The sea of hydrangea flowers should be the best gift to us in May. I spent two years learning about the hydrangea plant. In February 2020, I started planting hydrangeas on my balcony. At that time, looking at the bare branches of several large POTS of hydrangeas, I could not understand the horticulturists who said that the buds were full and vibrant. By March, their terminal buds are opening, and their little new leaves are green and powerful. I began to feel the unstoppable power of nature. ...

The sea of hydrangea flowers should be the best gift to us in May. I spent two years learning about the hydrangea plant. In February 2020, I started planting hydrangeas on my balcony. At that time, looking at the bare branches of several large POTS of hydrangeas, I could not understand the horticulturists who said that the buds were full and vibrant. By March, their terminal buds are opening, and their little new leaves are green and powerful. I began to feel the unstoppable power of nature. ...

Not all touches are effective. It's like when you read a lot of great articles and were so impressed that you put them in your favorites, but after a while, you can't remember them anymore. If you were asked to draw something that touched you in a book, there might be a lot of lines on the page, but obviously you can't use all of them. It's like having a Band-Aid in your medicine cabinet but not remembering to use it when you cut your finger. What's the difference bet...

Not all touches are effective. It's like when you read a lot of great articles and were so impressed that you put them in your favorites, but after a while, you can't remember them anymore. If you were asked to draw something that touched you in a book, there might be a lot of lines on the page, but obviously you can't use all of them. It's like having a Band-Aid in your medicine cabinet but not remembering to use it when you cut your finger. What's the difference bet...

To live simply, or to live simply? Everything in the world is the same, Zen, minimalism, life. Anything, done to the extreme, is art. Zen, minimalism, life, too. I do "Dry landscape" garden design, is to put the concept of Zen into the design, such a Zen design, is the art of garden design. Similarly, the concept of minimalist into life, is the art of minimalist living. The so-called minimalist life, that is, in life, nothing is wasted, only have what you really need. Zen tells us that such a...

To live simply, or to live simply? Everything in the world is the same, Zen, minimalism, life. Anything, done to the extreme, is art. Zen, minimalism, life, too. I do "Dry landscape" garden design, is to put the concept of Zen into the design, such a Zen design, is the art of garden design. Similarly, the concept of minimalist into life, is the art of minimalist living. The so-called minimalist life, that is, in life, nothing is wasted, only have what you really need. Zen tells us that such a...

In the machine shop, we tied ironwood skis to wooden supports and laid pine planks over them to make a solid platform, eight feet long and six feet wide. No one in our neighborhood had made a bobsled for years, so when word got around, the neighbors came to see it. Some brought carpentry tools, others just stood around and watched. The skis were already formed, low to the ground, rough looking but elegant, with lines as natural as the trees from which they were made. Mr. Owens directs, pointi...

In the machine shop, we tied ironwood skis to wooden supports and laid pine planks over them to make a solid platform, eight feet long and six feet wide. No one in our neighborhood had made a bobsled for years, so when word got around, the neighbors came to see it. Some brought carpentry tools, others just stood around and watched. The skis were already formed, low to the ground, rough looking but elegant, with lines as natural as the trees from which they were made. Mr. Owens directs, pointi...

It was late autumn when I flew to the North. Most of the birds have already moved south. Walking along the seaside, you can look up and see rows and rows of wild geese in the sky, always changing the team, sometimes distant, sometimes dense. In the empty and clear sky like paper, writing like "Zhi" and like "people" Chinese calligraphy. After the migration, the sea is left with a few birds that are not afraid of the winter, such as the occasional seagull hovering in the low sky, and the crow ...

It was late autumn when I flew to the North. Most of the birds have already moved south. Walking along the seaside, you can look up and see rows and rows of wild geese in the sky, always changing the team, sometimes distant, sometimes dense. In the empty and clear sky like paper, writing like "Zhi" and like "people" Chinese calligraphy. After the migration, the sea is left with a few birds that are not afraid of the winter, such as the occasional seagull hovering in the low sky, and the crow ...

If you put the negative pole of one magnet close to the positive pole of another magnet, they will come together. If you turn one of them over, they repel each other. We act like magnets. We draw some people or things to ourselves and exclude others, pushing them away from us. When we feel good about ourselves, we reveal our attraction poles. When we feel bad, we expose our repulsion poles. We are constantly switching our poles, day and night, hour and minute. Measurements show that the ratio...

If you put the negative pole of one magnet close to the positive pole of another magnet, they will come together. If you turn one of them over, they repel each other. We act like magnets. We draw some people or things to ourselves and exclude others, pushing them away from us. When we feel good about ourselves, we reveal our attraction poles. When we feel bad, we expose our repulsion poles. We are constantly switching our poles, day and night, hour and minute. Measurements show that the ratio...

