Greg, Bruce and Nicholas
construction over the Nanshi stream 南勢溪, 8:30AM
Greg, Jacob, Nicholas and Buce
looking NW from the trail over the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
down to the water just below 露門溪 Lumen stream, near 4.5k at 10:30
Philip
first narrows, 11 AM
Bruce contemplates plunge, 11:45
Big pool, noon
Greg
Greg swimming
Bruce scouting below the weather station landslide, 2PM
Greg
Sarah's first hike
Nuca
Greg
pre-flush
Greg
Proposed area map
group jump, 3 PM
up to the trail, 3:35 PM, just beyond 2.5k
Parked car along the old road
side trail down to the stream bed (we don't take)
Dan
Thomas - We turn around at this stream
short Green 3 @ NGC circle, 3/15
neighbor's geese and chickens
fisheye on home office
New Garden City 3/24
palm leaf
Road 6
Delphine and Zoe
Bongo's
glass
from above
lizard
kingfisher in Mucha
desk outlook
trail up to parking lot, 4:15
recently logged area
bamboo groove
recently repaired foot bridge, 4:35 PM
back in Fushan 福山, 4:45PM, construction progress
bus stop fruit stand
NGC Park
Eagle and Peter work with the new oven
Tammy making pizza
Eagle and Peter
Philip, Paul and Peter
Elijah
Peter demonstrates a rocket stove
Shida market
Tammy gardening at home
Baboo helping Tammy
garden squash
praying mantis 螳螂
Atayal weaver
Host: Bunun from Hualien, Alice Takiwatan 花蓮縣萬榮鄉布農族 - 亞磊絲.泰吉華坦
newly tattoed - Atayal Dali Yealo and Sayum Votu 達利．伊洛、撒韻．否度
Dachoy Watan 達少．瓦旦 Thousands of Atayal years 泰雅千年∼泰雅古訓
Truku 德魯固族 musician Pidelo Wukah 彼得洛烏嘎
Seediq 賽德克族 - Tungtung 東冬 賽德克族
Alice, Dali Sayum and Tungtung
The legend of Tashan -Tsou tribal battle dancing - Avai 塔山傳奇、鄒族戰舞
Amis Tribal song 阿美族古訓
Amis Musical group、Moyen ㄚ米史劇團、莫言
Amis Musical group、Moyen ㄚ米史劇團、莫言
Discovering Bakulas 發現巴庫拉斯∼布農天籟
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
Sarah and Greg
waterfall
Fushan village 福山村 above the Nanshi river 南勢溪
Daphne on the damaged bridge
Greg and Sarah cross
Daphne
Greg
mushroom
Greg jumping in
water
Sarah
Tammy watching the dragonfly
Philip
back up to the trail
ants on the rail
wired trees
amaranth ?
Lily and gaurdian
pineapple
spider
Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
Formosan Whistling-Thrush 台灣紫嘯鶇 Myophonus insularis
construction at Xindian subway terminus
Himalayan Jester 姬黃三線蝶 Symbrenthia hypselis
collecting coffee bags
bananas
papayas
dragonfly
Tammy
home tomatos
home garden
Bruce and Tammy
Sarah
The Nanshixi 南勢溪 flows from Hapen (哈盆 west to Fushan 福山
Josh
Sarah
dragonfly
dragonfly
dragonfly
Sarah amd Greg
Josh
Frisbee rescue
Tammy
on the beach
Bruce
elephant ear fruit 菇婆芋 Alocasia acrorrhie
Tammy walking
the trail
layered rock
stump sliced then mossed
the trail
sun on fronds
Tammy and Daphne
Greg
the Nanshixi 南勢溪river below
crossing over the landslide area
Nanshixi 南勢溪
begonia flower
bird's nest fern in tree
Bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 Asplenium nidus
mushrooms where there was fire
banana sprout
ricefield flatsedge 碎米莎草 Cyperus iria
Magpie nest above Road 2
young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
Poison bulb 文殊蘭 Crinum asiaticum
garden at Lan Yuan Rd house
Arrowroot 食用美人蕉 Canna edulis
Gray Treepie 樹鵲 Dendrocitta formosae
Formosan Blue Magpies leaving the nest
young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea waiting for food
Celosia argentia 青葙
wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
Tammy's caterpillar sting from 7/13
Elijah
Tammy and Ms. Tsai on the terrace of the new house
master bedroom
kitchen
view from kitchen
second bedroom
second bedroom and bath
view from terrace into living room
view out front door
Mimi
front door and stairs down to road
Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 Cassia fistula
Girl Scout's field
magpie nest
Formosan Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇 Myophonus insularis
young Formosan blue magpie 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
pristine sunset
Tammy in the office pepper forest
office tomato crop
drongos in New Garden City
bougainvilleas
Greg, Julia and Jessie at Asiadnet
Greg and Sarah
Greg, Julia, Jessie and Daphne
Sarah and Jessie having dinner
Tammy and the fruit seller at the NGC bus stop
Tammy painting the bedroom
Tammy painting
typhoon clean up equipment
The Qingtan Stream 青潭溪 is turbid from the typhoon
Tammy on the terrace
lunch at Tequila Time Mexican restaurant 仙人掌墨西哥餐廳
Madonna Catholic Atayal church in Wulai
lunch at Taiya Popo 泰雅婆婆 in Wulai 烏來
Sayun demonstrating band weaving
Sayun weaving in her curtain
Dorcas and Sayun's loom
Maya, Sayun and Dorcas
Philip at Sayun's house
Tammy painting the kitchen
moving in countless trips
Xiaofan, Steffani and Dan singing at Dan's
Dan
many trips with Dan's truck
Baboo
Elijah
across the field...
down the stairs...
office beginnings
Tammy in the kitchen
looking down into the stairs from the terrace
Philip
water treatment plant
Tammy and morning dog walk
Poison bulb 文殊蘭 Crinum asiaticum
Taoist temple from terrace
Chestnut Tiger 青斑蝶 Parantica sita niphonica
Laka Rd 啦卡路 and Tongho River 桶後溪 before Wulai mountain 烏來山
elder flowering and fruiting
elder 冇骨消(蒴翟) Sambucus formosana Nakai
Gray-chinned Minivet (灰喉山椒鳥) Pericrocotus solaris in acacia crown
Tammy and Baboo
glass and screen repairman
frutiing betel nut
old snail
Guangxing bridge upstream from Chuchi
king and gang
fruiting yuetao (ginger family)
fruiting pineapple
ants on guava
wild ginger
Blooming vine
ants on flower
farmer
Formosan beauty berry 杜虹 Callicarpa formosana (Amis: chi-hak)
Hibiscus
chickens
Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 "a-bu-le" Cassia fistula
Tammy and Baboo on the terrace at home
beetle
home terrace at dusk
habenero
terrace garden
Tammy with Elijah and Baboo on the terrace
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
Silver grass, Sword grass 五節芒 Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex
Striped Blue Crow 端紫斑蝶 Euploea mulciber barsine Fruhstorfer
Common Mapwing 石牆蝶 Cyrestis thyodamas
Steffani
female gray-chinned Minivet 灰喉山椒鳥 Pericrocotus solaris
warbler
Thomas
Dan
orchid near home
nature books
pristine corn
Thomas and Dan
Thomas rinsing camphor scraps
skipping rocks
mushroom in a drainage hole
Dusky Fulvetta 頭烏線 Alcippe brunnea
11528 woods
office
mulching the roadway ditch
blowing hay
Christopher at the gate
mushrooms
Marc in San Felasco Hammock
bees
Christopher
Christopher at the sinkhole
Marc
San Felasco Hammock
San Felasco Hammock
San Felasco Hammock
San Felasco Hammock
San Felasco Hammock
cutting firewood at 11528
Felman clan
Allison and Jo
Sarah on Brogan
Allison and Jo
Marlene and Christopher
Allison at Blue Bird Landing
Jim riding Brogan
Philip riding Brogan
Marc and Jim on the Santa Fe
Lily Springs
Gordon and Patty
sunset on the Santa Fe
Marc and Christopher
bonfire after dinner
agricultural inspection
sun through the Spanish moss at 11528
family portrait
Christopher
citrus orchard
early morning flight
Nokimi and Sarah assemble tree
Eileen, Kelly and Sarah
Tammy
Daphne, Nokimi and Kelly
Kelly, Nokimi, Tammy
Greg, Sarah, Daphne, Tammy
spider
fruit of giant upright elephant ear 姑婆芋Alocasia odora
unfurling tree fern frond
Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower 王爺葵 Tithonia diversifolia
野杜丹, Melastoma candidum
mushroom
Tammy and Tree Marigold
Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower 王爺葵 Tithonia diversifolia
bread for breakfast
dispersing obstacles
rinpoche inspecting vintage mid-chant
inside nic's temple
Chiufang 秋芳 with Melanie's parents
Greg
Greg and Sarah
Nic, Tammy, Sarah and Greg
moth
Strobilanthes formosanus 台灣馬藍
ginger
cut-off north to Wulai mountain 烏來山
mushroom community
Steffani and Tammy at the weather tower
mushroom
orange moss on a tree
beetles
Philip and Tammy
butterfly
imacat
Greg and Tammy at So Free pizza
