So much to see - so little time
So much to see - so little time
Another warm sunny day, another walk through the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute campus. New and different flowers, and many other visions to enjoy. Come one and all, come along and walk with me through natural and created beauty. Breath the air - don't stifle youself with politics and vitriol.
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2 I thought these things only grow in the desert.
3 This is one of the most beautiful trees I've ever seen.
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8 No, this is NOT the Great Wall of China - it's the Flimsy Wall of China.
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14 My wife grew up on a farm in the mountains of Chongqing, and told me that these were the type of farming and household implements that were common back then. This a a plow, pulled by oxen.
15 The bottom part of a millstone
16 A thrashing machine turned by hand
17 Hanging upside down = a bathtub
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19 This is the first planted rice paddy I've seen up close.
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21 Although I've posted photos of this bridge before, this was taken from a different angle.
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Wake up and smell the roses - oh wait, there are no roses in these photos. Okay then, wake up and smell the scent of a verdant forest, and feast your eyes on beauty.
Buzz, you are the Ansel Adams of China.
What a wonderful and varied series of photos. I really like the old farm tools.
Well done.
I don't think Ansel Adams took many colour photographs, but his B&W photos are iconic, and an amateur like me can only try to approach, but never, ever, equal his brilliant perfection.
There are so many good images here … I think 22 stands out among them.
Beautiful - thanks for sharing
Buzz, another peaceful and relaxing excursion.
What an enjoyable life you must lead visiting such beautiful and interesting places.
The rest of us sit in front of a monitor and keyboard waiting for your next presentation.
Thanks, Al
Thanks to you, Al, and all NT members who view and enjoy the tours that I provide. It gives me the ambition to continue posting them.
Looks like a nice day. Interesting how they incorporated the vases/urns into the wall on picture #7. I wonder why? I've been lucky enough to spend time in Japan and Turkey while I was in the Air Force. I always enjoy seeing how other cultures do things, though at times their reasoning escapes me.
The Sichuan Fine Arts Institute has a pretty big pottery department, so I guess that a lot of the pottery vases that were made for practice by the students were incorporated into the many walls. I'll bet there are thousands of them.
Dear Friend Buzz: Beautiful for sure.
Many thanks for sharing.
Nature is kind to our sense here too.
Only where I live the best we get is a wall of flimsy china at Wal-Mart.
Best to go with nature for the scenery here.
E.