GoldMein??

Last night, I went to a little party for former GoldMine employees. It was great. I got to see some folks I had not seen in a long time. Doug, Dexter, John, Angel, Mark, Greg, Wilson, Steven, Jose ..... and our gracious host (who made us fresh baked cookies) Natalie.
It was a lot of fun... I don't have any photos, but I hope Natalie will post some..
Cheers you guys.
Dan.

Taiwan trip - 2007 (part trois) - blooming flowers!

My mother in law told us several times to go see the flowers blooming in Hsin She. We ignored her for a few days, and I will review something we did instead in my next post. However, we eventually made the trip. Now, the basic setup is that Hsin She is a farming town. While the big seller there is mushrooms, they grow many things and have weekend markets which can get very busy. At this time of year, they grow flowers and make a big show of it to attract people from the city to come spend money. Exploitation of nature is nothing new to humans. And, sometimes, it's actually pretty cool.

The fields in Hsin She were laid out with different

flowers and sections

where roped off for people to walk

through exhibits with placards in both English and Chinese. It was actually pretty cool. And, of course, we left with passion fruit and other fresh fruits and veggies from the market.