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia
maple colors
stair dogs
gas water heater
vacuum cleaner
Looking northwest from park in front of Hanbilou, over water drainage ditch
steps to the right of the building lead down to the area to the side and back
steps leading down to driveway
driveway connecting to sloped area
Seeded area covered with net tarp
Looking back up the slope and driveway
Peter and Patricia take in the scene; existing trees mostly kept after land filled in with rubble and sandy topsoil
Liling & 小范
longer view of flatter area of site
signs of erosion even before any heavy rains
More edge erosion
beautiful flowering Spider Flower 醉蝶花 Cleome spinosa
gardener attempted to plant small bushes on edge
Natural growth, in adjacent undisturbed area only cut back a few times a year
Mix of typical pioneers and other natives
Bamboo creeping in
where the slope levels off some and where the site's main water source is on the building
vented hat
cherry trees blossoming at home
habaneros
Tammy at breakfast
cheese omlette
bees in the cherry blossoms
bees in the cherry blossoms
Maroon oriole 朱鸝 Oriolus traillii
Yuhina rump
Chinese ramie 青苧麻 Boehmeria nivea
frog eggs
Greg and guide
Lapu Mtn 拉璞山
sign
Gene Lee - the Orchid Hunter
Lapu Mtn 拉璞山
Tammy
mushrooms
Tammy and Greg at A-Yu-Xi Mtn 阿玉溪山
Greg feeding our companion
orchid
orchid
orchid
orchid
orchid
orchid
tabacco?
Greg and the Orchid Hunter on the XiKeng Forest Road 西坑林道
Peter and Tammy come out onto Xikeng Rd
lettuce at home
lettuce regrown after being harvested once
adolescent carrots
jalapeno
at the Youmu trail head - 7:15 AM
Thomas and Dan reading the old sign
Dan
sunlight in an overcast day
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia
Thomas
Thomas and Dan
at the saddle point
Philip at the saddle point
Philip and Dan
at the cut-off up toward Xiang Tianhu 向天湖
30 mins back up to the saddle and 150 minutes down to Red River canyon
Thomas
Jiajiu 加九 ridge east saddle
chocolate buyers
slanted kitchen roof draws out hot air
rain-proof ventilation
roof-top garden and compost
Peter inspecting tiles
Baboo
False Strawberry 蛇梅 Duchesnea chrysantha ??????? Fraisier des Indes ? ?? Potentilla indica
Elijah worried
coffee fruiting
stick bug
flowering wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
flowering wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
Jimson Weed, angel's trumpet 曼陀羅, 喇叭花 Datura suaveolens
Jimson Weed, angel's trumpet 曼陀羅, 喇叭花 Datura suaveolens
plantain
some forming cherries still on tree
immature cherries dropped by warming weather
cherries
plantain seeding
flowering acacia
butterfly
dandelion 蒲公英 taraxacum seed
Patricia
Tammy going down to the bus stop
Greg driving iinto Taipei
Kelly, Daphne, Jessie, Lisa, Klreen at Asiadnet
Eileen, Lisa, Greg, Jessie
Kelly, Daphne, Greg, Klreen
CKS Memorial Hall MRT station
mushroom
mushroom
butterfly
garden calendula 金盞花 blooms
Common Mapwing 石牆蝶 Cyrestis thyodamas
Common Mapwing 石牆蝶 Cyrestis thyodamas
sky burial
Peter, Jessie - cooking
Tammy making pizzas
Jessie and Tammy
overcooked? - Sarah, Jessie, Greg and Tammy
Sarah
Sarah the toy seller
Dan at Fu-Ba trailhead 福巴越嶺古道 in Fushan 福山- 9 AM
Jeff and Philip (photo by Dan)
Tammy and Dan
(Dan)
following a side stream down to the river
turn off to ChaKengShan 茶懇山 9:45
Woodland Beauty 七葉一枝花. Paris polyphylla flower
Bruce and Greg
Greg
nettles 咬人貓 Urtica thunbergiana
Panus rudis 野生革耳
mushroom
Yellow three stipe 黃三線蝶 Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus
Philip on the trail (photo by Dan)
working uphill (photo by Dan)
Strobilanthes formosanus 台灣馬藍
insect nests in the ground?
Tammy
bug
Bird's Nest Fern
new growth in Bird's Nest Fern 台灣山蘇花 Asplenium nidus
forestry sign attached
Dusky Fulvetta 頭烏線 Alcippe brunnea
Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
(photo by Dan)
Dan at Kuai Shan 檜山
Dan, Philip and Tammy at Kuai Shan (photo by Thomas)
Dan, Jeff, Ching, Tammy, Philip and Thomas (photo by Thomas)
Tammy making lunch (photo by Thomas)
(photo by Thomas)
An old Japanese era glass bottle has accumulated soil and moisture and gets just enough light to support a mini terrarium of life.
Tammy at the Kuai Shan turn-off 3PM
Dan, Jeff and Tammy
八角蓮 Dysosma pleiantha
Patricia & Jacques-Yves
Jeff and Dan over landslide
giant lingzhi
(photo by Dan)
Atayal wildlife names
"no hunting" sign at trail head (photo by Dan)
turn off to Kalamoji and Ma-An villages
matress
carrot harvest
last three
Return to site after three months in April looking down from Patricia's place
More watering, fertilizer and seeds still not working on the slope
Algis
Some regrowth, lots of chemical fertilizer and signs of eutrophication
watered area fairing worse than less watered areas
serious erosion of the slope; gardener has added new soil and tried to seed again
water pump/septic?
Sand/silt washed down from the slope
the original guerllia garden
seedling starters
Peter showing solar ovens
一善 presenting edible landscapes
Peter, 一善, Russ and Tammy
Formosan beauty berry 杜虹 Callicarpa formosana (Amis: chi-hak)
flowering wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
flowering wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
bugs on bamboo sprouts
Elijah and Baboo in the Bamboo
Farmhouse well
Farmhouse
Tea
trail leading back to the farmhouse
Baboo and Elijah on the trail above abandoned tea
Taoist temple through planted betel nut
Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 Acacia confusa flowers
Tammy and Baboo at the temple on the lower forest path
rice paddys below the Girl Scout Training Center
illuminated field in front of the Girl Scout Training Center
hazy sunset from the terrace
compost tumbler with castors
dates
Dudu and Lucy
David, Philip and Tammy (photos by David Ma)
acacia 相思樹 Acacia confusa
Baboo smells a bird
Pristine tomato patch
urban garden
Wenzhou gardener
Farewell Juergen World Jam at German Culture Center
Farewell Juergen World Jam at German Culture Center
Dan's new Toyota Zace Surf
home garden
home garden
home garden
home garden
Christopher, Laurie-Beth and Tammy at the waterfall
Philip and Joshua at the waterfall (photo by Laurie)
Josh crossing
Tammy
Begonia blossom (photo by Laurie)
Formosan Sugar Palm 山棕 Arenga tremula flower
Joshua
Atayal fishermen
fishing Taiwan shoveljaw carp 苦花 Varicorhinus barbatulus Atayal: tmmanquleh
(photo by Laurie)
Joshua engages the fishermen
Joshua
Christopher
mountain boar stew
the trail back
Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道 head bridge over Yakongxi stream 軋孔溪
the Nanshixi 南勢溪 river below
Joshua in the bamboo
morning walk
camouflaged vegetables
Baboo in the grass field above the house
Lucky from his garden downstairs
Making the base for a compost tumbler
Finished (pilot) project
Calendula and kidney beans (home grown), purple corn, and sweet bell peppers (collected from organic produce)
making seed balls - Patricia and Suzi
Patricia holds home-made A-frame level used to map contours
Looking left halfway down the entrance road
Another view looking SE from entrance road
Further down the road toward middle of property
Looking down toward Dahu lake, left turn ahead follows stream, gardens
Good, healthy vegetation
looking right along road through cleared areas, gardens
Signs of land use, compaction
bird's-eye view of restored slope 3/14/2010 (top)
bird's-eye view of restored slope (bottom)
whole tangerines are removed to the nearby forest (cleave and toss instructions needed)
slope top side view
side view looking toward adjacent farm/garden
dog path to the forest below
stable back area, dog path at bottom edge
endemic 茄苳Bisxhofia javanica Blume trees recently planted along edge
other low bushed (osmanthus) and Taiwan cypress along bottom edge
Patricia monitors the site's changes; papayas and dragon fruit planted slightly more inward.
