薔琵颱風預計明天最接近台灣，看來台東應該可以避開正面侵襲，希望如此。 颱風來臨前，天空總會出現這樣美得令人驚嘆的色彩：一邊是火焰般的色調，另一邊則是溫柔的粉色。 Waiting for Typhoon Champi, which is expected to come closest to Taiwan tomorrow. It looks as though Taitung […]
A Place for Sunrise
蓋房子的時候，我們特別在屋頂留出一個位置，作為觀賞日出與月升的觀景台。兩張面向太平洋的椅子，讓我們看晨光，也看月光海。 When we built this house, we set aside a space on the roof—a viewing deck for sunrise and moonrise. […]
Same Coconut, Different Sea
We have coconut trees on the farm and the Pacific Ocean right at our doorstep. Yet here I am in […]
Living with nature
There’s a good reason why these two images appear together in this post. The Taiwan macaques used to belong in […]
An Unexpected Visitor
I discovered this beautiful land crab in my bathroom. How on earth did it end up there? Before I could […]
A small ritual for the afternoon
The pu-er tea is a gift from a friend in Dali, Yunnan, thoughtfully packaged for export to France — the […]
Edible garden 2023
Earlier this year, I set about creating an edible garden that is both beautiful and productive.
油菊 chrysanthemum
今年初種了兩種油菊，新竹油菊和馬祖油菊，秋季終於開花。但是我現在已經分不清楚開花的是哪一種油菊。 今早栽了30朵來泡茶。自己家的花茶，感覺香氣撲鼻，玻璃杯可以清楚看到浸泡在水裡的花朵，茶湯清澈的淺黃色。
First visit to the vet
Happy was unbelievably sweet and well behaved, unlike her usual bubbly self. Carsickness perhaps? She is quite underweight for her […]