Category: Reflection

  • Ancient Wind

    There’s something about standing here at the entryway of the Whitney Portal. Just be still and listen. The mountain doesn’t need to announce its existence, just being there is overwhelmingly enough. Water just sings its way down to the valley. And that wind! That ancient wind that blows from the high Sierras to the mighty…

  • July 4th

    It’s hard to believe July 4th is gone almost a week now. Sometimes it feels like jet leg after vacation, switching from vacation zone back to daily life. Looking back at the pictures I took, some normal street shots from Columbia Old Town. A little boy insists on following me and being in the picture,…

  • Sam’s House & Wild Horses

    I did a post about Eastern Sierra Hwy 395 from my recent trip, including the landmark Sam’s Cabin on 395 under the glow of sunset. Yesterday I suddenly got a DM from a lady asking me if she could share my picture with the Sam House? It’s her grandparents house. I was surprised a bit,…

  • Travel – Yosemite

    We’re on the road again. Passing by a dilapidated town: Chinese Camp, where only the store still carries the town name. The list of commodities echoes the past. Further down the road, Groveland is a thriving little town, architecture in all different shapes, high and low, speaking out the original mountain town character, yet somehow…

  • 草莓月

    暮色渐合,一轮初升的明月,在辗转迂回的山间时隐时现,终于豁然开朗,从天边的玫瑰色中跳跃而出,明亮的黄色泛着粉红,纯净而神圣,又一轮明月夜圆满伊始。山壁岩石的走向依然清晰,娓娓地讲着地球年轻的故事。追随着月亮,我们上了395号风景线,草莓月爬上树梢,松树的轮廓被月亮照出灵性的剪影;当月亮在山的崖壁正上方,如天地神龛,又如巨幅壁画从天而降。天地都渲染在月华如水的世界,高山,老树,湖面和我一样,都沐浴其间,不分彼此,分享着同一轮古老而年轻的草莓月。 海拔渐低,温度渐高,谷底升起一层淡淡的薄雾,薄雾下是我们要去的小镇,灯火在雾中闪烁,渐渐我们也融入雾中。明月东升那一瞬已恍如隔世。

  • Strawberry Moon on 395

    I woke up this morning, longing to be back on HWY 395, where I was yesterday, with the strawberry full moon shining over me, Mt. Whitney and the Owen’s Valley. How I wish I can carry that moment with me. It’s a short trip to the Eastern Sierra, but memorable and fulfilling. After being awed…

  • I’m Already on My Way

    “If we stop for a moment, it is possible to perceive a pattern in our lives, the motivators that have influenced us become more obvious. We’re able to see life unfolding from both ends at once, coming into the present moment. But until we have got to a certain point of realization, this is not…

  • Life is a Vacation

    Packing is the prelude of vacation, you choose different outfits, picture yourself in it, your mood in it, wrapped in it. You are already there! While looking at my selected outfits: why do I only wear them on a short vacation? Life itself is a vacation.

  • Zoom in with Your Heart

    Mourning doves perching on top of the roof, setting sun hitting on their wings as they flipped them open, not sure if to enjoy the sun or the breeze. I can see their soft feathers tickled by the gentle breeze. There are three of them, like a gathering before dark. A squirrel came from out…

  • Radish Blossom

    Imagine being greeted by this pure beauty in the morning, like morning dew on a flower. I’m stunned by this radish blossom! Life finds its way to express, to explode beyond our imagination. Elegance resides in its upward growing, in simple being. Everyone is crowned in God’s beauty pageant.