2024

a corn alley








final climb
abandoned innerbelt

Looking for the tow path



Parent's Akron nest
Relaxing on our pond deck
Flying into San Franciso
Electrify America charger

2020

Hans 手作 Bakery/Cafe
mushroom seller on Wulai Old Street 烏來老街
the white material settles in fron of our garage
Location of the possible dump site
Where material may have been dumped into the storm drains

panel replaced
predrilling holes
customized tool
a tougher needle and better thread
dissasembling the chair to ease access
hose clamped together
the tired canvas panel

泰雅爺爺 coffee shop
workhouse at the end of Lane 120
Guangxing 廣興 from 500m





brothers crossing the river in Guishan
Hotash stove test (video)
Hotash stove test
Juvenile Malayan night heron

environmental guidance
construction plan overview
site plan on contours
2358

2019

Principles of plant placement and timing at the Yongping garden
Up close Yongping garden
Yongping garden
Yongping garden
lettuce, borage, wild allium...

Basil we rescued is thriving now.

Fire hose salvaged from our office building
Pulling up turmeric for James


Mind mapping about garden

plant seedling bed


And further down

abandoned spillway

Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
Maling Hot Spring 馬陵野溪溫泉
Maling Hot Spring 馬陵野溪溫泉
a claw drowned

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




Guguan 谷關 from above
garage door


Peppers for Patty




Diana’s Pools 海神宮
Diana’s Pools 海神宮
Diana’s Pools 海神宮

at trailhead for Diana’s Pools 海神宮
accupuncture needle
replacement
corroded battery holder spring
121 km ride from Hsinchu 內灣 to Ilan 羅東
Yufeng 玉峰 watershed from Yulao 宇老
Xindian river 新店溪 with Garden City 花園新城 in the background
bridge under construction

urban fishing

Crescent Bridge 新月橋
Taipei's river side parks system is huge
the new bikeway is also closed during typhoons
The new Qingtan 青潭 bikeway and when it is closed due to high water levels
Zhuoshui River 濁水溪
Danda road 丹大林道 above Danda stream 丹大溪
natural rock wall along the road
Danda stream 丹大溪
be responsible
turn around at 16.8 k
looking down the landslide
the path ahead
lanslide forces our return
Danda hot springs 丹大溫泉 below
Danda road 丹大林道
John
Sanfensuo 三分所 gate
John
Danda road 丹大林道
Danda road 丹大林道
looking back to Erfensuo station 二分所

Erfensuo station 二分所
Erfensuo station 二分所
Zhuoshui River 濁水溪
Heliuping 合流坪
Pacific ocean
above the Pacific ocean
above the Pacific ocean
above the Pacific ocean
Dongao Bay 東澳灣
Dongao Bay 東澳灣
Dongao Bay 東澳灣
Heliu stream 合流溪
Heliu stream 合流溪
Nanao trail 南澳古道
park at the trail head
Gweishan 龜山
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


Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
climbing around Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
climbing around Dashimen Falls 大
Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
Philip and Tammy at Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
Wenshui stream 汶水溪

Wenshui stream 汶水溪
Wenshui stream 汶水溪

Nanzhuang township 南庄
dinner in Luchang 鹿場
Fishwort damaged by herbicide

spraying in Nanzhuang township 南庄



destructive ginger cropping
destructive ginger cropping
Tops of the nearby mountains
Pesticide heavy cabbage cultivation
Local native wild grape
Native legume - same as at home

Fengmei stream 風美溪
Turtle Island through the bananas
grape orchard
Sustainability Studio

Toucheng 頭城


artesian well
industrial oasis


Looking into the living room from the north side
5.5 k Xindian river 新店溪 trace from Jiajiuliao 加九寮 to Guishan 龜山
taking down the scaffolding as work completes
Bluemink 紫花藿香薊 (zǐ huā huò xiāng jì) Ageratum houstonianum
Wild tung tree flower


斜紋夜蛾 caterpillar
斜紋夜蛾 caterpillar

Weiwei
alcove area recovered
the leak recovered
Philip's spine




Mud rocket stove
Mud rocket stove
downstairs east wall
downstairs west wall
upstairs bedroom west wall
upstairs bedroom east wall
downstairs west wall
downstairs east wall
upstairs bedroom west wall
upstairs bedroom east wall
Praying mantis 寬腹螳螂 Hierodula bipapilla moving w/difficulty
Unidentified mammal scat in the yard
Trails down to the Sanguang River 三光溪
11.5 km river trace from Xuanyuan 萱源 to Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布 on the Sanguang River 三光溪
plants in the river bed
Sanguang River 三光溪 (video)
櫸樹段木
Sanguang River 三光溪
big rocks
Aaron climbing through the rocks on the Sanguang River 三光溪
Toad scat

below waterfall at dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
Leigh in suit
plants in the river bed
floating back to camp
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
Plum rains storm home flood (video)
front rain gutter parts
where the decorative alcove pool was removed
cavity where a forgotten cement form rotted away
neoghbors' yard from above
wall removed to third floor balcony
site of the leak
sliding door rails placed
Polyporus? fungus, growing not from a cherry tree
fungi growing on grafted cherry trees

dragonfly
scaffolding from lower street
scaffolding from outside gate
a leaking pipe uncovered
the mess of work
downstairs west wall
upstairs bedroom west wall
scaffolding up
upstairs bedroom east wall
upstairs bedroom west wall
outside before work starts
Clelea formosana 蓬萊藍紋斑蛾 (péng lái lán wén bān é) endemic
Chile production at the Yonghe riverside farm
moth orchid 蝴蝶蘭 (hú dié lán) Phalaenopsis
Guishan 桂山 below from Sikanshui 四崁水
Used car
illegally parked truck
finger of FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
hiking down the stream
stream leading down into the FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
failed motor control board
cleaning roach poop
blender investigation
Jack's 35 years in Taiwan river cruise
Jack's 35 years in Taiwan river cruise






New MRT line from riverside park
Yangmingshan fumaroles
moth orchid 蝴蝶蘭 (hú dié lán) Phalaenopsis
Water seeping along the northwest corner, 4/17
View from below of water damaged area of second floor bedroom floor, 4/17
Second floor east wall, the wall is wet and there is standing water on the floor, 4/17
water ingressing along upper balcony and coming down along bedroom west window, 4/17
Lower detail view of second floor west wall leakage, 4/17
moth orchid 蝴蝶蘭 (hú dié lán) Phalaenopsis
dripping leak
problematic east wall
water leak from above
back to Bihai 碧海
poacher's bag
poacher's bag
Taiwan serow 長鬃山羊 (chǎng zōng shān yáng) Naemorhedus swinhoei
Buxiaowan 布蕭丸溪 confluence bowl
Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪 beyond camp
view out from the cave



young taro
Black nightshade 龍葵 (lóng kuí) Solanum nigrum
Mohen stream boulder section
Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉 (video)
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

early outcrop
early outcrop
Mohen stream boulder section
Mohen boulder falls
Mohen stream 莫很溪

Mohen stream 莫很溪
Mohen confluence 莫很溪匯流 (video)
Appreciating the warmth of Mohen stream 莫很溪
We had to make dozens of sometimes difficult river crossings every day. (video)
tracing (video)
Heping North stream 和平北溪
Tane visting

Amaryllis
preparing for a crossing
Heping North stream 和平北溪
upended stones
deer tracks
varying views of the river (video)
Heping North stream 和平北溪
mud treatment
new landslide on Heping North stream 和平北溪
barking deer tracks in the dried silt mud
river rocks
Bihai 碧海 power plant in the distance
stretching for the walk
Camping at Nanao Farms 南澳農場
dental check up
insect
roof-top plumbing

east side decorative alcove

tral erosion control
Pinglin 坪林 bike path
Beginning of road 42 in Shuangxi 雙溪
sky full of lanterns 天燈
Shifen 十分
flat tire at Jiuhuashan bus stop
Pingxi 平溪 sreet
stream in Pingxi 平溪
Shenkeng 深坑 to Shiding 石碇
Taipei Zoo in Mucha
Newly leaking second floor bedroom west wall, leaking through the wall and along the floor, 3/14
Second floor east bedroom wall leaking, through the wall, at the base and under the wooden tiles, 3/13
Water seeping under the paint from above
Seeds at the Redroom

Shuanglong 雙龍 village
construction winch (video)
new bridge anchor foundation
330m Shuiyuan suspension bridge 水源吊橋 leading to Shuanglong waterfall 雙龍吊橋
Zhuoshui River 濁水溪 below the Danda stream 丹大溪 confluence
shell repacking kit found in river
a simple river crossing (video)

large group treks out
Junda Stream 郡大溪 and Danda stream 丹大溪 (video)
looking down stream from camp
third camp site at Junda stream 郡大溪 confluence


Danda stream 丹大溪

looking for a passage upstream on the other side
Philip and Ronan look for a passage under the cliffs


slate cliffs in second canyon
the slot that stopped our progress (video)
slate cliffs in second canyon
slate cliffs in second canyon
making our way up the second slot canyon
Second slot (video)
Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪 sediment shelf
quartz ?
slippage
walking along layers of storm-deposited sediment
Judy pushes on
Leigh at camp (video)
stream below second camp
lentils for breakfast
Second camp, above first slot canyon
badlands (video)
approaching camp (video)
slate landscape
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
a side stream
first slot canyon (video)
water-carved canyon
Willie leading us through the slot

the canyon begins to narrow
Landslide ahead
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
a gas bottle, from where?
water lines
narrowing stream
signs of jeep traffic
Danda stream 丹大溪
continuing up Danda stream 丹大溪
Junda Stream 郡大溪 and Danda stream 丹大溪 (video)
Danda stream 丹大溪
a waterfall

Danda stream 丹大溪
Leigh crossing
Danda stream 丹大溪
Futai mountain 富太山 to Wuta 武塔
Map of original Atayal villages
Frogs
Nanao trail 南澳古道

resting at a crossroads

Tabihan village 塔壁罕社 to Mount Futai 富太山
hunters' bath
the landslide that blocked our trip
the landslide that blocked our trip

trail crossing a landslide
Crossing landslides of various ages
mountain
Tong oil tree 三年桐 (sān nián tóng) Aleurites fordii Hemsl. seeds
Nanzi Police Station 楠梓警官駐在所 to Tabihan village 塔壁罕社


楠子駐在所
The end of the managed part of the historical Nanao trail




A sign about historical markers from the Japanese era
Dwarf Sugar Palm fruit on the ground



fungus
Watch for snakes and wasps
The many former Atayal villages along the Nanao trail
Looking back toward Suao 蘇澳






three young rats trapped in the carbonizer

2018

Walk from Fushan 福山 to Hapen 哈盆 in southern Taipei county

scat
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Turn off to Hapen

Bruce crossing a landslide














Tammy on the bus
Dan checking out a house candidate
Guishan 龜山
Guishan 龜山
a long walk down on the road
first view of civilization, Jiaoxi 礁溪
grasslands over the saddle
grasslands over the saddle
side trail to Hongludishan 烘爐地山
Tongho stream 桶後溪
crossing a side stream
back on the trail
breakfast at Tongho 桶後
Tongho 桶後

Tongho trail 桶後越嶺古道
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
fixing a side stream
still recovering from typhoon Soudelour
Tammy didn't want to get her feet muddy yet
Fushan Village
Hapen Trail
Philip and Leigh
neglected suspension bridge in Fushan
tea with Alan
carrot pickle recipe from Roma
Zhengda 政大 in Mucha 木柵
Mucha cemetary, incinerator and zoo
Five fingers 五指山
on the 29
fresh landslide
Yehliu Harbor 野柳漁港
to the coast
repair complete Macao 馬槽 bridge
view toward Macao 馬槽
cold and foggy on Yangmingshan 陽明山
12 C and wet Yangmingshan 陽明山
satellites
Burmese pu'er
motor in press-fit casing
run coil open, suspect thermal fuse
dryer electrical schematic
blower fan
Mario and Greg at the beach crossing
native violet and farmer's friend
Youhan introducing kiwi orchard
chatianshan
looking east from the hunter's trail
chatianshan
Teaching us about ephiphytes, ferns, wild medicine
Landscape model
Local language
stems of wild mountain celery cooked with mushroom and garlic
Cooked chicken garnished with onions and encircled with persimmons
dish of ginger, plums and bitter melon

below the Luofu Bridge
The inside "pan"
worldpeace

TongHo stream 桶后溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
Tongho stream 桶後溪
path closed due to typhoon damage
crossover trail to the coast
Soudelour repairs
recovering landslide on Tongho Road 桶後林道
at the trail head
two dust sensors with WiFi controller board
2X Plantower PMS5003
sensor assembly
Remove PVC locking sleeve
PA-II

Passiflora foetida flower
Apple mint
Rose bush from Marian, hanging in there
Malabar spinach
Red amaranth leaf sprout

barely survived Soudelour
face in stone
crossbow arrows and used shotgun shell
air conditioner rappel
Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
Houtong Station 猴硐
intriguing ridge
Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
protector of the miners 山神廟
toward Keelung 基隆
Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
Jiufen 九份
Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
trail head


local variety of loofa with ridges 綾角絲瓜 (澎湖絲瓜)

peanuts drying
well
well with water
canna lily
two other local project people
View down to the harbor
Termites doing their job

金午時花
marker for what?



