The old imperial college (guozijian / 国子监) and Beijing’s Confucius temple are along this gorgeous tree-lined street. The site of occasional horn-honking traffic jams, the street is nonetheless reasonably peaceful most of the time. I had peace, quiet, and a truly beautiful, blue-sky Beijing day for my visit. The banner – almost impossible to translate into anything but stilted English – says something like “the sacred locale of the national academy, bringing virtue to the entire world”.
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Nong Bauk Hard Park, Chiang Mai
This photo revisits Nong Bauk Hard Park, a lovely public space in the southwest corner of Chiang Mai’s old city. (You can see the earlier visit here.) For those of you who know it, think the Boston Public Garden in a subtropical climate.
Thailand Landscape
Meditation
A young man is contemplating the Buddha—or maybe wondering where he will go clubbing in the evening—in a quiet corner of Wat Umong in Thailand. A powerfully spiritual place, Wat Umong, and I am not a particularly spiritual guy.
Snowy Day Walk
Spring Green, Sky Blue
Spring Showers
Dark clouds and threatening weather bring out the magnificent greens of new leaves. I was on my bike trying to make it to the supermarket and back home without getting caught in the rain. But I could not resist the light and the color. I made it home dry and with food for dinner in any case.
Reflection
Prarie Fire
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal has became a national wildlife refuge – no more weapons, today, just a few bison, deer, birds and an expanse of beautiful near wilderness just east of Denver.