Natural wonder

I used to think, I had to travel far and wide to appreciate extraordinary scenery. Over the years, I found that’s a bad idea, because the real wonder exists surrounding me, everywhere in my life. I just need to train my eyes and sharpen my sensibility to discover, to capture the natural wonder, like an artist.

While others were appreciating the eclipse, I took a photo of the sun. That was the peak time of eclipse in my place, the spikes protruding from the sun formed a cross. At that moment, I felt I was so blessed. Amen!

“Cross” at the peak of eclipse. I took this photo at 3:10pm April 8, 2024.

Look, that’s a rainbow! I once sat in a dining room in Bar Harbour, the pianist came over to me and said, “I’ll be playing ‘Over the rainbow’ for you.” I was so flattered, and I had a wonderful evening that day. After I came back from the journey, whenever I saw rainbow images, I would think of that beautiful evening in that dining room.

Rainbow over the Stepan Center. I took this photo at 6:40pm October 6, 2023.

Not only the sun, the moon can also brighten the sky! I like the moonlight’s gentle glow, romantic, idyllic, poetic, and tranquil. Ancient Chinese wrote a lot beautiful poems about moon. They always associated moon with family and lovers. The other day, I was gazing at the full moon in the sky, I felt like I was a poet.

Full moon. I took this photo at 7:27pm March 7, 2023.