looking up restored slope area
Nice farm gardens
Stream and signs of flooding in the past
Evidence of generational cultivation
Walking to the SE tip of the property,
Thin strip with trees below steep hill area in SE "bottom" of property, recycling area to left
Concrete pavilion structure at the very end
Signs of flooding, poor drainage
Retaining access road with curb
Another view looking SE? of access road/pavillion
walking back to the parking area
Abandoned construction?
Looking south from parking lot up the hillside
Dahu Park
Dahu lake in distance
More bus routes and new MRT station nearby
Sarah at Cafe Bastille
pupa of Spangle 黑鳳蝶 Papilio protenor
free range chickens
小范
immature wild wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
Elijah prowling
pupa
garden tomatoes
Tammy on the Wulai bus
budding Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 Cassia fistula
adolescent black bulbul
wood ear
Greg and Jessie taxi us to Taipei
Stefani
sandwich
terrace garden
terrace garden
terrace north
walk with Dan in Mucha 6/24 - temple gardens
walk with Dan in Mucha 6/24 - temple gardens
Wulai Shell Ginger 烏來月桃 Alpinia uraiensis
Poison bulb 文殊蘭 Crinum asiaticum
Mucha hills orchard garden
local temple
dead vole
trail to 興隆山
Dan in the bamboo
3-D gardening design
back down to Mucha
thrown out plants in tree planter waiting for soil
Tammy at the juice store
flowering and fruiting wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
Shu-min
Josh of Kaohsiung DAT stirring raffle tickets
Erow wins Obama paper dolls book
Graham, our host at the bar
Tammy, Erow and Steffani
the party picks up
the bar thickens
looking for the bus stop
on the bus to the subway
SouthEast Cement from the HSR
sunflower on the terrace
sunflower getting ready to open
tomatoes
green tomatoes
young eggplant
Calendula
corn in the terrace garden
homemade bread and homegrown tomato
harvested tomatoes
down to the river at about 1.4k in dry rocky stream bed, 10:15
down to the river, view up the stream bed
upstream
wild tomatoe
Philip
downstream
quick snack before heading downstream
10:45
Greg
Greg
frog
downstream
upstream, 12:15
upstream, 12:30
downstream
Russ
Russ and Daphne watch Greg skirt the cliff
Daphne supervises, Russ spots
at the beach, 2 PM
upstream
downstream
Russ
stream flower
trail head rapids
Philip
walking through clearcut fields
approaching Tongluo township 銅鑼鄉
tree hug
ladybug in the camphor
school gate, 10:30 AM
Yarong driving
Hsuhua presents his plan
composting toilet
野杜虹
Gourian Clematis 串鼻龍 Clematis gouriana
local earth god temple
betel nut
web covered plant
butterfly on elder
flies on elder
Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
aiyu 愛玉子 Ficus pumila L. var. awkeotsang (Makino)
fern
dew on web
Short-legged Japalure 短肢攀蜥 Japalura brevipes
Short-legged Japalure
view out from shelter
薑荷花
Hsuhua's dog
driveway test as we leave, 2:15 PM
second student's plot, 3:20 PM
Daiwen picking guava
Tammy
the farmers
view of the L shaped plot
the tung trees have been removed from the forest, the ground is now overrun with heartleaf hempvine 蔓澤蘭 Mikania cordata
Tammy
Peter eating dragon fruit (pitaya) 火龍果 Hylocereus
Philip
leave at 5:30, we drive back to Taipei in heavy rain
Common Lime Butterfly 無尾鳳蝶 Papilio demoleus
Tammy at Politics 2.0, July 26
Mari and Katherine
Tammy, Steffani and 小范
Klaus
Tammy, Stefani and 小范
fishermen and couple on opposite bank
小范
Stefani
Tammy
小范
Stefani
Tammy on the watermelon
Tammy
小范
Stefani
Tammy
Stefani and 小范 in Atayal bamboo home
Adam and Stephani from Politcs 2.0 at LanHou falls 蘭吼瀑布 above the Wuzhong bridge 五重橋 over WuZhong stream 五重溪
Elijah in the Girl Scout's field
lower Guishan bridge 下龜山橋 at 燕子湖
view upstream from our room
Dan gets hot headed
Stefani chills
Tammy - almost 46C
Dan in cold water
intermission gathering spot
the river rages by below
beautiful Julong 巨龍
banana fruit and flower
Gloria and Stefani
making the wish
Dan
praying mantis eats butterfly from fennel
Yellow-Mouthed Tree Lizard 黃口攀蜥 Japalura polygonata xanthostoma
machinery tower on Zhitan ridge
tire stairway
animal shelter? off the road
coordinates
field of cassava 木薯 Manihot esculenta
mushrooms
farm pond
the road cuts through stone
fruiting betelnut
flowering Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 "a-bu-le" Cassia fistula
flowering papaya
Philip in the elevator at Pristine
apple bananas and mermaid fingers at the Santa Cactus
Fall terrace garden
Russ at Pristine
Sarah at KGBs
Tammy, Sarah and Greg at KGBs
flowering Tropical Almond 大業欖仁 (other names:枇杷樹、雨傘樹、龜仔樹楠仁樹、環保樹) Terminalia catappa L.
Robin and APGN gang meet up at Tucheng Armory Depot 土城丹藥庫
One of our local hosts
Robin and Li-lan 麗蘭 introduce the area and history
Walking to two other structures/location considered for conference use in Zone 1
Walking toward one of the bunker buildings
Forested paths between the buildings
Supposedly surveilled
Bunker building from the front
Lilan and George under the hoops
Another structure up on a hill overlooking the area
Aquaculture (mosquito breeding?)