天人菊 and ?
天人菊
view of the landscape and the ocean
天蛾幼蟲
台灣黃牛
土丁桂 or 白花馬鞍藤

倒地鈴





native coastal legume plant 小葉括根 Rhynchosia(L.)DC.f.nuda(DC.)H.Ohashi & Tsteishi
native coastal legume plant 小葉括根 Rhynchosia(L.)DC.f.nuda(DC.)H.Ohashi & Tsteishi



Peanuts grown and harvested locally drying on the ground
Lots of small details of natural art
Wooden carving of a kind of fish that he catches
Sunny connecting people, places and resources

lamp in clothes washing area
repaired solar lamp installed
cracked waterproof elbow patched with bottlecap
Failed Magicshine light handlebar mount
cleaning up film glitter destroys the grass
115 km loop through Kualai 闊瀨
map from phone
tea fields in the Kuolai 闊瀨 valley
plants out, but kind of randomly placed after the typhoon



























wasp drying off after bus rescue
irrigation canal
Dan coming up the steep trail
Dan crossing a slide in thetrail
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
Philip floating down the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Philip floating
Bruce jumps in
Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Philip crossing a landslide
The story of Sayun
Nanao trail 南澳古道






unidentified wild raspberry
drystack wall with mortared top
mountain permit required
Babokula mountain trail 巴博庫魯山徑
looking SW from above Mingchi
Yangmei 楊梅 Myrica rubra
fennel flowers
Kaffir lime
Installing tire pond
150 km North Cross island 北橫 ride
rice cultivation in Luodong 羅東
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
beginning of eastern descent
Ziggy arriving at Mingchi 明池

Highway 7 台七線 North Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
millions of tiny white floating spiders
Highway 7 台七線 North Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
Guga on the Baling bridge 巴陵大橋






























encouraging Kanie to swim
sun protection
dogs exploring the stream
wild amaranth in the stream bed
tomatillo

tea cultivation
10 km Wantan trail 灣潭古道 hike

water in water
Wantan 灣潭
Wantan 灣潭


Wantan trail 灣潭古道


spray damaged nasturtium hanging down from the wall
broke and damaged a large hibiscus plant
Clean stairs dirty plants
Mess inside the yard
Stair cleaning fiasco - detritus sprayed into our patio
catching up with seed work
amaranth and marigold seeds




resource-ified waste explanation at taipower
native ground cover plants
Kenaf 大麻槿 Hibiscus cannabinus flower, strawberry and thyme clipping
Kenaf 大麻槿 Hibiscus cannabinus
紫穗狼尾草




mineral brushstrokes
bat cave at entrance of Heping north slot
water leaves its mark



looking back to Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon slot
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon

entering first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon slot
walls of fine sediment
broad wash westward of Heping north stream from the confluence
Mohen stream 莫很溪 confluence
Mohen stream 莫很溪 confluence
approaching the Mohen confluence
exiting the slot
tough crossings coming out of the slot canyon
the slot canyon broadens
looking downstream
Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 alluvial accumulation
continuing north along Heping North stream 和平北溪
Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 camp
downstream Heping North stream 和平北溪 from our camp
eroded walls of silt
Satellite view of Buxiaowan camp location
20 km walk from Heping River 和平溪 to Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪
Zuni Bowl

Difficult river crossings
some crossings are challenging
many stream crossings

resting
Leigh crossing
colored rock
Heping North Stream 和平北溪
walking among stones
Heping North Stream 和平北溪
changing footwear
lunch break at the confluence

Heping North Stream 和平北溪
like ants in a field of stones
Taipower facilities
wasp nest close up
wasp nest
Taipower facilities?
mouth of Heping North stream 和平北溪
mouth of Heping North stream 和平北溪
Heping river 和平溪
Barking deer 台灣山羌 (táiwān shān qiāng) Formosan Reeve's Muntjac prints

dog ?
gravel works
Wolfgang trying to cross the river
failed attempt to cross Bihai 碧海 spillway

the industrial town of Heping 和平


working on rain collection
working on rain collection
108 km ride up the Nanheng 南橫 with Bruce
Guanshan 關山 train station
Bishan Hot Springs 碧山溫泉
Bishan Hot Springs 碧山溫泉
waiting for construction
road work coming into Wulu 霧鹿

Bruce coming down in Motien 摩天
Motien 摩天
Liyuan 栗園
road to Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉 trail
Fish protected in the Wulu River 霧鹿溪
Guanshan 關山
Sunrise on the way to Guanshan 關山
Zhiben River 知本溪

Zhiben River 知本溪
Zhiben River 知本溪
Day 1 of Huadong 花東 184 km
on the coastal highway
abulance convoy
starting line
packing baggage shuttle in HuaLien 花連
at the starting line in HuaLien 花連
Bougainvillea 九重葛 (jiǔ chóng gé)
Coffea 小果咖啡 (xiǎo guǒ kā fēi) arabica ?
紅鶴頂蘭Phaius tankervilliae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume
紅鶴頂蘭Phaius tankervilliae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume
rose from Marian first spring bloom
unidentified crysanthemum family
Wild yam 日本薯蕷 Dioscorea japonica
End of the day on the forest road
Mountain banana (wild)
Looks a bit like blue skullcap, but the leaves look different
Looks a bit like blue skullcap, but the leaves look different
青苧麻
trellis will help keep the east wall cooler in the coming months
Weiwei, boss of everything
Tane visits often
hydrating and keeping warm
winged bean year two new growth
7.12km Shenkeng 深坑 - Monkey Mountain ridge 猴山岳 - Caonan 草湳 hike with Dan
Shenkeng 深坑
Monkey Mountain ridge 猴山岳 or Paozilun 炮子崙 trail
Goat farm
squash and a winged bean getting read to come back
多花蘭

11k walk to Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
Dongpu 東埔 below

narrows in Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪
17.45k walk on the Batongguan trail 八通關古道


Lele Police Station 樂樂駐在所
Ecological Area entry permits required

Dongpu 東埔
in Dongpu 東埔
leash repair with bicycle innertube
privately used national land
95k Sanxia 三峽 bike loop with Bruce


Bruce checking the route
bumble bee on pomelo flower
trellis area for summer
polyculture of lettuces and coriander
strawberry - rare for our hot humid conditions
another kind of orange eggplant
volunteers!
萬板大橋
135k Five Finger mountain 五指山 loop with Guga


Compost bin where the chickens hang out


Some kind of mustard...
tomatillo leaves
strawberry
lemon thyme
purslane and lemon thyme
lemon grass, perilla, strawberry, swiss chard, habanero
fence hole where dogs come down
critter hotel
area in need of some water/drainage solution
new guild of lemon, pigeon pea, papaya, pineapple
lemon balm, oregano, peas
peas
peas, oregano
swiss chard, habanero, lemon grass, perilla, strawberry
southwest corner boundary
west entrance
69k ride in Xindian 新店
mountain bees
Tongho road 桶后林道, 9k
end of Tongho road 桶后林道
work rules
typhoon Soudelour road repairs
Quchi 屈尺
Sikanshui 四崁水 4.9 km hike




Kanie and Weiwei getting in touch with their wild roots


Smaller temple down river facing larger temple
土半夏 Typhonium blumei

16 k walk from 1150 to 1750m on the Siji Forest Road 四季林道
Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
Atayal catholic church in Siji 四季


Bruce with snowball
Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜


Green and blue
Life on a log
Philip next to an abandoned building
Bruce and Philip at the turn off to Jialuohu 加羅湖
Unidentified tree with seeds
Leigonggen relative?
Bruce and Philip at the landslide
snow on Snow Mountain 雪山

Unidentified plant, possibly a violet
Nettles 咬人貓 (yǎo rén māo) Urtica thunbergiana Sieb. & Zucc.
Flower of unidentified vine
Wild raspberry plant
Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
replacement handle from crepe myrtle branch
Tane dreaming of New Zealand
armateur coupling has disintegrated


cherry blossom gawkers
Zhitan 直潭
Zhitan 直潭
Helen's Cafe

Pengshan 彭山

Pengshan 彭山
Pengshan 彭山
tube replacement
electrical tape
tea farms
Pengshan 彭山
video
slowing the flow
Taipei 101
Nanmu
Elaeocarpus

looking south
Elephant mountain (Xiangshan) 象山
Taipei 101, looking west
looking north over Taipei
Taipei 101
Taipei 101
Taipei 101


Xiangshan subway station
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
Dan our chauffeur
Heping Island 和平島
Heping Island 和平島


Heping Island 和平島
和平島公園觀景亭
Heping Island 和平島
Heping Island 和平島
fort cemetary
harbor accident
Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺
Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺

Video of fumaroles



temple murals
37 km 630 m loop over Lion's head 獅仔頭山
Lion's head mountain 獅仔頭山
Lion's head mountain 獅仔頭山
Lion's head mountain 獅仔頭山
view from Lion's head mountain 獅仔頭山
area tourist orientation

2017

84k Pingxi 坪溪 loop for breakfast meeting
Qingtan 青潭
Pingxi 平溪
crossing the highway






老泉街 explore
view from Mucha Laoquan St. 木柵老泉街
pups visit their birthplace
pups visit their birthplace
110k ride on 大雪山林道


Soil test at Tunghai PDC





















Kanee coming down the path
Weiwei looking up from the abandoned picnic area

the road over the Lanxi stream 蘭溪 ends after the bridge
once blocking fence is down
path through the perennial grasses


falling cement

exposed rebar




coffee chaff














View over Guangxing 廣興
Taichung 台中 area bike ride
south on the 21
continue straight here on 中93 toward Xinshe 新社
bike on subway to catch train to Taichung 台中


bread



Weiwei


pomelo




New Shop Creek!
terraforming

Character culture

Xindian and Taipei beyond Mengmenggu 濛濛谷
Mengmenggu 濛濛谷

Mengmenggu 濛濛谷

Guangxing 廣興


Taipower Guishan Hydroelectric Plant 台灣電力公司桂山發電廠
toilet lizard
Design workshop

praying mantis
23k bike survey of Xindian river
Quchi flats 屈尺堰 below the Cukeng dam 粗坑壩
Taipower Guishan Hydroelectric Plant 台灣電力公司桂山發電廠
Nanshi river 南勢溪 coming into Guishan 龜山
Quchi dam 屈尺壩
Mengmenggu 濛濛谷 Quchi 屈尺 Guangxing 廣興
Zhitan dam 直潭壩
Xindian river 新店溪 from 思源橋 Siyuan bridge on Zhitan Road 直潭路
Wantan 灣潭
Wantan terminus of Xiaocukeng ferry wharf 小粗坑渡口遺址 灣潭端
Dog walk in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Fushan overnight
morning at camp
swimming in the rain
down to Nanshi stream 南勢溪
Sweet bell pepper, second year growth
假人參Talinum paniculatum開花
I appreciate the culturally colorful warning signs about littering and dumping.
Nanshi stream 南勢溪 hike and trace
deer carcass











