Let There Be Light!
The heavens put up a spectacular light show for us this morning in the Botanical Gardens 🙂 A passer-by remarked, “Life is Beautiful!”
Category: Expression
Feeding The Dragon
During our recent trip to China, we stopped by Qiandao Lake (åƒå²›æ¹–), or literally, Thousand Island Lake on our way to Hangzhou (æå·ž). The lake is actually a man-made one with 1,078 large islands and many smaller ones resulting from damming works to build the Xinanjiang hydroelectric station. Many of the islands are “touristy” types — with man-made “attractions” such as the above “Wishing Dragon” surrounded by people clamouring to feed it with coins for good luck. This is a close-up shot I caught with the details in the dragon boosted via post-processing in Lightroom.
Pac Man Power-Me-Up
I have always held a fascination for the classic Pac-Man arcade game since childhood. The game celebrated its 30th anniversary a couple of weeks ago, with Google coming up with an ingenious version which you can still play (for free) here. The lotus and water lily leaves at the Singapore Botanical Gardens has reminded me time and again of the game. The above is another shot whose title I have dedicated to the long-lived classic 🙂