A Smiling Sky Performed by Venus, Jupiter, and a Banana Moon 雙星拱月

Last night Winston found the moon showed up as a upward banana and asked me to watch it. We saw one star and the banana moon. I told him Santa may sit on the moon or star to watch us. So he practiced his violin very hard to try to please Santa to make his Christmas wish come true. Later after we practiced violin, the other star showed up, but it was a bit smaller. Winston said, the stars and the moon together made a smiling face. He told me he saw Santa sitting on the smaller "pink" star. How imaginary! I would not be so cruel to break his heart by telling him that was only an imagination. Moreover, the legend of Santa Clause has been very useful in disciplining Winston. I told him Santa is watching him all the time to see if he is good or naughty. If he behaves well his wish for Christmas gift will come true.
This morning I felt regretful that I forgot to take pictures of the smiling sky. The stars were Venus and Jupiter. I should make a wish when I saw them together. I hope it would not be too late. I wish the economic will go up and everyone has a good year.
I was very happy to find someone photo took it and posted it in the net. That was exactly what we saw in the sky last night. I wonder wether my families and friends in Taiwan saw the same beautiful sky I saw.

Origin of picture: http://www.xiaoheyouyu.com/ worded by June

Tian-Ping Hill 二次造訪

Richy wanted to visited Tian-Ping so much because he wanted to see the colored maple leaves. I would not mind visiting it second time because I liked to worship the big rocks. Winston definitely wanted to go there because he wanted to buy the bubble blower from the vendor there. He missed it last time because I did not let him buy it. So everyone got a good motive to visit the mountain, and there we went.

Yellow, orange, brown, and red colored tree leaves on the lakeside glittered and waved under the sun and cold wind. If not for the big crowd aside, I would have confused myself as dreaming. Because of Sunday, it was so crowded and hard to find a clean spot for photo taking. Looking up to the top of the mountain, I saw the crowd of visitors climbing the mountain like the flock of ants crawling around the top of a big rock sugar. Although the crowd was big and the mountain was a bit littered, I still loved the mountain. But next time, I will visit here on the weekdays.

Thanksgiving Dinner

I could not find turkeys in Su-Zhou's supermarket, so I bought chicken instead. I used some croutons, beans, and celery for stuffing. The gravy of baked chicken did not taste as good as the turkey one. I used the gravy to make some mashed potato and Winston loved it. The meat tasted different from turkey meat but still tender and good . We just wanted to have a bit feel of Thanksgiving.