Bunker building from the side
building remains with older and newer constructed walls
Lotus pond in Zone 2 associated with legend about baby crying and saving the brass
Nice organic farms in Zone 3
Local nature workshops and car recycling
beautiful organic garden/farm (Li-lan's) in Zone 3
T-shirt message: "The heavens are watching what we do."
environmentalist Liu Li-lan 劉麗蘭 and two other local hosts
Picking guava
Post-site inspection good-byes
Gate to front of another host's place
GuangXing 廣興 below
homestead at the end of the road
Two Dragons Mountain 二龍山
Greg - steep descent to Guishan 龜山
Sometimes a great teacher comes up the mountain
Tammy and Alan
inspecting the farmhouse
drainage from the farm
new dog rules
flowering and fruiting papaya
Sarah and a balloon
three judges of the kangaroo court
disasters can catch people in the streets in their pajamas
victms of Morakot must take care of themselves
救一救
Triangle Skimmer, Lesser Blue Skimmer, Libellula melania 鼎脈蜻蜓 Orthetrum triangulare
crickett
Leopard Spot 黃三線蝶 Symbrenthia hypselis scatinia
elder 冇骨消(蒴翟) Sambucus formosana Nakai
Dan, Jonathan, Tammy
Formosan Piedwing 中華珈蟌 (北台亞種) Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus (male)
Stejneger's grass lizard 蓬萊草蜥 Takydromus stejnegeri
相鄰小孔菌 Microporus affinis
washed out road facing
shelter
Tammy
Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 Matrona cyanoptera, female 雌 endemic 台灣特有種
Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 Matrona cyanoptera, male 雄 endemic 台灣特有種
Tammy
Tammy
Dan
Tammy and Jonathan
grass seed
Jonathan and Tammy
Wild melons
melon close up
grass orchid in the stairs to the house
Sunset from the terrace
roadside weed
fruiting Shell Ginger 月桃 Alpinia zerumbet
door orchid flowering
home gate
Taoist temple emerges from the clouds
sprouting driftwood in the terrace garden
horsetail 木賊屬 Equisetum bud greeting
flowering lemon verbena 檸檬馬鞭草 aloysia triphylla
flowering passion fruit 百香果 Passiflora edulis vine flower
Sarah
female Common Hedge Blue 台灣琉璃小灰蝶 Acytolepsis puspa myla on a bergamont bloom ?
Common Grass Yellow 荷氏黃蝶(黃蝶) Eurema hecabe
Sarah and Mantou 饅頭
female Indian Fritillary 黑端豹斑蝶 Argynnis hyperbius
yellow orchid flowering at front door
Mimi on Adrian's doorstep
flowering passion fruit 百香果 Passiflora edulis vine flower
tea with Alan and 孟蕙
Saturday morning - Tammy, Dan, Baboo and Elijah
Chestnut Tiger 青斑蝶 Parantica sita niphonica in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
iridescent beetle in solanum
zhu2bo2
unfurling frond
male Purple Sapphire 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
endemic Tongeia hainani 台灣黑燕蝶 in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
Dan and Philip
Dan and Philip
red berries
Dan
Philip photographing Tammy (photo by Dan)
Alpinia sp.
flowering orchid
Forest Bureau work manifest (photo by Dan)
flowering orchid
AnBaoJian Mtn 暗寶劍山 680m
back toward ZhiTan Mtn 直潭山 or 2.6k to Barefoot Orchid Mtn 赤腳蘭山
Philip
Dan collecting trash
Dan and Tammy inspect a discarded screen
praying mantis (photo by Dan)
female Glassy Tiger 姬小紋青斑蝶Parantica aglea maghaba in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
home orchid
young White plum blossom snake, Formosa wolf snake 白梅花蛇 Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati in a gutter hear home
second bedroom
Taiwan maple near our place
Mimi checks construction
maple leaves
Tammy crossing the Girls Scouts' field
Recycling station near SongDe
Inside Yangmingshan National Park
Area where fumaroles dot the earth from sulfure-laden geothermal vents
area where restaurant used to be before it burned down
downhill side of parking lot
more discussion about development ideas
forest area to the north
local farmer/vendor
buying baked sweet potatoes
local vegetables
recycling
looking at drawings, plans
mid-winter garden on west corner
swiss chard, beets, lettuce, comfrey, parsley and peppers
giant dandelion plant
rosemary, nettles, basil, peppers, dandelion
nettle flowers
parsley bloom
papyrus flowers
nettle leaves
test shots wtth Powershot A570 IS
Baboo
Elijah 1/15
Tammy at Mary Jane's
TaiDa Bamboo sculpture at night
late Jan. growth
Philip and rhino at Pristine
The Amis in their dance friendly clothes and flourescent fringe.
Paiwan traditional and updated fashion
Small number of Turuku speakers
Traditional pouring vessel
Basket (traditional?)
Lots of flowers in the Puyuma designs
Puyuma known for their cross stitch patterns and other stitching techniques
At the Syue Mountain Trailhead 雪山登山口 2140m
3.5k to the Taoshan 桃山 trailhead camp site
Bruce
Mike before Taoshan 桃山
Bruce and Mike
Alishan Gentian 阿里山龍膽 Gentiana arisanensis
Philip and Mike recirculating
bamboo in the snow
snowy path
Mike at a crossroads
Dabajian mtn 大霸尖山
bamboo in the snow
bamboo in the snow
bamboo in the snow
bamboo in the snow
bamboo in the snow
Hsuehshan (Snow Mountain) 雪山 through the trees
cherry blossoms 1/24
datura
pregnant papaya
red ivy, green wall
visit Alan, 1/24
construction fail
carpeted stone
microcosmos
Elijah passes away on 2/5
stairs viewed from kitchen
small landslide behind Girl Scouts camp
flowering pineapple sage
landlord's clown entrance above us
clown in the cherry blossoms
view from kitchen
added cherry blossom color
end of razor grass seeding
Mimi, Lucy and Lucky on the girl scouts' field
Lucy
cherry trees blossom in front of our landlord's front door redesigned as the face of a clown
view down the stairs
entertainment by CISA staff
dance number by CISA staff
drinking and toasting all around
gulps of red wine
hiking group warms up at MRT plaza
Open Space Technology preparations
more growth in the garden - let's eat
strawberry and sweet marjoram
figs
mushrooms
Peipei crossing a bridge
resting at the stream crossing
Peipei
Philip
Huck
Huck and Jason
Jason and Tammy
Jason and Tammy
Tammy and Jason
Peipei and Huck
Peipei and Huck
Tammy
a small landslide
Jason and George
mushrooms on the trail steps
male Plumbeous Water-redstart 鉛色水鶇 Rhyacornis fuliginosa
Scaly Thrush, White's Ground Thrush 虎鶇 Zoothera dauma a winter resident in NGC
coprophilic mushrooms
toward Cingtiangang 擎天崗
new broad-leaf fern 雙扇蕨 Dipteris conjugata
Mimi
male Mnais tenuis damselfly 細胸珈蟌(雄) endemic to Taiwan
from Cingtiangang 擎天崗 toward Pingdengli 平等里
mushrooms
heavy traffic on tomb sweeping weekend
Pinghsi turn-off
Native taro growing in confluence of village run-off and stream
Dan at first stairs
Furong (a kind of hibiscus)
passion fruit and flower
typical Asian vegetable growing config. leafy vegetables below with climbing fruit over
raised beds treated with fermenting organic compost
Taiwan Heliophorus 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae (Hoa-gi)
Early spring leafy vegetables
chives
vegetables, bamboo and bananas
organic vegetable garden
Dan at the crossroads
tree ferns used for protection of planted crops
tree fern frond
new groth on tree fern
stairs
Tammy coming up the stairs
Corydalis tashiroi Makino 台灣黃菫
Native Zanthoxylum
Cobra lily 天南星 Arisaema
coal on the ground
coal
black mushroom
dragonfly
相鄰小孔菌 Microporus affinis
mushrooms
Short-legged Japalure 短肢攀蜥 Japalura brevipes
uncurling tree fern frond
Dan
toward Row Baan Ridge 肉板? at 549m
toward Sijhih-Pingsi Highway 汐平公路
grey-cheeked fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia on tree fern frond
Dan talking to a farmer along the trail
toward 四分尾山
Dan
La Vida Loca
butterfly
figs
skink
flowers
toward Stone Bamboo Shoot Peak 石筍尖 (is dangerous)
Tammy
Philip above parked motorcycle
Tammy
Philip at tunnel entrance
mushrooms
tree fern frond
Land Planarian 笄渦蟲 Bipalium kewense
Cobra lily 天南星 Arisaema
Tammy coming down the stairs
female Staff Sergeant 單帶蛺蝶 Athyma selenophora laeta
Tammy
Dan
Tammy is collecting lantern skeletons
unfurling tree fern frond
butterfly
back toward Jingtong 菁桐 and Pingsi 平溪
up toward Stone Bamboo Shoot Peak 石筍尖 at 520m and Shu Lang Peak 薯榔尖 at 622m
Common Raven 無尾白紋鳳蝶 Papilio castor formosanus
Common Windmill 大紅紋鳳蝶 Byasa polyeuctes termessus caught in web
Baboo convalescing
Baboo and Tammy
carrot flower
papyrus flower
Baboo
flowering mango
home stretch
Tung tree 油桐..Vernicia fordii blossoms
Tung blossom snow in the forest
Viva Pasta
Pristine elevator
urban farming
back lane near Taida and Pristine office
Subway
birth of a swarm of beetles?
