Ben says:
Here are some of the signs of nature that we have enjoyed here. Our new Landlord is an excellent man and after visiting with him a few times he offered to take us one weekend to his mountain villa so that his wife could meet Elnorra. Here are a few of the pictures we took that actually came out. We attempted to take many more of the spiders of strange Asian varieties we had never seen but they did not come out. We did however get this beautiful shot of an orb weaver at the Shang Kai-Shek memorial. I should be able to send pictures of my mountain park to you too soon if anyone is interested. It was misty but beautiful in the mountains and it was amazing to see all the butterflies. Taiwan is also called the butterfly kingdom. This is because not only are there many butterflies in Taiwan but there are many varieties that are born, mate and die only in Taiwan and yet fly as far as the Philippines and Korea. We could not catch any on film because they actually move much faster and land less often than the butterflies in the U.S. I should say simply we had a wonderful time and it was so beautiful to me that it seemed like a dream. Especially when we visited our friend's neighbor who had a traditional Japanese home with a spectacular view. It was perched at the top of hand made stone steps that were made by them, and a spring flowing pure in a stone basin... magnificent.