La Villa Cafe, 燕子湖, Xindian
Fushan 福山 Tanapavana village
4.76 ?
Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
Bruce in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)










above Fushan 福山
out of the Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道
Wendy crossing
With a butter-brown sugar syrup inflused with ginger and fresh-squeezed lemon juice added at the end
Banana-walnut-blueberry pancakes made with no flour or eggs
First set of decent jalapenos in the homegarden
new structure
capacitor replaced













































Home decorations Wutu 烏塗 village.
Regrouping for uphill climb
Extreme uplifted slabs of rock covered in vegetation; typical of the Shihding/Wutu area








pest control
Pico de gallo is a regular item at home in the summer

Homemade pico de gallo with avocado
Winged bean trellis on the eastern side of the house
Dan at the juice shop in the Mucha 木柵 market
Trellis for winged beans and morning shade - stacking functions
Trellis for winged beans to provide morning shade
Nanfangao fishing port 南方澳漁港
along the Suhua Highway 蘇花公路
looking north toward Nanao 南澳
looking south toward Heping 和平
the road back to civilization
turn toward Aohua 澳花 before the Dazhuoshui river 大濁水溪

Nanao 南澳 beach
Nanao 南澳 beach
Nanao 南澳 beach
160km Northern Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
crossing the Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪. delta

approaching Mingchi 明池
misty mountains
river





60.8km, 3 hour round trip to Fushan 福山 w/ Ziggy

auctioning the old scotch


烏來 - 孝義 - 龜山 - 四崁水 - 花園新城 44k ride w/ Ziggy


Eurasian Moorhen 紅冠水雞 (hóngguān shuǐjī) Gallinula chloropus with chicks
Just emerged red dragon fly
Seedlings needing to get planted out
trail map

bamboo
Beishi stream 北勢溪



Beishi stream trail 北勢溪越嶺古道
Beishi stream 北勢溪
above Pinglin 坪林
above Pinglin 坪林
45 km Nantou hot springs explore
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
marble cliffs
Dalun stream 大崙溪 canyon

striped marble
waterfall above the gap (Lulu's profile)


looking back, Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉 (video)
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
boiling Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉

an exceptionally hot run
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
patterns in the mud from falling water
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪, steam ahead
looking back, bottom fall of Lulu stream 轆轆溪 explore
morning coffee on Dalun stream 大崙溪
a picturesque camp site
boling river

upstream gap
Dalun stream 大崙溪
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
boiling river
Dalun stream 大崙溪
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
5k hike down to hot springs
5.6 km drive to trail head
fish protected in the Xinwulu river 新武呂溪 watershed
Leigh and pack on scooter
view toward the central mountains
leaving the highway, permits required
Bishan 碧山
Beinan river 卑南溪
Chishang 池上 train station
44.1 km ride in Mucha with Dan

work under the Guishan, 龜山 bridge
frog research, don't disturb
view of the GuangXing Bridge 廣興橋

A bouquet of lettuce and flowers
Golden Chaser 樹穴蜻蜓 Lyriothemis flava Oguma









work on Wulai hot springs 烏來溫泉
our photo for real estate ad
Miguel at the overlook
Beigang stream 北港溪, looking downstream
back to the trail up and out
looking downstream from the spring

deer tracks



looking for the hot spring

Beigang stream 北港溪

Beigang stream 北港溪
First crossing where the trail comes down to the river
Lushan 廬山 village
Lushan 廬山 village
Lushan 廬山 village
back to Lushan 廬山 village
above Jingying hot springs 精英溫泉
spraying the tea
flourescent pot lamp

above Jingying hot springs 精英溫泉
back to Jingying Waterfall 精英瀑布
Yunhai Hot spring 雲海溫泉

third dam
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
cliffs


above Jingying falls 精英瀑布
above Jingying 精英瀑布
the road down to the stream
12.9 k trace and hike along the Tonghou stream 桶後溪





Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Tonghou stream 桶後溪
Black kite 黑鳶 (hēi yuān) Milvus migrans
horsetail ?


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


4.5 hour 12 km walk from Dan's to Philip's house
a grave in the mountain forests
a hefty worm
The Wang house
The Wang house
looking north from the Wang house



don't feed the strays
looking to Taipei, beyond Mucha











Carved stone relief depicting the event
Memorial to those that died in a flash flood







Zhang Xueliang memorial area
Masonry pattern
Qingquan 清泉 springs
More thorny eggplant 棘茄
thorny eggplant 棘茄


Notice of illegal use of public land

steel water tank


Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿

breakfast at Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿
view of Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿
Qingquan 清泉
cherry blossoms
wrong thrush washers packed




Weiwei the seed carrier
resoldered and waterproofed
Centipede captured
Centipede

2016

Aboriginal Volunteer Army Memorial

forest at the top
environment along the top
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
the Pacific ocean to the east
at the top of Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
Japanese Shinto Dawu shrine ruins
at the Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
Kuaigu hut 檜谷山莊
edge of Pingtung 屏東縣 and Taitung 台東縣 counties

looking south
looking south
looking south
ceiling fan
凡爾賽吊扇
upstairs apartment tub broken
Malayan night heron 黑冠麻鷺, the eco-herb garden's mascot
10.6 km walk in Maokong 貓空


Beiyi higway below

Dan coming up the trail

rattan 黃藤(huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius


burrow

樟湖步道 Zhanghu Trail
木柵貓空樟湖步道 Zhanghu trail head


trail closed
bus to trailhead


looking north
river level is very low
truck of bamboo








Brown Bullfinch 灰鷽 (huī què) Pyrrhula nipalensis
Xicun 西村





Dan checks out the trail to Jianshan 尖山登山口
truck of bamboo










white lead tree, river tamarind, white popinac 銀合歡 (yín héhuān) Leucaena leucocephala




Dan
working from home
roughly 20-25 meters of 2 cm rope
mortar working tools
roller brackets and bearings and hand crank arm
stonecrete
stonecrete
packing out, 2 PM
Wuling Quadruple Trail
Wuling Quadruple Mountains
descent

Chiyou peak 池有山, 3239 m, 9:30 AM
(panorama)
Philip
(video)
Formosan weasel or Formosan yellow-throated marten?
breakfast at 新達山屋 Xinda Hut

新達山屋 Xinda Hut
sea of clouds at dawn
sea of clouds at dawn
sea of clouds at dusk
(video)
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山

The Cirques of Syue Mountain
369 Hut and Snow Mountain 雪山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 ridge
Dwarf bamboo (arrow bamboo) 箭竹 (jiànzhú) Sasa senanensis

新達山屋 Xinda Hut
trails, creeks and cabins
Xinda pond and Bashalayun cabin
Taiwan Laughing Thrush 金翼白眉 (jīn yì báiméi) Garrulax morrisonianus
新達山屋 Xinda Hut
新達山屋 Xinda Hut in the fog

Peter and Marc on the trail
Peter coming up the trail
Takejin Creek 塔克金溪, 2800 m, 11:30 AM
map check




Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
from Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
ascending Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
ascending Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
ascending Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
Dabajian Shan 大霸尖山
大霸尖山 Dabajian Mountain (video)

Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
toward Dabajian Shan 大霸尖山






Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山 3,360m
Zhongba hut 中霸山屋
the way we came
Snow Mountain 雪山





Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山

Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
toward Dabajian Shan 大霸尖山

toward Dabajian Shan 大霸尖山



(video)






Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 in the distance
crossroads


crossroads








Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 in the distance
(video)
Dabajian trail
ranger and dog
breafast at Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
Madara Creek 馬達拉溪 campsite, 4:15 PM, 1800 m
Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
Dalu Forest Road 大鹿林道
Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
Dalu Forest Road 大鹿林道
Philip
Peter
The Syakaro and Luchang Historic Trail 霞喀羅與鹿場連嶺古道
at the trailhead, 11:45 AM, 2000 m
walking distances
hike map and climb
Important Notices
Dabajian Mountain Trailhead
The ice ages in Taiwan
Guanwu's forests
driving toward Wufeng 五峰
Xindian station 捷運新店站
before vinegar treatment
area map
Taiwan Beauty Snake, Striped racer 錦蛇 (jǐnshé), 黑眉錦蛇, 黃長蟲 Elaphe taeniura friesei
dead female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷴 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii

domestic ducks
Wantan
Dan's leach



Soudelour repairs
dish dryer repair
A medicinal salvia from central Asia
Sriped bumblebee and salvia
moorhen in the lotus pond
Local wild bee
hives and their products
hive diseases and predators
The hives and their inhabitants
Bee keepers and hives
About hives and apiculture
About hives
All wild bees are welcome at the bee hotel
Wild bee hotel
Piper capensis
Monkey's medicine
Podocarpus costalis
Bright purple
French lavender
Plant in the morning glory / sweet potato family
One of the themed areas of the botanical garden
small Hôtel de Senlis room
street workers


Notre Dame
La Seine
Notre Dame

history of le Jardin de Cluny
history of le Jardin de Cluny
Le Jardin du Musée de Cluny
Thistle
Highly stacked system
le Jardin de Cluny
Medicinal ground cover plants
The forest of the unicorn
le jardin médiéval du musée de Cluny

rue Soufflot, scooter

Hôtel de Senlis
Hôtel de Senlis






Musée d'Orsay


Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés

New and Old

George, Anne-Marie and Tammy with Jardin du Luxembourg in the background

Anne-Marie and George on the TGV


French landscape from the TGV





crossbow at a small museum of artifacts


The Rhone river below



the ruins of Crussol ahead






fishing for pigs


Achillea clypeolata, Balkan yarrow
chat dans la Véore





la Véore

olives









Marie-Claire's drawings of Chabeuil
Marie-Claire's drawings of Chabeuil












































ruins above Chabeuil
Chabeuil overlook

André and Simone Boudillon

grave of René and Pierrette Unal


Saint-Jean-Baptiste


Pharmacy
at the florist
Chabeuil
Chabeuil
at the post office







cobblestone












































Edge of Viviers

Vineyard







Farm fields at the edge of the confluence
L’Ardèche

Homestead ruins

Nuclear power and limestone cement operations
Small towns
Tilled fields

garden in front of l'Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel




garden in front of l'Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel






Col de la Bataille, 1313m






a birdwatcher




Tunnel du Col de la Bataille


Léoncel

la Véore
Small edifice in the local cemetary
Tunnels used for secure passage and storage over the centuries
Gabions instead of traditional stone walls
Old fortified walls around the cathedral
Round bales of alfalfa hay

Corn field
The emergency apparently is more complicated than we thought - police await
Tour de Barcelonne
Landscape - horizontal
Homesteads, farms and sky
Philip in photography mode
Weathervain atop the tower
Tammy taking in the end of the day rays of fall.
Marc
Anne-Marie and George
Marc
Walking up
George and Tammy
Rural landscape of area surrounding Chabeuil
Uncle Pierre, our unflappable tour guide
Heading back down the mountain
Philip at the start point for our walk to Tour de Barcelonne
In warm kitchen looking from the small dining room
Morning light on a beautiful edifice
Species of locally adapted passiflora grown on a trellis
View of the Véore from the bridge
Town hall view from the bridge
Anne-Marie and Tammy



Town hall
The Véore that runs through the village of Chabeuil
Going out the gate out from the dense interior of the village
Political center of Chabeuil
Courtyard of hotel

George talks with a local cat
George, (Marc) and Tammy
The traditions still change
Walking the streets of the old village
Old tiled gateways and roofs
Old and funky
Dove in cypress
A local variety of thyme
TGV station landscape design
heater and blower rear panel reassembled
heater and blower rear panel reassembled
capacitor assembly installed
dual capacitor connector
blower motor rotor
epoxy wire strain relief
fan blower motor
blower motor in cage
blower motor capacitor has failed
drum motor capacitor OK
台熱牌 TCD 5.5NW dryer
With honey, lemon syrup
James prepares breakfast of coconut pankes for us.