dispersing to find food
dispersing to find food
Taiwan Lily
Black Drongo 大卷尾 Dicrurus macrocercus
Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 Acacia confusa flowers
Giant taro 海芋
Jimson Weed 曼陀羅 Datura suaveolens flower pods
gauge panel
magnolia 木蘭 about to bloom
福木 clusiaceae trees in bloom
traditional Japanese-era roofing
mango babies
Ficus tree where Baboo's sister was buried
Linkou Taiping Coastal Trail head 林口鄉 太平濱海懷舊古道入口
Our guide on local ecosocial history 陳健一（板橋社大講師，湳仔溝水岸聯盟召集人）
Attempts at preventing land slide
bunker remains 廢棄的碉堡
approaching the stack of the Bali incinerator
Sierra and Tammy
discussion on how the raised expressway virtually cut off flow of people/goods/business on each side
abandoned fishing boats
fisherman's shelter under coastal roadway
one of four streams with household, industry and pig waste pollution
Washed up debris from?
And plant life emerges
plastic wool
fly with us
coast flowers
and sofa
wood washed up from the bottom of the ocean
very well colonized
typical looking Taiwan waste
lost buoys
rocks rolled and cracked by the pounding waves
young dogs on the edge of the dry pond
rocks and plastic sand
look well fertilized with animal and other waste
lin tou or some other pineapple relative?
Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠
Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠
debriefing
Sierra at Hongfu temple 洪福宮
Alan and Menghui at newly opened NGC Cafe as Alan departs to India
forest rat on the path
carrying Baboo up to the field
carrying Baboo back home
back home
young whistling thrush 紫嘯鶇 at home
Zingiberaceae 月逃, NGC, 6/11
conference of frogs
microenvirons
Down to the river
Bruce exploring the Fushan church
NGC 6/21
bug on chrome
woman on training doing sodoku puzzle
Shijih from the train
right before second rice harvest of year
Arriving at Wenxian's farm
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
multi-faith gathering of earth lovers
永浚夫妻的Perma寶寶小悅也來囉/ even perma-kids have come
文獻「凹」兩個寶貝女兒畫的農場平面分區/Wenxian gives overview of farm
玉華全副武裝，穿了雨鞋！Yuhua is fully prepared for work
介紹「加留沙埔」的由來
芭樂樹
好吃的花生！peanuts from the farm
介紹樸門原理之一：多層次栽種Wenxian introduces permaculture layering principle
Guava cultivation
pest control for Guava
water trough serves to draw water away from house
walk about before we start work
Entering the park 滿月圓國家森林遊樂區, 8AM
大家聽得很認真meeting in shady place for pre-work intro to tools
Wenxian in the Galangal 南薑 nan2jiang1
preparing to harvest bamboo for eating
when to harvest: soil just cracking where bamboo tip will emerge
Lovely sculpted area for meeting/resting
這是竹筍！bamboo tip ready for harvest
getting our work instructions
truly a green oasis now
vegetables, herbs in front and orchard in back
artificial pond created for massive water retention
herbs growing here and there
毛豆，七月底要收成 green soybean (maodou) harvesting at end of July
Local sedge grass seed and pentacle pattern
Eric and Bruce at Beichatianshan 北插天山, 1728m, noon
Philip checks out the path to Fushan
food forest gardening
eggplant, beans, herbs
這是什麼？
一起來摘菜，準備午餐材料：茄子、長豆、生菜、牛蒡
sunflowers dot the fields
native flora
慈美老師發現牛蒡新功能：遮陽！（也算是一物多功能的樸門原理！）
cassava
baby washup 1
nice touch to otherwise ugly electric meter
local friend farmer
gathering for lunch
大功告成，辛苦了！（中間還有Peter準備火箭爐、Fay領軍一起煮麵.....但是煙霧太大沒有拍照）
美食上桌！香椿乾麵、生菜、茄子、南瓜、豆子、花生、絲瓜、竹筍、蘿蔔與鳳梨、還有Tammy帶來自種醃製甜菜根....
around the table
gathering around the table to eat
more singing
we all sing
finally, we eat
開動囉！
文獻妻子小葉子回來，補上美麗的蕃茄 lovely little tomatoes wrapped in elephant ear leaf
下午體驗活動開始 afternnon event starts
林大哥和德川伯幫忙切西瓜
Huck Lin, and environmental educator visiting/working in Taiwan
review of work
Wenxian instructs
Getting ready to show the tools
Tool for potatoes or other small root crops.
Wulai waterfall
觀察哪裡有竹筍可以挖
瞧！切下來後，要把底部沾土，以鎖住裡面的水分
many tips to harvest
the removal starts
這一區是太老的竹子，需要壯丁們協助徹底除根
a very laborious process
the pick comes out
others harvest bamboo tips
Jungle Queen 環紋蝶 Stichophthalma howqua formosana
Tammy appraoches picnickers
removal almost there
complete excavation necessary, no running roots can be left behind
雖然有的竹筍還不大，挖出來超有成就感！Ta 與Tammy合作愉快
阿立發現有找竹筍的天賦
力氣不後還是需要林大哥幫忙，老農果然經驗豐富。
又找到一棵！
竹筍寶寶
backbreaking work
辛苦挖出來的竹子根塊
Zach 覺得非常有趣，不但滿手竹筍，連頭上也冒出來了
淑芳：這比挖竹筍輕鬆多了！
原來整株花生長這樣
Fay很開心
永浚也來一張
怡誠和維茵也戰果豐碩
文獻來張獨照
葉大哥也加入
好棒！滿滿的花生！
該怎麼辦呢？
看出根部有豆科植物常見的根瘤菌嗎？
來把花生處理一下
peanut harvest ready for initial processing - removing the peanuts from the plants!
Ahli harvests bamboo
peanut harvest production
peanut processing
processing almost complete
Tammy
return to the farmhouse to clean up and ready for closing
final presentation by Wenxian
final question and answer
appreciating the day and Wenxian's sharing
Wenxian sends everyone home with cleaned, steamed tasty peanuts
song to the earth and our connection to life
back on the road back to Taipei with Peter in his car
Jack
power in betel nut
3.5k on the Siji lindao 四季林道, 1260m, 9:00AM
Ken, Tammy and Philip
forest fire in April of 1999
Jialuohu 加羅湖, 2250m, 12:30 noon
a favorite noodle and sushi/sashim place
Bruce
Philp, 1695m, 2PM
Nutrified seepage
Waiting for the bus at the bottom of our community
Drupal conference
Drupal conference - Jimmy and OS friend
wooden walls, 9/8
knocked out, 9/8
glue, 9/15
flooring
Moving day, 9/16
Old office water meter, 9/20
black-throated laughing thrush 黑喉噪? (H?i hou zao mei) Garrulax chinensis
fisherman in the river along the train tracks
stream in Shuangshi 雙溪 area
Yilan 宜蘭
crossing the Nan-ao Nan River 南澳南溪
Heping 和平
Jim at Taroko National Park 太魯閣國家公園橫
up the gorge along the Liwu river 立霧溪
Tunnel of Nine Turns 九曲洞
Tunnel of Nine Turns 九曲洞
Tunnel of Nine Turns 九曲洞
Tunnel of Nine Turns 九曲洞
local traffic
Bridge of the Kind Mother 慈母橋
Jim at Bridge of the Kind Mother 慈母橋
Siangde Temple 祥德寺 from Tianfeng Pagoda 天峰塔
Tianfeng Pagoda 天峰塔
Guanyin 觀世音 Goddess of Mercy in a dried up ocean
Siangde Temple 祥德寺
Siangde Temple 祥德寺
Guanyin 觀世音 Goddess of Mercy
overhang
among stones
View south along Roosevelt Road from Pristine balcony
Formosan Blue Magpie 臺灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
Black Bulbul 紅嘴黑鵯 Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Formosan Blue Magpie 臺灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
Adrian cares for a friend's dog
city gov building planner and construction firm people
home peppers
broken roof leaks
landlord's clown entry
Lucy yawns
chicken being baked in clay urns
stakeholder meeting participants
beginning of long climb
Philip framed by forest
safety lines next to landslide
lots of stairs
nice old tree
stairs and more stairs
shaded gentler climb
cluster of subcostate crape myrtles 九芎 Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne
erosion control using alternating buffers to slow the water down
diversion design with rocks at end to slow speed and reduce erosion
more substantive control barrier at the end of this diversion
clearer picture of the alternating buffer to create a slower, meandering flow
the main walks
fruit stop one
hot enough for shorts
micro-forests
mushrooms
Dan coming up the trail
Dan stays in front of us most of the way
catching up with a few other larger groups
lots of dogs on the trail that day
inspiration for Japanese animes
together at the foot of an ancient tree
looking up
someone attempted to fell the tree many years ago
large crepe myrtle
heading back down
Philip smiles
going down is much harder than going up
stairs put more repetitive strain on knees than uneven rock paths
finally back to the rocky path again
fungus
side conversation among construction people prior to stakeholder meeting
crepe myrtle with interesting shape/history
End of the trail. Do not enter.
