring from the rocks
Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
Valley of the Gods 神仙谷
Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
Scoured clean
River geology, ecology
low water, safer for tracing
planning for the future



flowering bamboo
water's edge
exploring the road
water brings life
well used roads
Gengfang 梗枋
flowering bamboo
pest control
morning view from room
organic waste cooker
weeds on rubble
Gengfang Fishing Harbor 梗枋漁港
Garden City Circle
checking for adjustments to base structure for the rainwater collection tanks. Will clad/cover the tanks before filling them.
Tane trying to stay cool
from the kitchen and laundry (south side) of the house
tank to be clad/covered and raised further
looking out north through the living room
unfinished carpentry work
unfinished electrical work
upstairs bedroom
upstairs bedroom
upstairs office
upstairs work room
commuting home with roasted coffee beans
Commute home with jackfruit tree saplings
My favorite fruits during the summer
installing a gravel field to clean the grey water
metal frame for containers for water
bottom of frame for containers
mango and dragon fruit
Gecko Shack
5.5 k Xindian river 新店溪 trace from Jiajiuliao 加九寮 to Guishan 龜山
Soil texture and composition test at HK PDC
Xindian river 新店溪
Xindian river 新店溪
Xindian river 新店溪
Xindian river 新店溪
Xindian river 新店溪
two dives (video)
waterfall on the Xindian river 新店溪
Judy floats on the Xindian river 新店溪



shoes out to dry after days of rain
Chinese box turtle, Yellow-margined box turtle 食蛇龜 (shì shé guī "snake-eating turtle") Cuora flavomarginata (Rare and valuable species)
Fish mint 魚腥草 (yú xīng cǎo) Houttuynia cordata
Common melastoma 野牡丹 (yě mǔ dān) Melastoma malabathricum
wild gac vine 槭葉括樓 (cū yè kuò lóu) Trichosanthes laceribracteata


Broad-leaf fern 雙扇蕨 (shuāng shàn jué) (also 鐵雨傘, 半把蕨, 破傘蕨) Dipteris conjugata





Formosan jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 (bái zhì jiā cōng) Matrona cyanoptera, male?



end of Guishan Rd 桂山路
Group photo with mud rocket stove
Banana pancake with coconut cream and fruit jam
Successful removal of banana stalk and a group picture
Yonghe Community College Corridor Cafe
Yonghe Community College Corridor Cafe
Kanee
downstairs east wall
upstairs bedroom east wall
Jingan Edible Rain Garden getting some love
Jingan Edible Rain Garden getting some love


protection for purple yam vine
newly planted purple yam
newly planted purple yam
Bamboo pod and readying the rocket stove
Making a hay box (basket)
upstairs bedroom east wall
wild bananas in the neighborhood
naranjilla before ripening to bright orange
naranjilla, high defensive plant
naranjilla on the east side of the house; loves filtered shade
Hierodula praying mantis, suffering from horsehair worms
11.5 km river trace from Xuanyuan 萱源 to Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布 on the Sanguang River 三光溪
Aaron and the pig
pig
two female pigs
pigs come up behind us
pig on the road (video)
Aaron and Philip up to the road
56.2k on Road 7 台七
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
below Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
dead deer in the river
plants in the river bed
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
dead deer
cut wood in the Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪

Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
a cut tree above
wood poachers camp
wood poachers camp
wood poachers camp
cut wood in the river
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
crossing a slide
big rocks
Sanguang River 三光溪
Galahe stream 嘎拉賀溪
Confluence with Galahe stream 嘎拉賀溪
Confluence with Galahe stream 嘎拉賀溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
tracing upstream on the Sanguang River 三光溪
climbing around a slot
a small waterfall on Sanguang River 三光溪
tracing upstream on the Sanguang River 三光溪
waterfall on the Sanguang River 三光溪 below Xuanyuan 萱源
waterfall on the Sanguang River 三光溪 below Xuanyuan 萱源
waterfall on the Sanguang River 三光溪 below Xuanyuan 萱源
trail down to the Sanguang River 三光溪 from Xuanyuan 萱源
trailhead down to Taman Dam Waterfall 塔曼水簾洞瀑
trailhead down to Taman Dam Waterfall 塔曼水簾洞瀑
No bungee jumping off of Dahan bridge 大漢喬 over Daman stream 大曼溪
landslide that came down in the night opposite our camp
camp on Yufeng River 玉峰溪 below Shalun Village 沙崙子
12.2 km Yufeng River 玉峰溪 trace from Shalun Village 沙崙子 to Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布
Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布

approaching Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布
approaching Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布
fishermen at dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
cliffs along Yufeng River 玉峰溪
Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布 (video)
Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
Yufeng River 玉峰溪
Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
waterfall on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
Yufeng River 玉峰溪 at Shalun Village 沙崙子
Road above Yufeng River 玉峰溪 below Shalun Village 沙崙子
moth at night
a broken pipe fixed finally
electrical wiring in PVC pipes in the walls
upstairs bedroom
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod
Seasonal vegetables - Malabar and Okinawa spinach, carrots, winged bean, green onion greens, and sweet green chilies
ficus root clump
double lobed leaf vine
fungi growing on grafted cherry trees
fungi growing on grafted cherry trees - Polyporus?
damselfly
Some of our crew for a walk to Sikanshui
Claire soaking her feet in a stream
Emma, the videographer, Alexandre and I
nightshade, but is it edible or toxic
Oxalys
nightshade, but is it edible or toxic
Common melastoma 野牡丹 (yě mǔ dān) Melastoma malabathricum
nightshade, but is it edible or toxic

foraging
documenting

Dancing Crane Cobra Lily 羽葉天南星 (yǔ yè tiān nán xīng) Arisaema heterophyllum Blume

Hardy wild ginger 山月桃 (shān yuè táo) Alpinia intermedia flowering

unidentified Nymphalidae
five-leaf ginseng 絞股藍 (jiǎo gǔ lán" - twisting blue plant") Gynostemma pentaphyllum with aerial roots


Murray castle
close-up of wet pipe
downstairs east wall
upstairs bedroom east wall
upstairs bedroom
downstairs east wall
upstairs bedroom
upstairs bedroom
downstairs before work starts
upstairs bedroom before work starts
upstairs bedroom before work starts
scimitar babbler looking for offspring
Caladium?
black bulbul
Japanese white-eye
Rainwater harvesting upgrade at the Yonghe riverside farm
rat escape (video)
young jackfruit 菠蘿蜜 (bō luó mì) Artocarpus heterophyllus
bougainvillea 九重葛 (jiǔ chóng gé) flower
aloe flower
coconut pie orchid 腋唇蘭 (yè chún lán) Maxillaria tenuifolia
coffee flower

12 km hike into FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
waterfall on a side stream
FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫 through the trees
layers of sediment

a storm run
Weiwei at the FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
water damage visible in first floor ceiling
Tanshui river
Jack's 35 years in Taiwan river cruise
chef on the boat
foundation of building ruins

Taiwan Lepidagathis 台灣鱗花草 Lepidagathis formosensis Clarke ex Hayata
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Tammy and Kitty skipping stones
on the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Hapen 哈盆
Jack swimming
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Hapen 哈盆
Hapen 哈盆
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Kitty under "snowing" tung blossoms

lizard in papayas











































Yangmingshan
Balaka 巴拉卡 loop with Andrew, Brent and Jack
Balaka 巴拉卡 loop with Andrew, Brent and Jack



Black bulbul 紅嘴黑鵯 (hóng zuǐ hēi bēi) Hypsipetes leucocephalus
moth orchid 蝴蝶蘭 (hú dié lán) Phalaenopsis
moth orchid 蝴蝶蘭 (hú dié lán) Phalaenopsis
Amaryllis
Newly visible leaking in west side ceiling of first floor, 4/17
detail
Worsening staining and leaking on east side corner viewed from first floor, 4/17

dog crate for Sean


tank refilled with 3000 liters
water tank emptied
A 50 km, 3 day hike along the Heping stream 和平溪 to reach the Mohen hot springs geysers 莫很噴泉
remnants of bridge anchor
sticks and stones
chainsaw cover
parent with young deer tracks
tiny among pebbles




a calm clean stream
side stream at a camp
Sowthistle Tasselflower 紫背草 (zǐ bèi cǎo) or 一點紅 (yī diǎn hóng) Emilia sonchifolia




camp in side stream
Taiwan serow 長鬃山羊 (chǎng zōng shān yáng) Naemorhedus swinhoei
Heping North stream 和平北溪
topping off water at a spring
a tree from higher elevations
Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪 beyond camp
Heping North stream 和平北溪 downstream from camp
Buxiaowan 布蕭丸溪 confluence bowl




view from Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 camp
Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 camp
Ronan and Philip make a fire
Taiwan serow 長鬃山羊 (chǎng zōng shān yáng) Naemorhedus swinhoei scat?
We meet Willie from Danda as we return to Buxiaowan
home compost
bat cave
Mohen stream 莫很溪
Second Mohen 莫很 slot

algae growth in the hot springs flow
Mohen stream boulder section
Mohen stream boulder section
return, third Mohen 莫很 slot
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
lunch at Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
Mohen stream 莫很溪
Mohen stream 莫很溪
Third Mohen 莫很 slot
Mohen stream boulder section
Mohen stream boulder section
Mohen stream boulder section
Mohen stream 莫很溪
Mohen stream 莫很溪
Mohen stream 莫很溪
Wolfgang finds a fish
First Mohen 莫很 landslide
Second Mohen 莫很 slot
First Mohen 莫很 landslide
Second Mohen 莫很 slot
Second Mohen 莫很 slot
Mohen stream 莫很溪, looking back
First Mohen 莫很 slot
photographer at first Mohen 莫很 slot
First Mohen 莫很 slot
First Mohen 莫很 slot, downstream
First Mohen 莫很 slot
First Mohen 莫很 slot
sediment walls at Mohen confluence 莫很溪匯流
Mohen confluence 莫很溪匯流
Heping north river slot and cave
exiting Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪 bowl
climbing off the sediment layer
off to find Mohen springs
at camp
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪

Tane visting
jackfruit sprouts

endless fields of rocks
Heping North stream 和平北溪
among rocks
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping North stream 和平北溪 waterfall
vehicle tracks above Heping river confluence 和平溪匯流
Heping stream 和平溪
Confluence of Heping north and south rivers 和平南北溪匯流
first crossing

suitcases on the bus
water sneaking across the bedroom floor
cedar products

cedar products seller at the bus stop















view of Wulai 烏來 from Dadaoshan 大刀山
88k Shuangxi 雙溪 loop
highway tunnel entrance in Pinglin 坪林
Pinglin 坪林 bike path
tea farms near 坪林
electric scooter battery station

Pingxi 平溪
sky lanterns 天燈 for sale
narrow Pingxi 平溪 street
stream in Pingxi 平溪
Pingxi 平溪 shop
Pingxi 平溪 shop
Night heron 夜鷺 (yè lù) Nycticorax nycticorax
stream in Pingxi 平溪
Guangming 光明 road to Nangang 南港

Garden City roof survey (video)




330m Shuiyuan suspension bridge 水源吊橋 leading to Shuanglong waterfall 雙龍吊橋
repair project for the water pipe bridge
cable winch
Shuiyuan suspension bridge 水源吊橋
Shuiyuan suspension bridge 水源吊橋
Shuanglong Waterfall 雙龍瀑布


Shuanglong Waterfall 雙龍瀑布
Bunun signs
Shuanglong 雙龍 village
negotiating lunch
cultivation along the road
Danda stream hike animation
Heliuping 合流坪
back to Heliuping 合流坪

tunnel in Danda Road 丹大林道
Danda Road 丹大林道 gradually climbs away from the river

Danda stream 丹大溪







side stream waterfall
trash above confluence camp site
ready to pack up
steps up
bridge cable pulled away
cable car wheels
Danda stream 丹大溪


rescue team
Barking deer 台灣山羌 (táiwān shān qiāng) Formosan Reeve's Muntjac



third camp at confluence
Wolfgang investigates the dead deer
Sika deer ?

Danda stream 丹大溪


Danda stream 丹大溪

pondering next steps
slate cliffs in second canyon


Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
Danda stream 丹大溪
Barking deer 台灣山羌 (táiwān shān qiāng) Formosan Reeve's Muntjac
bluff above the second camp
Philip at the second camp
camp iste in the morning
second camp
moonscape downstream from second campsite
landslide
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
climbing out of the slot
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
inside walls of sediment
Danda stream 丹大溪
entering the first slot
entering the first slot
there is a group camping on the bluff on the left
Approaching the first slot canyon
layers of sediment remember past storms
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
looking up the landslide
a fresh landslide
following the path cut by the river
Danda stream 丹大溪
following the path cut by the river
Danda stream 丹大溪
coloration from bacteria on minerals?
canyons punctuated by huge landslides
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
continuing upstream
Following jeep tracks inside the sediment bluffs
Danda stream 丹大溪
continuing up Danda stream 丹大溪

the rivers merging downstream
former suspension bridge anchor
Junda stream 郡大溪 confluence linch break
view of two merging rivers
waterfall
frog
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
simple river crossing
Danda stream 丹大溪
below Danda Road 丹大林道
below Danda Road 丹大林道
Danda stream 丹大溪 below the road
Danda stream 丹大溪
Sun Hai Bridge 孫海喬 remnants
abandoned cable car gondola
end of road 16
getting ready to take off
Heliuping 合流坪
locals cross the river to go up to the forest road
Breakfast at Si Ka Ka in Deli 地利
Breakfast at Si Ka Ka in Deli 地利
road back to camp after breakfast
First camp, near Heliuping 合流坪
Tammy's leach bite
Days 2 and 3 on the Nanao trail 南澳古道
Nanao trail 南澳古道
skeleton of the old bridge below

reconstructed trail
Leigh in Heliu stream 合流溪

Nanzi Police Station 楠梓警官駐在所
Nanzi Police Station 楠梓警官駐在所
Nanzi Police Station 楠梓警官駐在所
some sections of the trail are in good shape






Recently dead barking deer












turn off and first campsite
Recovering landslide

group of grey sided laughingthrushes 灰脅噪鶥 (huī sè zào méi) Pterorhinus caerulatus passing through (video)

rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
Where a boar slept?
Taiwan Wampee 過山香 Clausena excavata Burm. f.
Taiwan Wampee 過山香 Clausena excavata Burm. f.
Leigh at the Wuta village 武塔 police station
Wuta village 武塔
Wuta village 武塔
Wuta village 武塔



Wuta village 武塔 Atayal village ruins
Wuta village 武塔
bathing in nature
hunters' bath
second night's camp


the landslide that blocked our trip
the landslide that blocked our trip
bridge of crepe myrtle boughs
saddle point just below landslide
back up to good sections of the trail


mountain
Nanao trail 南澳古道
Nanao trail 南澳古道
aborigine hunters' camp site
dry stream above second camp site
frog under a rock


Nettles 咬人貓 (yǎo rén māo) Urtica thunbergiana Sieb. & Zucc.

water source at first camp site
first night's camp site



first night's camp site











fern
At the end of the official trail
Heliu stream 合流溪 (video)
羽葉天南星 and 普陀南星



Dry stacked retaining wall with young crape myrtle trunks planted in the scree for propagation and to stabilize the land
A community of 羽葉天南星
Dancing crane cobra lily 羽葉天南星 (yǔ yè tiān nán xīng) Arisaema heterophyllum Blume
Dancing crane cobra lily 羽葉天南星 (yǔ yè tiān nán xīng) Arisaema heterophyllum Blume
A marker from the Japanese era
Lots of thorny rattan in the area




We crossed two suspension bridges - check out all the 黃藤 on the hill

Poppy

No collecting specimens!

Dongao 東澳 area




tomatoes
















the snare that caught Kannie
Kannie caught



Jingmei neighborhood garden










Plantago 車前草 (chē qián cǎo) Plantago asiatica
Yellow Wagtail 黃鶺鴒 (huáng jí líng) Motacilla flava

2018

Bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇 Asplenium nidus
Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道



Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Lingzhi 靈芝 Ganoderma
crossing a side stream
sidestream
sidestream
Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Hapen 哈盆
Nanshi stream 南勢溪

Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Hapen 哈盆

arch of former railway bridge

Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道 (video)






















































Thomas inspecting ruins
Morning ride to Xiaoyi 孝義
out of the trail to the road
grasslands over the saddle
grasslands over the saddle
pushing through high grass
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Taiwan mountain longan 山龍眼 (shān lóng yǎn) Helicia formosana Hemsl.
A cache of fruits/seeds? Harvested by whom?
remains of earlier trail

out of the stream bed
Tongho stream 桶後溪
crossing a side stream

Tongho stream 桶後溪
breaking camp
Tongho 桶后
17 km walk from Xiaoyi 孝義 east of Wulai 烏來 to Tongho 桶后
Tongho 桶后
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
a side stream
good message that is often overlooked
wild or cultivated azalea?
miniture eroded landscape, hoodoos
When all you have is a digger...
One of the few older trees, laden with ferns
ferns on trees indicate lots of ambient moisture
sign of deep fall / early winter

Tongho Creek as seen from above
landslides all along the road
Taipei water source
farming in the river bed, new activity
mouse released
Huge bracket fungus on dead tree
Tree ferns (Asplenium spp.)

fruiting coffee 咖啡結果
Papaya 木瓜 (mù guā "wood melon") Papaya Carica
solar powered fungus
let's go up
Orchid tree 羊蹄甲 (yáng tí jiǎ) "sheep's hoof" Bauhinia variegata flower
Cinnamon spice bread
dogs exploring a new landslide over the stream
illuminating the risks of elections
2018 貓空路跑
Lasianthus wallichii Wight 圓葉雞屎樹 (yuán yè jī shǐ shù)
looking for trail up hill opposite house
first run (with Kannie)
Carrot pickle set out in the sun for two days
Made a few jars of each
adding the hot oil and spices to the chillies with mustard seed, salt and lemon juice mixed together
Heating mustard oil
These green peppers have quite a kick. Roma made a mix of ground mustard seed (yellow and black) and salt which was combined with lemon juice and worked into the chopped dried peppers.
grinding spices with salt
Some of the ingredients for the pickling
137 km over a sleepy volcano to the ocean
Mucha recycling plant
Yehliu 野柳 to Wanli 萬里
repair on Macao 馬槽 bridge
Macao 馬槽
second flat on Macao 馬槽 bridge
down to the north coast
fog at the top
Yangmingshan 陽明山
first flat
busy rendezvous at National Palace Museum 故宮
CKS Memorial

frames with canvases removed


Checking sources of rubbish burning in the neighborhood
squirrel cage reassembled
epoxy wire stress relief
replacement fuse wired
drawing away soldering heat to not blow new fuse
failed thermal fuse - SF129E 133C 10A 250V
bulge in run coil lead is fuse
windings exposed
blower fan motor
dryer hot air duct
the beach
looking down stream
Corina, Mario, Jessie and Greg
sticky rice mixed with banana steamed in banana leaf

kiwi pickers
small hamlets here and there
curious landscaping in bowl above road


leguminous vine emerging
edible fungus wood ear
Playing Tarzan
Swinging and climbing
Getting ready to swing
Lora Lai gets into the swing
flying squirrel trap
active animals area on saddle
trap for snaring animals
trap for catching several animals in active area
trap for snaring medium animals

trap for catching (smashing) small birds/animals
trap for hunting small animals
Hunter guide tellis us about ferns/ephytes
old tree with epiphytes
small plant with white flower
Sign of wild boar
Our hunter guide and community leader
Outdoor dining area;
barbecue area and nice stonework
local cultivated landscape
buffet at Piyaway
Curious to know what is cooked in this?
Circuitous commute with Dan
Aiyu waterfall 阿玉瀑布
a side stream
Tongho stream 桶後溪
TongHo stream 桶后溪
TongHo stream 桶后溪 is high

TongHo 桶后 at 13k on Tongho Road 桶後林道
TongHo 桶后
TongHo stream 桶后溪
Tongho Road 桶後林道
TaiPower suspension bridge in 桶后 Tonghou
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho 桶後 flats
washed out bend in the Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Soudelour repairs ongoing on Tongho Road 桶後林道
a private side road off Tongho Road 桶後林道

Coffee above Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來



Sikanshui 四崁水 road
Sikanshui 四崁水
Sikanshui 四崁水 road
Sikanshui 四崁水 trail into reservoir
Big-eyed rat snake 過山刀 (guò shān dāo) Ptyas dhumnades
the side stream below us
James and Brian cooling off
Cooling off in a side stream
BME280 (temperature and humidity)
ESP8266 ESP-WROOM-02, DS3231
sunset after the storm
sunset after the storm
Chinese violet 赤道櫻草 (chì dào yīng cǎo) Asystasia gangetica
IVY TA-018 16A/125VAC
failed bimetal thermoswitch
switches
circuit mapping
failed 元山 YS-530T toaster oven
Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after a storm








Culinary purslane
ramie fibers dyed with pure 薯榔 extract
strawberry runners captured for planting out
asparagus
Onion? Leak?
lemon balm

Culantro
Chocolate mint
Oregano ground cover
Thai basil
perennial peanut 蔓花生
Lemon grass that we propagated
Aubergine
A range of chilies: 糯米辣較, 剝皮辣椒, habanero, and a Burmese chili
Passiflora foetida flower
薯榔 vine, the root is used for dye
Curry leaf tree
North side edge garden full of plants to be set out for fall
green and purple sweet potato leaves
Sweet basil and Malabar spinach
thyme ready for more propagation and fall plant out
And this jackfruit tree showed up in the onion pot
Baby jackfruit tree (one year?)
habanero fruit
Culinary purslane
strawberry plant runners
Passiflora foetida

silk tree flower
Loquat, acerola, kumquat, chidaoyingcao, Silk Tree, jasmine, canna lily, guava, mulberry, naranjilla
Dwarf Barbados Cherry 小葉黃褥花
Dwarf Barbados Cherry 小葉黃褥花
Dwarf Barbados Cherry 小葉黃褥花
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪 dogs
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
James and Tane
working up river

桶后溪 Tongho stream below Xiaoyi 孝義
descretionary access
Xikeng trail head 西坑林道
Xikeng Road 西坑林道
windy road
fruiting 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
Lucky-heart 心葉毬蘭 (xīn yè qiú lán) Hoya kerrii
breaking camp
waiting for the meteors
the firemaker
the cook
kitchen below camp
camp at night fall
Ayu stream 阿玉溪
Ayu stream 阿玉溪
Ayu stream 阿玉溪
Taiwan Beauty Snake 黑眉錦蛇 (hēi méi jǐn shé) Orthriophis Taeniurus Friesei in the rattan
Taiwan Beauty Snake 黑眉錦蛇 (hēi méi jǐn shé) Orthriophis Taeniurus Friesei in the rattan
fruiting fig

Spider and stink bug

office fan repair
Houtong Station 猴硐
瑞三礦業整煤廠
tree growing over a wall gone
Wolfgang investigates the ruins
Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
ruins of stone homes
looking toward Houtong 猴硐

ruins of stone homes
Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
temple for the mountain god 山神廟
meeting on the trail
turn off toward Houtong 猴硐



lunch at the local restaurant; crab courtesy of Sunny's friend, who also taught everyone how to eat crab properly
banana cultivation pattern
local banana cultivation strategy
water course marker
closeup
Planted on purpose?
wild bitter melon
each plot has access to well that tap an underground stream
Wilder variety of bitter melon
bean crop
well maintained plots
poinsietta and lead tree
Recently returned local engaged in canoing tours takes us down a protective and more actively cultivated walled vegetable plots
Windbreak walls made of basalt and coral stone







riot of plants in less disturbed areas
台灣黃牛
天蛾幼蟲 with coin for scale
天蛾幼蟲 eating what?

high grassy area of the islet
天人菊苗



長柄菊





濱薊



赤梨仙人掌 Opuntia dillenii(Ker.)Haw.
土丁桂
土丁桂, 番杏

臺灣灰毛豆?