coffee
Nice shot and a pumpkin
Lapping up the attention
With their boy Tane
New farmers
More poster pics
okra
Tear drop yellow eggplant in flower
Gigantic grasshoppers on the Perilla
okra
Eastern spot-billed duck 花嘴鴨
Eastern spot-billed duck 花嘴鴨
Eastern spot-billed duck 花嘴鴨
Eastern spot-billed duck 花嘴鴨
Eastern spot-billed duck 花嘴鴨
Jambul 閻浮樹 Syzygium cumini
eggplants fruiting
green okra
jump into the Nanshixi 南勢溪
Same view, but further away
The front of our house becomes a stream in heavy rains
Red okra starts flowering
playing in the Lanxi stream
A rare capture of Philip
Panorama of a perspective of the river near Guangxing
Panorama of a perspective of the river near Guangxing
Panorama of a perspective of the river near Guangxing
Panorama of a perspective of the river near Guangxing
Tanay
Butterfly on chive flower
handle replaced
handle replacement
broken handle
cleaning magnets
thrust washers and circlips
Pink gold moth
Stairway planter gardening with tomato trees
Another yard garden shot
Baiyang Waterfall Trail 白楊步道
Stairway planter gardening

Gardening on the edge
Pepper and okra plants
Central clumping container garden with keyholes
Long view of the edge garden
hillside repair


33 x 43mm photovoltaic cell

bajiao harvest
White Lead Tree 銀合歡 (Yín héhuān) Leucaena leucocephala
More seedlings
bedroom window
looking down
Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 (hēi guān má lù) Gorsachius melanolophus
failed AD-66 dry box unit
107 km ride to Taipingshan 太平山
Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
alluvial agriculture in the Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
view obscured
local gastropods
113 km ride on Highway 118
above Shihmen Reservoir 石門水庫
almost 90 cm head to tail
squirrel nipples



Ziggy working on the dood's spiral
Talking about sheet mulching
Lovely shot of one of the participants
Instructing

88k ride to Fulong
Fubar
Fulong beach 福隆
Fulong train station 福隆車站
to the coastal road



derailleur failure

starting up the 42
tea farming on the 106乙
pasta drying



5k hike
driving route
entire watershed closed to fishing
Nanji working with bamboo

typhoon redesign

more fences on the trail
recently extracted trees
development across the valley
trail head at fenced off road


racoon caged
Wulai waterfall runs brown

resoldered power lead
Zaggometry connections
re-shrink wrapped
exposed power lead
20 km in 6 hrs on the 四季林道


mossy muddy rainy trail
Siji Forest Road 四季林道
deep mud

forest ghosts
at a crossroads
bridge remains


road destroyed in last year's typhoons
road destroyed in last year's typhoons
DIMM and VGA

71.5 k Shiding 石碇 loop
descent back to Xindian 新店
looking north toward Shiding 石碇
road into the reservoir?
sunrise over Qingtan 青潭
home office
molding wall, 1st floor
molding wall, 2nd floor bedroom
molding wall, 2nd floor bedroom
phone charger
40.9 km ride to BaoQing temple 保慶宮
Wheat with well-formed grains
Wheat
The hyacinth bean has held on and is now producing again.
Hyacinth bean

PingGuang Rd still damaged from typhoons
4.6 km walk, climbing 288 m

road below, looking north




restored ruins


looking west toward Sanxia 三峽






Guanyin 觀音

Taipei
seedy scat
Class 1 Triangulation point 一等三角點


Taipei from Lion's head mountain 獅頭山, 857m
The peak


Taipei basin
Kukutsu internment camp memorial
Spider wrapping a leaf
pangolin activity






snow looking south
looking south to Lion's Head 獅頭山
snow looking south over Guangxing 廣興
Snow on the hills above our previous house







down to the west
many ropes

the hike back down


looking south
20 mins to BeiCha, 20m higher


looking west
like a Japanese ink painting
sedimentary rock exposed on a ridge
up, up, up

lower trail toward XiaoWuLai 小烏來
peeling beech?
15 mins to Dongyanshan 東眼山 trail
in the park
tickets and walking at 8:45 AM

2015

Hearty coriander in small pots
Very productive set of planter beds
Thinned this planter. The thinnings were dinner.
Also a successful planter below the wall on the west side of the rooftop
Tomato flowering
Another bed thinned.
Shy nasturtium flowers

You can see most of the planting beds from this view.
Still in flower
Bulb fennel getting big
Huge nasturtium leaves
Basil and sweet potato leaves
A low-gluten wheat that we have planted this year
Some wheat sprouts from last year's harvest and other leafy green sprouts
Seed ball sprouts lettuce and other greens next to a basil in a pot
Pretty planter bed with fennel, carrots, romaine, garlic and crimson lettuce
shelf installation complete
shelf installation
Nanji
Nanji, my Bunun friend, neighbor and teaching colleague.
Five of about 10+ students who came to the event.
Audrey practices teaching about composting.
Spontaneous circle dancing erupts.
Even dogs get into the act.
Nanji leads a Bunun culture performance.
New poster for Permaculture Ethics and Principles made by a student.
Members of a Puyuma culture group
Other students get ready to show their accomplishments
Setting up the booth
Viola 香菫菜 Viola odorata L.
Viola 香菫菜 Viola odorata L.
connecting to city water
construction site below our house
Our dogs have it good. Sometimes they get out and walk themselves and then come back on their own.
Roots of one harvested tumeric plant
Patricia with trimmed/harvested vetiver grass (for mulch)
Still working on getting the garden back in shape since the typhoons and torrential rains
Patricia trimming the vetiver grass, which is then used for mulch. Large spiky plants are pineapple



restng on the way down
Snow Mountain 雪山 to the west

Wuling Farms 武陵農場 below
Taoshan 桃山
Taoshan 桃山



toward Taoshan
Central mountains


Andy coming up the switchbacks
napier grass 狼尾草 (láng wěi cǎo) Pennisetum purpureum seed tassle
10.3k walk
upstream
downstream


Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來
back down to Wulai
banana patch above the drive way

plant rescue
building shape

Guishan 桂山
Fetsui confluence

hikers repairing the trail
bright stairs
rewired for three AA cells
LED installed

LED and 4.5V bulb
1 Watt White LED (made in Taiwan) 3-4 V 350mA A000
neighbor plot



new gardeners

loading the trolley
Initial tree/plant list discussion
Initial patterning of site alongside original trees/vegetation
pups drinking after a long walk

exposed rock
Dujuan wall seepage
tree down
chomp, chomp, nummm, numm
checking on the water system
front of the "barn" and house
Containers
Collapsed roof on pantry
Lots of love in the details
Clearing the house
Philip checking things out
76.8 km ride to ShiDing 石碇








gang K9
dogs at the park
pigeons under the bridge
looking north from Helen's Cafe
A kg+ sweet potato grown on roof of the Taipei Indigenous Community College
battery-powered dome lamp
Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來

road and railway have slipped away

rail bed gone

Wuzhong stream 五重渓
Bernard and Ah-bao go down to the stream
Wuzhong stream 五重渓
A-bao and Bernard inspect the road work
Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布

clearing a slide
Nanshixi river 南勢溪 below


Helena


lanslide further up the valley

fruiting fig
Centipede
Interesting vining plant with bifurcated leaves.
Jiajiuliao stream 加九寮溪 scoured
the trail is gone
landslide below ZhongZhi 忠治
slide on XinFu Rd 新福路
Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來
road work
Julong resort 巨龍山莊
Jiajiuliao stream 加九寮溪
Jiajiuliao stream 加九寮溪
snapped poles
damaged road to Wulai 烏來 (video)
trees caught in the old guishan bridge
Guishan bridge 桂山一號橋
Tane visiting Garden City (video)
typhoon Soudelour 蘇迪羅 (video)
access to swimming pool
waterfall on the TongHou road 桶后林道
experiment in progress
round river rocks


narrows
view downstream
orchid
Philip at the start


bathroom shelves
kitchen shelves
dead magpie chick at the door
Jiying Temple 集應廟 on the hill behind our office in Jingmei
9.3k Fushan river hike

swimming spot
Tammy pixelated

Our meetup point at the Wulai 烏來 bus station terminus
Mucha 木柵 incinerator
still moving in
home flooding
work site from bridge
our furniture reappears


Sunflower soaking up the last rays of the day before the typhoon.
Looking east
Sunset
Beds waiting to be cultivated next session/season
Small, round squash
Okra growing great guns
Sunflower against a pre-typhoon sky
Looking east
Pre-typhoon sky on the rooftop of Taipei Indigenous Community College

view over Garden City
Kanie

moved in
new kitchen

view from the terrace
Peace Cafe
Peace Cafe
closets installed
plants arriving
third floor is separate apartment
view from SE corner
west side
under upstairs catwalk
new gate
east runway
view from NE street
garage
storm barrier on garage
garage bathroom and stairs
Tammy outside living room in garden
first floor bathroom
front door
closet not assembled
before closets
preparng to move out
burned gimbal ESC FET
grandson of one of the students
tumeric 薑黃 (jiānghuáng)
stairwell to garage
contract signing
down to first floor
second floor bedroom/office
second floor south
second floor sun room
dining room
kitchen
kitchen
east outside gap
Philip reviewing contract in living room
looking to public stairway from entrance
north terrace looking east
Philip in the living room
west terrace outside
west edge looking south
rain trap under stairs
west outside
yard
yard from west
west terrace
north terrace from living room
looking north from entrance
north terrace
entrance



lime rock quarry
Bella

Bella
Ophelia
Poe Springs
Santa Fe river
phone study
cypress knees



Poe Springs
Santa Fe River

flashing around chimney tared
roof repair
investigating leaking roof
bananas

Ophelia
Micanopy
Christopher at the Micanopy Cafe
at the Micanopy Cafe

at the Micanopy Cafe


red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)




Christopher and Philip on Bolen Bluff Trail
picking blueberries
picking blueberries








13th Street and University Avenue



alligator
alligator camouflaged




red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

La Chua trail
La Chua trail
La Chua trail
lizard

Wulai Shell Ginger 烏來月桃 (wū lái yuè táo) Alpinia uraiensis flowers
White-rumped Munia 白腰文鳥 (bái yāo wénniǎo) Lonchura striata
White-rumped Munia 白腰文鳥 (bái yāo wénniǎo) Lonchura striata
White-rumped Munia 白腰文鳥 (bái yāo wénniǎo) Lonchura striata



flowering Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 (táiwān xiāngsī) Acacia confusa
bronzed drongo 小卷尾 (xiǎo juàn wěi) Dicrurus aeneus

Dusky fulvetta 褐頂雀鶥 (hè dǐng què méi) Schoeniparus brunnea
Taiwan Barbet 五色鳥(wǔsè niǎo) Megalaima nuchalis
hiking in the Tung tree 油桐 (yóu tóng) Vernicia fordii blossoms
flowering Tung tree 油桐 (yóu tóng) Vernicia fordii
puddle
don't abandon dogs in the water shed
Lady Finger banana

仙跡岩 (xiān jī yán) temple above new Pristine office

Concept design for the front of James' house and workshop area.
James and Tarnay back from their walk
Tane keeping warm on the wooly chair
James and Tammy finish a sheet-mulched bed.
Planting the sheet-mulched beds
Goat poo covered by dried leaves
Planting out the sheet-mulched bed
Pancakes with caramelized butter, ginger, and zest syrup
Grass in bloom
Homestead about half way up to James' house on Xiluoan 西羅岸
Deer farm
Nanshixi 南勢溪
Major construction on the main road to Wulai 烏來
The beginning of the Xindian River 新店溪
Ornamental plants and stones for sale
The bridge to Guangxing 廣興
Morning from the terrace
Siqianshui 四嵌水 (sì qiàn shuǐ) hike
Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba
Wrestling with my weaving materials
Harvested vining bracken fern

