THE COLORS OF JUNE 六月 . 3

From May to June, it's the flowering season of Royal Poinciana 鳳凰木.

The flamboyant red signifies the arrival of a vibrant summer.

New leaves from a starfruit tree 楊桃 ... still not the time for starfruit yet.

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THE COLORS OF JUNE 六月 . 2

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THE COLORS OF JUNE 六月 . 1

Dear friends, my heartfelt thanks to you all.

These few days,

i walk a little after sending iza to catch her school bus

recalling her thought on paper & pens when she was 3Y ...

she loves them because these are the things one can play around freely without any instructions.

These few days,

i have my Leica lens with me

which i'm still clumsy in doing all manual focusing

recalling once asked iza to freeze for a while for a picture ...

" stay hold! i haven't got my focus right yet! "

" then, you better shoot the landscape! " iza said to me.

yes, she's my child who can hardly stay still.

These few days,

when i'm practicing the manual focusing,

new colors reveal,

delicate gestures of life unfold ...

These beautiful plants are all within 5 minutes walk around our place.

How can i miss them?

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... i'm sad ... i have stopped her drawing class ...

... not sure it's a right decision ...

... for quite some time ... she had struggles and emotions during classes ...

... yes ... she is stubborn ... and difficult to handle ...

... i'm always afraid ... in intense stress ... that she's a torture to her teacher(s) ...

... i appreciate every effort her teacher made ...

... thanks ...

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The lovely apron from here.

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WOODEN TOYS

In these 8 years, we have built up a tiny collection of wooden toys with iza.

Wooden toys are beautiful ... the smell, the grain, the weight, the touch, the natural colors, the stained colors, or even the painted ones ... so solid and real ... I wish, after many years, we will see iza's children digging into the treasures of their mama.

Maybe, a little record on some books too ...

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