Lanxi stream 蘭溪 garbage survey
Out at the Road 6 bridge
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Tane
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
James pulling garbage from the stream
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Lanxi stream 蘭溪
Welcome sign to place where we stayed. Locals love succulents, which grow well here.
common, low bush growing in moister areas, also in cracks
vegetable/meat truck comes each morning, also brings breakfast foods
vegetable truck comes each morning, also brings breakfast foods
Proprietor still fishes commercially and loves carving/woodworking in his spare time
The entrance to the place where we stayed
8052F ASIC LED solar charge controller
board top
board bottom
picking up Tammy at the bus stop



Highway 5 through Pinglin 坪林 from above
tea terraces

stream toward Shuangxi 雙溪
Lingjiao 嶺腳 near Pingxi
Pingxi 平溪 - the train runs on the trestle above this stream
Pingxi 平溪老街
Pingxi 平溪老街
from the 106

through Mucha 木柵 6AM
plants out, but waiting for news of next storm before putting everything back
plants out of the house


film crew during the typhoon pollutes the stream area







base electronics reinstalled
replacement capacitor wired in
failing capacitor
sauteed red amaranth leaf, Southeast Asian style



three dogs after the storm
the new rain drainage ditch has failed





























spider working

Potter wasp 黃胸泥壺蜂 (huángxiōng níhú fēng) Delta pyriforme
A big thin-waisted yellow hornet
waited for about an hour for road work
rainfall road - closing criteria
house number of the abandoned house at fish pond on stream
man-made reservoirs
looking up Siqiye stream 斯其野溪


coming back down, starting to rain
Bruce to the falls that block us
Bruce working up the side stream
side stream

Bruce and Peter skipping rocks
going up the side canyon
Peter crossing a landslide




Nanao stream 南澳南渓


Nanao stream 南澳南渓





Nanao stream 南澳南渓




Nanao stream 南澳南渓

Nanao stream 南澳南渓

Nanao stream 南澳南渓




Nanao stream 南澳南渓
Nanao stream 南澳南渓

Nanao stream 南澳南渓
Nanao stream 南澳南渓

Nanao stream 南澳南渓
Nanao stream 南澳南渓

crafted drip pan for new toaster oven
mature rice
drystacked walls with mortared top
Shantih at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
pool at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
pool at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Bruce at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Kitty at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
Tammy above Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
down to the stream
Bruce and Wendy coming down the trail
Shantih, Jack and Kitty
alpinia sp. 山月桃
hike down to the stream
unidentified wild raspberry
drystack wall pattern

Xiaowulai 小烏來
Xiaowulai Waterfall 小烏來瀑布
Yangmei 楊梅 Myrica rubra
Yunei waterfalls 宇内溪瀑布 parking
Thai hot and sour noodle soup and fried rice
Pigeon pea tree going strong

honeycomb bee food herbs

volunteers mingling in the garden
first stage of pond completed

volunteers mingle in the garden


150 km North Cross island 北橫 ride
Justin resting in Sanxing 三星
Sanxing 三星
down to the Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
Highway 7 台七線 North Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
arriving at Mingchi 明池
Xicun 西村 1106 m
Highway 7 台七線 North Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
Highway 7 台七線

the old Baling bridge 巴陵橋 downstream
Luofu Bridge 羅浮橋
crossing Luofu Bridge 羅浮橋


LiuGong canal 塯公圳







deep enough to get wet
Jiajiuliao 加九寮 bridge
Honghegu 紅河谷
basil nursery
second crop of beets almost ready for harvest
last of the rosa lettuce
糯米辣椒
jalapenos and sweet basil
pineapple plant grown in pot at the office needs to be planted out
another view of north side
very productive north side that runs east-west
strawberry plant is trying to find way to expand
nursing last of cool season plants for seed keeping
productive south facing half day plus
ground dwellers doing better with extra moisture
squash and winged beans; still some struggling in this intense spot
lettuce and nasturtium spent, summer greens going in next
view of the clump of plants near the gate
confluence of Xindian river 新店溪 and QingTan River 青潭溪
driving through the tea fields of Pinglin 坪林


10 km Wantan trail 灣潭古道 hike
Zhang homestead 張家莊
Zhang homestead 張家莊
Wantan stream 灣潭溪
Wantan stream 灣潭溪
picnic by the stream
picnic spot
Wantan stream 灣潭溪


fish in Wantan stream 灣潭溪
Gardenia 山黃梔 (shān huáng zhī) Gardenia jasminoides flower
figs
flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius

figs


banana flowering



Wantan stream 灣潭溪

Tammy and Wendy on the Wantan trail 灣潭古道
bright green caterpillar
Wantan 灣潭






Wantan stream 灣潭溪






Poppy at the waterfall

Wushan trail 鳥山古道 to Zhuzi mtn 竹子山



Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地





Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地




Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地
Wantan trail 灣潭古道
Wantan stream 灣潭溪
Wantan stream 灣潭溪 below
Wantan stream 灣潭溪


Wantan trail 灣潭古道
Wantan trail 灣潭古道

Zhang homestead 張家莊
Spray damaged sweet potato leaves and day lilly
Spray damaged sweet potato leaves
Unfinished job left on the bottom part of the stairs
Dirt covered squash plant high up on the wall
Meter plus high plants covered in dirt and sand
Only did a quarter of the stairs, but made a huge mess
sorting seeds, red amaranth leaf
harvested oregano










weekend boaters at Bitan 碧潭
weekend boaters at Bitan 碧潭
And time for a mid-afternoon snack and finishing off Philip's mulberry wine
Potting production area (broom discarded on the side of the road and brought home - I would never buy one ot these)
the cool to warm weather crop change over with Weiwei (and Kanee trying to photo bomb)
The big cool to warm weather crop change over begins (with Weiwei)
blooming barrel cactus
Kenaf 大麻槿 Hibiscus cannabinus
腋唇蘭
Coffee in bloom
Coffee in bloom
紫穗狼尾草
Flower of a grass that I would like to identify.

Bihai 碧海 spillway

Heping North Stream 和平北溪 river bed


Nick














Heping North Stream 和平北溪
Heping North Stream 和平北溪

Heping North Stream 和平北溪







Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 confluence
Leigh at the bat cave
at the bat cave
back to the cave




Mohen slot canyon

Mohen slot canyon


the slot broadens
first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon slot
first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon
first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon
looking downstream toward the confluence
Mohen stream 莫很溪 confluence

silt wall at the cave entrance

view from the cave silt wall
view downstream from the cave entrance
view from inside the cave
guano
entering the bat cave
to the cave
looking back downstream
Heping North Stream 和平北溪 slot canyon
continuing up Heping North Stream 和平北溪
looking back toward the confluence
leaving the Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 alluvial plain
leaving the Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 alluvial plain
Heping North Stream 和平北溪 hot springs
quick breakfast
camp site in the distance
trees behind our camp
landslide viewed from our camp at Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪
camp and Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪
camp and Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪

Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 camp



Zuni Bowl
Zuni Bowl
stream crossing


stream crossing


walls of sediment

Heping North Stream 和平北溪
Heping North Stream 和平北溪
Tall walls of sediment
Heping North Stream 和平北溪
a side valley


stones swept around

a wasp nest
sediment walls
Nick and Wolfgang
Heping North Stream 和平北溪 river bed
Heping North Stream 和平北溪
Heping North Stream 和平北溪 river bed
Heping streams 和平溪 confluence
Taipower cables over river
Taipower cables over river
toward the confluence
4 km walk from Bihai Power Plant 碧海電廠 to Heping North Stream 和平北溪
network of roots
Heping river 和平溪 bed
harder to cross than it looks
10.8 km drive from Heping 和平 village to Bihai Power Plant 碧海電廠
Badagang tunnel 巴達崗隧道
Dazhuoshui river 大濁水溪
to Taipower Bihai hydroelectric power plant 台電碧海發電廠
beginning of the Heping forest road 和平林道 or Dazhuoshui forest road 大濁水林道
Lunch after the big cleaning, fixings for a taco salad
A clothes drier in the sun
drill, fan and a clothes drier motor in the sun



after the storm

flood in garage from rain storm







108 km ride up the Nanheng 南橫 with Bruce
rice and tomatoes
Wulu 霧鹿


the road below
road repairs in Motien 摩天
Motien 摩天
Motien 摩天
above Lidao 利稻
above Lidao 利稻

Lidao tunnel 利稻隧道
road work below
Xiama 下馬
Wulu River 霧鹿溪 and 大崙溪 Dalun stream confluence
大崙溪 Dalun stream confluence
Bruce on the train
Guanshan 關山 train station


184 km ride with Bruce
First day finish line in Zhiben 知本
Ride to Xiluoan 西羅岸 and Baoqinggong 保慶宮 in cold wet weather
table leg repair
folding bamboo stool repair
after
before
Nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā)
Marigold 玫瑰 (méi guī) Tagetes 萬壽菊
Borage, starflower 琉璃苣 (liú lí jù) Borago officinalis

Rose 玫瑰 (méi guī) Rosa
Butterfly weed 柳葉馬利筋 (liǔ yè mǎ lì jīn) Asclepias tuberosa
quite sunny for NE aspect due to topography
lettuce that grew back
James in headstand with Tane on the bridge

bamboo harvest and checking out trail upstream
Alternanthera
Formosan elder
natural landscaping
變葉懸鉤子
A new road to explore
糯米糰
青苧麻
魚腥草, 糯米糰
Thriving patches of 青苧麻, 魚腥草, 糯米糰
always picking up natural material to work with
Beets, lettuce and garlic for greens

trellis for winged beans and small pumpkin

Orchid flower
Coffee in flower
Wulai shell ginger up close
Lost love
finished, view from other side
finished
design structure
soil cleaning
work site
Sujen prepping
sifting/cleaning the soil
soil condition
soil in better condition than the last one
worm tower with cover
worm tower
previous balcony project
another balcony project in Yonghe is completed
Easter salad
7.12km Shenkeng 深坑 - Monkey Mountain ridge 猴山岳 - Caonan 草湳 hike with Dan
Dan at Wenshan temple 文山附 in Caonan 草湳
refuse
Caonan 草湳 nappers
turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens
pack of mutts
vegetable plot

Monkey Mountain ridge trail 猴山岳登山步道
Monkey Mountain ridge trail 猴山岳登山步道
walls in the woods
home overgrown
shadows of a homestead

outdoor stove
Flaming Trumpet, Fire-cracker vine, Orange-trumpet vine 炮仗花 (pàozhang huā) Pyrostegia venusta
water celery, Java waterdropwort, Chinese celery 水芹菜 (shuǐ qín cài) Oenanthe javanica (white flower)
homestead in the woods
Goat poop
Shenkeng 深坑 farmhouse
Shenkeng 深坑

Wulai shell ginger 烏來月桃
food forest
Orchid alley
Volunteer tomatoes that I took pity on
east inside layers
layers
asparagus going all out
stacked northeast wall
slower growing lettuces speeding up now
amazing what a few weeks of warm, dry weather will do
金銀花
fig tree needing to be planted
waiting for planting out
highly stacked with perennials
eggplant fruiting
yellow squash flowering
major growing area
Nasturtiums brightening up the hood

11k walk to Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉






walking through farms in Dongpu 東埔 at the beginning of the trail
snow peas?
Feral cabbage in flower
trail lined by water piping
Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪

Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉

Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪


17.45k walk on the Batongguan trail 八通關古道
farming in Dongpu 東埔 with cabbage, tomato, bean intercropping



Feral plum?

Ground orchid with pink flowers




Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布
Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布
Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布


Lele Police Station 樂樂駐在所
section of trail destroyed by landslide
Mabloasih trail 馬博橫段
Yunlong Waterfall 雲龍瀑布
Yunlong Waterfall 雲龍瀑布

Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉 trail is closed

rest area for hikers near trail head
chickens and turkeys
trailhead to Xiangtianhu 向天湖
95k Sanxia 三峽 bike loop with Bruce
HsinTian River 新店溪
ZhiTan Water Treatment Plant 直潭淨水廠
安坑 farms

108
108 intersection
goats in the riverside park
dogs in the riverside park
repairing drill reversing switch


Building trellises
tomato structure
area next to the house that I am gradually turning into a forest garden
compost volunteers: squash and tomato
I hope that these blossoms turn into fruit
First time flowering/fruiting for this pomelo tree
dill
Peppermint
stacking space for maximum light
Marigold did very well this year
Purple mustard plant and romaine
Arugula still going strong
Asparagus getting started
Turkish red eggplant flower
Haven't done a thing to these beds since I planted them in December
the long wall garden
135k Five Finger mountain 五指山 loop with Guga


azaleas
Shifen Waterfall 十分瀑布
Shifen Waterfall 十分瀑布
一壽橋
Canistel, bajiao, coconut cream pudding
Some trees pierced the canopy of chuanchi and heshouwu
Future mulch
Thick clump of bajiaos
Lost toys and rubbish still fall down from homesteads above
Shell Ginger and native agrimony
Path still clear; chickens?
pineapple and pittaya
The understory is relatively clear
Lots of biomass for sheet mulching
2-year absence produced lots of biomass
curry sweet potato, black bean and rice patties
view looking back at our now naked northern boundary
lemon balm
tomatillo fruit
tomatillo fruit
tomatillo
habanero
nasturtium
swiss chard
swiss chard
marigold flowers
pea flowers
peas

forest guilds
banana circle and parking lot above
banana circles

looking toward the river, east by northeast
prepping for build out
holy basil
student project
tomatillo
nasturtiums and tomatoes
nasturtium, swiss chard, tomatillo

nasturtium, swiss chard, oregano, tomatillo
nasturtium, tomatoes, oregano
tomatoes, snow peas, lemon balm, oregano



formerly a parking lot at west entrance adjacent to farm
road entrance to farm on west side
Flea market stalls along the road to the farm
Old-fashioned veg drying in the city

69k ride in Xindian 新店
back to Wulai 烏來
Neidong Forest Road 內洞林道
cherry blossoms

end of the road for bikes
typhoon Soudelour road repairs
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Aiyu waterfall 阿玉瀑布
Tongho stream 桶後溪
lower Gweishan 龜山
lower garden city
Sikanshui 四崁水 4.9 km hike




Mounts attached to the tree for?

tired on the edge




fruiting Jerusalem cherry 玉珊瑚 (yù shān hú) Solanum pseudocapsicum
Tammy with bag of collected trash from along the trail
Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.





tree ferns on the mend
Unidentified wild berry plant
Taiwan Raspberry 刺莓 Rubus rosaefolius Smith
Urtica family
Small ephemeral stream bed
Cardboard mulch
visit to James & Erika's garden
Stefani's roommates come along to help weed
weeding
Simple omelette
End of the day through Luodong
Bruce buying fireworks

Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
Lanyang river 蘭陽溪





Philip pointing out snow patch
Young tree or?
Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki
Two giants intertwined: Chamaecyparis formosensis being embraced by another large tree, species yet identified.

Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki

scat

Red paint indicates forestry claim of wood
Sun and water bleached tree
Buried wood and emerging mushroom
snares prepped on the trail
hunters' snares
Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki
washed out bridge crossing over Chianafu Stream 加納富溪
Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis


Siji Forest Road 四季林道


Epiphytes: lichen, moss, etc.

Siji Forest Road 四季林道
Taiwan cinnamon 台灣肉桂 (táiwān ròuguì) 土肉桂，山肉桂 Cinnamomum insulari-montanum Hayata (endemic). Note deep grooves
Back side of a native cinammon

Japanese aralia, paperplant 八角金盤 (bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia japonica

Unidentified plant
Siji Forest Road 四季林道
Strange pattern of organic matter flow
Siji Forest Road 四季林道
A view of mid-elevation mountains
A series of gabion check dams
Area cleared of wild banana to plant native cedar
Unidentified vine in flower
Fern spores
Siji Forest Road 四季林道
Taiwan horsetail with wild raspberry
Hairy Pouzolzia 糯米糰 (nuòmǐ tuán) Hyrtanandra pentandra or Gonostegia hirta (Blume) Miquel

Hairy Pouzolzia 糯米糰 (nuòmǐ tuán) Hyrtanandra pentandra or Gonostegia hirta (Blume) Miquel
Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
reassembled pot
Weiwei in the garage
Tane in the garage
replaced with section of rubber gas hose

Kanie has recovered
cherry blossom gawkers

Bitan Bridge 碧潭吊橋
62km, 1475m 新店 - 動物園 - 石碇 - 崩山 - 新店 loop
Zhitan 直潭
Helen's Cafe
the road we climbed
Pengshan 彭山

Pengshan 彭山
Pengshan 彭山
adding air to Dan's tire
Pengshan 彭山


Pengshan 彭山
Pengshan 彭山
new tea plants
water buffalo
Dan and John coming up
Shiding 石碇
Shiding 石碇
Shiding 石碇

Shiding 石碇
Shiding 石碇
Shiding 石碇 rest
Shiding 石碇
Shiding 石碇 rest
Shiding 石碇 rest
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
Lungshan Temple 龍山寺 subway station
Waiting for the train
dinner at Toasteria
dinner at Toasteria
at the trail head
Taipei 101


Taipei 101
cultivated orchids
cultivated orchids

cat on an elephant

Pandanus tree roots
Pandanus tree
Pandanus fruit
On the subway to Xiangshan
fruit dinner at home
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
Leaving home base
Heping Island 和平島

Looking back toward Keelung
Keelung harbor
Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺
Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺
Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺
Confucius Temple 市孔廟
Baoan Temple 保安宮
Baoan Temple 保安宮
Chin‌ese folk god of agriculture
temple murals
temple murals
temple murals
Baoan Temple 保安宮
貓巡坑福德宮 Cat Patrol Temple
roof detail
貓巡坑福德宮 Cat Patrol Temple
off on first ride

final check
Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布
Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布

2017

Bronx bike messenger at Pristine

84k Pingxi 坪溪 loop for breakfast meeting
back to Garden City
雙溪口
Fanzikeng 番子坑

Pingxi 平溪
Pingxi 平溪
Pengshan 彭山
the beautiful 47-1











老泉街 explore
Mucha Laoquan St. 木柵老泉街
Mucha Laoquan St. 木柵老泉街
110k ride on 大雪山林道 (Guga's version)
110k ride on 大雪山林道

upper part of the road closed
Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
Henglingshan tunnel 橫嶺山隧道



Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
evergreen forest

Electronics room flooded
















雞屎藤 running across the steps

taro, edible and not

through the grass tunnel
going back home
dam abandoned
signs of barbecue
Bats live in the dark room against the hill
The abandoned building looking back toward the entrance into the area






Abandoned building next to the stream
Typical plant community on the ground in open areas
wet ground covered with moss and damp loving plants
wide path on the near side of the stream
originally a road, now a walking path
wild, edible taro




arugula, coriander between snow peas
home garden after rain
tamarillo
coffee first















navigation
turning off of the 106乙








old railway tunnel 舊台車隧道
looking back south on climb up 136
turning onto the 136 in Guoxing 國姓 along the Nangang river 南港溪
Down to highway 21






Kanie
breakfast
mushrooms
Rainbow's dogs
dinner at Grandma Nitti's
dinner at Grandma Nitti's

Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.




betelnut

betelnut plantation
Quchi 屈尺
Quchi dam 屈尺壩
Quchi dam 屈尺壩

peppers and eggplants
Late summer home garden on north side
Toona sinensis, coffee trees
succulent like aloe from Liz
ficus family?
plant from Marian
butterfly-loving plant
turmeric flower
fuscia bougainvillea
pink hibiscus
yellow/orange rose
roses from Marian







Design workshop
Design workshop


design workshop
solanum family (garden harvest) and garlic
home garden lizard
23k bike survey of Xindian river
Quchi 屈尺
Guangxing Riverside Park 廣興河濱公園
bright day from the north side
front door garden area
sweet bell pepper
Fushan overnight (map video)

sweet bell pepper



inside edge garden during typhoon season



basil, amaranth leaf polyculture
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
noon swim
once big bend deep pool
once big bend deep pool
side stream canyon
coming out of the side stream canyon
explore of the side stream canyon
explore of the side stream canyon



amaranth leaf seeds




hiking up to the side canyon
morning swim
James at camp
James at camp
morning at camp
swimming in the rain (video)
Guga swimming in the rain (video)
raining on Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
side stream canyon (video)
first visit of side stream canyon
James in the stream at camp
at camp
camp
upstream from campsite
down to Nanshi stream 南勢溪
down to Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Naranjilla
Italian flat leaf parsley flowering/seeding
Also a sweet basil, but different variety
Jalapeno
Sweet basils
假人參Talinum paniculatum開花
假人參Talinum paniculatum開花
A perfect, but very small butternut squash grown in a pot.
Sweet bell pepper plant that was planted last year and still producing
Check out them thorns!
Naranjilla plant bides its time until planting out in the food forest
End of the day light on the north/east section of the yard.
Reorganizng and getting ready for moving out to garden projects
Basil, also sweet, but different variety
Genoese sweet basil
Same jalapeno plant later in the day
(video)
packing up 3:30 PM
looking downstream
down to the swimming hole
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
shallow Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
Nanshi stream 南勢溪 diving (video)
break for lunch and swim
Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
a small side slot canyon stream
once big pool in bend
at the once was big bend with deep pool
(video)
(video)
inflating
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
upstream Nanshi stream 南勢溪 11:10

down to the river
leaving the path
Leigh on the trail
Bolu stream 波露溪 10:25 AM
Bolu stream 波露溪 downstream
coming down to Bolu stream 波露溪
crossing a minor new slide
Jalapenos coming in fast
white mushroom
looking down the first stream
break in the first steam
crossing the Soudelour landslide 9:20 AM
























La Villa Cafe, 燕子湖, Xindian
La Villa Cafe, 燕子湖, Xindian
looking upstream
Kalamoji 卡拉模基

Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
leaving the beach after lunch
leaving Wendy and Tammy at the beach
swimming beach
video
the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Bruce in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
video
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
final narrows before the swimming beach
the water level is low
the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
bird in flight (video)
Bruce in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Bruce in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
down to the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
looking downstream
morning ride n Xindian



slide below the end of the road
a colorful bug
Wendy and Bruce have crossed
new trails form across new slides
Wendy coming across the big new slide
back across the big slide
the Nanshi river 南勢溪 below
coming down
planted pines
a dry creek bed
tree ferns
red aventitious roots
Tammy coming down the trail
millipede? centipede?
this stream has changed since Soudelour
picnic in the stream



rural trash burning
jackfruit
jackfruit
new roof
spider across the path
Malaysian Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 (hēi guān má lù) Gorsachius melanolophus
failed capacitor
False start on the 47-1
Dan gets tea from the Wutu 烏塗 recycling center
Traditional Taiwanese farmhouse
Dan crossing the bridge in Shiding 石碇
early departure from Garden City
the valley and stream below our house
Weiwei at the stream












Lots going on here - a couple dozen food plants are filling out the layers and niches
An abundant understory of the forest garden area
Our bananas have started producing, a little over a year from the time we planted them.
A visual education tool to understand home composting works made by one of the students
An area that we've be cultivating and rehabilitating. Plenty of food already available.