Looking over the water area that has become a popular play area
butterfly food plants
preparing and selling Matzu bamboo shoots
local farmers sell their produce to the visitors
flowering tumeric
Oleander Hawk-moth 夾竹桃天蛾 Daphnis nerii
Fairy Lily 玉簾 Zephyranthes candida
first floor back classroom
olive frog 腹斑蛙 Babina adenopleura
coffee fruiting
Nick and Taroko Gorge
6th floor - ESS
server room
going back home
Narita, Japan airport
Kendall working on the ducting
Hippy Nicholas in Hunter S. Thompson substyle
Cindy off from work
Cupcake (or Angel) and Sybill
Cupcake
More new patio and outside shower (ideas for a greenhouse)
Mom looking bright
Indie and Ginger
fall sunset
mountains in the distance
Mom and Jacquita
Mom, Jacquita and Cindy
Nic and Aunt Tammy
Sleepy Cindy
Jacquita and Mom at J's place
Visit to client/friend of Cindy's
Mom at the backdoor to her place
Sexy Cindy
Mom's backyard w/ shed
Scrappy-doo up close
Outdoor eating area
Neighboring unit in the back
backyard fence
side w/shed
back porch
Mom and Britney
petroglyphs
petroglyphs
petroglyphs
butterfly in the lantanas
female broad-billed hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris
kitchen
tiles stacked in bedroom
lawn care
Waterlily with variegated leaves
Giant Waterlily
Pinecone Ginger - Zingiber zerumbet
Mother-of-pearl-plant, Ghost plant 石蓮花 Graptopetalum paraguayense
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia
Red Buckeye
Nage - Podocarpis nagi
Bamboo works
Malabar Spinach 落葵 Basella alba
comfrey, knitbone - Symphytum
Roselle 洛神花 Hibiscus sabdariffa
Giant Castor Bean Plant 蓖麻 Euphorbiaceae
mini bananas
herb garden
Cuban Oregano 到手香 Plectranthus amboinicus
rosemary flower
Vick's plant 維琪到手香Plectranthus purpuratus
Coral Bean (Cherokee Bean) 火炬刺桐 Erythrina herbacea
Pitcher plant like?
Clumping bamboo
end of the day
Old Barn
back yard
Ophelia
final light
Tammy
sandwiches
Poe Springs feeds into the Suwannee River
Christopher
Christopher in the kitchen
swale work
Jim coming upstream
Wood Stork
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
roots
family of deer on the bank
Great Egret
Great Egret
flycatcher
turtles on a log
Santa Fe River
Great Egret
back at HQ
Christopher and Bella
Christopher and Bella
swale work
sculpture on the way down our stairs
Night Blooming Cereus (Queen of the Night) 曇花 (tan2hua1) 花苞 Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw
web of power
Aralia bipinnata 裡白?木(台灣?木)
Silver grass, Sword grass 五節芒 Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex S.& L.
Bushiban Pub
Entering Rong-ze's garden plot
start of an herb patch
path down to the river
place to dip your toes above a cascading waterfall
cascading waterfall upstream
planted lintou
back at the garden plot to collect sweet potato leaves and other vegetables
Zisu, at the end of its season and maybe a bit nutritionally deficient
Rong-ze collecting leafy vegetables for dinner
collecting veggies
seed head of a locally edible grass
Address of Rong-ze's place in Xinxian
bug
treating power insulators
Spoonleaf Kalanchoe 倒吊蓮 Kalanchoe spathulata (Poir.) DC.
Starfruit in Wenzhou neighborhood
cat on the stairs down from the house
butterfly
Edible giant, purple-stemmed taro and non-edible elephant's ear, 姑婆芋 Alocasia macrorrhiza
forest path
a new side path
forest farming
Paul's plot in NGC
Baboo in the Girl Scout field
retired NGC water treatment plant
Rd 10 from above
Salad fixins - nasturtium flowers, dandelion, lettuce and parsley
Formosan Whistling-Thrush 台灣紫嘯鶇 Myophonus insularis dressed for cold
second home bean harvest
Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis
Black-collared Starling 烏領椋鳥Sturnus nigricollis
Chuck and Bruce
Atractomorpha sinensis.pinkwinged grasshopper.紅后負蝗 on.Coriandrum sativum.Cilantro, Chinese Parsley.芫荽
Laurie Beth (photo by Russ)
Philip (photo by Russ)
Joshua (photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
Peter presents composting (photo by Russ)
Tammy presents rainwater harvesting (photo by Russ)
compost bins (photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
seeds and plants (photo by Russ)
solar ovens (photo by Russ)
(photo by Russ)
auctioning the banana circle (photo by Russ)
Tammy demonstrating rocket stoves (photo by Russ)
Shanna, Tammy, Philip, Jason (photo by Russ)
coral wall homes
traditional general store
Joshua at the animal farm
Raja leads
Raja checks
rare scholarly women guardians
old bridges
intricate ceiling
facing out to the ocean
so many people
graves
locust
bathroom
glass fishermen's buoys
Joshua and Laurie's pad
views from the roof
cold tea for the drive to the snorkeling beach
ne of several halls (tings) with a different Buddha or Bodhisatva
Kuan-yin (Guanyin) manifestations
Buddha and Buddhist Saints
Reclining Kuan-yin (Guanyin)
Tantric Kuan-yin (Guanyin)
Granite Meditation
Lotus Meditation I
Lotus Meditation II
Lotus Meditation III
Lotus Meditation IV
Kuan-yin (Guanyin) in the Grass
Philip in Spanish-flavored arch with Southeast Asian iconography
Laurie and Joshua at their favorite "temple"
Jeff, Sarah and Greg
Sarah and Greg
Sarah and Jessie
Tammy
Tammy helping Michelle
Christopher and Paul
Anne-Marie and Marie-Claire
Tammy and Kendall
Paul, Cindy, George, Marc, Anne-Marie, Christopher, Marie-Claire, Pierre
spider photography
spider
lizard
Tammy, Marc, Cindy, Pierre. Atlas, Marie-Claire, Anne-Marie, George
Pierre
Marc, Philip, Anne-Marie
Marc and Philip
Tammy
Pierre and Anne-Marie
Marc, Philip and Christopher
Santa Fe river
egret
kingfisher
kingfisher
duck
Marie-Claire, Pierre, Anne-Marie
meeting of friends
at work in the kitchen
Tammy and fire truck in the shop
Carthage market
house view from the east side
turkeys
Ken at Mark's
Tammy, Ken and Gayle
back in the kitchen
mushrooms
hummingbird
Brenda and Tammy
Cindy and Kendall's work room
Brenda and Nicholas
Cindy
Tammy and Cindy
Brenda, Cindy and Tammy
Brenda, Cindy and Tammy
Kendall preparing rocket engines
Kendall and Tammy
Zoe
Philip and Kendall
Scrappy
Tammy, Brenda, Paul and Cindy
A17939 jacket 上衣
A17941 jacket 上衣
台東鐵樹
Orchid cultivation with more natural materials
discarded nest of a parasitic insect of the 小實孔雀豆
Fans - most to least environmentally friendly and functionally efficient - traditional palm fan, paper/wood fan, plastic/wood fan, plastic fan
study of fruit sectioning and seeding from original to cultivated form
name of book showing evolution of cultivated fruits
銀葉樹leaves
seeds used for jewelry and accessories
comparison of normal 孔雀豆 and 小實孔雀豆
ferns spores
looks like a stone but is a seed
楓香
close look at ancient tree fern species
蛇木
aquaculture
celery stalks harvested from our home terrace garden
green stick bug in edible purple plant
饑荒草wild chrysanthemum growing in medium at Xinhai road near Taidian MRT station
broad-leaf plantain with 蛇梅 in the grass of field above our house
通泉草
field aflower
path of slate salvaged from a nearby renovation project
potential compost site near girl scout camp gate and top of path to two sections of residences
area at the bottom of our neighborhood
