朱家角

This is a photo composed of five. I did not try to get rid of the seams. This is where my wife grew up. We went to see her grandpa -- who was 90 some years old and passed away recently.

色影无忌

本来想用这个命名，突然想起国内的一个网站叫色影无忌的。今天上去还发现了这个金山岭长城的一页：金山岭印象。同时也想起，我最喜欢的不是金山岭，而是司马台。

长城：A set of pictures

Posted a set of picture taken at Badaling（八达岭）last June. Number 6 and 7 are oilified using GIMP -- an open source image processing software.


The sky was full of smog that day. And I was told that Beijing is often like that these days.

I should add, most of the walls in these pictures have been renovated. Photo number 5 shows a spot where the wall ruins are almost invisible. Badaling is likely the most visited section of the great wall by tourists because it is the most accessible. I believe there is still a regular tourist train running between the city and Badaling several times a day. There are other sections of the wall -- all north to Beijing -- open to tourists for many years but much less visited. My favorate was Jinshanling (金山岭). I also hope to make a stop at Juyongguan（居庸关）someday, which is on the way to Badaling.

沉默：Silence

This picture is taken in a neighboring subdivision. The houses have been there less than 10 years and the tree is dead -- I don't know how long the tree has been there, or if its death has anything to do with the houses and streets around it. But it is something that has happened in the interaction of man and nature.