A path was cleared for heavy machinery so that the land owners could clear areas of structures and stuff left by people who had occupied a thick margin of the property in preparation to transfer the land rights to the government.
White-green, orange, red chili from northern Thailand
Red leaf amaranth
Praying mantis
Praying mantis on amaranth leaf vegetable
Harvested cucumber for seed
View from inside the office
view from Jingmei office
Larkdaisy 藍冠菊 or 菲律賓鈕扣花 Centratherum punctatum Cass.
Larkdaisy 藍冠菊 or 菲律賓鈕扣花 Centratherum punctatum Cass.
Larkdaisy 藍冠菊 or 菲律賓鈕扣花 Centratherum punctatum Cass.
cucumber
cucumber with flowers
relive video of 29 km Maokong loop bike ride
work in the Jingmei river 景美溪
Jingmei river 景美溪
Jingmei river 景美溪
Dan makes his way through the Mucha 木柵 market
turn up Laoquan street lane 45 老泉街45巷
flat tire and broken tool
Suao 蘇澳 bay
Dong Ao 東澳 to the south from the Suhua Highway 蘇花公路
along the Suhua Highway 蘇花公路
Nanao Farms 南澳農場
Nanao Farms 南澳農場
looking down Gufeng creek 谷風溪
bridge over Gufeng creek 谷風溪
Gufeng waterfall 谷風瀑布
back to Heping 和平


road improvements
Dazhuoshui river 大濁水溪

Mining quarry above the Dazhuoshui river 大濁水溪
provincial government jurisdiction
to Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
wash off your truck
Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布 (video)
Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
a pair of frogs travels (video)
boot frog
Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
frog transposed
Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
15 minute walk to Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
up Aohua stream 澳花溪
down Aohua stream 澳花溪
Nanao 南澳 beach
morning glory on Nanao 南澳 beach
Nanao 南澳 beach
pools below Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布 (video)
Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布 (video)
Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布 (video)
Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布
final approach to Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪. delta
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪. delta


resting at Mingchi 明池

shattered dam












Five sisters still going


More aesthetic rain gutter and downspout

Another view of the 5 sisters
5 sisters at the Yonghe farm
Kanee at home
fire-fighting motorcycle







Bridge replacement at Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布


























































the silent auction









on the Gweishan 龜山 bridge w/ Ziggy











Formosa mountain palm 山棕 (shān zōng) Arenga engleri fruiting
Joshua at the Guishan Taipower ice cream shop 桂山發電廠冰品部



















Common magpie 喜鵲 (xǐquè) Pica pica






roof top garden at the circle


access to the roof top garden at the circle
Another shot showing its full tail
Japalura spp lizard 短肢爬蜥蜴 (duǎn zhīpá xīyì) hanging out on a fence pole

visiting chicken
visiting chicken
一柱麥子 Grain of Wheat

Joy's garden
Incredible beetroots
Tomatoes from James and Erika's Garden
last of the lettuce, cool temperate herbs and nasturtiums


















mulberry gin liquor
papayas
Yellow iris
Comfrey in flower

Light on a clear cool day
This little cactus keeps on blooming
Somebody has been snacking on the fennel seeds
Lettuce to be harvested
A whole gaggle of nasturtium flowers
Bright yellow nasturtium flower

plants going to seed
Noodles made with wheat grown using natural farming methods
4.0 km drive from Kuolai 闊瀨 to 豹子廚
豹子廚


checking the bee hive




looking at the map

with the policeman from Kuolai police station 闊瀨派出所

doors
a wall alive
rest area
ground cover manicured
the trail continues past the homestead
Beishi stream trail 北勢溪古道

6.2 km walk over 263m in 3h55m
no swimming in any Pinglin rivers except from June through September in certain streams
Van Denburgh's Ground Skink 臺灣滑蜥 (táiwān huá xī) Scincella formosensis
on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Stefani on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
on a rock

on the trail in the bamboo
Beishi stream 北勢溪
mushroom


Formosa Palm, Taiwan Sugar Palm 山棕 (shān zōng) Arenga engleri
on the trail
no typhoons this year
rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
Blechnum orientale 烏毛蕨 (wū máo jué)
urn

巨網燈蛾 (jù wǎng dēng é) Macrobrochis gigas
45 minutes back to the suspension bridge
the trail goes back into the woods
coming back down to the road
bridge of stones
the trail goes up around a land slide

urn
Dan and Philip on the road
bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
細柄雙蓋蕨 (xì bǐng shuāng gài jué) Diplazium donianum
mushroom
on the trail
waterfall
on the trail
Beishi stream 北勢溪
crossing a stream

Beishi stream 北勢溪
crossing a side stream
on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Dan on the trail
tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
tea cultivation
tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
Dan driving
returning to camp

looking upstream
just above our campsite



roiling Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉

hot spring grotto
looking back at the gap

Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉 (video)
pool above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉 (video)
waterfall above the gap
gap upstream
colorful marble walls
colorful marble walls
colorful marble walls
Dalun stream 大崙溪
above the hot springs
Dalun stream 大崙溪
Dalun stream 大崙溪
a large side cavern
upstream in Dalun stream 大崙溪
swirls
colorful stone
the lower falls of Lulu stream 轆轆溪
back out toward Dalun stream 大崙溪
lower fall of Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon (video)
Richard in Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
hot spring vent in Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon (video)
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 thermal springs
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
hot springs
hot springs ahead
the canyon narrows
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 waterfall
Leigh inspects the waterfall
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 explore
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 explore
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
bottom fall of Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪, lower falls
ready to go


camp
Dalun stream 大崙溪 downstream at dawn
campsite at the confluence
dawn at camp on Dalun stream 大崙溪
mini hot spring (video)
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
falls ahead
looking back, Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
falls ahead
looking back, Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Dalun stream 大崙溪 gap above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
gap above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
thermal vents everywhere
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Dalun stream 大崙溪
a very hot run
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
patterns from dropping water
Dalun stream 大崙溪
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Dalun stream 大崙溪 above camp
Lulu waterfall
Lulu waterfall
Lulu waterfall
looking downstream toward camp
Dalun stream 大崙溪
upstream explore

view from camp
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
looking downstream
Dalun stream 大崙溪 upstream and Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
down to Dalun stream 大崙溪
looking downstream on Dalun stream 大崙溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
down to Dalun stream 大崙溪
Guan-Shan Trail 關山越嶺古道
lunch break
crossing into the 大崙溪 Dalun stream watershed
Toward Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
on the trail
on the trail
back down toward Xiama 下馬
Bishan Hot Springs 碧山溫泉 below
"Six Pits Hot Spring" 六口溫泉
"Six Pits Hot Spring" 六口溫泉
彩霞溫泉 (cǎixiá wēnquán) "pink clouds hot springs" washed away
on the road
Leigh with pack on scooter
South cross-island highway 南橫公路, HW 20
heading south
Hualien 花蓮 train station
Another premium growing area on east side
South African aloe-like plant in flower
Fennel and dill flowers
Bee on dill flower / nasturtium flowers in background
Nasturtiums
Premium growing area
Plant factory
Tomatoes and tomatillos
Beans and squashes
Cukes, squashes, melons

Weiwei

















a haul of trash

happy dogs
Narrow petaled hydrangea 狹瓣八仙花 (xiá bàn bāxiān huā) Hydrangea angustipetala Hayata
Weiwei
鵲不踏(台灣楤木) Aralia decaisneana Hance - wasp at work

bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān hānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius

雙面刺?


tree fern 筆筒樹 (bǐtǒng shù) Cyathea lepifera

A single head of lettuce grown in a six-inch pot adorned with nasturtium flowers
Early spring and all is growing well























Sykaro trail 霞喀羅古道
road work
Cooking dinner in the nunnery
View from the nunnery in Qingquan 清泉
Kolas Yotaka









大隘村的民俗




























work on Wulai hot springs 烏來溫泉
the trail down to the river, gated
full group in blue
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉
tricky accees to the hot spring pool cave
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉, in the cliff
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉, clear green
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉




Waterfall






Waterfall




Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
a tricky passage
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷

Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
beginning of the slotted canyon
towering crumbly cliffs
lofty cliffs at the beginning of the canyon

a small hot spring pool near the beginning
there was once a significant road here
our crew
wasp nest
back to Lushan 廬山 village
local
stacked stone and pepper crop
indigenous color
mountain gardening
fruit tree cultivation
Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
hot springs above Jingying waterfall
hot springs above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
Yunhai Hot Spring 雲海溫泉
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪


negotiating the dams
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
second dam
alluvial wash out

Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
fill above the dam
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
climbing the second dam face
Richard stays below the second dam
second dam
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
the second sediment retention dam 攔沙壩
climbing the second dam
hot springs above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
Jingying Hot springs 精英溫泉
the first sediment retention dam 攔沙壩
the first set of sediment retention dams 攔沙壩
above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
Jingying Hot Springs 精英溫泉
crossing Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
down to Jingying hot springs 精英溫泉



out on the river and back along the road
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
the Tonghou stream 桶後溪 we traced below

root
road closed due to damage from typhoon Soudelour
quota and control policy
road closed
commercial agriculture activity
closed due to heavy damage
ferns in the trees
different kinds of ferns
fern




Tonghou stream 桶後溪
reservoir dogs

Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Tonghou stream 桶後溪

Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Tonghou stream 桶後溪

Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Cherry blossom snappers
solid waste alarm




composting workshop
composting workshop
composting workshop

Lin family pagoda
an urban section of the walk
beautiful garden pond


a long stretch of stairs
view from bottom
specifications label
home lettuce


Compass indicating directions at the church
Father Barry climbing over the wall to place moss
How Father Barry glues his moss patches to the wall

The glue: flour and water


Moss decorating session






From the front of the church looking to the main entrance at the back



Aboriginal themes
Inside the church
Shrine to Mother Mary
Guardian angel?

Interesting masonry
Zhang Xueliang 張學良 house entrance with story


Qingquan 清泉
The walk down

Qingquan 清泉


Pigeon pea 樹豆 dried on the dessicated plant
Plum tree in bloom
bee in the plum blossom
Mushroom cultivation
Thorny eggplant
Cultivated landscape
Recycling
Nasturtium

Fire pit
Yawei's workshop
Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿
Proprietor's visiting spot
Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿
Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿



Our group accommodations

area map
A wide terrace
Temporary structure
Edges of terraced fields
On contour
How old are these walls?
Ramie
Taro and boulder
Sun indicates eastern exposure on terraced slope
terraced fields facing north
boundaries need to be clarified
Path over to the plot
The property
Large jackfruit trees 菠蘿蜜 (bōluómì)

Abandoned police station
Abandoned police station




home lettuce
home lettuce
key features
from above

from above

hoop house above



path on the roof


whacked betelnut grove



















reinstalled in Leafhopper
Ginger and 糯米辣椒
fault in broken LED\USB board power wire










lower terrace
pond

2016

D-Link DI-724P Router repair
D-Link DI-724P Router repair

2017

drainage into the stream

2016

Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
25 km over 11 hours to Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
Forestry office at original trail head
Paiwan slate piling trail foundation
Peter descends




back into sunshine

grape ?








Aboriginal Volunteer Army Memorial
Japanese inscription
Peter at Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
back to the Japanese Shinto shrine ruins



weather coming down

trail through dwarf bamboo
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
turning around to descend
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山


Japanese Shinto shrine
Taiwan Laughing Thrush 金翼白眉 (jīn yì báiméi) Garrulax morrisonianus
Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
Peter at Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
forest closer to the top
the forest

Bruce and tree
huge tree near the Kuaigu hut
weather and mountains to the south
the forest
at Kuaigu hut 檜谷山莊 turn off

Peter coming up
weather coming over from the east
checking the map
male Swinhoe's pheasant 藍腹鷳 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii on Dawu mountain 大武山 in southern Taiwan
Swinhoe's pheasant 藍腹鷳
Bruce on the trail
Bruce on the trail
clouds coming over obscuring sunrise, 6 AM


Checking out the garden, doing some harvesting

A small green bean, similar to a mung bean, has grown well in the garden.
Philip carrying compost bin

Still dozens of a hardy chili pepper 糯米辣椒 picked green for pickling and red sauce and fire
Passionfruit marigold blooming
Late morning in the garden on a beautiful early winter day
looking for route to ChangXing Road 長興路
Garden City below
Garden City below


cliff
Garden City below
new water tower on the trail above
view from upstairs balcony
3 cm in diameter
8.5 cm long
37 μF 250 VAC capacitor
hole 3.5 cm in diameter
Another tower and big sweet basil plant
Garden tower with sub-irrigation reservoir
Red-veined sorrel
Another mushroom circle garden bed
Herbs for Mediterrrannean cuisine in the mushroom circle garden bed
Herbs for butterflies at the eco-herb garden
back down to the road

貓空尖 562 m

四面頭山 520m
Philip in the bamboo

Dan on the trail







Ejiaoge Shan 鵝角格山 475m











on the way back






Ronghua Dam 榮華大壩
Christopher with Sprint
the awning tarp is 360 cm wide
the two arm halves are about 85 + 115 cm
garage meeting
basil harvest
Dan picks us up in Wuling Farms 武陵農場
Marc
Peter


Chiyou peak 池有山
trail to Chiyou mountain 池有山

through the bamboo
packing out of Xinda hut 新達山屋
dawn at 新達山屋 Xinda Hut
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山

Dabajian Mountain 大霸尖山
新達山屋 Xinda Hut and Chiyou mountain 池有山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山

Pintian mountain 品田山
Pintian mountain 品田山
ascending Pintian mountain 品田山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山


pond
chat at 新達山屋 Xinda Hut
Peter at 新達山屋 Xinda Hut

Marc in the fog
mushroom


Michael


bamboo forest


霸南山屋 Banan Hut, 3125 m, 9 AM
霸南山屋 Banan Hut
map check
descent

holy mountain
below 大霸尖山 Dabajian Mountain (video)

north side of Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
7 AM
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
ascent to 大霸尖山 Dabajian Mountain (video)


Michael at Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山

Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
sunrise, day 3, 6 AM
dinner at Zhongba hut 中霸山屋, 5:30 PM
sunset over the clouds
sunset from 中霸山屋
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 over Zhongba hut 中霸山屋
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山 over Zhongba hut 中霸山屋
at Zhongba hut 中霸山屋


along the north base of Dabajian
along the north base of Dabajian
along the north base of Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
ascending Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 from the West side
Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山

Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山



below Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山, 3490 m
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山


Zhongba hut 中霸山屋 lunch

Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 (panorama)
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Philip on the trail


pond


map check





leaving Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
packing
breafast at Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
breakfast, 6:30 AM
Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊 mess
Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊, 2700 m
Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
yurts at Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊


Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
Madara Creek 馬達拉溪 below
Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
dangerous road
Michael
looking west
Dalu Forest Road 大鹿林道
at the Hsinchu HSR, 7:15 AM
Xindian station 捷運新店站

Taming the jungle and reclaiming some light
Euphea formosa 短腹幽蟌 (duǎn fù yōu cōng)
Wantan trail 灣潭古道

trail workers
Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 (bái zhì jiā cōng) Matrona cyanoptera
trail to Zhushan 竹山
Wantan stream 灣潭溪
Common Kingfisher 普通翠鳥 (pǔtōng cuì niǎo) Alcedo atthis
Wantan stream 灣潭溪
stone enclosure outside kitchen




kitchen?

to Wushan 烏山 and Zhushan 竹山 mountains
Wantan stream 灣潭溪

Wantan trail 灣潭古道
Wantan stream 灣潭溪

Wantan stream 灣潭溪

Asian giant hornet 大虎頭蜂 (dà hǔ tóu fēng) Vespa mandarinia
female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷴 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii


BeiShiXi 北勢溪
tea

BeiShiXi 北勢溪 coming into Pinglin 坪林
Tammy is struck by a scooter in Mucha
tour of upstairs apartment
Brilliant pre-typhoon and fall sunshine radiates the east side of the house

At a cafe that Tammy quite liked after visiting the catacombs

A structural column encircled by bones
One of the more unique patterns
Some plaques indicate where the interred bones originated from.
Plaques inscribed with philosophical or religious scriptures in French and Latin



Salvia sp annuals gone to seed
Bee-loving salvia plant
Raggedy raven
Wild bee hotel

A basil from the African rainforest
The understory

looking up from inside the greenhouse

Pepper vine in the tropical greenhouse
More sage
Mediterrannean spurge
Salvia
Salvia
Salvia
Sage (for cooking)
Lupine
Bronze fennel gone to seed


A stately rosemary bush
variegated pink-green ground cover is used as a medicine in Taiwan
Orange-tinted leaves - Canna lilly
Canna lillies
species are grouped by family
Green and purple sweet potato leaves used as ornamentals
breakfast at the hotel Senlis
Breakfast in the ancient underground cavern of the hotel
view from the Hôtel de Senlis
street cafe

umbrella store
Le Jardin du Musée de Cluny
leaf compost
Quince
Need to find someone who knows temperate forest plants
Solomon's Seal and hops
Woven fences made from willow and other coppiced branches
Steet vendors line two sides of the archeological site and medieval forest garden
Panthéon de la rue Soufflot








Exiting the park and walking toward the Eiffel Tower

The Senate

Always a unique assembly of plants in the French verge gardens
Even the smallest cafes use handheld cardreaders for credit cards
Philip taking in the end of the day light at a local cafe
George enjoying a warm sandwich with a rich, dark beer



fish in Pierre's pond






































beautiful place for lunch
wine for Marc




tomatos
french fries
hummingbird moth

french fries
french fries


off-duty policeman playing with his dog


overlook of Chabeuil
snail on a plastic leaf
grave of René and Pierrette Unal

nice bench


Montée du Barda
Montée du Barda

































cobblestone

stone repairs
cobblestone
cobblestone






organ
seats
carpet
altar





Crust, geologically speaking



Le pont d'Arc

Salad burnett
Le pont d'Arc
Lambsquarters (goosefoot)

Le pont d'Arc



Areas of the compound
Harvested grapes
Marc and Cricket navigating
Pierre's tomatoes
bee

alpaca
Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
alpaca
alpaca
abbey chicken












Plateau d'Ambel


the road below
Explaining "La Bataille"



Footbridge over stream in Chabeuil
la Véore
Old stone buildings attached to the cathedral compound
Looking down from the cathedral

Healthy sumac tree 鹽膚木屬
Artichoke gone to seed in neighbor's garden
Wildflowers
Another short of a lavender field
Mailbox with address of current "La Baume" occupants
Another succulent
Field of corn, mostly pig feed in France (and many other places)
Lavender land near The Bomb, the old family farmstead
Stone road remnants
Emergenc vehicle called up to attend to someone having a crisis
White puff-tipped grass
Nearly spent berries
Group family photo
And even ferns find their niche
Delicate succulent plant finds a foothold
Newish old
Lady bug and limestone
Flowers fading with the fall
George, Anne-Marie and Marie-Claire
A peek of the superficial geological layer
A strong, block tower meant as a look out and stronghold
Remnant of a defensive structure on the north side of the tower
Rampart remnant
Family shot at the top with the tower
Scrub oak
Ruins of a drawbridge
George and Tammy
Landscape of area near Chabeuil
Juniper berries





George, Marc, and Cricket
Passiflora vine on fruit tree in Pierre's gardn
Many alleycats
One of the many shops on the old main commercial area
Cheeses and sausages - we bought a piece of the round behind the sign
Cheeses and sausages
View of town hall from the market


Selling seedlings
Mostly different varieties of local apples


Cookies and bisquits

Baskets and chair repair service
Handmade baskets for every day use
Fresh local produce
Always local produce
Biweekly farmer's market at Chabeuil
Market getting set up
Assortment of sausages
Procuring lunch for our large group
View of the market from across the river
Family walking to the market via the old village main gate
Courtyard of hotel
Connecting archways
Flower of 欒樹 Koelreuteria sp. most likely "elegans"
欒樹 Koelreuteria sp. most likely "elegans"
A morphing, eroding gothic face
Structural and weather patterns
Door with beautiful dragonfly doorknock and knob
Dragonfly doorknock
Old and new walls
Doors of varying antiquity
Typical courtyard/garage off of the narrow streets
Tall, narrow pathways
Stately manor in the morning light
Ripe figs were falling from this tree
Bamboo clump (but not a clumping species)
Shared access road to Pierre and Marie-Claire's home
Fig trees sprout up near where others are grown
Grape arbor over a door with mature bunches of grapes
A well-appointed but small kitchen
Larger view of the herbs and tomatoes growing in the yard and another pond
Herb garden and covered porch at the back of the house
The herb garden near the kitchen
Pierre's tomato patch
Lavender crocuses emerging from under the trees
Colorful carp
Fish and plants in the pond in Pierre's garden
A close up shot of the flower
Bee-loving plant in Pierre's garden
Olive tree in a very large ceramic pot
Philip sunning and sleeping at the Avignon TVG station
screw added for stability
replacement capacitor connected
motor thermal fuse replaced
Cocky rooster - despite the larger hens of a different breed, this dude does not give up ground when it comes to foraging for food, hence his comb shows hen-pecking damage.
Look at the legs on that hen. No wonder that she is a formidable foe to many would-be predators. She arrived in the garden at a fifth or less of her current size.
Pair of hens that have forage in the compost area




Just a small fraction of Thai sweet basil and other medicinal herbs that we harvested and shared.
Looking back through the garden from the compost side.
The young fruit trees doing fine. We let the paper and other mulberry trees grow up a bit around the fruit trees before we cut them back.
And then this one next
Pinecone Ginger (aka Shampoo Ginger) flower
More of the understorey
These beautiful papayas were saved by the fact that the tree had grown above the hoophouse structure, keeping it from falling.
The understorey
The garden post-Typhoon Meranti
Looking back up the stairs
Stones of the retaining wall are scattered over the garden stairs.
The tree was dislodged from this retaining wall.
Where a very large tree used to be at the community garden
switch reinstalled
switch reassembled
capacitor box
grub and water
Coconut pankes, a la J. Murray

New bunch of long, purple aubergine
Turmeric flower gorgeousness
Pumpkin yielded well this year
Small eggplant
Sweet basil crop in the center
Red amaranth
Red edible amaranth grown for its leaves as a vegetable
A nice shot of the Plot
The Plot - Left side
Eastern spot-billed duck 花嘴鴨





The last hurrah!
Me being my silly self
The PDC graduates

Lotus almost ready for harvest


Jackfruit and coconut trees
The main pond with the wellness center in the background
Phil the organic farmer tilling his main crops
Large pond for greywater and crop production
Water system run-off designed to flow through the beds passively
This years vegetable garden project with passive water capture earthworks
Last year's project
A bench that we made with rammed tires and recycled wood panels
Jambul 閻浮樹 Syzygium cumini
Jambul 閻浮樹 Syzygium cumini
The site is divided by a public road
The sign on the main road
The front entrance to the wellness center
印度田菁 Sesbanin sesban (L.) Merr.
Another nitrogen fixer
Glad that I discovered these, enough bananas for the entire PDC group
Common pioneer bush/tree in the area
Another bunch
Discovered another plot of bananas with fruit ready to pick
Still a few good ones left
More wasted fruit
A plot of guava trees with unpicked fruit
Leaf-hemp vine
Bind weed (aka morning glory)
Malabar fruit
What's this ground cover plant?
Looking down from the short cut
Short cut leading up from the road to main hall
Pepper family?