African impatiens 非洲鳳仙花 (fēizhōu fèngxiānhuā) Impatiens walleriana
Machilus 豬腳楠 (zhūjiǎo nán) Machilus thunbergii Sieb. & Zucc., also 紅楠 (hóng nán)
Machilus 豬腳楠 (zhūjiǎo nán) Machilus thunbergii Sieb. & Zucc., also 紅楠 (hóng nán)



XindianRiver Tap Water Quality and Volume Protection Area
Weiwei, resting
Dogs on the local forest trail, tired
Feathers
Remains of a car?
Another view of the holocaust
Close up of the ravaging to the right of the farm
Broccoli.
James' veggie garden - lavender cabbage
Holocaust above James' farm



Don't wear perfume!
Watch out
A variety of cherry, the blossoms of which are more pink than the pale Japanese variety and less red than the native Taiwan variety
Front view of the bee hives
Listening to and looking at the bees
Black bulbuls chat
flowering cherries
Still flowering at this elevation
Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba trunk bark
Fern tree frond unfolding
Thinking about?
Philip and his wheels - got a flat again
Big leaf begonia.
Common wild mustard plant
Tammy finally out on her bike
Bee hive - local design
road cut to bring water pipes up to girl scouts' field


Hua-zi and Kanee

Kanee and Hua-zi
front door pallets
brothers

cherry blossoms

a serious dog

the blossoms are buzzing with bees
bee in the cherry blossoms
Kanie in the cherry blossoms
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis

2014

Rainy, muddy day

loading shit
flight over water treament plant
QiXingShan 七星山
East coast
panorama video
Taipei below
looking east
Bruce and Turtle Island
Kitty and Jack
Bruce photographing Whiteford family
Black Cicada at Zhongzheng Riverside Park
magnets glued
stairs
windows east
washroom
entrance

Golden grass along the pond edge

Water lillies
Gavin, Philip and Tammy checking out the water lilly and lotus growing ponds
Bees pollinating the water lilly flowers
Looking over the constructed grow ponds
Remnants of the harvest
lotus seed ponds
Emerging
Lovely rural scenery
Lotus and water lilly ponds
Information about the local area




Gavin
Dan talks to photographer about dead ducks
Philip
More dead ducks
Dead ducks
Philip

Picture perfect
train passage
Philip watching the train
Dan up on the raised tracks crossing over the wetlands
Dan and Philip on the raised train tracks
Intermediate or Chinese Egret
Tawny-flanked prinia 褐頭鷦鶯 (hè tóu jiāo yīng) Prinia Prinia subflava
White Wagtail 白鶺鴒 (bái jílíng) Motacilla alba

Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺 (yè lù) Nycticorax nycticorax
Little Egret 白鷺 (báilù) Egretta garzetta
ferryman
Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺 (yè lù) Nycticorax nycticorax
Black drongo 大卷尾 (dà juàn wěi) Dicrurus macrocercus
ready for fire
Plains Cupid 蘇鐵小灰蝶 (sūtiě xiǎo huī dié) Chilades pandava peripatria 蘇鐵小灰蝶
Bitan 碧潭
stag beetle 紅圓翅鍬形蟲 (hóng yuán chì qiāoxíng chóng) Neolucanus swinhoei
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 (xiù yǎn huàméi) Alcippe morrisonia
Red-headed Tree Babbler 山紅頭 (shān hóngtóu) Stachyris ruficeps
Kanee on the terrace


Main living space, bedroom
Philip and James surveying the property
James' father hangs back in the shade














Weiwei































view of the building from across the street
building lobby
Bush Clock Vine 天藍立鶴花 (tiānlán lì hè huā) Thunbergia erecta
u-blox gps antenna and connector
u-blox neo-6m gps module
low voltage alarm back
camera mounted to plate and installed in component cage

5.8GHz Audio/Video Transmitter
track of our hike
Atayal origins
a map we found on the trail
a map we found on the trail


suspension bridge over Yakongxi stream 軋孔溪 at the Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道 head
Hiroshi's flush (video)
road work
new water level meter at bridge
A vew of the ground covers: two kinds of sweet potatoes/leaves, zhenzhucai

Design plan presentation for house and land










Xiangchun 香椿 Toona sinensis
Purple heart
Cordwood wall

Pond in the south corner
Northwest perimeter
Sprouting operations on the terrace
Tammy playing in the dirt (making potting soil)
Philip investigating the source of leak/mold
Incompetence from days past
Jalapeno seedlings (narrower leaves)
Habanero plant from above.
History of educational initiatives in Garden City

Bella
Ophelia
Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus







Bella




Bottlebrush
Bluebird landing
























Great Basin gopher snake - Pituophis catenifer deserticola




































The cycle of decomposition is slow here.
The basin below is where the Nevada Test site is, where above and below ground testing has been carried out since the 50s.
Words from the Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) about their native lands
More natural pine forest
Lee Canyon
Forest is "managed" (timber is sold)
Lee Canyon, ski area
Looking over mostly mesquite, creosote and joshua tree landscape
Tree on a wind-swept outlook point
Mid-elevation landscape
Marking the moment together
A rare cuddle with my brother.
Juniper? Only the hardiest of trees survive the dry, windy climate
Mid-elevation shot looking toward Las Vegas basin
Looking back down toward the Las Vegas basin
Looking back toward Las Vegas basin








































104.5 km ride to Tamshui 淡水


Taiwan Bamboo Partridge 竹雞 (zhú jī) Bambusicola thoracicus sonorivox



Round-leaved comfrey; prefers cool weather
Design presentation
Design presentation
My yuetao homework
My yuetao homework
Too colorful not to photograph
Tamarind in need of companions
Tamarind in need of companions
A constructed wetland area of water harvesting/habitat creation
field being prepared to be cultivated for first time for grains, etc.
planted or weed (lead tree?)
well mulched, simple polyculture
mint around the edges
seed-planted bed in the main crops area
just planted bag garden
Parking lot from side road
A-frame construction
field crops
Banana circle grey water treatment and composting
Don't know if this groundcover is a good or bad thing over the long term.
native bean climbing up tree near the main hall
Sunny side of cargo container dorms for volunteers at Ananda Suruci
two water barrels in series







snow on Nanhu 南湖大山 and DaBaJian 大霸尖山


Wayne making stakes
Earthworks begin
Marian makes a nice path/barrier covered in bamboo slats
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)






Cleared for?
A local house in good condition
Road back down from Seattle Sky


just below the peak of Beichatianshan 北插天山





scat

Rules for entrance into the reserve
Chatianshan Nature Reserve sign
Looking southeast from the parking lot
Last swig of coffee for Tammy as Alan and Sandra wait to take off
Starting point, from the parking lot near Kapu Village.

fan shop





seeds in traditional packaging

Black and white sesame snacks. We also bought one with roasted sunflower seeds.
shopping


Building with new roof - traditional clay tile roofers are hard to come by
view of terraces
Storage and processing shed
Rice paddy between crops
View up the slope above the main house
"Backyard" of main house










Salad Burnet. Topping and filling beds with mature compost.






Pipa plant






















Preparation for greywater treatment system




New tea plants
Betel nut trees overlooking the valley
Local fields around Ruisui area
Harvested bananas
Agroforestry: coffee and vegetables interplanted.
Local tomato-like fruit
First day training before hands-on work begins
Higher vantage point
Southern Hualien near Ruisui.
Southern Hualien near Ruisui.
Southern Hualien near Ruisui.
Southern Hualien near Ruisui.
Marian studying the menu at an Atayal cuisine restaurant
Ocean view from the foothills of the mountains in Hualien near Taroko


bee in the plum blossoms
Our harvest.
Scat up close

Scat of a carnivore/insectivore
Different basket styles for different uses.

rattan ribbons for weaving
Atayal elder's workshop

meet up spot
A shrew. We also found a dead mole a few days later. It looks like a cat got it?
Planting bed cared for by Marian
Paths between the beds
Milky mint plant
bark of a tree (need to identify!)
Mushroom peek-a-boo
Chinese toon, sweet potato, pineapple
Tree tomato (tomatilla), pineapple
Papaya, eggplant, mints

2013

Grey Wagtail 灰鶺鴒 Motacilla cinerea
passion fruit 百香果 Passiflora edulis fruit

lemon guild
orchid tree 羊踢 leaf
lemon grass with eggplant remains
lemon tree guild
4th graders for final mulching and watering, Younger kids for seed planting, watering
view from the ridge behind the house


Base land prep
Storage and water next to the garden site
Garden site pan right
Flood preparations
Sights near hostel
Sights near hostel
The road into the hostel

Outside the hostel where I stayed

Common Kingfisher 普通翠鳥 Alcedo atthis
Common Kingfisher 普通翠鳥 Alcedo atthis

Chinese hemlock 台灣鐵杉 (táiwān tiě shān) Tsuga chinensis






negative ions and 芬多精 (phytoncides)






Taiwan white pine 台灣五針松 (táiwān wǔ zhēn sōng) Pinus morrisonicola


The Birds of Nenggao Area









Yunhai line station 雲海保線所
Yunhai 雲海

History of the Yunhai line station 雲海保線所






Plant formation of laurel and oak forests
Forest variety along the Nenggao trail
marble, quartz formation
rare stable edge
Layers
Pieces of slate collect in the folds
A bridge not long for the future
Fragile landscape
Philip at the trailhead (captioned in MS Gallery)
View of Lushan Village 廬山部落 above Wushe 霧社






台灣馬藍 Strobilanthes formosanus
















































sunset

looking downstream on the Nanshixi 南勢溪 from the Fushan 福山 bridge
Swinhoe’s brown frog 尖鼻赤蛙、棕背赤蛙 (jiān bí chìwā, zōng bèi chìwā) Rana swinhoana

2003

Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉 area topo map
Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉 area map

2013

bug
Guishan dam 龜山壩
Guishan dam 龜山壩


The Greater Green Snake 青蛇 (qīng shé) Cyclophiops major
The Greater Green Snake 青蛇 (qīng shé) Cyclophiops major
home nursery
View west from our terrace
Seedling enterprise at home
CKS main gate
Philip relaxes at CKS
New vegetable crop fields emerge
End of the day computing

2012

2013

view of northwest Taipei after a storm

2012

Nearby shop selling organics and washable sanitary items
Depot building restored and being used
The story
Information about the vermicomposting project
Up close

2013

2012

2013

Nasturtium leaf
Wei-wei keeps watch from the home terrace

run down shelter across from our house

Guardian in the stairway
kumquats, habanero, jalapeno
Taiwan topographic map of area
route over contour map
Neighbors guizhu bamboo forest below Nic & Melanie's property
Philip on the road at the bottom of the property
Another view of the settlement landscape
Close up of remnant structure
Landscape remnants of human habitat and cultivation
Where people used to live before the plum trees were planted, the quiet space.
Old part of the orchard with older trees and remnants of terracing and traditional building structures
Impromptu lunch
Platform and gathering area.

Clear view of the larger landscape
Clear area not far from water tank
Collected stream water making a new path?
Data on the county-provided ferrocement water tank
Mr. Chang, Bunon neighbor farmer, Melanie, and Nic.
Offerings are made to the local spirits
Demonstrating contours on the slope
Tammy
mimicking cryptic
beginning again

2012

Local restaurant serving wild and seasonal vegetables
Talking about vision and objectives for the site
Looking north by northeast
Southwest
Kanee
secrets

jump
Wei-wei and Kanee























121 km Nanheng 南橫 bike ride
Roland, Peter, Liran, Philip, Jack, Bruce




turtles
.......
.......
armadillo
duck?
.......