Tammy
juvenile Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 Gorsachius melanolophus
juvenile Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 Gorsachius melanolophus
B17937
B17938
D17943 pouch 小袋
up the road from ShiDing 石碇
toward HuangDiDian 皇帝殿
Tammy on the path
Dan checking out the signs
Tammy and Dan resting
Philip
frog
marker
Dan
Philip
Bella, Anne-Marie, George and Phelan
Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis formosae in budding Taiwan cherry 山櫻花 Prunus campanulata
Black-naped Monarch 黑枕藍鶲 Hypothymis azurea oberholseri
White's Thrush 虎斑地鶇 Zoothera dauma
Tammy in the Bamboo
Jim and Tammy in the Agrimony
final steep stretch down to the river
the river below
first dive in the river
Tammy taking pictures of Jim's jump
upstream
Jim and Philip
back across
Jim goes for it
emerging
the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 flows below the road toward Wulai
lunch at Julong
boar shish kebab
Wulai town from the coffee shop
upstream
bicycle coffee
Tongho stream toward the east
Jim and Tammy on the bridge to downton Wulai
Formosan ferret badger 鼬獾 (you4 huan1) Melogale moschata subaurantiaca in gin trap
Mindy and her friend visit for new years
Lunch with Mindy and Larry
Daiwen visits
cherry litter in the bird bath
Baboo coming out for a walk
view from the kitchen
Dan and Thomas waiting for Bruce at the bottom of the NGC road, 6AM
Bruce at the head of the Xikeng trail, 7AM
Calanthe formosana 台灣根節蘭
Dan and Thomas crossing the first major stream
road structure visible
Thomas follows the old road bed cut through the mountan side
campsite
cooking fire
waterfall over road embankment
Thomas
mushroom
獅坑橋
Shikeng Bridge 獅坑橋, 2 hours in
tiny yellow bug
Dan and Thomas leaving the road 阿玉山登山口
200 minutes to Lumen mtn 露門山
120 mins to Xiaoyi 孝義 and 150 mins to Ayu mtn 阿玉山
bird for lunch
Dan in the rainforest
Thomas coming through the fog
back down to Shikeng Bridge 獅坑橋, 4PM
Bruce
upstream
downstream
old railway section
flower
southern Taipei city and beyond from balcony
mountains shadowed
sunset
Eye-browed thrush 白眉鶇 Turdus obscurus
looking out
dumplings with pumpkin sauce
Entrance to heritage site and surrounding land for potential organic farming project
Yiru and our hosts, development planners and hiking trails association meet at local school near project site
The school provides land for nursery projects.
ground cover legume
puny patch of azaleas barely visible
squash or melon on the loose
rocks used in design
more azaleas on poor soil behind the train station
train station (hardly used) serves as a community center of sorts
front of the Dafu train station; Dafu was a company town of people working in the sugar cane industry.
monoculture afforestation
Drive riverbed, even though rains have recently fallen.
Proposed conceptual plan for the site.
itinerant vegetable gardening
gin trap
overgrown irrigation channel
inside of village chief's "liang-ting"
Walk around the village
Use of drink cartons as mulch?
Jackfruit tree 波羅蜜 Artocarpus heterophyllus or A. heterophylla
Crested Goshawk
How many generations of millet seed saving?
panorama
Friend of Daiwen's husband met me at the station
district office downtwon Tainan
Formosan Ash 台灣光蠟樹 (白雞油) Fraxinus formosana Hayata, known for its excellent wood and air filtering and other properties
sign pointing back to where we started in Tainan city
close up of Daiwen's husband (right) and friend
first shot of Joy's lovely permaculture garden
healthy thick parsley
new growth and flower on old mango tree
Datura/Brugmansia?
lemons and marigolds
grey and blackwater biofiltering system
Nice chili pepper plant
seedlings
White Crane Flower 白鶴靈芝草Rhinacanthus nasutus, a flowering medicinal herb
dill in flower
one of several retention ponds to catch water during the rainy season
dill, marigold and oregano
Joy telling us how she starts seedlings in ground and protects them with plastic carton
Bajiao clump on side of property adjacent to open fields
view back toward the house
composting of all kinds and plants growing in the composted material
more composting and growing
composting and getting ready for climbing plants
another view of the house and regrowing mango trees
ginger growing in dryish mulch layers
Arrowhead 慈菇 Sagittaria sagittifolia L., an edible aquatic plant/vegetable with lovely flowers
close up of the Arrowhead plant and flowers
mulberry trimmed to keep the berries at hand
layered mulch, compost bins with happy parsley
big beet root left to grow for seeds
巴蔘菜, tumeric, New Zealand spinach, fennel, a plant that flowers all year and bees love it, behind fennel is yacon
huge fennel and bulbs
yarrow
Chinese radish (daikon) that survived the white moth catepillars, green onions and other plants near the foundation of the house
mulberry, unidentified seedling, and macadamia nut tree seedlings
avocado tree seedling
fennel, lettuces, celery, etc.
papaya blown sideways in typhoon
view of pathways and house
roses, tomatoes and more
view of one side of graden from atop the house
food, fragrance, COLOR!
inner zone and farther tree orchard area
Cascading water collection of the trees
beautiful white and purple coriander flowers
Calico Plant 紅莧 Alternanthera bettzickiana L., edible, very nutrious red ground cover
kitchen
front patio
Tammy on the ridge from Erlong 二龍山 to Zhitan Mtn 直潭山
sidepath north toward New Garden City
Tammy at Zhitan Mtn 直潭山, 728m
cardboard and other material used to suppress existing vegetation growth
Philip in the garden
inside getting cleared, outside area next
main entrance to site
Chu & Kathrin continue with clearing and mulching
stairs start to take form
and then dealing with the garbage...
all kinds of "treasures"
still lots more work to do
garden takes shape with spirals
Daiwen, Chu, & Mingzhu start marking out paths and beds
Daiwen works on garden bed soil
first manure is spread
Pile one
Pile two
Building materials for first spiral are a bit scarce - so we work with what we have
Daiwen
herb spiral one is planted
Wisteria 紫藤 Fabaceae
front of communal building with land owner's house and parking area above
A-hui and bread oven
Ya-ya on pest control
Daiwen, Tammy and Shenglin
toasting lemons
trellis and nursery next to the communal building
composting toilet
movable chicken house
當歸 Angelica sinensis
Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root 馬利筋 Asclepias tuberosa
spiral herb mound with lavender
fowl composters
waterway
a tree house
geese devasted the bordering greenery
playhouse above the composting toilet
grape trellis
a drought tolerant, hanging style daoshouxiang
Shenglin eating a green vegetable from the chrysanthemum family
Shenglin, Daiwen and ??
drying and curing herbal medicines
library and educational materials area and loft for overnighting above
3D spider
Jason, Chu, Stefani and others come out for the Sunday work/gathering.
Herb spiral plants likes the shade cloth.
Path and beds take shape, Soil-building w/ manure & rice husks.
Bottom terrace getting more light after partial clearing.