Veranda that sits next/over the natural swimming pool
Azolla
Naturally swimming pool/pond with covered veranda
Another shot of the retention pond
Railroad tie stairs
Pond to store water and alleviate run-off, grows crops
bugleweed 散血草 (sàn xuè cǎo), 白尾蜈蚣 (báiwěi wúgōng) Ajuga bracteosa in the mint family Lamiaceae
Chiu Yie-Ru instructs on A-frame level use
Making A-frame levels to measure contours
bat
Sweet basil and lemon basil harvest. Made a big jar of pesto with cashew, garlic and olive oil mostly to preserve the basil.
Chilies on palm flower sheath
Chilies on palm flower sheath
Chilies on palm flower sheath
Giant Golden Orb Spider (female)
float down the Nanshixi 南勢溪
Red okra
Red okra
Maximum water height before it finds its way down the stairs
The drainage, thank goodness, works well
Three kinds of basil and leafy greens of amaranth and basella
Fat and unafraid lizard
Haul from the famer's market


Bajiaos need to be eaten
Water-loving legume tree 水黃皮
Philip on the river bank
More higher area wetland species
Good place to see wetland species of plants
Still an amazing amount of construction in the flood plain
I wonder the water is managed here.
To the right of the plot opening us is left mostly wild with some betel nut trees
Same plot to the left.
Plot opening up across from their place
Surviving okra
LeafHopper over James and Erika's plot
Home garden before the typhoon, note the bajiaos hanging
Home garden, hot sun
Looking for a spot to fly
Nice little permaculture garden
Pineapply plant and its long sawlike leaves.
Looking quite alive and moist
Another view of the community garden
Community garden after heavy rain
Butterfly on chive flower
Green beans, haricot vert
A chili plant from Burma
Ground orchid (native?)
steel in curtain rod
corroded motor magnets
Hummus and tomato cucumber salad
Baby honeydew melons
A feral honeydew melon

view from Wuling
half way, vertically
the road climbed below
Baiyang Waterfall 白楊瀑布

Baiyang Waterfall Trail 白楊步道
early start, Xincheng 新城
Habanero crop begins coming in
butterflies in the elder
girdled trees
three-spot grass yellow 台灣黃蝶 (Táiwān huáng dié) Eurema blanda arsakia in the farmers friend 咸豐草 (xiánfēng cǎo) bidens pilosa
Dark evening brown 森林暮眼蝶 (sēnlín mù yǎn dié) Melanitis phedima polishana
Sour Creeper 酸藤 (Suān téng) Ecdysanthera rosea Hook. & Arn.
Banana flower
Banana flower among the potted plants
sunset over Guangxing 廣興
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Lemon basil seedlings
Red velvet okra seedlings
Bean plants
Bean plants
Seedlings in the homegarden

Silk Tree 合歡 (Héhuān) Albizia julibrissin
dogs playing in the sand along the Lanxi stream
Weiwei in the ruins
110mm of rain at home
dogs playing in the LanXi stream
new gardening table
cold return descent
Road to Cuifeng lake 翠峰湖
Road to Cuifeng 翠峰湖
Starting point
new life from old
basil planted
back to the BeiHeng 北横公路
back to the BeiHeng 北横公路
north cross island highway 北横公路 below
Alan at a coffee shop
Fuxing 復興 below on the north-cross island highway
at the coffee shop
Atayal elementary school
wired
Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴
Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴
Our food forest
Mulching as the rains get more intense

Everything is growing now, including the snails.
Prepping the beds for tumeric and ginger
Lettuces departing, sweet potato, chives and shiso coming in
volunteer pumpkin plants as a living mulch
open spots for annuals and different plants in sunnier spots
Patricia doing something different with the spirals
more beds with ginger and tumeric
the bajiaos grew back
Guangxing and cat with attitude
Guangxing 廣興
Guangxing 廣興 and the rising river
Visit to Marian's plot down the road from James'
At Marian's plot
Bed of beets
Freshly planted polyculture
Longer shot of the keyholes
Keyholes
Tomato plant
Lots growing on
Another view of the garden
finished spiral, Luke in the background

Lunch finally
Almost finished
James and Erika time out while we finish up the spiral




Erika and James getting lunch ready
Tane
The chef
On offer
The art of drystacking
Salad being prepared for lunch.
Erika in the kitchen
Higher and higher
Two spirals being built.
Tammy keeps an eye on both spirals being built.
Working with wet cardboard to start the sheet mulch process
Spiral taking shape
The Plot in full operation
Discussing spiral fengshui
The spiral continues to be built up
James and Jeremy leveling the raised area before building the spiral


failing garage door
Algis's Asus board
dangerous stuff
at the Fubar in Fulong
Ziggy buying tickets
above the the BeishiXi 北勢溪
the Beishi river 北勢溪

Dingping Rd 碇坪路 or 106乙


106乙
Coffee at Helen's on Highway 9
waiting for Ziggy and Guga at Helen's











wld bee trap







the end of the road






eutrophication?
the trail skirts fenced property


looking north toward ChaTian

coming down to the stream
erosion in the earthworks


roads of the development ahead
wild bee trap











happy Buddha
butterfly cage?

a complex of cages
cages
goats









nasturtiums



large tree at trail to 加羅湖

dismantling a trap
we turn around at a major landslide
mossy trail
view north
Philip and Peter trudging through the moss
Atayal camp
muddy
tree across the trail
trap snare on animal path

Cup Fungi 多地歪盤菌 (duō de wāi pán jūn) Phillipsia domingensis Berk
with a great stump

to 加羅湖



through the fog

wet trail
discussing hunting

SiJi Forest Road 四季林道 trail head
Lanyang river 蘭陽溪 valley below
Highway 9, 北宜公路
on the 9 above Shiding 石碇
ErGeTou, 9 toward Pinglin 坪林

highway over Shiding 石碇
Shiding 石碇
waiting for Bruce, Peter and Jack

Mucha 木柵
sunrise over Qingtan 青潭
sunrise in Qingtan 青潭
Nastrtiums (by Cheryl)


3 lettuces - 2-4 seeds per bullet
orange oakleaf 枯葉蝶 (kū yè dié) Kallima inachis formosana
Chana masala with tomato, roasted capsicum, cilantro salsa and sauteed zuccini and onions becomes "dip" for the cheese-covered tortilla chips.

Tomato flower (large)
Tomato bush where someone snuck in a taro
Variegated leaf nasturtium
Replanted wheat, carrots, cilantro and nasturtium on the edge
Passionfruit marigold, garlic, lettuce and cilantro.
Habanero showing little sign of the winter.
Pigeon pea
Pigeon pea starting to fruit
tomatoes
tomatoes
tomatoes
Polyculture of spinach, lettuce, cilantro, dill, longkuei, tonghao
Polyculture, not mixed breed
Group photo

Group photo
Dark red variety of hyacinth beans
Adding worm poo fertilizer
Very committed young couple.

repaired


qilin 麒麟

Oldham's Azalea 金毛杜鵑 (jīnmáo dùjuān) Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim.

contractor failure



restored ruins


Guanyin cave 觀音洞
cave inscriptions
in the bandits' cave




primates feeding











neglected infrastructure
Tammy coming up

Dan at the top of the first vertical climb
Dan ascends


Lion's head mountain is a historic site
Oldham's Azalea 金毛杜鵑 (jīnmáo dùjuān) Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim.








abandoned riverside house
Patricia brings family
a brithday feast


Strawberries, planted high, and letucces made it through the cold rains.
Amazing the lettuces and broccoli survived the long, cold rains
The nasturtium have survived with our mini-raised bed strategy
Mulching again in earnest while we have some sun
A rare sunny day and lots to catch up on in the garden
Mulching begins again with rice straw from the tatami
Sudden mushrooming following the long rain
Patricia and Kathrin join in the stair project
Building material for the stairs.
Philip starts work on the stairs in the garden
Dan took apart a tatami so that the straw could be used in the garden.
His happiest times are here in this stream
Weiwei enjoying the stream
The Lanxi river
Dan sporting new glasses
Tammy and dogs
Tammy and dogs
Dan checking out the old bottles.
Found some old bottles just off the trail
Tammy coming out of the forest next to the river
Butterfly catching some solar energy
trail to Xiaocukeng 小粗坑
Philip studying me studying the bamboo
Fields still being cultivated
cliffs above the Lanxi stream
Fulvetta
Studying the bamboo
Weiwei smelling the forest
Scarecrow
Window of hand hewn stone building
Doorways to the jungle
Bamboo charcoal water. What is this used for?
Gardening in the ruins
Old homestead ruins.
Trail flag
Edible Canna (Canna edulis)?
Weiwei peek-a-boo
Mountain palm
resoldered
broken contact












Salad of romaine and rosa lettuce, arugula, nasturtium flowers, radishes, tomatoes, and a dressing of red quinoa, tossed with lemon juice, olive oil and flat leaf parsley.
banana flower stem
back to the ticket booth 6:30 PM
path to XiaoWuLai 小烏來



Disturbance brings more erosion



Lunch at the top.
We were lucky that it was "dry"
up the muddy root trail
Nearly 90 degree climbs

A good view of the erosion along the path
using the roots to climb




Glam shot on the ropes
ladders make the slippery clay passable


Coming up for a breath

Full-body work out
Erika with the tree not cut down

muddy trail
over a landslide
a handmade net to keep people from falling down the mountain
The slide area formed after Typhoon Soudelour 蘇迪羅

planted cypress


through the park

Walking through the replanted forest
on the park trails

into the park
park damaged
Ruizi stream 蚋仔溪

2015

Audrey listens to a talkative woman.
Booth final setup.
Setting posters and compost demonstrations
water explore on a cool day





Viola 香菫菜 Viola odorata L.
Coriander seeds from last year's Buluo Daxue rooftop garden harvest
Patricia trimming back the vetiver, which we use for mulch


breaking camp
monkeys steal our dinner
monkeys steal our dinner

back in the lower pine forest






Andy's pack
阿里山龍膽 (ālǐ shān lóng dǎn) Gentiana arisanensis flower (endemic)


different kinds of grass?







arrow bamboo 箭竹 (jiàn zhú) Fargesia

Wuling Farms 武陵農場 below
stair step construction



China pink 巴陵石竹 (bā líng shízhú) Dianthus palinensis flower


阿里山龍膽 (ālǐ shān lóng dǎn) Gentiana arisanensis flower (endemic)
Wuling Farms 武陵農場 below
Red-haired Azalea 紅毛杜鵑Rhododendron rubropilosum Hayata








path to Mt Kelaya 喀拉業山
approaching the peak
James on the rocks

tired?
China pink 巴陵石竹 (bā líng shízhú) Dianthus palinensis flower
Ziggy and James attack the final approach

Formosa pieris 台灣馬醉木 Pieris taiwanensis Hayata.
Wuling Farms 武陵農場 below
Red-haired Azalea 紅毛杜鵑 Rhododendron rubropilosum Hayata
台灣小檗(川上氏小檗) Berberis kawakamii Hayata




Central mountains
rest
frost on the ground



James in the sun

Wild ginger flower seeds
Ryukyu Long-stemmed Desmodium 琉球山螞蝗 (Liúqiú shān mǎ huáng) Hylodesmum laxum DC. subsp. laterale (Schindl.) Ohashi
Ryukyu Long-stemmed Desmodium 琉球山螞蝗 (Liúqiú shān mǎ huáng) Hylodesmum laxum DC. subsp. laterale (Schindl.) Ohashi
Ryukyu Long-stemmed Desmodium 琉球山螞蝗 (Liúqiú shān mǎ huáng) Hylodesmum laxum DC. subsp. laterale (Schindl.) Ohashi
Lemon Emigrant 遷粉蝶 (qiān fěndié) Catopsilia pomona and nasturtium
James and friends visit the Buluo Rooftop garden
Peanut Butter Fruit 花生奶油果 (Huāshēng nǎiyóu guǒ) Bunchosia argentea
house from above

at Nick's thanks giving
former swimming hole
second slide, upstream
mountain band aid
Xilouan 西羅岸路 recovering from typhoons
final load out


typhoon clean up
river bed
one way for construction





we turn around near the top of the valley
in the main river bed
tumbling stream
storm sculpture
landslide


confluence with Nanshixi 南勢溪
basement stairway illuminated
LED lamp installed
End of the day landscape looking south
terraces
boiling water and roasting sweet potatoes
Brewing microbes for healthy soil
soup
wood stove
solar panels

sprouting nursery
garden beds

hand tractor
Wuwei gives us some background
Abandoned house
Walking down from the top of the site
Window of roots
Pensive Huck
Some of our group for the day
Abandoned but not forgotten house near the Zhengnian ecovillage
Market in Jinshan 金山





unloading
covering the rototiller
Same kind of grass later in its cycle?
What kind of grass?
student notes
Group shot of food forest design workshop
Group shot of food forest design workshop

Dan and Kannie cross a landslide
baby spiders
baby spiders
baby spiders
Philip at camp site

spider's web

fruiting rattan 黃藤(huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
fruiting rattan 黃藤(huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
tree down
storm inspection
Harvesting from the overgrown garden
Collecting herbs among the weeds
House front and hanging out area
Material scouting at James and Erika's place
Reclaimed boardwalk
garden gone wild
View of the front of the house looking from the other direction
Helping to load up the truck
harvested oregano
Garden City and Zhitan
Zhitan water treatment


riverside bikeway
feeding the pigeons
tea research
Atayal cat in Wulai 烏來
Camphor Creek 樟樹溪 in Xinxian 信賢
at Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布
waiting for the road to clear
Algis supervising
Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布
slate 頁岩 (yèyán) ardoise


Ah-bao on the road

Cuntun 村屯
road damage everywhere

inspecting the Kalamoji water gauge
upstream from the Kalamoji bridge

Ah-bao on the Hapen access road
road repairs
landslide below ZhongZhi 忠治
landslide below ZhongZhi 忠治
view from Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋

trail undercut
frog





new sediment






large group of rusty laughingthrushes 棕噪鶥 (zōng zào méi) Garrulax poecilorhynchus
Centipede
damaged road to Wulai 烏來
washed down trees in the Wulai parking lot
Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋
Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋
the road is closed at night
dogs playing in Lanxi stream 蘭溪
拉氏明溪蟹 Candidiopotamon rathbunae
Two-month old gate loses a bolt
Compost system at the community garden
Standing tall in the middle part of the garden.
Productive bajiao at the community garden
Community garden after the big typhoon
Carambola flowers
A guardrail where James' truck went over the edge
cascade
Bernard coming out of the pool
segments of the walk from Tonghou 桶後 over to Jiaoxi 礁溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
looking downstream on Tongho stream 桶後溪
view east on TongHou stream 桶后溪
Bernard on the TaiPower suspension bridge in 桶后 Tonghou
end of the Tonghou road 桶后林道
1.5K
banana patch
3K
trail up from the river













Bruce
approaching the narrows





Brent

卡拉莫基山 Kalamoji mtn; 波露山陵線 Bolu mtn ridge
beehives along the trail
the rock skippers
fallen tree seeds
ground orchid with white flowers
wild bean
trail sign
big tree
Poppy finds water
stream crossing
ginger or banana?
thick-leaved ground vine
experiment in progress
wild ginger
stream full of people


dry stream bed crossing

terrace flooding continues after hole drilled
jungle hike team
Siam Weed, Devil Weed 飛機草 (fēijī cǎo) Chromolaena odorata
New purple-hued leaves
Our youngest member with her father and mother looking back at them on the trail.
Short stop to collect the group together
Our crew on the trail
Unidentified moth caterpillar
Leaf shape study 1
Our trip leader
Alpinia 月桃屬 (yuè táo shǔ)
Red fungus
banana leaf
But, alas, it did not make it.
Someone tried to save this tree.
Digger wasp 紅腳細腰蜂 (hóngjiǎo xìyāo fēng) Sphex
Black rice from a permaculturist in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
When drainage pipes fail in a rainy environment, drill a hole.
Philip fixing our Japanese era hutch that was damaged in the move.
Jiying Temple 集應廟 on the hill behind our office in Jingmei
home flooding
view from the bridge
gate to the stream
work site below
house from the upper road
unused community building










Smiling with the sunflower
Buluo Daxue staff joins me on the rooftop
Rosella in the basket doing especially well in the heat and low moisture
Wicking bed thriving
Sun/drought damage on the squash leaves
Curry leaf tree loving the hot, dry weather. Wheat straw mulch protects the soil.
capture of the urban backdrop
Basil, sunflowers from early bed
Bitter melon and jicama
Squash fruit ready for harvest
Wide angle view of the garden layout
Zucchini (courgette)
kitchen drawer rails
Kanie

fridge up
movers move the heavy bits
washing machine carried
Kenmore
hutch moving
kitchen cleaning
Peace Cafe
new Peace Cafe counter
west side
west side garden
view through from back
Tammy watering
chairs in garage
outside stairwell
sink replaced
kangkong and beans next to habanero plant in baskets
original planting bed
newer planting beds
bamboo trellis work
main planting area
pineapple and lemongrass
repurposed bamboo for trellises
seedlings
composting
polyculture
group photo - spring 2015
Group photo - spring 2015
Group photo on the last day of class for the spring session


squashes and tender greens
harvesting and weeding
stairwell landing exit closed
second floor
second floor landing
stairway up converted into closet
master bedroom
yard
Ophelia


planting bush beans and okra

sheep stop wood store

snake
peaches



lime rock quarry



cutting up a cedar
cutting down a cedar

utility room
Bella
peaches
peaches
Bella heads home

hydrangea indicate soil acidity
young cypress
cypress knees
Poe Springs
Poe Springs


canoe on Santa Fe
Santa Fe river
Poe Springs
cypress knees
cypress knees
cypress knees


Poe Springs
Poe Springs
cypress knee




Poe Springs


air conditioning ducts pass into the western side of the house
down the chimney
attic
homestead under the live oaks


Micanopy
Micanopy


horse
wild horse on Bolen Bluff Trail







picking blueberries

blueberry harvest
Nyualla?
Christopher and the bald cypress

















at Paynes Prarie, Boulware springs, La Chua trail

camping n the woodlot
Bella
Ophelia
flowering Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 (táiwān xiāngsī) Acacia confusa

Metallic Cerulean 白波紋小灰蝶 (bái bōwén xiǎo huīdié) Jamides alecto dromicus on flowering farmers friend 咸豐草 (xiánfēng cǎo) Bidens pilosa
pollen-laden bee in Formosan Beauty- berry 杜虹花 (dùhónghuā) Callicarpa formosana flowers

Water system repair


Bio Peace Vegan Hut 愛在蔬食餐廳 reborn
pomelo 柚子 (yòuzi) Citrus maxima flowers becoming fruit
pomelo 柚子 (yòuzi) Citrus maxima flowers becoming fruit
comfrey 康復力 (kāngfùlì) Symphytum officinale flowering
young red guava 紅心芭樂 (hóngxīn bālè) Psidium guajava
Canna 美人蕉 （měirénjiāo）Canna indica flower and seeds
nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā) flowers
pineapple 鳳梨 (fènglí) Ananas comosus flower
tadpole world
nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā) and eggplant

water collector reassembled
garden water collector cleaned

鼠麴草 (shǔ qū cǎo) Gnaphalium affine
Canna spp. flower
musa 芭蕉 (bājiāo) fruiting
first nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā) flowers

Taiwan lily 台灣百合 (táiwān bǎihé) Lilium formosanum
kumquat 金橘 (jīn jú)
pomello

Marian gardening
tadpoles in the garden
moss on stone
fern trunk




Kanee

Riot of flowers on the rooftop of Buluo Daxue
wild raspberry
pitch stabilization fails
Unidentified plant
Herb nursery nearby
Outdoor adventure and ecotours place
Shady understory
Lots of dumping
The don't develop on slopeland sign
Atayal motif in local roadside retaining walls
Forest covered in yellow rattan palm
Boulders in the stream
Container gardens
Roadside color
Water piping construction on Road Two of our community
Eroding, gunnited hill below the leaning wooden structure
recabled
Zaggometry telemetry data passthrough
FrSky D4R-II transmitter
power board, ESCs and motors placed
remounted 5.8Ghz video transmitter
putting water under the road
water works below the field
rusty motor



Underwater in Gweishan 龜山
Underwater flight in Gweishan 龜山
Feature of the decor 真味素食堂

Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
Backlit Taiwan barbet
Solanaceae family plant
Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
Stopping and listening to the wildlife
Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys

Chatting




Cucumber 黑果馬(瓜交)兒 (hēiguǒ mǎ guājiāo er) Zehneria mucronata (Blume) Miq
Begonia 圓果秋海棠 (yuánguǒ qiūhǎitáng) Begonia aptera


Bumble bee. getting ready to take off
Bumble bee, emergence
臺灣澤蘭 Eupatorium formosa?
Hiking trail sign near an area we used to live in
Farm road - warning that the road is for small vehicle access
Lettuces NZ varieties
Guy chat
New squash bed
Burlap bags protect the walkways
Potato towers in tires
Beets
Clear-cutting above James' farm - many tree ferns (already suffering from a virus) and trees with trunk around 30 cm in circumference cut down.
More detail of the relationship of the garden and clear-cutting activity
Holocaust to the right of his place
Stand of trees left to protect the veggie garden - James' request
Exquisitely woven basket over 20 years old
Patricia at sunset on the western-facing balcony of her apartment in Garden City, Xindian.
Bright red lilly, powerful fragrance
Art is in the details at Patricia's house.
Looking toward the water collection system and composting area
Same view, wide.
Looking toward the entrance to the garden.
Stefani visits us in the garden
Forestry bureau administrative demarcation sign
Subtropical fruiting trees: bajiao, cherry, and magao. A Taiwanese cedar (planted) occupies the far background
Musa basjoo formosana 台灣芭蕉 (táiwān bājiāo), 山芎蕉 (shān qiōng jiāo) fruiting along the road
Tree budding close up
Tree budding
銹毛鐵線蓮 (xiù máo tiě xiàn lián) Leschenault's Clematus
Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba flowers
Fern unfolding
Not nestea
銹毛鐵線蓮 Ethereal, almost sea urchin like flower on vining plant
銹毛鐵線蓮 Unique flower on a vining plant
Weiwei
developing farm off the forest path

putting water pipes under the road





Kanee
back doghouse
Hua-zi and Weiwei
Weiwei


Kanie
Weiwei in the cherry blossoms
Lucy passes away in the morning


monkeys in the trees

old trees




morning clouds
Starting point, from the parking lot near Kapu Village.
harvested turmeric root 薑黃 (iānghuáng) Curcuma longa
harvested turmeric root 薑黃 (iānghuáng) Curcuma longa
orchid

2014

inspecting runoff on the driveway
Back down the eroding road
A bit of food before we head back out into the rain
James at the hearth
Main outdoor gathering area
A lot has been done, more to do.
Time to duck inside
Looking uphill
Garden beds coming along
Checking out the road to see how it can be improved

Beautiful creatures
Loading up the manure.
Fenced in
Cows resting in the rain
shoveling cow manure
Outdoor cow area
固液分離機 (gù yè fēnlí jī) solid-liquid separator
goats
Manure and straw and...
cow
Well padded, but not very natural environment
Captive cows
Across the street from the facility
James at the gate of the research center
Flight over Girl Scout Camp
high over the Girl Scouts Camp
Flight over Girl Scout Camp
on the green
water buffalo family
Black Cicada test
magnets out of place

refuse sorting
signing the new office lease
slipped magnets in X2204S-16 2300KV motors

new bananas

Lotus leaves stand up out the water and are rounder with a less clear cleave in the leaves.


Golden grass along the pond edge

Emerging twins
harvested lotus pond
Kankong, water spinach
lotus leaf
water lilly leaf - serrated edges and cleaved






Bamboo like caning structure
Reed flowers full of seed
Local reed thick with flower heads
Zone IV reference
Dan
Nitrogen-fixing mimosa family plant?
水丁香
A mix of water-loving plant species
Trains come through every ten minutes or less
Looking over the rice field
Great egret
Great egret
Magpie eating grubs in the loose soil
Bright red dragon fly
Herbicide spraying
Herbicide spraying
Shrike on top of covered rice straw stack
train passing
A larger egret
Plover? Sandpiper?