If we can fully accept ourselves, we won't want to change anyone else. When we judge others, what we dislike or object to is not the other person, but our own self-judgment that we are "not good enough" reflected in their words, actions and opinions. Similarly, when we fail to meet the other person's expectations, or when the other person fails to meet our expectations, we criticize them in order to make it easier for us to bear or accept painful projections. In fact, none of the cl...

If we can fully accept ourselves, we won't want to change anyone else. When we judge others, what we dislike or object to is not the other person, but our own self-judgment that we are "not good enough" reflected in their words, actions and opinions. Similarly, when we fail to meet the other person's expectations, or when the other person fails to meet our expectations, we criticize them in order to make it easier for us to bear or accept painful projections. In fact, none of the cl...

The sea of hydrangea flowers should be the best gift to us in May. I spent two years learning about the hydrangea plant. In February 2020, I started planting hydrangeas on my balcony. At that time, looking at the bare branches of several large POTS of hydrangeas, I could not understand the horticulturists who said that the buds were full and vibrant. By March, their terminal buds are opening, and their little new leaves are green and powerful. I began to feel the unstoppable power of nature. ...

The sea of hydrangea flowers should be the best gift to us in May. I spent two years learning about the hydrangea plant. In February 2020, I started planting hydrangeas on my balcony. At that time, looking at the bare branches of several large POTS of hydrangeas, I could not understand the horticulturists who said that the buds were full and vibrant. By March, their terminal buds are opening, and their little new leaves are green and powerful. I began to feel the unstoppable power of nature. ...

Whether at home, at school, at work, to achieve our goals, there has been a trend of clocking in around us: clocking in early, clocking in fitness, clocking in running, clocking in reading, clocking in foreign language... You can find a clocking camp in any field you want. It seems like a good idea: Breaking big goals into smaller ones, working on them one day at a time, gives you both visibility and confidence to take action, and spreading the big goals into smaller daily tasks seems easy an...

Whether at home, at school, at work, to achieve our goals, there has been a trend of clocking in around us: clocking in early, clocking in fitness, clocking in running, clocking in reading, clocking in foreign language... You can find a clocking camp in any field you want. It seems like a good idea: Breaking big goals into smaller ones, working on them one day at a time, gives you both visibility and confidence to take action, and spreading the big goals into smaller daily tasks seems easy an...

We are in the midst of so many mysteries of life: reconciliating our humanity, which needs to be down-to-earth in its daily affairs, with our spirituality, which is in harmony with all things; Try to settle arguments with life; To shape our hearts so that we may reflect the omnipresent love with our own love; To accept the whole life full of opposites; Be open to your feelings and still be connected to the world. Does anyone know exactly what to do? How on earth do you inhabit such a world? E...

We are in the midst of so many mysteries of life: reconciliating our humanity, which needs to be down-to-earth in its daily affairs, with our spirituality, which is in harmony with all things; Try to settle arguments with life; To shape our hearts so that we may reflect the omnipresent love with our own love; To accept the whole life full of opposites; Be open to your feelings and still be connected to the world. Does anyone know exactly what to do? How on earth do you inhabit such a world? E...

Maybe one day, when no one knows, the alarm clock won't turn off or the car won't start, and we'll realize how lucky we are to be alive! Then, if we do not shut ourselves down soon, we will encounter a mysterious force that is insurmountable. Then, like fish at the confluence of currents, we are sometimes overwhelmed by the mystery, retreat back, and divert our attention by the trivialities of the world, thinking that it is easier to race with others than to face this sudden my...

Maybe one day, when no one knows, the alarm clock won't turn off or the car won't start, and we'll realize how lucky we are to be alive! Then, if we do not shut ourselves down soon, we will encounter a mysterious force that is insurmountable. Then, like fish at the confluence of currents, we are sometimes overwhelmed by the mystery, retreat back, and divert our attention by the trivialities of the world, thinking that it is easier to race with others than to face this sudden my...

It was interesting that in this barren and hard season flowed the sweetness of a year in North County. We had another storm, a foot of snow, and then the clouds lifted and the night was thick with ice. The next day the sun came out with vigor. Mark and I were having lunch when we heard a thick layer of ice breaking off the roof of the farmhouse, followed by the sound of melting snow dripping off the eaves. Since then, the whole atmosphere of our world has changed. Let's cross the border ...

It was interesting that in this barren and hard season flowed the sweetness of a year in North County. We had another storm, a foot of snow, and then the clouds lifted and the night was thick with ice. The next day the sun came out with vigor. Mark and I were having lunch when we heard a thick layer of ice breaking off the roof of the farmhouse, followed by the sound of melting snow dripping off the eaves. Since then, the whole atmosphere of our world has changed. Let's cross the border ...