tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4625386856598932591..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Walking in Old TaichungMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-44026580323821626332010-10-19T15:05:39.390+08:002010-10-19T15:05:39.390+08:00Seeing the pigeon loft photo I was reminded of a c...Seeing the pigeon loft photo I was reminded of a conclusion Steve Crook and I came to a few years ago while riding through Tainan County. 'You know you've been in Taiwan too long when - your pigeon loft is larger than your house.'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04639525020858075438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-26172537956637791062010-10-17T11:10:27.769+08:002010-10-17T11:10:27.769+08:00@INCOMING, I wondered if anyone would catch the go...@INCOMING, I wondered if anyone would catch the golf range there.... thanks. The stones are for washing clothes. <br /><br />@Helen, thanks. It's really a breathtakingly beautiful flower.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-89241625950606078452010-10-17T10:17:51.735+08:002010-10-17T10:17:51.735+08:00The flower should be some version of Heliconia (He...The flower should be some version of Heliconia (Heliconiaccae). There is wide variety of them and they are related to bananas :)<br />your looks a little like heliconia psittacorum cv Sassy (http://www.heliconiaparadise.com/Heliconia_psit.cv.Sassy.htm) or Heliconia psittacorum cv. Savitri (http://www.heliconiaparadise.com/Heliconia_psitt.cv.Savitri.htm). your picture is much better than theirs, so it is kinda hard to decide by the picture. but it seems to be from the psittarcorum branch of heliconias. There is about 30 varieties of them here in Hawai'i also.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491869796786015635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38610528406785314822010-10-17T09:38:30.083+08:002010-10-17T09:38:30.083+08:00Those stones are for washing clothes.Those stones are for washing clothes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66061734512616252532010-10-17T01:44:16.858+08:002010-10-17T01:44:16.858+08:00Fantastic Mike, your photography is very pleasing ...Fantastic Mike, your photography is very pleasing to my eye. What were the cemented stones for then? And is that a golf driving range behind the objects of worship?INCOMING!!!!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06597034666699426965noreply@blogger.com