Tammy looking out over the Tianliaoyang 田寮洋 wetland
playing with Hua-zi
grounded power strips for Algis
Flavorful harvest




















Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺 (yè lù) Nycticorax nycticorax
giant in the grass
Blue Pansy 孔雀青蛺蝶 (kǒngquè qīng jiá dié) Junonia orithya

Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺 (yè lù) Nycticorax nycticorax
huge basil bush

Striped Blue Crow 端紫斑蝶 (duān zǐbān dié) Euploea mulciber barsine
苦竹類的竹群
Episteme lectrix sauteri 選彩虎夜蛾 (xuǎn cǎi hǔ yè é)

Athyma selenophora laeta 單帶蛺蝶 (dān dài jiá dié)


Taiwan Giantreed 灣蘆竹Arundo formosana Hack.


Red-headed Tree Babbler 山紅頭 (shān hóngtóu) Stachyris ruficeps
terrace - fixed GoPro 2 test
desoldering separates PC board
flowering dragon fruit, pitaya 火龍果 (huǒlóng guǒ) hylocereus


Planted cypress
preparing to move the upper water tank down
Cleared area reveals fragile top soil structure
Maqaw 馬告 Litsea cubeba 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) mountain pepper sappling
Good weed structure left on the slope to one side of the house
James and his dad have done lots of work on the property to make it more livable
James looks out over the land he has cleared. View looking north

failing connector on u-blox neo-6m GPS receiver



































































































Kanee
Kanee





































































negotiating the river
Andrew
on the rocks
acrobat
Nanshi stream 南勢溪



preparing to go down river



downstream
Nanshi stream 南勢溪 upstream
down to the Nanshi stream 南勢溪





coming down a side stream from the Hapen trail
programming MinimOSD to set displayed fields
OSD, video camera and radio transmitter successfully wired
cracked GoPro 3 waterproof case latch
Long Net Stinkhorn 竹蓀 (zhú sūn) Phallus indusiatu
Pristine office entrance on the right
building entrance
corner of the Girl Scout's field
top of the old water tank
component layout trial
D4R-II FrSky 4ch telemetry receiver
Lipo low voltage alarm
Video Transmitter connectors
ImmersionRC 5.8 Ghz Audio/Video Transmitter
12V power harness test
one of two entrances - the space used to two small rooms and we knocked out the wall
other entrance, and a small, but full bathroom; cardboard against wall temporarily stored for permie projects, now removed
southwest corner of the office
main Pristine office space
northwest corner of the space
debugging antenna failure
failed TX antenna?
1/3 Sony Super HAD II CCD-IR camera
Weiwei

Sony 600TVL edges clipped and sanded to constrain to 35mm
Local plants in Atayal
local animals in Atayal
Atayal iconography


log steps wrapped with wire


Dan crossing a new slide area
irregular spider web
Begonia 水鴨腳秋海棠 (shuǐyājiǎo qiūhǎitáng) Begonia formosana
female Staff Sergeant 單帶蛺蝶 (dān dài jiá dié) Athyma selenophora laeta Nymphlidae
male Athyma selenophora laeta Nymphlidae 單帶蛺蝶 (Dān dài jiá dié)
turn off to 茶墾山 (chá kěn shān) and 模故山 (mó gù shān)
female Muirhead's ladyrinth 永澤黃斑蔭蝶 (Yǒngzé huángbān yīn dié) Neope muirheadi nagasawae Nymphalidae, Satyrinae
fern in tree
vine
vine
保安林界
Forest-dwelling calanthe 長距根節蘭 (cháng jù gēn jié lán) Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.


White-eared Sibia 白耳畫眉 (bái ěr huàméi) Heterophasia auricularis

Formosan piedwing 中華珈蟌 (zhōnghuá jiā cōng) Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus


female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii
female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii




slippery when wet

the trail cut into rock cliff

Diptera [da-wen/big mosquito]

the trail along cliffs with ropes
stream above our campsite




fern in a tree
tent pitched on the trail just at dusk
Hardy Calanthe Orchid 反捲根節蘭 (fǎn juǎn gēn jié lán) Calanthe reflexa (Kuntze) Maxim.
turn off to 茶墾山 and 模故山 with 1 hr of light left

Fushan area streams
trail to 札孔山 and 李茂岸山
repaired road visible on the road to the Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道 head across the valley
the Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺步道 is closed due to damage from typhoon Matmo 麥德姆颱風
Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道 head bridge over Yakongxi stream 軋孔溪
tent test
flight controller mounted on damped upper plate
ESC power circuit mounted in bottom section
ESC power harness connected
attach 2mm gold female bullet leads to the ESC motor cables and shrink insulate
initial electronics layout trial
pups in the grass (video)
back to the car
hunting dogs?
road looking improved
back up to the road

on the return path
Hiroshi straightening up the beach



Hiroshi's descent (video)
Bruce's flush (video)
Brent's flush (video)
Greg's flush (video)
the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Hiroshi taking warmth from the stones
the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
down to the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
leaving the Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺古道 to go down to the river
Greg crossing Bolu stream 波露溪
Hiroshi and Brent crossing the Bolu stream 波露溪

many steep paths lead down to the river

Hapen trail head 哈盆越嶺古道
trucks of hunting dogs at the trail head
Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum are just starting to flower, planted all along the road
Bamboo forest clear cut at the head of the Fushan-Baling Trail 巴福越嶺古道
Brent approaches the machine
the road is closed to repair a landslide
a recently killed boar falls out of the forest onto the road in front of us, followed by the hunter
Lanhou falls 蘭吼瀑布 on Wuzhong stream 五重溪 on the road to Fushan 幅山
LaTouche's frog 拉都希氏赤蛙 Hylarana latouchii
much shorter trail to beach

Atayal beehive

poppy swimming in vest
poppy

ferns in the trees
banana flower
Bruce and Poppy
Nanshixi 南勢溪

Don't pick the private bamboo!
cyclist on the suspension bridge at the head of the FuBa trail 巴福越嶺
bamboo harvest at the head of the FuBa trail 巴福越嶺
Lanhou falls 蘭吼瀑布 on Wuzhong stream 五重溪
camp

Beaver meadow







camp




scat


toad
camp
snail
cliff

Camp
Butternet
Sentinel pine
Spruce
carrying water
Spring
Kathrin enjoys the fruit of her labor
Kathrin harvesting a pineapple
One of the garden towers used for composting and planting
Garden in July starts getting serious biomass


















DCIM\100GOPRO


















more magao
Toothy, spiraling agrimony
Taiwanese basil - white flowers
turmeric
ginger sprouts
paths and beds
Looking southeast from the north side of the top terrace

outside edge garden
Lemon grass
Young 香椿 on the second terrace
雙花龍葵 (shuānghuā lóngkuí)
Underpollinated cucumber fruit
Volunteer guava grown from seed
Roselle plant
Peppermint
Looking toward the "back" north end of the top terrace.
Fully covered with ground with edible plants
Highly stacked wet northern edge with bajiao, banana, gingers, galangal, turmeric.
Caterpillar on an okra plant





Chocolate Albatross 台灣粉蝶 (táiwān fěndié) Appias lyncida formosana



roof of the Girls Scouts Training Center 中華民國女童軍訓練中心
purple sweet potato 紫薯 (zǐ shǔ) Dioscorea alata
Corner near front door
Stove heater
Talking about cooperation
Skylights
Looking out of the house to the kitchen area
Inside of house looking toward front door
Sink basin and counter made from old sewing machine

Discussing various combination of earthen building materials
Clay from Taidong 台東
Samples of bricks
Various kinds of bricks
Brick made with yellowish clay and rice straw
Comparing weight, density, structure of different earthen bricks
Wood shavings saved to make light bricks






Lots of machinery
Zhongren cuts wood with a large self-made CNC machine
Workshop area
Stars in the Wind entrance
Workshop in covered hoop house
Philip helps get a flower off the Yulan tree 玉蘭.
Property owner and her friends
Walking roots
Walk back from vegan cuisine restaurant

Itinerant garden-farming
Collecting road surface runoff
Talking with the property owner
Tammy, Zhongren, Jianhong
Rocks and rubbish
View of adjacent plot with family company structure
Looking toward the southwest corner of the property
Sunset digital DJ
Various other sprouts
Sunflower, basil, marigold sprouts and more
Basil sprouts
Ginger leaves sprouting.
Tumeric leaves sprouting
Philip hunting African snails
Outside "trough" that collects water, creating inside leaks/mold
Flowering pear cactus on roof outside terrace garden
Choko/chayote sprouting
Young habanero plant getting ready to flower/fruit
Edible amaranth with gigantic leaves
Passion fruit seedling

Habanero seedling (note wide leaves)
Sunflower seed sprouting
Marigold sprouts

Andrew's new kitchen


weeding and discovering forgotten crops









Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
counting grapefruits




Tufted titmouse - Baeolophpus bicolor
Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus






Ophelia






Yellow Thistle - Cirsium horridulum


Gray catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
female Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
male Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapilla

Piper trys the water


Piper




Nerium oleander
male Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
shrimp plant - Justicia brandegeeana - false hop
Walking Iris - Neomarica gracilis























No more skiing as the snow retreats
Mid-elevation scrub.


























































Well-covered ground
Comfrey and chives
Chive blossom
Baby cherry tomatoes
Cherry tomato plants and passion fruit marigold
beefsteak tomato plants
rose geranium, parsley, passion fruit marigold, comfrey
ground cover foods in the garden
Guava tree bloom buds
Irises
tomatoes
Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Early spring in the community garden on the second terrace
Philip, Kanie, Weiwei and David and his dog
Sweet potato growing among the rocks on the terrace garden

Lunch thoughts
Taiwan Maesa 台灣山桂花 (táiwān shān guìhuā) Maesa perlaria var. formosana
Yuetao 月桃 drying
Yuetao 月桃 strips drying

Office planter wheat head






Stream bed
桐溪 (tóngxī)
terrace overlooking the nearby stream
Job's tears (aka pearl barley) 薏苡 (yìyǐ) Coix lacryma-jobi
Ramie plant 青苧麻 (qīng níngmá) Boehmeria nivea - A particular variety grown in Taiwan by indigenous people to make cloth

Colorful veggie beds
Colorful veggie beds
Colorful veggie beds
Comfrey and colorful veggies
Comfrey bell flowers up close
Pointy-leaved, more heat tolerant comfrey with beautiful, bright purple bell flowers
Lots of eggplants
Wild life - skink
Comfrey and lemon grass waiting to be planted, chives, parsley, thyme, etc
鼠麴草 (shǔ qū cǎo) Gnaphalium affine
early spring in the community garden
fast growing annual from the chrysanthemum family
Professional photographer
Design presentation
Design presentation
Design presentation
Design presentation
Design presentation
Design presentation
Design presentation
Design presentation
Design presentation
first of the perilla
stacking
lettuce "flower"
composting system and surroundings
swiss chard, lettuce, oregano
More of the plant
Looks suspicious, like herbicide was used...hmmm
Groundcover near wetter area
What was it? Who ate it?
Another constructed pond/wetland
Native flower and groundcover
compost pile in the orchard, which is now under the care of Potential Tsai
More field crops, and some layering
Interesting order of plants - need to ask Ah-chen about this
Different crops being grown: carrots, asparagus, cabbage, eggplant, corn. Some black plastic mulch.
Fields ready for the next round of planting
some black plastic mulch; Ah-chen cuttiing weeds in the background
edible leafy chrysanthemum
buckwheat and?
dragon whiskers
bag and bamboo basket that I fell in love with
Just planted sheet mulch planting bed
just planted bag garden
lettuce and radish in the hugelkultur
early bajiao transplanting period
food forest exercise
台灣黃槿
台灣黃槿
And here, what should we grow here?
What should we grow on this hillside?
Several trees that were killed (or died)?
Nice groundcover
Views looking up the hill toward the hall
bag garden filled but not planted
Proud A-frame constructors
Proud A-frame constructors
A-frame construction
Solanum?
Wild native goosefoot (quinoa family)
Adjacent "pineapple field" returning to wetland
Adjacent "pineapple field" returning to wetland
Not enough mulch and too little water!
Taiwanese basil
Path edges need more mulch and the edibles would do better
Coriander flowers
This compost system didn't work well - too dry
food and medicinal plants growing everywhere
greywater treatment and edible landscaping still intact although it could use more mulch!
street offering
Taipei alley


eggplant
eggplants


Kanee on the stairs

137.1 km Hsinchu 新竹 ride

bamboo
Vietnamese coffee and steamed corn
resting at YuLao 宇老
climb to YuLao 宇老
Torist Belts
view from above

home work

sprouting salads and radishes
Almost finished (still needs more mulch)
Center bed
Finishing the paths
Getting materials ready
Lots of bamboo
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)


Ye Ye climbs up a steep hill to check a tangle of long, dense rattan
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
pulling the long vines down out of the high trees
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
Shitake mushrooms
Why all the individual water pipes coming out of Zhongzhi?
Coming up from the field of rattan palm
Assessing the situation - these canes are not good enough.
The trunk of rattan palm 黃藤 Calamus quiquesetinervius Burret
The trunk of the rattan palm
Harvesting tools
overflowing water tank (video)







































and we're off

eggplant
ripe tomatoes


cogs and sprockets


transmissions
springs shop

Tammy helps a vendor pull her boxes across the road
Tammy buying ginger and red jujube tea


mushroom sellers in front of a traditional Chinese medicine shop



burning incense in front of the temple
Xiahai Chenghuang Temple 霞海城隍廟
market vendor in front of traditional medicine shop
Tammy buying peanut, sesame, and kumquat cakes.
dried meat and fish



Tammy buying sesame snacks
old facade

immature Asian Glossy Starling 輝椋鳥 Aplonis panayensis
Common Magpie 喜鵲 (xǐquè) Pica pica
Asian Glossy Starling 輝椋鳥 (huī liángniǎo) Aplonis panayensis
Asian Glossy Starlings 輝椋鳥 (huī liángniǎo)
in flight
Taiwan Barbet 五色鳥 (wǔsè niǎo) Megalaima nuchalis
Asian Glossy Starlings 輝椋鳥 (huī liángniǎo)
Mr. Guo is also an efficient cook
Mr. Guo's wife
Camelia bonzai - Mr. Guo is a very skilled horticulturist
Old mud brick structure being protected
New stone wall
It can even be stood up

Footpath stone work
rice straw hay stack
hand-hewn stone bench

Beautifully maintained bamboo orchard
Handmade bamboo baskets
Machines and tools
Close up of the threshing wheel
Traditional foot-powered rice husking machine is still in use.
Wild pigs come over from the forest to eat - the bane of local farmers
Lots of life - no pesticides
Mr. Guo has worked for about 10 years at rejuvenating the lands for eco-farming
Structure made with hand-hewn stone

Down the mountain in forested area
Using yuetao plant for rope
A short lesson in yuetao use
Another view of the residential area layout
Main house of three-sided traditional home design








Gingers and tumeric dormant in winter

dry compost in heavy rain

ripe tomatoes
garden river
high water
flowers and fruits

Completed swales, plantings, greywater treatment system
Completed banana circle
























Job's tears
Job's tears














































Replanting along swales
Swales completed

Close up of tomato-like plant




Earthbag foundation work.

A-frame practice, marking out swales
Proof that Alan visited the village.
Learning about tools.
I didn't know that you could (or would want to) make an alcoholic drink from this.
Quickly cutting the canes into the right lengths before transporting them
Further instruction on lengths for different-sized projects.
A patient and very even tempered elder who has maintained the skills of his ancestors

Shedding the thorny bark.
Wielding the knife, a formidable skill.
70 and still climbs trees to free the vines.
Our patient instructor.
The rattan palm are like vines, very long, twisting around and above the canopy.
The rattan palm, very often completely covered in thorns.
A winter violet.
Getting ready to harvest the thorny rattan palm. Check out the knife holder.
round on top, square on bottom
basket in process.
Ramie
Thorny onion, indigenous plant used as flavoring herb, blood pressure medicine.
Marian working the broadfork
Marian working the broadfork

20+ tomato fruit on one plant
Milky mint plant leaves
leaves of unidentified tree
Small tree tomato
Smaller tree tomato
Tree tomato
Tea tree
Lemon tree guild: comfrey, rue, parsley, culantro, rose geranium, sweet potato.

2013

New Year's Eve at Patricia's
pups in cold fog
Weiwei

Firespike 紅樓花 Odontonema strictum (Nees) Kuntze
Canna 美人蕉
vetiver 培地茅/香根草 Chrysopogon zizanioides
baby papaya fruit
farmers friend 咸豐草 Bidens pilosa flower
wet and sad habaneros
Our first pineapple
Eyebrowed Thrush 白眉鸫 Turdus obscurus on the water tank


pups napping in the kitchen

Close up of sheet mulch garden, still need a bit more on the top mulching
sheet mulch garden
Taiwan lasagna garden all planted
Taiwan lasagna garden finished (for now)

View from higher - with "Grandpa"
View of garden from school building
View of gardden from jungle gym
Grandpa and granddaughter
Younger kids for seed planting, watering
Young children use their hand shovel to make holes for the seeds.
Three work groups - 5th/6th grades for earth and bed building
Day 2 - work starts anew
Waiting for straw and other mulch, view from "north" looking "south"
Day 2 - Waiting for rice straw, wood shavings and saw dust - no fertilizer
School admin office
School admin office
School admin office






dead Brown Spotted Pit Viper 龜殼花 Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus along the road

Marking off beds -creative, but...
Marking off beds
Cardboard mulching
Cardboard mulching
Base land prep
Work gets underway on a Sunday with kids, parents, teachers and more
Garden site at the "north end of Taiwan"
Garden site before
shool ground
Home gardens
Sights near hostel
Sights near hostel
Sights near hostel








Reverse Heart-Shaped Cephalantheropsis orchid 黃花肖頭蕊蘭 Cephalantheropsis gracilis





Taiwan Malan 台灣馬藍 Strobilanthes formosanus


Siqianshui 四嵌水

no tools and no note - just a neatly cut hole, worked on for months hidden under the hay
Kanee discovers Tanuki's escape
small snake in the garden






Tianchi cabin visible
























hemp-agrimony 台灣澤蘭 (táiwān zé lán) Eupatorium cannabinum ssp. asiaticum
Taiwan stranvaesia 玉山假沙梨 (yùshān jiǎ shālí) Photinia niitakayamensis





台灣黃堇 (táiwān huáng jǐn) Corydalis tashiroi

toad lily 台灣油點草 (táiwān yóu diǎn cǎo) Tricyrtis formosana







Charcoal kiln remains







匍堇菜 (pú jǐn cài) Viola arcuata
匍堇菜 (pú jǐn cài) Viola arcuata




















Johnstone's Bush Robin 栗背林鴝 (lì bèi lín qú) Tarsiger johnstoniae














Needham's Lace 台灣八角金盤 (táiwān bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia polycarpa Hayata










Needham's Lace 台灣八角金盤 (táiwān bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia polycarpa Hayata






蓪草 seedlings with many companions
Tenacious vegetation
Curly-cue dried grass
the Peace Cafe is reopened after remodeling

Patricia, Kathrin and Tammy
Jason completing the back wall of the new compost bins



Sowthistle tasselflower紫背草 Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.





















Sowthistle tasselflower 紫被草 Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
lilac tasselflower 紫背草 Emilia sonchifolia
Abandoned safe
Philip and Dan birdwatching from the road








































































Fluffed Spotted Dove 珠頸斑鳩 Streptopelia chinensis



































































Fligt over garden city
Magpies at home
DaAi program
Greater Coucal 褐翅鴉鵑 Centropus sinensis
蘇秋 Suqiu tells the story of Sifenzi 四份子
Gray Treepie 樹鵲 Dendrocitta formosae


water buffalo 水牛 Bubalus bubalis
but crossable
road damaged
Kalamoji 卡拉莫基 qlang krmut
Fushan river crawl video

starting point
down to the river
discarded chainsaw on a rope
Bruce
on the trail

2003

Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉 area Landsat

2013

lower garden reservoir
flight over Quchi 屈尺 after typhoon Soulik 蘇力
Road 2
Road 2
Road 2
shredded leaf litter thrown up on the wall by typhoon winds
after the storm
terrace garden
TongHou 桶后 to Jiaoxi 礁溪 crossover attempt with Bernard

flowering orchid at the gate
The Greater Green Snake 青蛇 (qīng shé) Cyclophiops major
Carrying seedlings to the garden
Fat skink head
Fat skink body
Philip waiting for the bus
home nursery
tug-o-war in the grass

2012

2013

flying eaves
Policed plaza at CKS
CKS sunset

2012

2013

Sun showing my age

2012

2013

Tanuki
Musa basjoo formosana 台灣芭蕉, 山芎蕉

2012

2013

Hua-Dong 環花東國際大賽 bike ride

2012

A broader view of the place
Lovely setting for an outdoor farmer's market
Single mother running an organic farm
Demonstrating how to easily peel bamboo shoots in one easy move
Big leafy greens
Carrots and other fruits and preserves
Close up demonstration
Close up demonstration
Natural prints using plants and a fine hammer
Local farm produce
Organization doing the vermicomposting and farming projects involving people with special needs
Worms to go
Vermicomposting

2013

snakes of hydraulic cables

2012

2013

2012

New keyhole bed has been added, planting begins
Creating new and rebuild old steps with new palm tree trunk material
Recent rains and heavy use has taken out several steps.
Stair reconstruction begins

2013

Tongho 桶後 suspension bridge















Mandarin orange flowers, leaves indicate nutrient deficiency
Fig tree with small fruit
Pineapple plant
Cabbage and perilla
Lettuce and beets
Mustard family food plant flowering and seeding
Cabbage and cauliflower
Purple/pink cabbage, regular cabbage, swiss chard, beans, lettuce
Community garden stairs
Community garden survey
home composting
This yellow marigold blooms later than our orange ones.
Big, multilayered yellow marigold
Visitors: male/female Nutmeg Mannikins 斑文鳥 (bān wén niǎo) Lonchura punctulata
Pink cauliflower
Cabbage and beets
Lettuce and chard
Brassilicas interplanted with chard and herbs
Who says vegetable gardening isn't beautiful?
Lettuce nearing the end of their season
Bottom terrace beds after a few warm and dry days.
cat hideout
route over satellite image
Google maps image
Nic and Tammy on the look out platform.
Leveled site being considered for building
Tammy gathering up things to leave the garden.
Seedlings planted. Tammy with ubiquitous Taiwanese plastic bag.
Radish and arugula and swiss chard sprouts emerging in new planting beds.
Guild of cabbages, swiss chard, lettuce and green beans; Taiwanese basil struggling to make it through the winter
End of the habaneros season

2012

morning walk
South/east side of property

K9 politics
















Bruce, Peter, Jack, Liran, Philip
Roland, Liran, Peter, Jack


out to the SantaFe





the spring run


.......
Santa Fe River

lunch picnic

Bella and Ophelia


Bella

pulling compost out from under the brush
fish and turtle

testing the water temperature
armadillo foraging


armadillo foraging




boardwalk to the river
Blue Springs

































fruiting banana next to the house



Wendy, Jessie, Liran













trail head


inscriptions on the side of the little temple

cattle block on the trail
















97.1 k ride to Mingchi 明池


archery
archery
50 seeds
view of herbicided slope above entrance to Garden City 花園新城



from 孝子山





bird race participants



Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis

台灣雲杉 Picea morrisonicola

Ready to fight off nuclear evil
Gods arrive in front of the President's residence


And orderly protest
Grim Reaper
and when we were raised
When we died.