Boulware Springs
road obstructed
Paynes Prairie
Boulware Springs

Ophelia and Bella

























































brugmansia
Philip, Bruce
Turtle Island 龜山島
71.2 km ride to Toucheng 頭城










water buffalo 水牛 (shuǐniú) Bubalus bubalis
grazing
pagoda on the bluff


earth god shrine
Turtle island through the rain to our southeast

rain on the ocean from the bluffs
cattle grazing in the grasslands opposite the eastern coast






archery
HsinTian River 新店溪 from the SiYuan bridge 思源橋
looking south over the HsinTian River 新店溪 from the SiYuan bridge 思源橋 at the ZhiTan Water Treatment Plant 直潭淨水廠
YanZi Hu 燕子湖
Looking back to QuChi 屈尺 over YanZi Hu 燕子湖
View over QuChi 屈尺 of GuangXing 廣興 from XinWu Rd 新烏路
QuChi 屈尺 area map







慈母峰
view of PingHsi 撟單漯
Dan

孝子山

Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 Lophura swinhoii
Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 Lophura swinhoii
young Steere's Liocichla 黃痣藪鶥 Liocichla steerii

Presbyterians of Taiwan speak out
the artist of the umbrella artwork in the yellow rain gear

2013

2012

Beautiful stuff
Robyn orders some compost for her gardens
municipal composting facility
selling composting worms
dog's winter house



Tammy









looking downriver

2011

Looking E-SE toward Dabajian Shan 大霸尖山
pups on their first mountain walk









Bruce at the landslide where we turned around
putting shoes back on after crossing the stream
off-road scooters

TongHou 桶後 Valley to the East
Philip
Philip at the XiaoYi police station 烏玉檢查哨
Expanding native climbing vine
Protect papayas
Power of philodendron
Young female dog stray living at bottom of stairs from our place to the road
Community garden on the 2nd terrace, new beds

Adrian's children with pups
Kanee with leaf
Kanee
Patricia holding Kanee
Weiwei
Weiwei
Weiwei
Kanee and Wei-Wei



Senyong Village feature








Sharing Buddha heads - the local fruit specialty
stop looking for coffee




Patricia planting new beds
near the Taipei Train Station
Government building in Taipei









Prehistory Museum exhibition of contemporary aboriginal art
Local township office with government /police administrative functions
The half-bridge
Back to the village for a rest before heading back to Taitung

discussing energy
Coastal vegetation (revegetations?)
Tough times for the village chief, damned if you do/don't
Eagle and Ah-tse take in the view
Talk about nuclear waste
Another wide, seasonally flooding river feeds into the ocean at the beginning of the trail
the village chief tells me about how the current community of Nantian was formed
A small alluvial plain that feeds into the ocean
Previous village location further south along Highway 26
the relocation of Nantian village
Highway 26 and nearby marine fisheries
Nearby coastline seen from lookout point above the main village area
Church and truncated bridge to road from expansion
KB or something like that. Had just roled in some dead animal to make himself more attractive
Paules' studio, above and behind which she is building a larger, airier structure with rooftop use
Another nice looking place, supposedly a guest house
Driftwood clogs the beach, probably preventing the turtles from coming ashore
Area along the coast where the turtles have been known to nest
Small iridenscent lobster thrown up during the storm
Naturally poised rock
Checking out natures carving
Stones mingle with driftwood debris
Previously all a sandy beach area
the beach and softer sand is disappearing
Nature's works of art
Walking on curved stones is challenging

The river is deep in some places after the typhoon, but we find a shallow flat area to cross
Some garbage, but not nearly as much as other coastal areas
This stretch of beach known for its many round, flat rocks
Better part of the road
Fishing
The last part of the road to the security check point before Ah-Lang-Yi Historical Trail
Eagle playing superman
River that runs adjacent to the village empties into the sea here
Friendly and healthy pup greets us
Points of interest in the Dongyuan wetlands area


Where the plant life is managed to create a channel
Wild ginger, reeds and grasses make up an important habitat for the local wildlife
History of Dongyuan and the local Paiwan community
Train on the reopened track, which was covered in debris from a vast torrent of water, rock, trees, and mud came through
A glimpse of Taimali looking inland from a huge washed out area where the impact of Typhoon Morakat was especially devastating
Some wild(?) legumes

The old depot area
Old Taitung Railway through central Taitung City transformed into park with biking/walking trails, restaurants and other enterprises
Greening and more mulch shows recent change

Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺 Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺 Nycticorax nycticorax
egret
Our shapely garden beds and path
mid-clearing picture of lower terrace from above
Who says you can't grow beets in pots?
A surprise find of pearl onions, a well-known local variety
Turquoise streams
Orange Staff Sergeant 台灣單帶蛺蝶 Athyma cama zoroastes - male

Unidentified 弄蝶科/ Hesperiidae family butterfly
Laurie goes for it
Moth at dusk
doctored Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus on track across the street from TaiDa vet
African snails getting it on
flower and seed pods of Canna plant near main entrance to site
Mulching the second herb spiral
Tammy in her gardening hat made especially for her 20+ years ago
Jacques-Yves works up sweat on clearing second terrace
Cleaning the ground afterward
Jason and Greg did lots of shoveling, as did Philip

lots of excitement as we talk about what we will do/plant
Chu and Jacques-Yves

View of very overgrown terrace with water erosion damage
from inner path looking down at lower terrace hoop house entrance

another look at top terrace

large tree with native philodendron holds up the road
lots of chuanchi, indicating moisture
hoop house structure is convenient
Japanese hops, impatiens, and elephant ear dominate
top terrace on far inside is lower than entrance from road and wetter.
Noting of existing plants, especially wild edibles.
The top terrace of the three-plot site from the road immediately above.
After signing the land rental contract on 4/16, the gardening group conducts an initial site observation.
First of several discussions with the garden site land owner, Mr. Gao.
Fengyuan train station 豐原火車站
Dasyueshan National Forest Recreational Area 大雪山國家森林遊樂區
high-voltage drongo





look out for bears
Dan walking around Tianchi 天池
female Vinaceous Rosefinch 酒紅朱雀 Carpodacus vinaceus
Steere's Liocichla 黃痣藪鶥 Liocichla steerii
female Vinaceous Rosefinch 酒紅朱雀 Carpodacus vinaceus
Dan looing over Tianchi 天池

Steere's Liocichla 黃痣藪鶥 Liocichla steerii

Steere's Liocichla 黃痣藪鶥 Liocichla steerii

Anma cabins visitor center 鞍馬山莊
Dan and Buford on the road
we part ways
Paul heads down on his own
trying to make sense of the park maps, pavilion at 5k
Taiwan Stranvaesia 玉山假沙梨 Photinia niitakayamensis Hayata
Taiwan Sibia 白耳畫眉 Heterophasia auricularis
Gray-headed Bullfinch 灰頭灰雀 Pyrrhula erythaca owstoni

Taiwan Yuhina 褐頭鳳鶥 Yuhina brunneiceps
Taiwan Yuhina 褐頭鳳鶥 Yuhina brunneiceps
cafeteria where we eat all our meals
Dasyueshan National Forest Recreational Area Anma Shan cabins 大雪山國家森林遊樂區 鞍馬山莊

Dasyueshan National Forest Recreational Area map

Buford, Paul and Dan - checked into our cabin

looking south
old Syueshan bridge 雪山舊橋
male Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 Lophura swinhoii
male Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 Lophura swinhoii
male Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 Lophura swinhoii
km 23 on the Dasyueshan forest road 大雪山林道

pear cultivation in Zhongkeng 中坑 on the Dasyueshan forest road 大雪山林道

chickens on the road
Buford stepping out of our lunch spot
Paul and Dan head back to the truck
east on highway 4, into Taichung county, 1PM
looking west from the upper house

view of inside the house

another view
beans, celery. squash/melon, strawberries, etc.
cabbage grown in nursery to avoid white moth catepillar and other munchers
Joy and her carrot patch
healthy clumps of a non-flowering green onion
checking out the inbound water filtering system
Daiwen takes a picture of her husband and friend

local land management office
same street name but wrong one
Downtown Tainan
emergency shelter as seen from the High Speed Rail

hiker's orientation map at the peak
CWB installation at the peak
CWB sign











panorama




aquaculture operation (fish farming)
village main street

village chief's house showing trophies of local teams/sons


nearby planting fields
village chief's residence surroundings
village chief's reminders




books displayed at Taromok PDC to consider buying for permaculture design
nearby flood plain
area for our use
potential area for our use


potential area for our use
Area not yet cleared connecting to area for our use
earthworks and artificial pond making
Very straight road
for landscaping?
previously used waterworks for sugar cane growing
What the area looked like before clearing.


Unfortunately, the nice top soil isn't being carefully preserved.
Taiwan Sugar land being readied for development.

different tree species in monoculture afforestation project
Beautified area of main street

more stories
stories of locals

typhoon prone area shows in the palm trees





Single, lonely trees struggle to survive

similar plans for other wastewater processing
old soy sauce making "vats" being reused for graywater treatment system of organic tofu and soy milk making facility
Original buildings damaged in recent typhoons
Shoufeng 壽豐 south of Hualien
Formosan ferret badger 鼬獾 (you4 huan1) Melogale moschata subaurantiaca in gin trap
Formosan ferret badger 鼬獾 (you4 huan1) Melogale moschata subaurantiaca
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia











































juvenile Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 Gorsachius melanolophus







area above gardening area

Potential gardening area below @Peace Cafe.
Red Turtle Dove 紅鳩 Streptopelia tranquebarica

2010

Fruit of our labor - Bunun pumpkin - Hanbilou permaculture project
Paul at his plot in NGC
butterfly

fruit sellers leaving, work on circle building

area map
looking back south toward Ayu mtn


Philip



a barrier constructed on the path


We enjoy a nice pot of tea
municipal election flags

2011

Beans growing up trellis around osmanthus bush and up onto strings strung between girders.
Long view of terrace garden before design implementation formally takes place.

2010

台灣黃藤 Calamus formosanus Becc
neighbor dogs walking on the forest path
Common Mapwing 石牆蝶 Cyrestis thyodamas





Santa Fe River
morning at Bluebird Landing
driving out to High Springs with Christopher

Bella



squirrel
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens








Zoe





















petroglyphs
petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
petroglyphs
petroglyphs














































Mom and Cindy with embarrassingly erect furry things attached to their hats


Scrappy-doo

Visit to Goat Feather's Emporium in Boulder City
Dad's memorial plaque
Cindy in front of Dad's memorial plaque
Kevin and Jacquita's place
highway vistas
local megachurch
New patio at Reed/Turner house










101 at sunset


like a dream
oregano

office downpour


Scylla and Charybdis
on the rocks








crossing the Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
rice in all stages





A Taipei Flora Expo temp green space
twilight over the water treatment plant
local farm tractor (rice paddy tiller)
urban agriculture
大家下次見！Words by Steiner, the Waldorf education system founder
sharing healthy, organic vinegars and jams
fruits of labor
景雲害羞不想鏡頭
畫的真好！
近拍作物圖
秀珍：雙手並用更快喔！
second flowering bamboo to remove
learning to use the bamboo slicer
flowering bamboo that needs to be removed
土表面有這樣的裂痕，表示竹筍要冒出來了

Banana shovel
解說完畢，準備動手囉！Overview finished time to get to work
大廚是玉華與淑芳 our cooks: shufan and yuhua
cutting and chatting
beautiful and useful basket decoration
closer look at neighboring place
neighbor's place
pond
年輕人怡誠＆維茵舉起大牛蒡young couple harvest burdock

Huck也有農夫架勢
Fay很開心
permaculture community farm laborers
.......
spent corn ready for mulching
Squash
Late harvest carrots
broadscale permaculture
once barren area now broadscale farm fields of vegetables and herbs
採收一些葫瓜與絲瓜 Loofa and other melon (eaten as vegetable)
.......
large temple outside Yilan City
cultural and ecological boundaries
ripening rice in long cultivated fields
Shuangxi area
Going out of Shijih toward Shuangxi
More Shijih and major waterway of watery area
More land development
freight/cargo yard near Shijih

trailhead "parking lot"



dryer pieces
dryer repair
rice
Bali Landfill





on the bus back toward Linkou
Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠
Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠


Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠 manifest


Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠

children playing in Linkou stream 林口溪


wind turbines
diesel storage

Chiatian temple 嘉天宮










nice homestead in the midst of bad air and water
gully

odd hills and finally some sand
gas (and coal?) fired plant
odd hill shapes in background tell the story of an earlier time of abuse of deforestation and extraction.
another fetid pond
no bridge but still careful crossing
pig farm right upstream, 寶斗厝溪
another "dry" pig waste holding pond
the end of the scrap metal recycling
more attempts to change the coastal currents


a metals recycling plant (legal?) right on beach

the ubiquitous trash line
organic?
spewing down a washed out area
lean-to camp for fisherman
military legacy?
eroded road below coastal hills
last of our group makes it across; the stench in our noses difficult to forget


we all cross one by one
bridge building to cross the fetid water
pig waste water flows directly into the ocean


Ruishukeng stream 瑞樹坑溪
pig shit pool formed from pig farm upstream
Pool of pig shit

walking on stones for much of the way, you have to look down, forcing you to see all the enduring plastic and other waste
rags self-weaved by the tides

more fishing in restricted area
More fishing in restricted area
Sewage outlet exposed with eroding beach
Heated discussion about alternative energies vs energy reduction lifestyle
Fishing in restricted (polluted?) area
plastic tide line
crossing the unclean streams flowing into the ocean
lunch break at Ruei-ping Elementary School 瑞平國小
signs of former military presence in the area
organic gardening on slopeland not far from the beach
unmarked dump trucks and lorries pass us on the highway
residence that didn't relocate
a traditional house remains
attempts to stop the incursion
a relatively clean but still littered stretch of rocky beach
high tide lines of washed up trash
road being washed away
more dumping
tumbled rocks and all else are polished and worn
dumping of excavation soil and mud from the building of the MRT system
protest stone against the incinerator erected in a more public place but was moved by authorities without consulting those who erected it.
river stones where they used to be a sandy beach
the tide is rising...
restricted fishing areas, no reason given for the restriction
construction of harbor and other artificial interventions has caused beach erosion and riptides
leaving the incinerator
Walking along the raised highway which has effectively cut off the beach from the coastal hills
Sierra presenting the Bali incinerator
ecosocial history lesson
Philip at the Bali incinerator
Bali Refuse Incineration Plant 八里垃圾焚化廠
high point on the path before descending
standalone wind/solar power units along path
the trail TaiPower built
explaining about local landfill/incinerator relationship
Walking down to the coast by way of the incinerator
Bali Landfill 八里垃圾掩埋場
orchids


unthought construction


ficus 榕樹 in Wenzhou park 溫州公園
Wenzhou park 溫州公園
Dodo and Lucy
Tammy crossing the field
Perilla frutescens 紫蘇
whistling thrush with worm

Baboo and Tammy





dragonfly
Land Planarian 笄渦蟲 Bipalium kewense
Land Planarian 笄渦蟲 Bipalium kewense



yellow wasp
red wasp



coal on the ground

innovative use of materials to protect seedlings from insects
polyculture
tourist map of the area

2009

trap to catch?
more planned vertical garden area
planned vertical garden area
another view of tumbler
well-used (not necessarily used well) compost tumbler

2010

area across from stairs that could be used for composting site
sprouting dung
watch for mad cow
The Gate
Bruce, Mimi, Rajeev, Rick and Wendy at the Jinbaoli Trail 金包里大路 head
composting pit - big hole already used for impatient composters
the site looking up the road


another potential site at the side of the road previously used for trash collection
Mimi, Lucy and Doudou
Eco-fashion, the Chinese is more honest: Care about how pollution can damage your hair?
small rodent - vole, shrew?















flour-leafed clover-like water plant


star fruit 楊桃 (yángtáo) Averrhoa carambola
sweet gum 楓香 (fēng xiāng) Liquidambar seed
梧桐 (wútóng) or 油桐 (yóu tóng)
differentiating two different but related species of tree seed
鴨腱藤 (yā jiàn téng)
oak family acorns
looking at seed protection strategies




台東 panqijiao

銀葉樹 (yín yè shù) seeds

tree seeds


小實孔雀豆 (xiǎoshí kǒngquè dòu) tree branch and leaf pattern
小實孔雀豆 tree branches and leaves next to a medium-sized palm









southwest corner
northeast corner
safety wall and added metal structure
northwest corner of rooftop
from west/south corner looking back to rooftop doorway
Looking back east/south toward rooftop doorway
looking past mostly north (slightly east) side
view from doorway to rooftop looking mostly west and slightly south



bigger classroom with wall frame

dance classroom with wash up area

small office on east side

first floor front classroom
front looking up
mostly west aspect, with driveway
front of building
mostly east side aspect
side/front of building (mostly east/north aspects)
second bathroom glass shelves
bedroom shelves



male Plumbeous Water-redstart 鉛色水鶇 Rhyacornis fuliginosa on the JiaJiuLiao 加九寮 bridge
Honghegu Sewage Treatment Plant


black bulbul



大花細辛 Asarum macranthum of the wild ginger 蛇根草 family



hungry mouse
mouse guest




cherry blossoms on wall fern
traffic jam caused by cherry blossom seekers
Reviewing forum results
cherry blossoms on the steps
garden, full sun area
Aliman of the Bunun Tribe and Curator of Taidong Forest Museum
small concurrent discussion groups

Tree huggers unite at Green Party Open Space forum
Tammy going up the steps
smiling doorway
Baboo, Tammy and Elijah
window reflection
Pristine basil

Chihyou Mountain 池有山 trail map






Dabajian mtn 大霸尖山



heading back down
north-west panorama
Wuling Farms 武陵農場 before the Central Mountain Range 中央山脈
Bruce and Mike in front of the Central Mountain Range 中央山脈
Philip and Mike in front of Hsuehshan (Snow Mountain) 雪山
Bruce at the peak of Chiyou mtn 池有山 3239m
Dongbajian Mountain 東霸尖山 3,360 m to our north
Mike and Bruce make their way along the ridge
Philip and Mike
Nanhu Mountain 南湖大山 south across the clouded in Lanyang 蘭陽 river drainage
Wuling Farms 武陵農場 before the Central Mountain Range 中央山脈
Central Mountain Range 中央山脈
Mt. Syue, (Snow Mountain) 雪山 at 3,886 m to our West is Taiwan's second highest peak.
Bruce and Mike in front of Hsuehshan (Snow Mountain) 雪山
Hsuehshan (Snow Mountain) 雪山
Bruce in front of Nanhu Mountain 南湖大山
northern end of the Central Mountain Range 中央山脈
Bruce before Taoshan 桃山
Taoshan (Peach mountain) 桃山 3325 m
Wuling Farms 武陵農場 before the Central Mountain Range 中央山脈
Wuling Farms 武陵農場 before the Central Mountain Range 中央山脈
a ferret? in the bins
young bell pepper plant
Baboo at home
Big group of Puyuma of all ages
nettles and rosemary
winter view from home terrace
papyrus flowers

Chatting with Macao owner Lillian about eco development plans


More riverway reimagining.
Waiting for the bus to go to Macao.
Taipei 101, looking East along XinYi Rd 信義路
subway construction along XinYi Rd 信義路 looking West
Taipei 101
wall gardens
Elijah
Tammy hanging laundry on the terrace

2009

Purple Sapphire 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae
work shelter (photo by Dan)
Tammy
caterpillar of Common Tiger 黑脈樺斑蝶(虎斑蝶) Danaus genutia
Rice field frog, Indian Rice Frog, Cricket Frog 澤蛙, 田雞, 水雞, 沼蛙 Rana limnocharis limnocharis
orchid flowering at front door
grass offering
grass above the Feitsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
Greg and Sarah above the Feitsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
seeding Chinese Silvergrass 芒草 Miscanthus sinensis
stink bug infestion in the chilis
stink bug 椿科 Pentatomidae in the nightshades
fruiting chocolate habanero
afternoon light
Elijah licking dry in his boat after a bath
New Garden City from home
Looking SE toward Chuchi 屈尺

Looking north, toward Taipei from number 7 cemetary
figs
natural monster (photo by Dan)

snake with legs



Bajiajiang (八家將), the eight generals clear evil spirits from a road before deities are to travel along them
parading artists on Roosevelt Road
bird house (?) high up in the acacias around New Garden City "Taichung wild bird rescue and protection assoc."
farmhouse door
fire in the valley
Li-lan gives Philip and I more detail about different factions within the 土城丹藥庫 special area.
Natural, indigenous landscaping
Li-lan, Ah-hui and other local host give APGN organizers more info about site and application process.
More small-scale farming
Local enterprise?
another bunker building nearer to Zone 2
Residence in the area with lovely garden; amaranth and bamboo in the foreground
Site inspection
The main building considered for the APGN conference
neighborhood gathering in front of the Taipei County Fire Protection Services Center
Shennong Temple 五穀先帝廟 (神農宮) near the Tucheng 土城 MRT station
Philip on the subway
Rainbow
A mother implores passing motorists to identify the bus that ran over her son biking on Xinwu Rd.
Philip above Zhitan 直潭 on the old road to Wulai 烏來

development in Zhitan 直潭


Xindian city 新店 moves some trees
in the subway
road wall


Zhitan mountain area hiking map
Philip with Baboo and Elijah
cheesecake candles
downstream
upstream
still raining, we eat lunch indoors
looking downstream from Julong 巨龍
looking upstream
Our pools fills with 45C water in the Kowloon room 九龍池
Julong 巨龍 ahead on the road to Wulai 烏來
燕子湖 from upstream crossing the 龜山橋
Chuchi 屈尺
Qalang Rahaw is Xinxian 信賢 at the check point 烏福檢查哨
couple's dog
bird
fish nibbling 小范
black ants
the project develops
Kalamoji 卡拉莫基 qlang krmut
work in the river
Patricia
the farmer's homestead
the farmers' family home
diesel buffalo


Following Hsuhua to his farm
Camphor tree 樟樹 Cinnamomum camphoraknown as
a thousand year old camphor in the elementary school yard


leaving the river, 3:25 PM
landed fish





next morning
on HSR heading south
Marc

















































Nearby bus routes



Our group walking toward farm gardens in narrow valley
Look right past parking lot toward forested area below residential area
Looking left to the parking lots from the middle of the property
Guang Hui and Rong Shan coming down the entrance road
we put in our first terracing line along the contour
stick bug
bug on bamboo
蚓腹寄居姬蛛 Argyrodes cylindrogaster (Ariamnes cylindrogaster)
garden guard
power transmission tower above Girl Scout Traiing Center
New Garden City - morning dog walk
Huck, 秉儀, 慧儀, 巧芝, 校長, Peter, 阿操, Tammy, 經修, 小璇, 柚子, 玉子, 校長太太, 一善, 湘君, 淑芳
Shanna and Philip (photo by Russ)

Huck in front of the Taiwan Museum of History (photo by Russ)
Tammy presenting rainwater harvesting
outdoor(photo by Russ)
Tammy (photo by Russ)
一善 presents edible landscapes (photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
compost (photo by Russ)
一善 and Tammy
(photo by Dan)
turn off to 利茂岸山 Li-ma-ao mtn.
moth


electric motorcycles

horizon of water tanks
Woodland Beauty 七葉一枝花 (qī yè yīzhī huā) Paris polyphylla
male Gray-chinned Minivet 灰喉山椒鳥 Pericrocotus solaris
sign

Turn off on to the Xikeng trail 西坑林道 from the road to Tongho 桶後
White eye in the cherry blossoms
White eye in the cherry blossoms

hibernating



Near the huolongguo we noticed some run-off (pollution?)
some original vegetation survives
Rubble composition below the site
far right edge looking down, drainage ditch to the right
Patricia walking down the driveway leading to site
desk lamp
rhino prowling at Pristine
Large-billed Crow 巨嘴鴉 Corvus macrorhynchos

