New railing!!

Three years after moving in we finally removed the hideous plywood from the backyard:
No idea was AC=ND even means










before:

after:




Meagan and Anna helped me garden this spring, here are the results (same bed from different angle one month apart):





just planted second crop of spinach and lettuce...

Atherton Tablelands, Australia

The Curtain Fig tree


Lake Eacham



Gaby, Sue and Toby


Barren Falls


Marty and Timmy - the pademelons - at the Krockenbergers' house



Leaf-tailed lizard - look closely


Brushtail possum

China

I just looked back at the photos. While it was an incredible trip, it was also extremely depressing in that much of the consumption and pollution were far worse than I had anticipated.
For a much more informed assessment of the Chinese pollution (and water shortage and authoritarian rule)problems see the the "Choking on Growth" series:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/choking_on_growth.html

Panda Power

Shanghai












Wuhou Temple in Chengdu celebrating the Three Kingdoms period (disunity in China around 25 BC)










Wenshu Buddhist Monastary (chanting in background and not many photos allowed)







National Holiday street fair




Kung Fu




Hello kitty drinks


Poet Du Fu's thatched cottage










Refreshments






Gingkos!!


Yellow and red makes orange - they melded their genes and their coat colors


Chengdu - population: 10.5 million


China in a nut shell




Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Station
















Wolong - town up in panda habitat


Little environmentalists














More pandas at Wolong Panda Breeding Research Center




















Dujiangyan Acient Irrigation Project








Dumplings in Beijing




Tienenman Square during National Day Holiday - China's 4th of July. It felt like all 1 billion were celebrating in the capital.

Day


Night




Temple of Heaven - Beijing






Great Wall


798 Art Collective - huge old factory site in Beijing. More art in one place than I've ever seen in my life.





Photo exhibit of family planning propoganda


Translation reads: Harvest must select improved varieties, a child must eugenic.


2008 Olympic "Birds nest"


Official communist countdown


Back in Shanghai
Museum:


300 Buddhas


Sunrise from the apartment


Saying goodbye


Mr Cao