Walking along Chung-hsiao

Coming out Ximending toward the train station
Lots of Tsai Ying-wen supporters



Walking the modern canyons of Taipei City.
And cars and motorcycles
Vying for street space with the buses.
Drummers and musicians keep things lively.
Leading the protest


We followed the yellow balloons.
Wide range of age groups and backgrounds

Women's groups, Green Party
Fished.
Bank mulched for protection

Trees planted
Garden beds and site finished
More instruction
Fruit trees in woody compost mulch
Planting holes for the fruit trees

Planted with leguminous ground cover and lemon grass
Kids plant vegetable seedings
Spoon drain being completed






Bamboo retaining wall installed by Gemi and I

Kids join in mulching


Mulching the beds with straw

Guava, papaya, pomegranate, passion fruit, etc.
Cassava


Making sure the beds are over a drain
Filling the beds with soil

and are installed
top level for higher beds with built-in benches arrive
Kids learn about fruit trees that will be planted

leveling the beds
List of tree/plant species
Unloading tools
Lynne does an inventory
Fruit trees to plant for food forest
Final day back on the project




Deciding on layout


The site is too small and has to be expanded
Finishing drain in garden
The bed structures arrive - made by Conrad and Sandra
Rosa
Maxime

Pep talk from Nick

Using bamboo as retainer material
Bamboo splitter tool
Gemi instructs me on proper spoon drain
Putting in spoon drain
Robert Burns
Blue
Blue and the man-made pond/lake
Tasks are done on a rotational basis
Our bus, lent to interns/students for excursions
Back to Zaytuna for lunch
Show of hands!
Did you get your hands dirty?

Stella is always stylish

Some interns work with the kids

While we do the real digging

The children with their teachers "help"

Manual excavation begins


Clearing the pond and much of the galangal
A pond overgrown with galangal
Faan works a weed wacker for the first time
Backrub while waiting
Sleepers for the garden beds arrive

Existing trees
Tim of Zaytuna Farm measures the proposed site

Designer and project manager confer with the school's rep teacher
gravel and soil for the school garden we will create
Yee is designer, Gemi the Project Manager - for the day
Student living area
Small guild of trees and plants
Staring up at giants
For a sense of scale
Stand of giant bamboo
Road above, water run-off collected
Banana, even though the area sees some freezing
Up near dam above the food forest
Main crops garden ready for pig tractors
Nicely coppiced trees
Native edible plant?
Trees and dappled sunlight in Zone V
Coppiced tree
Food gardens
Vegetable gardens
The other side of the "lake"
Temperate trees and flat areas for ceremonies
Part of large water area for water security, habitat

Reed bed and filtering
Flow forms for aeration
Filtering pond
Reed bed biofiltering system
Classroom building with large veranda all around
Many different areas provide covered but outdoor space
Walking around central classroom
showing part of the center building's draining system
Large water tank with platypus, namesake of Djanbung Gardens
Robyn shows how things connect - retired train carriages serve as student accomodations
Part of a grey/black water biofiltering system
Robyn gives a permie worker and I a tour of Djanbung Gardens
Robyn's workhorse vehicle
Checking out the product
worm castings fertilizer for sale
sweet gum

































































pearl onions bed

Julong hot springs 巨龍溫泉 coffee shop


Taiwan common toad 盤古蟾蜍 (pángǔ chánchú) Bufo bankorensis
瑪飛洑, Green Party Taiwan's presidential candidate, gives a talk in Garden City

2011

@ peace


Godzilla attacks!
surfing the escalator
Godzilla taking the subway
Godzilla says goodbye to Tanuki
getting ready to go
Tanuki at the base of the terrace papaya
Tanuki タヌキ

Fall colors








stream crossing the road bed
remaining wall of road foundation
keeping shoes dry



trail head to A-Yu Mtn

獅坑橋 "lion's pit bridge"

frog eggs
curvy road ahead
stream crossing the road
Bruce

XiaoYi 孝義 village water source?
stream crossing
Fighting tree fern 筆筒樹 Cyathea lepifera withering disease 筆筒樹萎凋病 - infected trees are bagged?
Hand-built stairs
Rosella with seeds
Compost bins
Bananas for harvest
Pups in their cage.


Kanee







































Comfortable and artistic environment
installed bathroom with composting toilet

Echrine and Albert Lin
Permaculture students
Looking in
Guest room
Added kitchen and dining area
Chicken coop
Echrine expounds
A water element at Echrine's beautifully crafted home
Coastal highway scene
Trusted navigator Yudong






Weiwei with sister

























































where the compost bins will be installed
Preying Mantis beauty
Fortune telling downstairs, and Alien museum upstairs




























seedlings for planting
Patricia and Philip in the second terrace of the garden
Tammy in early fall garden
Philip taming the Rosella
looking out the entrance
eggplant
beds being built, ready for in-place soil-building
squash-loving bug







Display of a journal reporting Taiwan/Formosa and aborigine topic
A simple but attractive place
Village chief and Paules' son
The clans decisionmakers including Paules' older brother (village chief, pointing) and mother to the right of him
Paules, her younger brother (middle) and older brother (right)
We meet one of the main Paiwan clans of Nantian Village.
Small frog on the beach among the driftwood
Beach and forest near nesting area
Tropical coastal landscape
Lintou, a native plant in the same family as the pineapple
Accusations of "fake" environmental groups and falsehoods
More dog cuteness
Eagle expressing his frustration with his accommodations
The roof of the structure in front of the place Eagle and other volunteers had been staying in has been blown down by the most recent typhoon
Edge of Hsuhai town
Definitely the most eye-catching place in the whole town.
Well-appointed courtyard

Mini museum of ethnic kitsch
We enter Hsuhai and note their banners
Advertising for places farther down the road
Nice footbridge across the boggy parts of the wetland
Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area, a particular favorite of bicycling and eco tourists.
inland wetlands and lakes dot the area

banana harvest (video)
look from the bottom of the bananas
Flower starts to drop petals
Tammy checking out the soil and land form of lower terrace
hunting
stepping up
Philip and Jacques-Yves conferring on their projects
Green chilies
another view of entrance to top terrace garden
Sweet potato leaves
A more leafy Rosella, with less flowers
Rosella (luosenhua) flowers, which will be harvested and used like a fruit, beginning to form,another hibiscus family plant,
papayas in the banana/papaya circle have grown very quickly
Pumpkin that needs thinning
Okra plant just starting to fruit
Eggplant, green onions, chili peppers - summer crops start to produce
greening and growing, the garden starts to look like a garden


Love among the thorns.

Composting cicada
Forest begonia flowers and their characteristic leaves
Time to take a dip

Tirumala septentronis
Sunset after thunderstorms
Mediterranean-inspired meal of tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, zucchini, and pine nuts with garden herbs on rice.
Bell pepper plant, constantly under siege so far by solanum-loving beetles




























Herb spiral plants likes the shade cloth.
Jason, Chu, Stefani and others come out for the Sunday work/gathering.
Patricia carries leaf mulch

Daiwen
Building materials for first spiral are a bit scarce - so we work with what we have
Pile two
Pile one
first manure is spread
Daiwen works on garden bed soil
Daiwen, Chu, & Mingzhu start marking out paths and beds
garden takes shape with spirals
two large piles of manure in front of the first terrace - looks small for two tons
top and bottom bucket coordination the most tiring aside from shoveling
Peipei shovels for quite some time in the steamy inside of the covered truck bed
lots of breaks after intense work sessions moving the warm manure
second break and neighbor brings nice cucumbers to quench our thirst
the garden site work crew after our first manure moving
thank goodness for the little digger and its operator Rudy
workshops and living quarters on the ranch
the basic site design is introduced
still lots more work to do

stairs start to take form
main entrance to site

Philip in the garden
cardboard and other material used to suppress existing vegetation growth
evidence of dumping of road construction waste originating near our house
Patricia - taking the initiative
growth is cut down close to the ground and left on the ground to compost under the cardboard

clearing and cardboard mulching begins
first work - improve access to the site
third plot in very overgrown, damp plot - mushroom cultivation?
stairs of some kind certainly in order
shade cloth nearly buried by the plant growth
wire shelves and pots near main entrance
Bottom terrace, large banana clump in back of Tammy.
View of second more overgrown lower terrace from inside the uncovered hoophouse.
home grown salad

Tammy discussing gardening plot with Mr. Gao
Sean and pack


colorful lunch
four sponges
removing seeds and skin from a dried luffa fruit 絲瓜

Steere's Liocichla 黃痣藪鶥 (huáng zhì sǒu méi) Liocichla steerii

the length of the trail is generously staired with repurposed railway ties

Shaolai Siaosyue Mtn trail head at 35.2k 稍來小雪山步道登山口
Taiwan Yuhina 褐頭鳳鶥 (hè tóu fèng méi) Yuhina brunneiceps
inside the cabins
Dan and Paul in our cabin

gardens



Syueshan bridge 雪山橋
Dan and Paul ordering lunch in Houli 后里, 1:30PM
saying goodbyes and Shenglin feeds the dogs/animals

the gardens from above
happy creature
Xiao-er (small ears)
eggs and fresh greens
temple to wood
3D spider


library and educational materials area and loft for overnighting above
drying and curing herbal medicines

Shenglin, Daiwen and ??
Shenglin eating a green vegetable from the chrysanthemum family

a drought tolerant, hanging style daoshouxiang
grape trellis
.......

playhouse above the composting toilet

geese devasted the bordering greenery
a tree house
waterway

fowl composters



spiral herb mound with lavender
Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root 馬利筋 (mǎ lì jīn) Asclepias tuberosa
Angelica sinensis 當歸 (dāngguī)
movable chicken house

mobile duck coop covers a bed
composting toilet
trellis and nursery next to the communal building
drying lemons over wood coals
Daiwen, Tammy and Shenglin
Ya-ya on pest control
A-hui and bread oven

front of communal building with land owner's house and parking area above
Wisteria 紫藤 (zǐténg) Fabaceae
NZ spinach/warrigal green 蕃杏 under a lemon tree (by joy)
Chinese radish (daikon) (by joy)
front patio
kitchen
Calico Plant 紅莧 Alternanthera bettzickiana L., edible, very nutrious red ground cover
beautiful white and purple coriander flowers
巴蔘菜, a hardy herb, leaf edible and root very valuable, good for nerve system
food, fragrance, COLOR!




view of one side of graden from atop the house
view of pathways and house
papaya blown sideways in typhoon
fennel, lettuces, celery, etc.
avocado tree seedling
mulberry, unidentified seedling, and macadamia nut tree seedlings
Chinese radish (daikon) that survived the white moth catepillars, green onions and other plants near the foundation of the house
huge fennel and bulbs
巴蔘菜, tumeric, New Zealand spinach, fennel, a plant that flowers all year and bees love it, behind fennel is yacon
layered mulch, compost bins with happy parsley
close up of the Arrowhead plant and flowers
Arrowhead 慈菇 Sagittaria sagittifolia L., an edible aquatic plant/vegetable with lovely flowers
ginger growing in dryish mulch layers
another view of the house and regrowing mango trees
composting and getting ready for climbing plants
more composting and growing
composting of all kinds and plants growing in the composted material
Bajiao clump on side of property adjacent to open fields
Joy telling us how she starts seedlings in ground and protects them with plastic carton
dill, marigold and oregano
one of several retention ponds to catch water during the rainy season
dill in flower
White Crane Flower 白鶴靈芝草Rhinacanthus nasutus, a flowering medicinal herb
Nice chili pepper plant
lemons and marigolds
new growth and flower on old mango tree
first shot of Joy's lovely permaculture garden
close up of Daiwen's husband (right) and friend
sign pointing back to where we started in Tainan city
Formosan Ash 台灣光蠟樹 (白雞油) Fraxinus formosana Hayata, known for its excellent wood and air filtering and other properties
district office downtwon Tainan
Friend of Daiwen's husband met me at the station

Tammy at Zhitan Mtn 直潭山, 728m



sidepath north toward New Garden City

Tammy on the ridge from Erlong 二龍山 to Zhitan Mtn 直潭山









panorama










Crested Goshawk

Jackfruit tree 波羅蜜 Artocarpus heterophyllus or A. heterophylla
Use of drink cartons as mulch?





Walk around the village



inside of village chief's "liang-ting"

overgrown irrigation channel
itinerant vegetable gardening
Proposed conceptual plan for the site.
Drive riverbed, even though rains have recently fallen.

monoculture afforestation
train station (hardly used) serves as a community center of sorts
more azaleas on poor soil behind the train station
rocks used in design
squash or melon on the loose
puny patch of azaleas barely visible
ground cover legume

The school provides land for nursery projects.
Yiru and our hosts, development planners and hiking trails association meet at local school near project site
Baboo coming out for a walk
cherry litter in the bird bath
Daiwen visits
Lunch with Mindy and Larry
White's Thrush 虎斑地鶇 Zoothera dauma
Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis formosae in budding Taiwan cherry 山櫻花 Prunus campanulata
dumplings with pumpkin sauce
Eye-browed thrush 白眉鶇 Turdus obscurus
mountains shadowed
southern Taipei city and beyond from balcony

juvenile Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 Gorsachius melanolophus







juvenile Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 Gorsachius melanolophus















View of extended family homestead above garden area.

2010

second home bean harvest
Formosan Whistling-Thrush 台灣紫嘯鶇 Myophonus insularis dressed for cold
Salad fixins - nasturtium flowers, dandelion, lettuce and parsley
Rd 10 from above
retired NGC water treatment plant
Baboo in the Girl Scout field
Paul's plot in NGC
forest farming
a new side path
forest path
Edible giant, purple-stemmed taro and non-edible elephant's ear, 姑婆芋 Alocasia macrorrhiza
butterfly
cat on the stairs down from the house
Starfruit in Wenzhou neighborhood

2011

Taipei City Government extolling the virtues of greening projects (this by EP)

2010

flower
old railway section
downstream
upstream
back down to Shikeng Bridge 獅坑橋, 4PM
Thomas
Dan at Ayu Mtn 阿玉山

2011

Patricia and Menghui at the local flea market.

2010

Thomas coming through the fog
Dan in the rainforest
bird for lunch
200 minutes to Lumen mtn 露門山
Dan and Thomas leaving the road 阿玉山登山口
Shikeng Bridge 獅坑橋, 2 hours in

獅坑橋

mushroom

Thomas
waterfall over road embankment
cooking fire
campsite

Thomas follows the old road bed cut through the mountan side


Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
Dan and Thomas waiting for Bruce at the bottom of the NGC road, 6AM
Spoonleaf Kalanchoe 倒吊蓮 Kalanchoe spathulata (Poir.) DC.
treating power insulators
bug
Address of Rong-ze's place in Xinxian
seed head of a locally edible grass
collecting veggies
Rong-ze collecting leafy vegetables for dinner
Zisu, at the end of its season and maybe a bit nutritionally deficient
back at the garden plot to collect sweet potato leaves and other vegetables
planted lintou
cascading waterfall upstream
place to dip your toes above a cascading waterfall

path down to the river
start of an herb patch




Entering Rong-ze's garden plot




Bushiban Pub

2011

Terrace edge garden - left side covered; right side not. New pots of herbs getting started.
Another shot of the terrace garden's most westerly corner with the hazy valley void below and beyond.

2010

Silver grass, Sword grass 五節芒 Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex S.& L.
Aralia bipinnata 裡白?木(台灣?木)
web of power
Night Blooming Cereus (Queen of the Night) 曇花 (tan2hua1) 花苞 Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw
sculpture on the way down our stairs



swale work


Christopher and Bella




Christopher and Bella






back at HQ

Great Egret

Santa Fe River
turtles on a log

flycatcher
Great Egret

Great Egret


family of deer on the bank
roots
Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron
Wood Stork
Jim coming upstream







swale work



Christopher in the kitchen




Christopher
















Poe Springs feeds into the Suwannee River


sandwiches
Tammy
final light
Ophelia
back yard
Old Barn
end of the day
Clumping bamboo

Pitcher plant like?

Coral Bean (Cherokee Bean) 瞻繭竅簡穡禱簧瓣 Erythrina herbacea
Vick's plant 維琪到手香Plectranthus purpuratus
rosemary flower
Cuban Oregano 到手香 Plectranthus amboinicus
herb garden
mini bananas

Giant Castor Bean Plant ãɳ Euphorbiaceae
Roselle 洛神花 Hibiscus sabdariffa
comfrey, knitbone - Symphytum
Malabar Spinach 落葵 Basella alba
Bamboo works



Mother-of-pearl-plant, Ghost plant 石蓮花 Graptopetalum paraguayense
Pinecone Ginger - Zingiber zerumbet
Giant Waterlily














lawn care



tiles stacked in bedroom


kitchen



female broad-billed hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris










petroglyphs
petroglyphs
petroglyphs




























Mom and Britney
back porch

side w/shed

backyard fence
Neighboring unit in the back
Outdoor eating area
Scrappy-doo up close
Mom's backyard w/ shed
Sexy Cindy
Mom at the backdoor to her place
Visit to client/friend of Cindy's
Jacquita and Mom at J's place
Sleepy Cindy
Nic and Aunt Tammy
Mom, Jacquita and Cindy
Mom and Jacquita
mountains in the distance
fall sunset
Indie and Ginger
Mom looking bright
More new patio and outside shower (ideas for a greenhouse)
Cupcake
Cupcake (or Angel) and Sybill
Cindy off from work
Hippy Nicholas in Hunter S. Thompson substyle
Kendall working on the ducting
Narita, Japan airport
going back home
Nick and Taroko Gorge

Lucy and Dodo

olive frog 腹斑蛙 (fù bān wā) Babina adenopleura

Oleander Hawk-moth 夾竹桃天蛾 (jiàzhútáo tiāné) Daphnis nerii








flowering tumeric





local farmers sell their produce to the visitors
preparing and selling Matzu bamboo shoots

butterfly food plants
Looking over the water area that has become a popular play area

End of the trail. Do not enter.
crepe myrtle with interesting shape/history
fungus
finally back to the rocky path again
stairs put more repetitive strain on knees than uneven rock paths
going down is much harder than going up
Philip smiles
heading back down
large crepe myrtle

someone attempted to fell the tree many years ago
looking up

together at the foot of an ancient tree
inspiration for Japanese animes
lots of dogs on the trail that day

catching up with a few other larger groups
Dan stays in front of us most of the way
Dan coming up the trail
mushrooms
micro-forests
hot enough for shorts
fruit stop one
the main walks

clearer picture of the alternating buffer to create a slower, meandering flow
more substantive control barrier at the end of this diversion
diversion design with rocks at end to slow speed and reduce erosion

erosion control using alternating buffers to slow the water down
cluster of subcostate crape myrtles 九芎 Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne
shaded gentler climb
stairs and more stairs
nice old tree
lots of stairs
safety lines next to landslide
Philip framed by forest
beginning of long climb
chicken being baked in clay urns

Lucy yawns

broken roof leaks

home peppers







View south along Roosevelt Road from Pristine balcony


among stones













local traffic





Jim
Heping 和平
crossing the NanAo river 南澳溪




moth

Tongho stream toward the east
upstream
Wulai town from the coffee shop
the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 flows below the road toward Wulai
emerging
Jim and Philip

Tammy taking pictures of Jim's jump
first dive in the river
Jim and Tammy in the Agrimony
Tammy in the Bamboo
Drupal conference - Jimmy and OS friend
Drupal conference

a favorite noodle and sushi/sashim place


song to the earth and our connection to life
Wenxian sends everyone home with cleaned, steamed tasty peanuts
appreciating the day and Wenxian's sharing
final question and answer
processing almost complete
peanut processing
peanut harvest production
peanut harvest ready for initial processing - removing the peanuts from the plants!
來把花生處理一下
看出根部有豆科植物常見的根瘤菌嗎？
該怎麼辦呢？
好棒！滿滿的花生！
葉大哥也加入
文獻來張獨照
怡誠和維茵也戰果豐碩
永浚也來一張
Fay很開心
原來整株花生長這樣
淑芳：這比挖竹筍輕鬆多了！
Zach 覺得非常有趣，不但滿手竹筍，連頭上也冒出來了
辛苦挖出來的竹子根塊
backbreaking work
竹筍寶寶
又找到一棵！
力氣不後還是需要林大哥幫忙，老農果然經驗豐富。
阿立發現有找竹筍的天賦
雖然有的竹筍還不大，挖出來超有成就感！Ta 與Tammy合作愉快
others harvest bamboo tips
Ahli harvests bamboo
the pick comes out
a very laborious process
這一區是太老的竹子，需要壯丁們協助徹底除根
many tips to harvest
瞧！切下來後，要把底部沾土，以鎖住裡面的水分
觀察哪裡有竹筍可以挖

Tool for potatoes or other small root crops.
Getting ready to show the tools
review of work
Huck Lin, and environmental educator visiting/working in Taiwan
林大哥和德川伯幫忙切西瓜
下午體驗活動開始 afternnon event starts
文獻妻子小葉子回來，補上美麗的蕃茄 lovely little tomatoes wrapped in elephant ear leaf
開動囉！
finally, we eat
we all sing
more singing
gathering around the table to eat
around the table
美食上桌！香椿乾麵、生菜、茄子、南瓜、豆子、花生、絲瓜、竹筍、蘿蔔與鳳梨、還有Tammy帶來自種醃製甜菜根....
大功告成，辛苦了！（中間還有Peter準備火箭爐、Fay領軍一起煮麵.....但是煙霧太大沒有拍照）
慈美老師發現牛蒡新功能：遮陽！（也算是一物多功能的樸門原理！）

eggplant, beans, herbs
一起來摘菜，準備午餐材料：茄子、長豆、生菜、牛蒡
這是什麼？
food forest gardening
毛豆，七月底要收成 green soybean (maodou) harvesting at end of July
getting our work instructions
herbs growing here and there
artificial pond created for massive water retention
vegetables, herbs in front and orchard in back
truly a green oasis now
how to tell when to harvest, soil just cracking where bamboo tip will emerge
preparing to harvest bamboo for eating
Wenxian in the Galangal «nÁ¤ nan2jiang1

這是竹筍！bamboo tip ready for harvest
walk about before we start work
water trough serves to draw water away from house
pest control for Guava
大家聽得很認真 meeting in shady place for pre-work intro to tools
Guava cultivation
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work










Straight, evenly spaced trees (single species) indicate an afforestation effort after logging.
layers upon layers of vegetation
Tammy and Philip
mushrooms
Back into the forest after the trail traverses a landslide that has opened an area
a view of the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 far below
sun and shadow as we walk up along river valley
Fushan village 福山部落
Atayal decorated earth tunnel
Bruce driving

back home
carrying Baboo back home




carrying Baboo up to the field

forest rat on the path
Alan and Menghui at newly opened NGC Cafe as Alan departs to India

Sierra at Hongfu temple 洪福宮
debriefing



Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠

Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠

lin tou or some other pineapple relative?

look well fertilized with animal and other waste
rocks and plastic sand

young dogs on the edge of the dry pond
rocks rolled and cracked by the pounding waves
lost buoys

typical looking Taiwan waste
very well colonized
wood washed up from the bottom of the ocean
and sofa
coast flowers
fly with us
plastic wool
And plant life emerges
Washed up debris from?
one of four streams with household, industry and pig waste pollution
fisherman's shelter under coastal roadway
abandoned fishing boats
discussion on how the raised expressway virtually cut off flow of people/goods/business on each side
Sierra and Tammy
approaching the stack of the Bali incinerator
bunker remains 廢棄的碉堡
Attempts at preventing land slide
Our guide on local ecosocial history 陳健一（板橋社大講師，湳仔溝水岸聯盟召集人）
Linkou Taiping Coastal Trail head 林口鄉 太平濱海懷舊古道入口

Ficus tree where Baboo's sister was buried


mango babies
traditional Japanese-era roofing
福木 clusiaceae trees in bloom
magnolia 木蘭 about to bloom
gauge panel
Jimson Weed 曼陀羅 Datura suaveolens flower pods