Dan and Thomas at the peak
area map

2008

Sarah and the rinpoches

2009

Tammy's dirt

2008

spider
open seeds of Shell ginger 月桃 Alpinia zerumbet

The FeiTsui reservoir 翡翠水庫 water level is high
Elijah
marine inversion traps Taipei morning smog
Christopher's bumper grapefruit crop
Santa Fe River
Jim and Christopher inspect the motor

Christopher
San Felasco Hammock sinkhole

Dan
dragonfly

Striped Blue Crow 端紫斑蝶 Euploea mulciber barsine Fruhstorfer


pig
wheelbarrow
Firespike 紅樓花 Odontonema strictum (Nees) Kuntze
coffee
centipede
green papayas
Formosan Magpie 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
breaking up the road
dragonfly
road repair after summer typhoons
Dan
beetle
walking down to the bus stop
panorama from terrace
New Garden City below and southern Taipei in the distance
jalapenos
jalapenos


Baboo
camping at first
new address
Xiao Fan and Steffani on the terrace
Taiwanese white-toothed shrew 細尾長尾鼩 Soriculus sodalis
Dan and Tammy painting the bedroom

building internals
view from stairs into kitchen
closets in master bedroom
beetle nut fruit
Guang Xing bridge
Meng-meng area bike path
Chu-chi
Eurasian Magpie 喜鵲 Pica pica
Gray Treepie
Formosan Whistling-Thrush 台灣紫嘯鶇 (táiwān zǐ xiào dōng) Myophonus insularis with snack
Orange Staff Sergeant 台灣單帶蛺蝶 (táiwān dāndài jiádié) Athyma cama
Orange Staff Sergeant 台灣單帶蛺蝶 (táiwān dāndài jiádié) Athyma cama
毛毛虫
burning bug
Bruce with Frisbee

Tammy at her desk
typhoon flooding
Russ

Imacat

our train arrives
departure
Chandra in the train station
Shoufeng
driving back to the train station
redredging the clam beds

sparrow
sunflower

Tammy in the kitchen
"permaculture farm"
the sign



gate site



to build a gate


goats

sunflower
duck
Russ

New Garden City fair
making pizza
New Garden City

New Garden City pizza oven
chariot wheels?

common kingfisher 翡翠 Alcedo atthis
101
"fine arts"
wood
investment model demolished
Formosa bldg
Pristine 3/28


Common Moorhen 紅冠水雞 (hóngguān shuǐ jī) Gallinula chloropus
turtles









exhausted, 4:20PM

looking north-northeast
gloves and gear check
369 cabin 三六九山莊
369 cabin 三六九山莊
369 cabin 三六九山莊
369 cabin 三六九山莊
369 cabin 三六九山莊
arrow bamboo 箭竹 (jiàn zhú) Yushania niitakayamensis in the snow

Dabajianshan 大霸尖山 to the north
369 cabin 三六九山莊 in the background




clouds filling the Lanyang river 蘭陽溪 valley

Taoshan 桃山
Cika cabin 七卡山莊 has water and can sleep 130
Taoshan 桃山 is lightly dusted with snow
Wuling Farms 武陵農場 to Hsuehshan 雪山 hike map
neighbor's construction, 1/26
























goat

beehive

2009

Philip on the trail (photo by Laurie)
fishing Taiwan shoveljaw carp 苦花 Varicorhinus barbatulus Atayal: tmmanquleh (photo by Laurie)

2007

Chris and Nicole

Baboo



Philip and Wendy

























Zoe

























stormy

Cindy debriefs the ducks
Brenda and Tammy















































Mom and daughters at Brenda's house




















Philip























Tammy


























Chuck and John





Chuck







Marc, Phelan and Philip








































perennial beachcomber






Anne-Marie, Pierre, Marie-Claire, Tammy, George



Cedar Key fame closed








































lizard









Cindy, Tammy and Kendall



sisters on the beach

Wulai 烏來




bat in the doghouse
Japanese White-eye 綠繡眼 Zosterops japonicus
Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis formosae
Japanese White-eye 綠繡眼 Zosterops japonicus















lemon balm, rosemary, basil, mint
Hsintian from New Garden City

Golden Orb Web Spider Nephila pilipes 人面蜘蛛 ("human face spider")
fishermen on the Hsintian river
Formosan Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇Myiophoneus insularis
Formosa Building
Brown Dipper 瘝喲野 Cinclus pallasii


Linda brings fresh flowers from the market
Tammy
rush to decorate
Mucha river improvements
Mucha temple
Hsintian construction
graffiti in Shida area
views from the roof
view from office
fisherman and fish - mutual affection?







well reflections

wash basin holder








Tammy and Laurie
Neptune

cartwheels






Waian 外垵














Richard M. buys steamed buns

2006

Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 (zhú niǎo) Garrulax caerulatus
Alida, Kitty, Tammy, Debbie







wood permit

view from the Shangbaling pavillion
arrived Shangbaling, 9AM
Dahan River 大漢溪 (dàhàn xī)
Dahan River 大漢溪 (dàhàn xī)





Chetuichi 撤退池


growing vegetables in the Lanyang river bed


onions
Pat, Bruce and Eric getting directions, 8:15AM




Thunderstorms in the gorge approaching Wulai


four hours to Fushan 福山
the last 1.5k is steep

hike area map


Paraglenea swinhoei in NGC, 6/23
work below on the Xiaocukeng dam 小粗坑水壩
highway Drongo
bamboo on the road

Elderberry 冇骨消 Sambucus formosana

Road to Fushan under constant repair



NGC, 6/5
Drongo nesting over Beiyi Highway, 6/3
Bhuddist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Sintian, 5/18

2005

Bruce and Michael at the 紅河谷-樂樂谷越嶺路 saddle point






Tammy and Dorma

Dorma
Tongho stream 桶後溪
waiting for enforced quota of 100 cars
Neidong Forest Road 內洞林道 entrance, behind the police station

Elijah
Baboo




belly rub








hawk moth larva
Sanguang River 三光溪 map

Bruce
Bruce on the steep trail down to the Sanguang River 三光溪
Bruce and Jack look over the gorge
endangered butterflies in the Xuanyuan 萱源 area
25k topo map of Sanguang River 三光溪
Fushan area hiking map


long-horned beetle 斯文豪氏天牛 (sī wénháo shì tiān niú) Paraglenea swinhoei
Ypthima akragas 台灣小波紋蛇目蝶 (táiwān xiǎo bōwén shémù dié) in the marjoram

Asian comma 黃蛺蝶 ( huáng jiá dié) Polygonia c-aureaum lunulata caterpillar
Barn swallows nesting on a speaker
mynas
in Xiaocukeng 小粗坑





Immature Taiwan scimitar babbler 小彎嘴 (xiǎo wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus musicus
Black Bulbul 紅嘴黑鵯 (hóng zuǐ hēi bēi) Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Taiwan scimitar babbler 小彎嘴 (xiǎo wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus musicus
reminders of the 9-21 earthquake





Formosan Versailles
weaving
Atayal tatoo
fire maker






The road takes us well above the clouds

shen mu








Catholic hostel in Tienhsiang (天祥)













cemetary
cemetary
rice fields
rice fields and the Pacific beyond
PingLin is Taiwan's tea capital
PingLin (坪林)
old streets of PingLin (坪林)
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)

"ghost money"
"ghost money"




Taipei 101
Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)



tea drying


tea fields

Gloria and Sophie
subway home


Guandu Nature Park
Chinese Bulbul 白頭翁 (báitóuwēng) Pycnonolys Sinensis

northern above-ground section of Danshui (淡水線) subway line
the Grand Hotel 圓山飯店
Bitan suspension bridge (碧潭吊橋) overlooking the Xindian River (新店溪)
Bitan 碧潭
Bitan 碧潭

2004

Agetocera discedens 大琉璃金花蟲

Phimenes flavopictus 虎斑泥壺蜂
bee in fennel, Hymenoptera, 9/19
spake brush
Mindy 9/17
jalapeno
jalapeno
TaiDa campus, Swinhoe's japalura 斯文豪氏攀蜥 (sī wén háo shì pān xī) Diploderma swinhonis

2005

2004

GongGuan

north view from office roof
Gongguan






coriander
Stan and David
Imacat




Philip's birthday
Sandwiches at Norwegian Wood
attached press
(sacred garlic) pear 加羅林魚木 Crateva religiosa Forst. f
Tong tree 桐花 in bloom
Tammy and Dan

Tammy resting
Dorma
a landslide has closed the BeiHeng 北橫
Taiwan Yuhina 冠羽畫眉 (guàn yǔ huàméi) Yuhina brunneiceps
tree signs

ChaTian Preserve 插天山自然保留區






LaLaShan 拉拉山 (80 mins)

Varied Tit 腹山雀 Parus varius

walking times
LaLaShan 拉拉山 / ChaKengShan 茶懇山 (1130m) fork
bamboo grove
ChaTian Preserve 插天山自然保留區
from the FuShan suspension bridge
and south - DaLuoLan Stream 大羅蘭溪
Where do you get the permit?
Feihong
Feihong and Dorma
Feihong and Dorma

2003

Chuck and Bruce
Gekko hokouensis.Hekou's gecko.守宮, 善虫, 多疣壁虎
Black-collared Starling .烏領椋鳥, 黑領椋鳥 Sturnus nigricollis
Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis and Black-browed Barbet 五色鳥 Megalaima oorti
Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis and
at the German Culture Center
Starling arrives 9/29
Gecko
looking south from QingTan 青潭 8/23





new passport picture 8/23




Greg and Jessie

Tammy's butterfly
Bruce helping Michael up
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Sanguang river 三光溪
Tammy
Dan
highway visible in ShiDing 石碇
gin trap in a tree
HuangDiDian 皇帝殿 formation

2002

FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
Tammy and Dan
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
The gang
Fushan-Hapen hike area
Looking east toward Datong mtn 大桶山
Looking south toward Betty Lou
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加九嶺-向天湖山 鞍部 saddle point (700m)
to 紅河谷-樂樂谷越嶺路 - 加九嶺-向天湖山 鞍部 saddle point (700m)
project notice
FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
following washed out drainage
Philip and Bruce work down the silty stream bed
Misty mountains

2000

sunset

1999

Rooftop garden
Why is it so heavy today?
Global Awareness Opens Doors

1998

1996

1995

John-John and Elijah
Dina at home
Baboo and Elijah
Dan gardening
John-John

1993

Tammy in Mucha, preparing to move

Jule, Tammy and Philip
George, Tammy and Philip

1992

Shaping market 沙坪場






stone worker in granite quarry
Erhai lake 洱海

The Three Dali Pagodas

1991

Yangshuo 陽朔


cormorant fishing




printing press
mosquito net
chopsticks on the Lijiang river, 7/2
printing press



Learn from Leifeng - Develop Communist Spirit


Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong


Tainan, 6/20
Wenshan Hot Springs 文山溫泉 Taroko
Kang
Chunghua Road, 6/26
Chiang Kai-shek memorial, 6/26
Chiang Kai-shek memorial, 6/26
Dragon boats, 6/16

1973

1971

Marc in the 11528 utility room
11528 house
camping in Vermont, Marc and Philip
Philip with gerbils
Philip, Marc and ice cream in Hayes kitchen, 1970?

1968

Minute Man Market


Ball Place, March 1968

1964

San Francsico Zoo
Christopher driving at the zoo
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
King's Canyon National Park
Escondido Village
grandfather George E. Diller with his wife Annette Belval visit Escondido Village
Philip on tricycle at Escondido Village
Philip, Anne Marie and Christopher on the beach, Stanford
Christopher has a banana on the beach
at the cold beach

1963

Weighing the luggage in the factory

50th anniversarry of Lanthaumes



shucking beans

1945

George with chickens on Hopson Rd, 1945

1941

Bicyclettes, Chien

1940

well digging on Hopson Rd

1923

Constance Dorothea Weeks Diller

1914

Pierrette and her mother, 1914

2003

Larry, Tammy and Philip

2010