Tag Archive for: Chinese New Year

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….

beautiful landscapes of China

 The hills surrounding Hangzhou, Summer 2003

beautiful landscapes of China

Martyrs Park, Changsha, Fall 2007

beautiful landscapes of China

Purple Orchid Tree (Bauhinia), Guanzhou, Winter 2005

beautiful landscapes of China

Martyrs Park, Changsha, Fall 2007

beautiful landscapes of China

Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, Summer 2003

beautiful landscapes of China

 My husband and daughter, exploring the gardens around West Lake, Hangzhou, Winter 2005

Lotus growing on West Lake, Hangzhou, Summer 2003

Lotus growing on West Lake, Hangzhou, Summer 2003

Martyrs Park, Changsha, Fall 2007

Martyrs Park, Changsha, Fall 2007

The gardens of West Lake, Hangzhou, Winter 2005

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

Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, Summer 2003

Shamian Island, Guanghzou, Winter 2005

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!

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