Bailing out – Daily Photo

March 23, 2016
Travel

A man uses a small pan to bail water out of a ditch or to water plants growing above the ditch. In the foreground are recently harvested rice paddies while in the background are the karst limestone hills familiar of the area around Guilin, China.

Does one 'bale out' or 'bail out'? In this case, the man in the photo is bailing out as in he is using a pan to move water from a…

Daily Photo – Threshing About

January 13, 2016
Travel

A man feeds rice into a threshing machine to separate the grains from the stalks in a rice paddy off the Li River near Guilin, in China.

I took today's photo, Threshing About, from a boat, steaming down the Li River in China. I'm not sure who had the harder job as the stalks of rice were…

Timeless – Li River Settlement

February 9, 2014
Black and White / Landscape

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Whenever I look at this photo I think of the (near) timelessness in this view of a Li River Settlement.

Hiding Out

January 31, 2014
Travel

It must seem like I've been hiding out for the last couple of weeks since my last post was back on the 9th.

Jade Ripples

January 9, 2014
Travel

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Perhaps the last image I'll post of these men on bamboo rafts on the Li River near Guilin in China.

Now where did I put that thing?

January 8, 2014
Travel

I think we've all had that experience of knowing exactly where we put something and then not being able to find it there when we need it.