Giant taro 海芋
Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 Acacia confusa flowers
Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
Black Drongo 大卷尾 Dicrurus macrocercus
Taiwan Lily










dispersing to find food
dispersing to find food
birth of a swarm of beetles?
Subway
back lane near Taida and Pristine office
urban farming
Pristine elevator
Viva Pasta
Tung blossom snow in the forest
Tung tree 油桐..Vernicia fordii blossoms

home stretch
Baboo
papyrus flower
carrot flower
Baboo and Tammy

Land Planarian 笄渦蟲 Bipalium kewense










Common Windmill 大紅紋鳳蝶 Byasa polyeuctes termessus caught in web
Common Raven 無尾白紋鳳蝶 Papilio castor formosanus
up toward Stone Bamboo Shoot Peak 石筍尖 at 520m and Shu Lang Peak 薯榔尖 at 622m
back toward Jingtong 菁桐 and Pingsi 平溪
butterfly

unfurling tree fern frond
Tammy is collecting lantern skeletons
Dan
Tammy


female Staff Sergeant 單帶蛺蝶 Athyma selenophora laeta
Tammy coming down the stairs
Cobra lily 天南星 Arisaema
tree fern frond
mushrooms
Philip at tunnel entrance
Tammy
Philip above parked motorcycle

Tammy

toward Stone Bamboo Shoot Peak 石筍尖 (is dangerous)
flowers


skink
figs


butterfly





La Vida Loca


Dan





toward 四分尾山

Dan talking to a farmer along the trail
grey-cheeked fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia on tree fern frond


toward Sijhih-Pingsi Highway 汐平公路


toward Row Baan Ridge 肉板? at 549m
Dan
uncurling tree fern frond




Short-legged Japalure 短肢攀蜥 Japalura brevipes
mushrooms


相鄰小孔菌 Microporus affinis
dragonfly
black mushroom

coal

coal on the ground
Cobra lily 天南星 Arisaema


Native Zanthoxylum
Corydalis tashiroi Makino 台灣黃菫
Tammy coming up the stairs
stairs
new groth on tree fern
tree fern frond
tree ferns used for protection of planted crops

Dan at the crossroads
organic vegetable garden
vegetables, bamboo and bananas
chives
Early spring leafy vegetables
Taiwan Heliophorus 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae (Hoa-gi)
raised beds treated with fermenting organic compost
typical Asian vegetable growing config. leafy vegetables below with climbing fruit over
passion fruit and flower
Furong (a kind of hibiscus)
Dan at first stairs
Native taro growing in confluence of village run-off and stream
Pinghsi turn-off
heavy traffic on tomb sweeping weekend

2009

looking up restored slope area
Patricia monitors the site's changes; papayas and dragon fruit planted slightly more inward.
other low bushed (osmanthus) and Taiwan cypress along bottom edge
endemic 茄苳Bisxhofia javanica Blume trees recently planted along edge
stable back area, dog path at bottom edge
dog path to the forest below
side view looking toward adjacent farm/garden
slope top side view
whole tangerines are removed to the nearby forest (cleave and toss instructions needed)
bird's-eye view of restored slope (bottom)
bird's-eye view of restored slope 3/14/2010 (top)

2010

area at the bottom of our neighborhood
mushrooms
from Cingtiangang 擎天崗 toward Pingdengli 平等里
Mimi in the stream
Bruce and Mimi
new broad-leaf fern 雙扇蕨 Dipteris conjugata
toward Cingtiangang 擎天崗
coprophilic mushrooms
potential compost site near girl scout camp gate and top of path to two sections of residences
path of slate salvaged from a nearby renovation project

field aflower
通泉草 (tōng quán cǎo)
broad-leaf plantain with 蛇梅 (shé méi) in the grass of field above our house

饑荒草 (jīhuāng cǎo) wild chrysanthemum growing in medium at Xinhai road near Taidian MRT station
green stick bug in edible purple plant
celery stalks harvested from our home terrace garden






























aquaculture
蛇木 (shé mù)




close look at ancient tree fern species
sweet gum 楓香 (fēng xiāng) Liquidambar





looks like a stone but is a seed


fern spores
comparison of normal 孔雀豆 and 小實孔雀豆
seeds used for jewelry and accessories

銀葉樹 (yín yè shù) leaves




name of book showing evolution of cultivated fruits













study of fruit sectioning and seeding from original to cultivated form
Fans - most to least environmentally friendly and functionally efficient - traditional palm fan, paper/wood fan, plastic/wood fan, plastic fan

discarded nest of a parasitic insect of the 小實孔雀豆

Orchid cultivation with more natural materials



cycad 台東鐵樹 (táidōng tiěshù)
















first floor back classroom
side conversation among construction people prior to stakeholder meeting
stakeholder meeting participants
city gov building planner and construction firm people







Scaly Thrush, White's Ground Thrush 虎鶇 Zoothera dauma a winter resident in NGC
male Plumbeous Water-redstart 鉛色水鶇 Rhyacornis fuliginosa



mushrooms on the trail steps




Jason and George








a small landslide



Tammy
Peipei and Huck
Peipei and Huck

Tammy and Jason



Jason and Tammy
Jason and Tammy

Huck and Jason







Huck




Philip



Peipei

resting at the stream crossing




Peipei crossing a bridge

mushrooms














figs







Tammy
Mindy and Kevin




strawberry and sweet marjoram


more growth in the garden - let's eat
late Jan. growth

view down the stairs

cherry trees blossom in front of our landlord's front door redesigned as the face of a clown

Lucy
Mimi, Lucy and Lucky on the girl scouts' field
end of razor grass seeding
added cherry blossom color
view from kitchen
clown in the cherry blossoms
landlord's clown entrance above us
flowering pineapple sage
Open Space Technology preparations
hiking group warms up at MRT plaza
small landslide behind Girl Scouts camp
stairs viewed from kitchen

Elijah passes away on 2/5
microcosmos
carpeted stone
construction fail
visit Alan, 1/24
red ivy, green wall
pregnant papaya
datura
cherry blossoms 1/24

gulps of red wine
drinking and toasting all around
dance number by CISA staff
entertainment by CISA staff
Philip and rhino at Pristine







sign


bamboo in the snow
Philip and Mike
Philip and Mike recirculating



Alishan Gentian 阿里山龍膽 Gentiana arisanensis
Bruce and Mike
Mike before Taoshan 桃山

Bruce
3.5k to the Taoshan 桃山 trailhead camp site
First at Syue Mountain Trailhead 雪山登山口 2140m
TaiDa Bamboo sculpture at night
Tammy at Mary Jane's
Elijah 1/15
Baboo
test shots wtth Powershot A570 IS
test shot with Tammy's new Canon Powershot A570 IS

Puyuma known for their cross stitch patterns and other stitching techniques

Lots of flowers in the Puyuma designs
Basket (traditional?)

Traditional pouring vessel


Small number of Turuku speakers
Paiwan traditional and updated fashion
The Amis in their dance friendly clothes and flourescent fringe.
nettle leaves
papyrus flowers
parsley bloom
nettle flowers
rosemary, nettles, basil, peppers, dandelion
giant dandelion plant

swiss chard, beets, lettuce, comfrey, parsley and peppers
mid-winter garden on west corner
looking at drawings, plans
local vegetables
forest area to the north
Recycling station near SongDe
Tammy crossing the Girls Scouts' field
maple leaves
Mimi checks construction
Taiwan maple near our place
second bedroom

2009

young White plum blossom snake, Formosa wolf snake 白梅花蛇 Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati in a gutter hear home
home orchid
female Glassy Tiger 姬小紋青斑蝶Parantica aglea maghaba in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草



Dan and Tammy inspect a discarded screen
Dan collecting trash
praying mantis (photo by Dan)
Philip
back toward ZhiTan Mtn 直潭山 or 2.6k to Barefoot Orchid Mtn 赤腳蘭山
Forest Bureau work manifest (photo by Dan)
Philip photographing Tammy (photo by Dan)



AnBaoJian Mtn 暗寶劍山 680m
flowering orchid

flowering orchid
Alpinia sp.
Dan
red berries
Dan and Philip
Dan and Philip
endemic Tongeia hainani 台灣黑燕蝶 in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
male Purple Sapphire 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
unfurling frond


zhu2bo2



iridescent beetle in solanum

Chestnut Tiger 青斑蝶 Parantica sita niphonica in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草

Saturday morning - Tammy, Dan, Baboo and Elijah
tea with Alan and 孟蕙
flowering passion fruit 百香果 Passiflora edulis vine flower
Mimi on Adrian's doorstep
yellow orchid flowering at front door
female Indian Fritillary 黑端豹斑蝶 Argynnis hyperbius
Sarah and Mantou 饅頭
Common Grass Yellow 荷氏黃蝶(黃蝶) Eurema hecabe
female Common Hedge Blue 台灣琉璃小灰蝶 Acytolepsis puspa myla on a bergamont bloom ?
Sarah
flowering passion fruit 百香果 Passiflora edulis vine flower
flowering lemon verbena 檸檬馬鞭草 aloysia triphylla
horsetail 木賊屬 Equisetum bud greeting
sprouting driftwood in the terrace garden
Taoist temple emerges from the clouds
home gate
door orchid flowering
fruiting Shell Ginger 月桃 Alpinia zerumbet
roadside weed
Sunset from the terrace
traveler resting on mushroom (photo by Dan)
Jonathan and Tammy
grass seed

Tammy and Jonathan
Dan
Jonathan (photo by Dan)
Philip in front of Yellow rattan palm 黃藤 Daemonorops margaritae (photo by Dan)
Tammy
Tammy
Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 Matrona cyanoptera, male 雄 endemic 台灣特有種
Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 Matrona cyanoptera, female 雌 endemic 台灣特有種
Tammy
shelter
washed out road facing
Spangle 黑鳳蝶/黑鳳蝶 Papilio protenor (photo by Dan)
相鄰小孔菌 Microporus affinis
Stejneger's grass lizard 蓬萊草蜥 Takydromus stejnegeri

Formosan Piedwing 中華珈蟌 (北台亞種) Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus (male)
Dan, Jonathan, Tammy
elder 冇骨消(蒴翟) Sambucus formosana Nakai


Leopard Spot 黃三線蝶 Symbrenthia hypselis scatinia
crickett
Triangle Skimmer, Lesser Blue Skimmer, Libellula melania 鼎脈蜻蜓 Orthetrum triangulare
救一救




victms of Morakot must take care of themselves



disasters can catch people in the streets in their pajamas
three judges of the kangaroo court

flowering and fruiting papaya
new dog rules

drainage from the farm
inspecting the farmhouse

Tammy and Alan
Sometimes a great teacher comes up the mountain
Greg - steep descent to Guishan 龜山
Two Dragons Mountain 二龍山

homestead at the end of the road
GuangXing 廣興 below
Gate to front of another host's place

Post-site inspection good-byes
Picking guava
environmentalist Liu Li-lan 劉麗蘭 and two other local hosts
T-shirt message: "The heavens are watching what we do."
beautiful organic garden/farm (Li-lan's) in Zone 3
Local nature workshops and car recycling
Nice organic farms in Zone 3
Lotus pond in Zone 2 associated with legend about baby crying and saving the brass

building remains with older and newer constructed walls
Bunker building from the side
Aquaculture (mosquito breeding?)
Another structure up on a hill overlooking the area
Lilan and George under the hoops
Bunker building from the front
Supposedly surveilled


Forested paths between the buildings
Walking toward one of the bunker buildings
Walking to two other structures/location considered for conference use in Zone 1
Robin and Li-lan 麗蘭 introduce the area and history
One of our local hosts
Robin and APGN gang meet up at Tucheng Armory Depot 土城丹藥庫
flowering Tropical Almond 大業欖仁 (other names:枇杷樹、雨傘樹、龜仔樹楠仁樹、環保樹) Terminalia catappa L.
Sarah at KGBs
Philip in the elevator at Pristine



flowering papaya

flowering Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 "a-bu-le" Cassia fistula

fruiting betelnut
the road cuts through stone
farm pond


mushrooms
filed of cassava 木薯 Manihot esculenta

coordinates

animal shelter? off the road
tire stairway
machinery tower on Zhitan ridge


Dan
making the wish
Gloria and Stefani

banana fruit and flower
beautiful Julong 巨龍
the river rages by below
intermission gathering spot
Dan in cold water
Tammy - almost 46C
Stefani chills
Dan gets hot headed
view upstream from our room
lower Guishan bridge 下龜山橋 at 燕子湖
Stefani and 小范 in Atayal bamboo home
Tammy
Stefani
小范
Tammy

Tammy on the watermelon
Stefani


小范
Tammy

Stefani
小范
fishermen and couple on opposite bank
Tammy, Stefani and 小范
Tammy, Steffani and 小范
Klaus
Mari and Katherine
Stefani
小范
Algis
Patricia & Jacques-Yves
Patricia

Liling & 小范

leave at 5:30, we drive back to Taipei in heavy rain
Philip
Peter eating dragon fruit (pitaya) 火龍果 Hylocereus

Tammy

the tung trees have been removed from the forest, the ground is now overrun with heartleaf hempvine 蔓澤蘭 Mikania cordata
view of the L shaped plot

the farmers
Tammy
Daiwen picking guava
second student's plot, 3:20 PM


driveway test as we leave, 2:15 PM
Hsuhua's dog
薑荷花

view out from shelter
Short-legged Japalure
Short-legged Japalure 短肢攀蜥 Japalura brevipes
dew on web
fern
aiyu 愛玉子 Ficus pumila L. var. awkeotsang (Makino)
Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum

flies on elder

butterfly on elder

web covered plant

betel nut
local earth god temple
Gourian Clematis 串鼻龍 Clematis gouriana

野杜虹
composting toilet

Hsuhua presents his plan

Yarong driving

school gate, 10:30 AM
ladybug in the camphor

tree hug
approaching Tongluo township 銅鑼鄉

Philip

trail head rapids
at the beach, 2 PM

Russ
frog

Greg
Philip
wild tomatoe
back in Fushan , 4:45 PM, construction progress
recently repaired foot bridge, 4:35 PM
bamboo groove
recently logged area
trail up to parking lot, 4:15 PM




up to the trail, 3:35 PM, just beyond 2.5k
group jump, 3 PM





Greg

pre-flush
Bruce scouting below the weather station landslide, 2PM
Greg swimming

Greg
Big pool, noon

big and deep pool

Bruce contemplates plunge, 11:45 AM
Bruce and Greg coming downstream
first narrows, 11 AM
Philip
down to the water just below Lumen stream 露門溪, near 4.5k at 10:30 AM
looking NW from the trail over the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Greg, Jacob, Nicholas and Bruce
construction over the Nanshi stream 南勢溪, 8:30 AM
Greg, Bruce and Nicholas
Bella and Ophelia
Christopher with Bella and Ophelia
Bella and Ophelia on the road home

SouthEast Cement from the HSR

on the bus to the subway
looking for the bus stop

the party picks up


Erow wins Obama paper dolls book
Josh of Kaohsiung DAT stirring raffle tickets

the bar thickens

Tammy, Erow and Steffani
Graham, our host at the bar
Shu-min
George, Anne-Marie, Phelan, Crickett, Marc
Megan, Miria, Crickett
Marc's summer garden
Bella visits Ohio
Phelan inspects a mushroom
George, Phelan and Marc at camp
Bella at the spring

































































































































More bus routes and new MRT station nearby
Dahu lake in distance
Dahu Park
Looking south from parking lot up the hillside
Abandoned construction?
walking back to the parking area


Another view looking SE? of access road/pavillion
Retaining access road with curb
Signs of flooding, poor drainage
Concrete pavilion structure at the very end
Thin strip with trees below steep hill area in SE "bottom" of property, recycling area to left
Walking to the SE tip of the property,
Evidence of generational cultivation
Stream and signs of flooding in the past



Nice farm gardens
Signs of land use, compaction
looking right along road through cleared areas, gardens
Good, healthy vegetation
Looking down toward Dahu lake, left turn ahead follows stream, gardens
Further down the road toward middle of property
Another view looking SE from entrance road
Looking left halfway down the entrance road
Patricia holds home-made A-frame level used to map contours
making seed balls - Patricia and Suzi
Joshua in the bamboo
the Nanshixi 南勢溪 river below
Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道 head bridge over Yakongxi stream 軋孔溪


the trail back

mountain boar stew


Christopher
Joshua

Joshua engages the fishermen
fishing Taiwan shoveljaw carp 苦花 Varicorhinus barbatulus Atayal: tmmanquleh
Atayal fishermen
Joshua
Formosan Sugar Palm 山棕 Arenga tremula flower
Tammy
Josh crossing
Christopher, Laurie-Beth and Tammy at the waterfall
Dan's new Toyota Zace Surf
urban garden
David, Philip and Tammy (photos by David Ma)
Dudu and Lucy
dates
compost tumbler with castors
hazy sunset from the terrace
illuminated field in front of the Girl Scout Training Center
Tammy and Baboo at the temple on the lower forest path

trail leading back to the farmhouse
Farmhouse
Elijah and Baboo in the Bamboo
Formosan beauty berry 杜虹 Callicarpa formosana (Amis: chi-hak)
Shanna, Tammy, Philip, Jason (photo by Russ)
Tammy demonstrating rocket stoves (photo by Russ)
auctioning the banana circle (photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
solar ovens (photo by Russ)
seeds and plants (photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
compost bins (photo by Russ)
Tammy presents rainwater harvesting (photo by Russ)
Peter, 一善, Russ and Tammy
一善 presenting edible landscapes
Peter presents composting (photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
Joshua (photo by Russ)
Philip (photo by Russ)
Laurie Beth (photo by Russ)
Peter showing solar ovens
seedling starters

the original guerllia garden
Sand/silt washed down from the slope
water pump/septic?
serious erosion of the slope; gardener has added new soil and tried to seed again
watered area fairing worse than less watered areas

Some regrowth, lots of chemical fertilizer and signs of eutrophication


More watering, fertilizer and seeds still not working on the slope
Return to site after three months in April looking down from Patricia's place
last three
carrot harvest
matress
turn off to Kalamoji and Ma-An villages
"no hunting" sign at trail head (photo by Dan)
Atayal wildlife names
(photo by Dan)
giant lingzhi
Jeff and Dan over landslide
八角蓮 Dysosma pleiantha





Dan, Jeff and Tammy



Tammy at the Kuai Shan turn-off 3PM
An old Japanese era glass bottle has accumulated soil and moisture and gets just enough light to support a mini terrarium of life.
Dan at Kuai Shan 檜山
(photo by Thomas)
Tammy making lunch (photo by Thomas)
Dan, Jeff, Ching, Tammy, Philip and Thomas (photo by Thomas)
Dan, Philip and Tammy at Kuai Shan (photo by Thomas)
(photo by Dan)

Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
Dusky Fulvetta 頭烏線 Alcippe brunnea
forestry sign attached
new growth in Bird's Nest Fern 台灣山蘇花 Asplenium nidus
Bird's Nest Fern
bug
Tammy
insect nests in the ground?



Strobilanthes formosanus 台灣馬藍


working uphill (photo by Dan)
Philip on the trail (photo by Dan)
Yellow three stipe 黃三線蝶 Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus
mushroom
Panus rudis 野生革耳
nettles 咬人貓 Urtica thunbergiana

Woodland Beauty 七葉一枝花. Paris polyphylla flower

turn off to ChaKengShan 茶懇山 9:45

(Dan)
Jeff and Philip (photo by Dan)
Dan at Fu-Ba trailhead 福巴越嶺古道 in Fushan 福山- 9 AM
Sarah the toy seller
Jessie and Tammy
Tammy making pizzas
Peter, Jessie - cooking
sky burial
garden calendula 金盞花 blooms
CKS Memorial Hall MRT station
Greg driving iinto Taipei

dandelion 蒲公英 (púgōngyīng) taraxacum seed
seeding plantain 車前草 (chēqiáncǎo) Plantago lanceolata
cherries
immature cherries dropped by warming weather
Jimson Weed, angel's trumpet 曼陀羅, 喇叭花 Datura suaveolens
Jimson Weed, angel's trumpet 曼陀羅, 喇叭花 Datura suaveolens
flowering wax apple 蓮霧 (lián wù) Syzygium samarangense
flowering wax apple 蓮霧 (lián wù) Syzygium samarangense
flowering mother-of-pearl 石蓮花 (shí liánhuā) Graptopetalum paraguayense
Chinese Hydrangea 華八仙 (huá bāxiān) Hydrangea chinensis Maxim.

