A moment with taro.

To the new solar term: Beginning of Winter (11th to 21st November, 2025).

老棗枝枝實， 深紅半帶靑。 盛來筐篚爛， 拾去里鄉聽。 百果知珍品， 三秋擅異香。 群兒應有索， 仙顆欲延齡。 The old jujube tree bears fruits on every branch, In deep red and half green, Coming with brilliance in baskets round and square, Going to the halls of villages and hamlets. A recognised treasure amongst hundreds of fruits, The sole bearer of a wondrous scent in the three [months of] autumn. The crowd will surely beg to have them, The immortality pills that would extend their life. * From Bak Yunmuk 朴允默, Jonjae jip 存齋集,

A summer-autumn delicacy.

To the coming solar term, Cold Dew, starting 8th October, 2025.

A joke from the Ming dynasty.

Harvest of the week.

Next one to be harvested.

Another harvest.

Time to harvest the plums.

Approaching the end of summer...

To the latest harvest.

Stay Zen in the heat.

In celebration of the first-ever loquat harvest in my garden.

Fruit of the summer solstice.

On another member of my vegetable garden.

After seeing a falcon performance for the first time...

In commemoration of the first sign of loquat fruits in my garden.

曉畦春雨細如毛， 菜本青肥挾土膏。 葉㡳蝸牛曽濕久， 詩人猶欲刺升髙。 In the planting plots at dawn, with spring rain as fine as hair, Vegetables grow lush and plump,...

Painting and inscription by Wen Zhengming 文徵明 (1470-1559)