Like many of you, I am focused on Valentine’s Day….making special desserts for my family and distributing Valentines and hoping I get something nice from my special Valentine :^)
But there is also another special day to be celebrated, and that is the Chinese New Year. Now, I am not Chinese….but our family does celebrate the Chinese New Year. Why do you ask? Well, that is because 3 of our 5 children are Chinese – we adopted each of them from China. As a result, we were fortunate to have visited China three times.
And so in honor of the Chinese New Year, I would love to share with you some of the beautiful landscapes of China we visited….
The hills surrounding Hangzhou, Summer 2003
Martyrs Park, Changsha, Fall 2007
Purple Orchid Tree (Bauhinia), Guanzhou, Winter 2005
Martyrs Park, Changsha, Fall 2007
Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, Summer 2003
My husband and daughter, exploring the gardens around West Lake, Hangzhou, Winter 2005
Lotus growing on West Lake, Hangzhou, Summer 2003
Martyrs Park, Changsha, Fall 2007
The gardens of West Lake, Hangzhou, Winter 2005
Evidently, we are not walking fast enough for my daughter, who forged on ahead.
Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, Summer 2003
Shamian Island, Guanghzou, Winter 2005
I was completely unprepared for how beautiful the landscapes and gardens of China were. I hope to return when my children a bit older so that we can visit their homeland and see it’s beauty.
And so in closing, I wish for you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day and also Happy Chinese New Year!
