During the year-end holiday season each year downtown Frederick becomes so brightly alive with splendid light decoration on two main street, Market and Patrick Streets. There are people coming for Christmas shopping, for dinner at any of many good restaurants, for concert at music hall […]
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“Sailing Through Winter Solstice” Display
Carroll Creek Linear Park runs through the heart of downtown Frederick. In the summer time (April through October) there are beautiful water plants such as water lilies, lotuses, etc. display along with koi and ducks. In the past several years, under the theme of “Sailing […]
First Snowfall in Frederick and Morning After….
We got our first major snowfall (3 inches) in Frederick last Thursday (Nov 15) that was a bit earlier than normal. I went to Carroll Park near downtown Frederick to take some pictures during the heavy snow fall. The next morning it was sun […]
More Harpers Ferry Photos – 2018.11.7.
Taking advantage of a nice autumn weather yesterday, I went back to Harpers Ferry Historical Old Town to capture more autumn scenes that I did not have enough time to do last Sunday. I’m amazed there were so many photo hot spots in this little […]
Autumn Colors at Harpers Ferry, WV
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia is a historical rich small town where the States of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meet and where Shenandoah River meets Potomac River. It is such a strategic location that it played a very important role during American Civil War that […]
Missions San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara
We visited Mission Santa Barbara and Mission San Buenaventura at Ventura on our last day of touring Los Angeles last week. Mission Santa Barbara was founded on December 4, 1786. It is an incredible beautiful and spacious mission with a nice garden. San Buenaventura Mission […]
Getty Center and Getty Villa in L.A.
While in Los Angeles last week we enjoyed visiting both Getty Center and Getty Villa. Getty Center, a modern building complex with a beautiful garden is great for architectural photography and for the Getty Villa we enjoyed the precious collection of Greek and Roman artifacts […]
National Harbor – MGM – 2018.7.8.
National Harbor is the new recreational addition to Metropolitan Washington area and the opening of MGM Resort/Casino has drawn many locals and tourists. The fountain shows at MGM terrace are a big attraction: But the big surprise for me was to capture the “car […]
Baroque Architectures in Taipei
You’d never think there are many Baroque architecture style buildings but there are, particularly in the old Dadaucheng District in Taipei. Most of these building were built in the 1920’s, about 100 years ago as Baroque style structures were popular during the Japanese occupation period. […]
Sunset at Dadaucheng Wharf in Taipei
Dadaocheng Wharf thrived in earlier years as an entrepot for trade along the Tamsui River to downtown Taipei. Tea, cotton and silk textiles were among the main products bought and sold here, attracting trading companies from across the western world. Dadaocheng’s fortunes as a trading […]
Formosa Boulevard Subway Station, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Last week I visited my hometown, Kaohsiung, Taiwan where I was born and grew up until finishing high school. I went to college in nearby town of Tainan and then came to the US for the graduate school and eventually settled down in US. Here […]
Bao-An Temple, Taipei, Taiwan
Greetings from Taipei – We arrived here on March 3 after almost a whole day of flight from DC (what a grueling long trip!). The weather is very nice here in the 60’s and 70’s, no snow like in Northeastern US. I walked to Bao-An […]