Elijah worried

Rung-shan, David, Alice, Philip, De-wei (by David)
David, ?, Philip, Alice, De-wei (by David)

roof-top garden and compost
rain-proof ventilation
slanted kitchen roof draws out hot air
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Discovering Bakulas 發現巴庫拉斯∼布農天籟
Amis Musical group、Moyen ㄚ米史劇團、莫言
Amis Musical group、Moyen ㄚ米史劇團、莫言
Amis Tribal song 阿美族古訓
The legend of Tashan -Tsou tribal battle dancing - Avai 塔山傳奇、鄒族戰舞
Alice, Dali Sayum and Tungtung
Seediq 賽德克族 - Tungtung 東冬 賽德克族
Truku 德魯固族 musician Pidelo Wukah 彼得洛烏嘎
Dachoy Watan 達少．瓦旦 Thousands of Atayal years 泰雅千年∼泰雅古訓
newly tattoed - Atayal Dali Yealo and Sayum Votu 達利．伊洛、撒韻．否度
Host: Bunun from Hualien, Alice Takiwatan 花蓮縣萬榮鄉布農族 - 亞磊絲.泰吉華坦
Atayal weaver
chocolate buyers



Jiajiu 加九 ridge east saddle
Philip at the saddle point
Thomas
30 mins back up to the saddle and 150 minutes down to Red River canyon
Philip and Dan
at the saddle point
Thomas
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia
Thomas and Dan reading the old sign
at the Youmu 有木 trail head - 7:15 AM
jalapeno
lettuce regrown after being harvested once
lettuce at home
Peter and Tammy come out onto Xikeng Rd
Greg and the Orchid Hunter on the XiKeng Forest Road 西坑林道
tabacco?


orchid
orchid
orchid
orchid
orchid
orchid
Greg feeding our companion
Tammy and Greg at A-Yu-Xi Mtn 阿玉溪山
mushrooms
Tammy
Lapu Mtn 拉璞山
Gene Lee - the Orchid Hunter
sign

Greg and guide
frog eggs



Chinese ramie 青苧麻 Boehmeria nivea








Yuhina rump


Maroon oriole 朱鸝 Oriolus traillii

bees in the cherry blossoms
bees in the cherry blossoms
cheese omlette
Tammy at breakfast
habaneros




cherry trees blossoming at home




vented hat
where the slope levels off some and where the site's main water source is on the building

Bamboo creeping in
Mix of typical pioneers and other natives
Natural growth, in adjacent undisturbed area only cut back a few times a year
gardener attempted to plant small bushes on edge
beautiful flowering Spider Flower 醉蝶花 Cleome spinosa
More edge erosion
signs of erosion even before any heavy rains
longer view of flatter area of site
Peter and Patricia take in the scene; existing trees mostly kept after land filled in with rubble and sandy topsoil
Looking back up the slope and driveway

Seeded area covered with net tarp
driveway connecting to sloped area
steps leading down to driveway
steps to the right of the building lead down to the area to the side and back
Looking northwest from park in front of Hanbilou, over water drainage ditch
vacuum cleaner
gas water heater

stair dogs


maple colors
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia
Greg and Tammy at So Free pizza
imacat
butterfly




Philip and Tammy
beetles
orange moss on a tree
mushroom

Steffani and Tammy at the weather tower
mushroom community
cut-off north to Wulai mountain 烏來山
ginger
Strobilanthes formosanus 台灣馬藍 (táiwān mǎ lán)
moth

2008

Nic, Tammy, Sarah and Greg
Greg and Sarah
Greg
Chiufang

inside nic's temple

rinpoche inspecting vintage mid-chant

dispersing obstacles
bread for breakfast

Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower 王爺葵 Tithonia diversifolia
Tammy and Tree Marigold

mushroom

野杜丹, Melastoma candidum

Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower 王爺葵 Tithonia diversifolia
unfurling tree fern frond
fruit of giant upright elephant ear 姑婆芋Alocasia odora

spider

Greg, Sarah, Daphne, Tammy
Kelly, Nokimi, Tammy


Daphne, Nokimi and Kelly
Tammy
Eileen, Kelly and Sarah
Nokimi and Sarah assemble tree

early morning flight
citrus orchard

Christopher
family portrait

sun through the Spanish moss at 11528


bonfire after dinner
Marc and Christopher
sunset on the Santa Fe
Gordon and Patty
Lily Springs
Marc and Jim on the Santa Fe

Philip riding Brogan
Jim riding Brogan
Allison at Blue Bird Landing
Marlene and Christopher
Allison and Jo


Sarah on Brogan
Allison and Jo
Felman clan


cutting firewood at 11528


San Felasco Hammock
San Felasco Hammock
San Felasco Hammock

San Felasco Hammock

San Felasco Hammock
Marc

Christopher at the sinkhole
Christopher
bees

Marc in San Felasco Hammock

mushrooms
Christopher at the gate
blowing hay
mulching the roadway ditch
office


11528 woods
mushroom in a drainage hole

Thomas and Dan

pristine corn
nature books
orchid near home
Dan
Thomas
Grey Wagtail 灰鶺鴒 Motacilla cinerea


female gray-chinned Minivet 灰喉山椒鳥 Pericrocotus solaris
Steffani

Common Mapwing 石牆蝶 Cyrestis thyodamas
Striped Blue Crow 端紫斑蝶 Euploea mulciber barsine Fruhstorfer
Silver grass, Sword grass 五節芒 Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex

Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis

Tammy with Elijah and Baboo on the terrace

terrace garden

habenero
home terrace at dusk
beetle
Tammy and Baboo on the terrace at home

Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 "a-bu-le" Cassia fistula
chickens
Hibiscus
Formosan beauty berry 杜虹 Callicarpa formosana (Amis: chi-hak)
farmer
ants on flower
Blooming vine
wild ginger
ants on guava
fruiting pineapple
fruiting yuetao (ginger family)
king and gang

Guangxing bridge upstream from Chuchi
old snail
frutiing betel nut
glass and screen repairman
Tammy and Baboo
Gray-chinned Minivet (灰喉山椒鳥) Pericrocotus solaris in acacia crown



elder 冇骨消(蒴翟) Sambucus formosana Nakai
elder flowering and fruiting



Laka Rd 啦卡路 and Tongho River 桶後溪 before Wulai mountain 烏來山
Chestnut Tiger 青斑蝶 Parantica sita niphonica

Taoist temple from terrace
Poison bulb 文殊蘭 Crinum asiaticum

water treatment plant

Philip

looking down into the stairs from the terrace

Tammy in the kitchen

office beginnings
down the stairs...

across the field...
Elijah
Baboo
many trips with Dan's truck

Dan
Xiaofan, Steffani and Dan singing at Dan's

moving in countless trips
Tammy painting the kitchen
Philip at Sayun's house
Maya, Sayun and Dorcas
Dorcas and Sayun's loom
Sayun weaving in her curtain

Sayun demonstrating band weaving
lunch at Taiya Popo 泰雅婆婆 in Wulai 烏來
Madonna Catholic Atayal church in Wulai
lunch at Tequila Time Mexican restaurant 仙人掌墨西哥餐廳
Tammy on the terrace

The Qingtan Stream 青潭溪 is turbid from the typhoon

Tammy painting
Tammy painting the bedroom


Tammy and the fruit seller at the NGC bus stop
Sarah and Jessie having dinner
Greg, Julia, Jessie and Daphne
Greg and Sarah
Greg, Julia and Jessie at Asiadnet

bougainvilleas
drongos in New Garden City

office tomato crop
Tammy in the office pepper forest
pristine sunset


young Formosan blue magpie 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea







Formosan Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇 Myophonus insularis
magpie nest
Girl Scout's field
Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 Cassia fistula

front door and stairs down to road
Mimi
view out front door
view from terrace into living room
second bedroom and bath
second bedroom
view from kitchen
kitchen
master bedroom
Tammy and Ms. Tsai on the terrace of the new house
Elijah
Tammy's caterpillar sting from 7/13
wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
Celosia argentia 青葙


young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea waiting for food


Formosan Blue Magpies leaving the nest
Gray Treepie 樹鵲 Dendrocitta formosae
Arrowroot 食用美人蕉 Canna edulis

garden at Lan Yuan Rd 蘭苑一路 house
Poison bulb 文殊蘭 (wénshū lán) Crinum asiaticum
Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 (táiwān bǎihé) Lilium formosanum
young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 (táiwān lán què) Urocissa caerulea
young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 (táiwān lán què) Urocissa caerulea
Magpie nest above Road 2
Bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
Bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus

Greg
sun on fronds

Bruce
Tammy in the river
Frisbee rescue
Josh

Sarah amd Greg

dragonfly
dragonfly







Sarah

Bruce and Tammy

preparing to jump, Greg and Bruce
Philip
lunch time
Greg

Bruce and Greg
P&J sandwiches
following a side stream down to the river

home garden

home tomatoes
Tammy
dragonfly
papayas

frangipani

coffee bags in the sun
collecting coffee bags

construction at Xindian subway terminus
spider


back up to the trail

Sarah
Daphne on the damaged bridge


pizzas
spying on the kitchen
Tammy and Chandra
inspection
sunflower


corn flower
Chandra


Ou Ji-fu


garden squash

Tammy gardening at home
Shida market 師大市場
Peter demonstrates a rocket stove

Elijah
























Larry with event government sponsors
Larry and De Wei flank event officials



Philip, Paul and Peter
Tammy making pizza
Eagle and Peter work with the new oven
NGC Park



from above

Bongo's
Delphine and Zoe

Road 6
New Garden City 3/24
fisheye on home office
edible chrysanthemum 茼蒿 (tónghāo) Chrysanthemum coronarium
edible chrysanthemum 茼蒿 (tónghāo) Chrysanthemum coronarium
edible chrysanthemum 茼蒿 (tónghāo) Chrysanthemum coronarium
Common mapwing 石牆蝶 (shí qiáng dié) Cyrestis thyodamas
Common mapwing 石牆蝶 (shí qiáng dié) Cyrestis thyodamas

short Green 3 @ NGC circle, 3/15



























Thomas - We turn around at this stream
side trail down to the stream bed (we don't take)
Parked car along the old road







chickens
Elijah









horse
duck






Taipei train station

2009

(photo by Laurie)
Begonia blossom (photo by Laurie)
Philip and Joshua at the waterfall (photo by Laurie)

2007

Baboo crossing the stream

Tammy and Baboo on the trail
trail shrine

Small Dragonroot 申跋 (shēn bá) Arisaema ringens
cutting butter
Goldie 12/27 in the yard

Permaculture kids
Chinese tallow

trimmed avacado resprouts
Formosan Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇 (zǐ xiào dōng) Myiophoneus insularis
mushroom
the trail not taken
Wendy and Mimi


Bruce and Hank
Bruce
Elijah

Joshua photographing spider
spider holding baby
bee in ginger blossom


Laurie, Elijah, Tammy

farmer
mushrooms




Tammy, Brenda, Paul and Cindy




















scrappy-doo

Philip and Kendall




Zoe

Kendall and Tammy






Kendall preparing rocket engines









Brenda, Cindy and Tammy































Brenda, Cindy and Tammy

Tammy and Cindy
Cindy
























Brenda and Nicholas
Cindy and Kendall's work room
Brenda and Tammy














hummingbird




































































mushrooms














back in the kitchen











Tammy, Ken and Gayle





Ken at Mark's





turkeys




house view from the east side

Carthage market
Tammy and fire truck in the shop
at work in the kitchen




meeting of friends






Marie-Claire, Pierre, Anne-Marie























































duck

kingfisher
kingfisher
egret
Santa Fe river















Marc, Philip and Christopher








Pierre and Anne-Marie


Tammy

















Marc and Philip








Marc, Philip, Anne-Marie


Pierre



Tammy, Marc, Cindy, Pierre. Atlas, Marie-Claire, Anne-Marie, George
lizard


spider photography
Paul, Cindy, George, Marc, Anne-Marie, Christopher, Marie-Claire, Pierre
Tammy and Kendall

Anne-Marie and Marie-Claire


Christopher and Paul


Larry meets Harn
yard after typhoon Sepat
Taiya Popo 泰雅婆婆, 1:30PM
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler 小彎嘴 Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler 小彎嘴 Pomatorhinus ruficollis
back at the road, 12:30




spider

Titanotrichum oldhamii (Hemsl.) 台閩苣苔(俄氏草)
at the weather station, 10:45AM


波露溪, return, 10:15AM

mushroom




dragonfly on begonia



ottom of the stairs, 8:30AM
mushroom




Fashion show















Bergamot


peppers
agrimony flower
guava flower
Lanxi stream 蘭溪




typhoon Sepat approaches
Jessie and Greg
Songde Road
Highway three enters the Bitan tunnel
yard before Sepat

first floor
Bergamot

Roof-top garden
Bergamot 佛手柑 starting to flower
in the Spanish Flag 馬纓丹 (五色梅)Lantana camara
Chinese Peacock (Swallowtail) 烏鴉鳳蝶 翠鳳蝶 Papilio bianor thrasymedes
Formosan Magpie 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea (hit by car?) at the head of Rd. 6
bicyclist motion
bus passing

101 reflected at the end of the day

Taipei 101 from Zhongquan park

spider in the agrimony
new helen (Fitch)
Pristine building innards
spider, Fudekeng 福德坑
spider
Alpinia uraiensis 烏來月桃, 大輪月桃, Fudekeng 福德坑
leaking ceiling
male Lemon Butterfly 無尾鳳蝶Papilio demoleus


New Garden City 花園新城 Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
hog tied
wet drongo
squirrel
marigold 金盞花Tagetes erecta
白花藿香薊 Ageratum conyzoides
文珠蘭 Crinum asiaticum at home
winter cherry bug 瘤緣椿橡 Acanthocoris sordidus eating flowering peppers
Lemon Butterfly
Bergamot 佛手柑 Citrus aurantium at home





Tammy helping Michelle

Tammy


Sarah and Jessie
Sarah and Greg
Jeff, Sarah and Greg
Taiwan Lily
Taiwan Lily
New Garden City
coming home on the green 3
flowers on the train
flowers healing

returning the flowers
returning the flowers
Tammy, Linda and Albert

Joshua and David
daughter and mom
Brody family and Joshua

Lavender Gardens
Lavender kitchen
Philip and Joshua

Philip and Jonathan, Don and Christopher
Joshua and Albert
young McClays
Julia Brody




Laurie
female Indian Fritillary 黑端豹斑蝶 Argyreus hyperbius Nymphalidae
female Pale Grass Blue 沖繩小灰蝶 Zizeeria maha okinawana (Matsumura)
gaya@sparq
Shida area 7/7
Shida area 7/7
Laurie and Joshua at their favorite "temple"
Philip in Spanish-flavored arch with Southeast Asian iconography
Kuan-yin (Guanyin) in the Grass
Lotus Meditation IV
Lotus Meditation III
Lotus Meditation II
Lotus Meditation I
Granite Meditation
Tantric Kuan-yin (Guanyin)
Reclining Kuan-yin (Guanyin)
Buddha and Buddhist Saints
Kuan-yin (Guanyin) manifestations
ne of several halls (tings) with a different Buddha or Bodhisatva
cold tea for the drive to the snorkeling beach
views from the roof
Joshua and Laurie's pad




glass fishermen's buoys





locust

so many people

intricate ceiling


old bridges

2006

Tammy and Wendy
mushroom


seven who will walk down

the trail is wiped out here
trail workers' camp
View north from our room in the Rose Hotel
Tammy talks to "Big Love" back in Shangbaling
abandoned home

Atayal-style bamboo shelter



Jung-Hua Reservoir 榮華水庫 (rónghuá shuǐkù)


Philp, 1695m, 2PM
Bruce

Jialuohu 加羅湖, 2250m, 12:30 noon
forest fire in April of 1999






3.5k on the Siji lindao 四季林道, 1260m, 9:00AM






Jack

Tammy

Tammy appraoches picnickers
Jungle Queen 環紋蝶 Stichophthalma howqua formosana
Wulai waterfall

Linwangyan Mtn., above Fushan, 4PM


Philip checks out the path to Fushan
Eric and Bruce at Beichatianshan 北插天山, 1728m, noon



Beichatianshan Nature Preserve

Entering the park 滿月圓國家森林遊樂區, 8AM



bug on chrome
NGC 6/21
Bruce exploring the Fushan church



Down to the river


microenvirons
conference of frogs



Zingiberaceae 月逃, NGC, 6/11

young whistling thrush 紫嘯鶇 at home

2005

down to the river bed to cross

new bridge at Jiajiuliao 加九寮
up the Xiongkong stream 熊空溪
Bruce, upstream from the Xiongkong bridge 熊空橋



Dan and Gloria


Philip photographing Tammy and Dorma
Dorma, Tammy and Philip

small-leaved lasianthus 圓葉雞屎樹 (yuán yè jī shǐ shù) Lasianthus wallichii
pine forest

180 mins to small Jiaohsi mtn.




Tammy and Dorma
Tammy followed by Dan and Gloria

桶後林道 Dan, Dorma and Tammy
The Tongho stream 桶後溪 flows west to Wulai 烏來



Xiaoyi Police Station 烏玉檢查哨
No aquariums - the mountainside in front of the station has collapsed





a place to swim

Greg
Nuca going down to the river
Sarah's first hike
Cat's Whiskers 貓須草 (māo xū cǎo) Orthosiphon aristatus
Cat's Whiskers 貓須草 (māo xū cǎo) Orthosiphon aristatus



Tammy and Elijah





dinner in Wulai
Nanshixi 南勢溪
no poisoning, electrocuting or netting fish...
Fushan bridge
out, 16:15
Nanshixi 南勢溪
Fushan bridge

abandoned civilization
bamboo
Phoenix and Zephyr
Russ and Phoenix
McClays


construction begins
Dorma
Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布
Dorma and Tammy





Elegant five-lined skink 麗紋石龍子 (lì wén shí lóngzi) Eumeces elegans
Grasshoppers in the Thyme

Walking Stick 竹節蟲 (zhújié chóng) Phasmida

on the Wulai bus

hot pot
sharks in Mucha



2m Landsat of Sanguang River 三光溪

Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
Sanguang River 三光溪
Bruce jumps
Swimming at a waterfall and pool
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Bruce swimming
big rocks
Jack crossing on a tree
Sanguang River 三光溪
Confluence of Galahe 嘎拉賀溪 and Sanguang 三光溪 streams
Confluence of Galahe 嘎拉賀溪 and Sanguang 三光溪 streams
Sanguang River 三光溪
Bruce watches Jack flush down
Sanguang River 三光溪
climbing over a slot
Jack on the Sanguang River 三光溪
a waterfall
Sanguang River 三光溪
short break before getting in the river
transition form hiking to tracing
almost down to the Sanguang River 三光溪
down into the gorge
Crocus Tritonia 觀音蘭 (guān yīn lán) Crocosmia crocosmiiflora
at the Xuanyuan 萱源 trailhead
2m Landsat of Fushan area






Taiwan barbet 台灣擬啄木 ( táiwān nǐ zhuómù) 五色鳥 (wǔsè niǎo) Megalaima nuchalis in the Bougainvillea 九重葛 (jiǔchóng gé)
Farewell Mexican dinner in Taipei with Dan and Gloria




lunch










wedding ceremony

Amis


Aborigine performances
On the Aborginal Cultural Village bus

view from hotel in Puli (埔里)
We have a simple lunch in DaYuLing (大禹嶺)
DaYuLing (大禹嶺) at 2565m or 8415 feet
hiking trails off the highway
adaptive road engineering


Brahmin moth 枯球籮紋蛾 (kū qiú luó wén é) Brahmaea wallichii insulata Inoue, 1984 endemic
climbing back up to the road
downstream from the bridge
upstream from the bridge


DaSha River (大沙溪) canyon upstream

hotsprings from bridge







Entering Taroko National Park (太魯閣國家公園) on the East Coast highway
self-portrait
vertical view of the east coast near SuAo (蘇澳)



The BeiShi River runs through Pinglin

traditional medicine shop

view of old street from the temple

BaoPing (protect PingLin) Temple
traditional shop

drive from Taipei (台北) to Pinglin (坪林)
back home
Gongguan (公館) market


Philip










home
returning in Dan's truck
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
tea eggs

Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)




"ghost money"
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)

Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)





papaya fruit









Tian En Temple
Tian En Temple
subway back home form Taipei (台北) to HsinTian (新店)
ShiDa (師大) market
ShiDa (師大) market
ShiDa (師大) market
ShiDa (師大) market
ShiDa (師大) market
bus from Garden City (花園新城) to HsinTian (新店)


juice break in the shopping center
observation deck on 86th floor
800 ton mass damper to counter earthquakes and typhoons
damper Taipei 101
view from Taipei 101
Philip driving
Guandu Nature Park
Guandu Nature Park
Guandu Temple 關渡宮
Guandu Temple 關渡宮
Guandu Temple 關渡宮
Guandu Temple 關渡宮
Guandu Temple 關渡宮
Guanyin 觀音, goddess of Mercy
Guandu Temple 關渡宮
Guandu Temple 關渡宮
Guandu Temple 關渡宮

on the subway
lunch
watermelon and pineapple juice
Bitan suspension bridge 碧潭吊橋
man with a snake
Bitan 碧潭
Bitan market
Bitan market
Bitan market
Bitan 碧潭













Five fingers 鵝掌藤 (é zhǎng téng) Schefflera odorata

farmers friend 咸豐草 (xiánfēng cǎo) bidens pilosa

2004

shrine for local guardian spirit


Elijah
Elijah, Baboo, Tammy

Qingtan stream 青潭河
10/6, Qingtan stream 青潭河
Dorma, 9/30
Xindian, Carrefour

roof-top garden, 9/17
9/12, Qingtan stream 青潭河

squirrel
Liugongjun 瑠公圳 canal memorial

2005

2004

dogs in the machine
Gongguan
Pristine elevator

2005

2004

Zhitan water plant and Xindian river from NGC



3rd F balcony



Delphine and Tammy
dog kiss
Flowering chives in home garden
at German Culture Center event


view of block of houses we live in
Tong 桐花 litter

Dan horizontal
Dan coming up to the meeting point
Feihong coming home
coming home
Lilacs flowering
Feihong and Tammy
Tammy and Feihong
Tammy and Feihong



ChaTian Preserve 插天山自然保留區

塔曼山
to Tamanshan (2130m)



lunch break 12:30





KwaiShan 檜山 turn off
Jeff and Dan




Dysosma pleiantha 八角蓮

to WuGuShan 勿古山 (1457m)


Safety
looking north
Feihong and Dorma in the Lanxi 蘭溪
Dorma and Feihong

2003

Atractomorpha sinensis.pinkwinged grasshopper.紅后負蝗 on.Coriandrum sativum.Cilantro, Chinese Parsley.芫荽
Chuck and Bruce

Black-collared Starling 烏領椋鳥Sturnus nigricollis

Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis
at the German Culture Center
Gina leaves Pristine 10/3
ZhiTan 直潭 9/28
溫州公園 9/21
HsinTian from NGC





butterflies
Neil


Dan's Birthday at the Tandoor
Dan's Birthday at the Tandoor
sunset from the roof
home
Tammy climbing out
Jessie



Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪

a perched tree
Sanguang river 三光溪

Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Greg


Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
back upstream
back upstream
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪

Sanguang river 三光溪




a side stream
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉

Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
Philip
Dan
marker
frog
Philip
Tammy and Dan resting

Dan checking out the signs
Tammy on the path
toward HuangDiDian 皇帝殿
up the road from ShiDing 石碇

2002

spider's web in the rain
shelter has collapsed
Jack and Shantih at Lala 拉拉山
Lala 拉拉山 old trees
trail head (to JianShan 尖山) going north off of BeiHeng (293236 2726758)
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
Alida and Nico
Tammy
Dan swimming
applying for mountain passes..in XinXian 信賢
Dan at XiongKong - HongHeGu.saddle point
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four directions: trail South towards 逐鹿山 and 拔刀爾 (巴特魯山)
sign to 逐鹿山
Dan at turn off to JiaJiuLing
old sign on 紅河谷-樂樂谷 trail
Dan at the HongHeGu - XiangTianHu..trails connector
to 平廣路一段361巷
sign warning of poison
rat poison to protect seedlings
poisoned Red-bellied Tree Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus 赤腹松鼠 (膨鼠)
瑞興宮
Common toad 盤古蟾蜍 (台灣蟾蜍) Bufo bankorensis
Lion's Head ridge
Dan on steep trail
Rock on narrow trail
Looking north toward the FeiTsui reservoir
Following layers of sediment deposit
into the silty reservoir
Philip coming down the stream

2001

Michael and Susie


Swinhoe's frog 斯文豪氏蛙 (sīwénháo shì wā) Odorrana swinhoana


back to Fushan 福山
cicada?
bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shān sū huā) Asplenium nidus
Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道
Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道
Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道
Kabir, Lulu and Tammy
walking back to FuShan
Bruce and peach vendor
Siling village 四陵
Kabir and Bruce
coming back
coming back
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Lulu and Tammy
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Rainy
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Rainy
Tammy
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉

2000

Patsy and Matthew


Jimmy
Tammy and Matthew








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starting near shuanghai
GuangXing 廣興 bike ride

1999

Morning Goodbyes
Morning Goodbyes
Why is it so slow today?

1998

Jako & Don
14K south of FuShan on the Baling Trail

1996

1995

Elijah and John-John
John-John
John-John
Baboo
Dina and her pups
Baboo
Baboo

John-John and Baboo
Baboo
Happy family

John-John
Baboo's first swim
John-John has a black nose
Baboo

1993

Denise and DeeDee
Ken, Tammy and Philip

1992

hemp

peppers in the market
mushrooms in the market

1991

printing press

rice harvest
bike ride



bike ride



school
printing press

Bus from Wuzhou to Yangshuo, 6/29
Wuzhou 梧州
Kenting
Kenting, Plank tree, 6/21
fruit stall along the road
Aborigine park
Tainan, Confucius Temple, 6/20
Sanxiantai 三仙台 (Three Immortals) East Coast
Taroko, above Wenshan hotsprings 文山溫泉


Chi-nan Temple, Mucha, 6/26

1974

Las Vegas, Summer 1974 ?

1973

Rainbow Springs

1971

walking young Gaea
Philip and Marc with birds at Hayes house
Marc and Gaea
Christopher and Marc in Hayes yard
Hayes house
playing on the gym set
gym set
at Hayes house
at Hayes house with Gaea and legos
Hayes house

1968

1969

Marc, Philip, Christopher, Hector - Hayes, 1969

1968

moving out

1964

Escondido Village

1963

car packed
packed

1944

Pierre et Anne-Marie à Caluire, Juillet 1944

2008

2000