Alien Crushed by Falling Anvil! Film at 11!

OK, I could have picked a more romantic header. But doesn't it just look like it? This is what's left from the gorgeous cherry splendor (see further below). The tree is void of blossoms now, they're all on the ground in my parking spot. I swear, this is how I found it.
Amazing what a little wind and time can do. I stood there with my two sons (5 and 8) for a long time, swapping impressions ("It's a troll face!" "No, it's a map!" "No, it's a mutant lobster!"...)

Dirty Car Art

Maybe I should let this guy have a shot at my jalopy. Washing your car is overrated, anyway.

Cherry (Flower) Float

If you just wait long enough, things will beautify themselves.
(Comments about my grimy car will be deleted)

Clear Skies, Bad Air

The weather just doesn't quit. I took these pix yesterday on the drive back up to our house. The air was so dry the only particles whatsoever were the smog enshrouding Taipei City...

Heralds of Spring

Chinese New Year is almost upon us, and harbingers of spring abound. Apart from the unusually warm weather (28°C/82°F) and our sons' particularly rowdy behavior, there's the cherry trees.

This one grows just across the road from our house.

Twins!

As if one's not enough...

New arrival: N. glabrata

The unusually warm winter of 06/07, with its sometimes very warm days and cool nights, has lured me into impulse-obtaining a whole slew of highland Nepenthes. They're doing very well now....let's hope I won't regret it once April officially rings in the summer.

Anyway, I finally managed to find a n. glabrata. Boy, she sure is dinky!