Laowai

There’s our apartment – the turquoise building on the left. This is a view from the arboretum and across the orchard. We are very lucky to have this big green space next to our apartment. It’s all part of some sort of agriculture school and above the arboretum is an agriculture research organization which is housed partly in a beautiful old estate. We can look out our windows over the fruit trees and grape vines and we can walk through the arboretum and through the grounds of the agriculture organization. There’s a stream that falls down the hill and there are greenhouses and fields of research crops to look at.

I know I’ll spend a lot of time in this lovely green space. It’s so close and the girls already love to put their little playmobil boats in the stream. I’m eager to see the seasons change in this area and to take some more photos. I have an overwhelming thought of my dad-in-law as I walk and look around. He would have absolutely loved it. He would have eaten up the huge old trees and the greenhouses where they are researching. I remember how he so enjoyed walking through the vineyards when we lived across the lake. I expect I will think of Doug each time I walk into our arboretum.