Xiao-er (small ears)
happy creature
the gardens from above
Bell pepper plant, constantly under siege so far by solanum-loving beetles
Dan and Paul ordering lunch in Houli 后里, 1:30PM
Mediterranean-inspired meal of tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, zucchini, and pine nuts with garden herbs on rice.
Sunset after thunderstorms
Syueshan bridge 雪山橋
gardens
retired logging equipment
Dan and Paul in our cabin
inside the cabins
Taiwan Yuhina 褐頭鳳鶥 (hè tóu fèng méi) Yuhina brunneiceps
Shaolai Siaosyue Mtn trail head at 35.2k 稍來小雪山步道登山口
Paul
the length of the trail is generously staired with repurposed railway ties
Dan
foxglove 毛地黃屬 Digitalis
pheasant crossing sign
Steere's Liocichla 黃痣藪鶥 (huáng zhì sǒu méi) Liocichla steerii
flowering milk thistle 乳薊 Silybum Adans
Philip carrying Baboo up to the field
home grown salad
View of second more overgrown lower terrace from inside the uncovered hoophouse.
Bottom terrace, large banana clump in back of Tammy.
wire shelves and pots near main entrance
shade cloth nearly buried by the plant growth
Greg and daughter Sarah
path we will use to avoid walking through neighbors flower garden
stairs of some kind certainly in order
third plot in very overgrown, damp plot - mushroom cultivation?
View of area between two upper/lower terraces
lower terrace from inside
View looking up where showing some dumping
nearby stream
looking back up from path going down to stream
first work - improve access to the site
clearing and cardboard mulching begins
growth is cut down close to the ground and left on the ground to compost under the cardboard
Patricia - taking the initiative
evidence of dumping of road construction waste originating near our house
Mingzhu with Baboo at garden planning and birthday party for Philip at our house
the basic site design is introduced
Finally, we manage to arrange for taking a truckload of horse manure from a ranch in Beitou
workshops and living quarters on the ranch
thank goodness for the little digger and its operator Rudy
the garden site work crew after our first manure moving
Everybody's buckets put to use moving the manure down to the site, and our new stairs our tested
second break and neighbor brings nice cucumbers to quench our thirst
lots of breaks after intense work sessions moving the warm manure
Peipei shovels for quite some time in the steamy inside of the covered truck bed
yet another break?
top and bottom bucket coordination the most tiring aside from shoveling
Chu getting ready for a last moving
relaying the buckets down the hill
two large piles of manure in front of the first terrace - looks small for two tons
Patricia finishes work on second spiral
building the path borders so that they are clearer
Patricia carries leaf mulch
Colorful summer chilies and tomatoes
stepping up
hunting
lower terrace nearly all cleared and ready to start earthworks
Tammy checking out the soil and land form of lower terrace
Dragon fly on small branch on tree flowering from the trunk and large branches
Group of houses/homesteads above the garden
A couple of weeks before harvest
Flower starts to drop petals
look from the bottom of the bananas
Jason takes receipt of the banana haul lowered down with sophisticated pulley system
Banana warriors
Happy banana harvest
What a haul of bananas 8 plus bunches, 150 bananas
inland wetlands and lakes dot the area
Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area, a particular favorite of bicycling and eco tourists.
Nice footbridge across the boggy parts of the wetland.
Ying-he-huan?
Advertising for places farther down the road.
We enter Hsuhai and note their banners.
Eagle and Ah-tse
Check out the walls documenting the visits of many travelers.
Mini museum of ethnic kitsch.
Well-appointed courtyard
Definitely the most eye-catching place in the whole town.
Eagle and Ah-tse
Edge of Hsuhai town
The roof of structure in front of the place Eagle and other volunteers had been staying has been blown down by the most recent typhoon.
Eagle expressing his frustration with his accommodations
More dog cuteness
Eagle doing some explaining.
Map of describing the freatures of the trail.
Accusations of "fake" environmental groups and falsehoods.
Convoluted rock forms
Ah-Tse, Eagle's joyfully calm companion, walking down the access road that cuts through the forest
The beach can be seen through the strip of coastal forest.
Taiwan Hai Tong.
An occupied and cultivated area in the forest not far from the beach.
Lintou, a native plant in the same family as the pineapple.
Remnants of cultivation
River leading out of the mountains to the sea.
Tropical coastal landscape
Beach and forest near nesting area
Small frog on the beach among the driftwood.
Conservation rules, and piles of collected, but not cleared trash
Philip and Eagle investigate.
We meet one of the main Paiwan clans of Nantian Village.
Housing quality in the area is extremely uneven. This is one of the better places, where we saw goats.
Tammy, Paules, and a younger brother.
Eagle in foreground, Paules' son behind.
Paules, her younger brother (middle) and older brother (right).
The clans decisionmakers including Paules' older brother (village chief, pointing) and mother to the right of him.
Village chief and Paules' son.
End of Highway 26, beginning of A-Lang-Yi Historic Trail.
Buildings in the area.
Where we stayed at the older brother's house
A sister-in-law of Paules runs this karoake restaurant seemingly popular with the locals
A simple but attractive place
Display of a journal reporting Taiwan/Formosa and aborigine topic
Art and legend
Bruce driving
Atayal decorated earth tunnel
Bruce gettng permits at the police Xinxian 信賢 station
beautiful cascading LanHou falls 蘭吼瀑布 at about midway from Wulai to Fushan
Fushan village 福山部落
Fushan village 福山部落
many people are going in to fish, only a few are hiking
nicely maintained part of the trail
Tammy and Bruce
typical lowland mountain wet ecosystem
Bird's nest ferns show abundance of rain
sun and shadow as we walk up along river valley
Tammy in monk mode clothing.
a view of the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 far below
Back into the forest after the trail traverses a landslide that has opened an area
mushrooms
Tammy and Philip
layers upon layers of vegetation
Straight, evenly spaced trees (single species) indicate an afforestation effort after logging.
Typical forest trail with begonia, ginger, ferns, and urtica family ground cover
snack by the stream
driving back in the rain
Another shot of the terrace garden's most westerly corner with the hazy valley void below and beyond.
Terrace edge garden - left side covered; right side not. New pots of herbs getting started.
Patricia and Menghui at the local flea market.
Taipei City Government extolling the virtues of greening projects (this by EP)
NZ spinach/warrigal green 蕃杏 under a lemon tree (by joy)
View of extended family homestead above garden area.
Garden expanding over neighbor's roof.
Terrace garden: Praying mantis protecting her eggs under her back wings.
greening and growing, the garden starts to look like a garden
Eggplant, green onions, chili peppers - summer crops start to produce
Okra plant just starting to fruit
Pumpkin that needs thinning
papayas in the banana/papaya circle have grown very quickly
Rosella (luosenhua) flowers, which will be harvested and used like a fruit, beginning to form,another hibiscus family plant,
A more leafy Rosella, with less flowers
Sweet potato leaves
another view of entrance to top terrace garden
Green chilies
Philip and Jacques-Yves conferring on their projects
Chinese radish (daikon) (by joy)
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
Dan at Ayu Mtn 阿玉山
Thomas
Bella at the spring
George, Phelan and Marc at camp
Phelan inspects a mushroom
Bella visits Ohio
Marc's summer garden
Megan, Miria, Crickett
George, Anne-Marie, Phelan, Crickett, Marc
Bella and Ophelia on the road home
Christopher with Bella and Ophelia
Bella and Ophelia
Spangle 黑鳳蝶/黑鳳蝶 Papilio protenor (photo by Dan)
Philip in front of Yellow rattan palm 黃藤 Daemonorops margaritae (photo by Dan)
Jonathan (photo by Dan)
traveler resting on mushroom (photo by Dan)
David, ?, Philip, Alice, De-wei (by David)
Rung-shan, David, Alice, Philip, De-wei (by David)
Stan's desk
new office - back room
old office - Philip's desk
old office - Russ's desk
old office - conference area
old office - machine room
old office - kitchen
old office - Tammy's desk
old office - Mr. Chen's desk
old office
old office - Larry's office
old office - entrance, Tammy at work
old office - David
old office - machine room
old office
new office
old office - Mindy in the kitchen
old office - Philip
old office - cleaning woman and landlord Wang