Mother Nature's orgasmic explosion....look at the dazzling colours....it's like Mother Nature went berserk, participated in an orgy, then went on to paint the town red -- literally! Very liberating feeling! The aftermath of being celibate and repressed for too long? All her repressed, creative energies burst forth in bold, defiant splashes, like Michelangelo's paint brush at work!
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| sunlight boring a hole in the canopy |
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| it's like beckoning u to mediate beneath and attain enlightenment....Wonder if the Buddha was once drawn to the bodhi tree because of its colourful foliage as well? Wait a minute, does the Bodhi tree even change the hues of its leaves? |
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| wah lau eh... this one looks like it's caught fire! |
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| this looks like one out of a fairytale.... |
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| I want to run down the slope -- and I did, ok! |
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| another tree dat caught 'fire' |
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| the branch looks like its yearning to reach the other side to form a 'causeway'...look at it another way, it's trying to woo someone on the other side... |
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| ahhhh........... |
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| window view....exudes an exquisite calm..I can sip tea and play chess here.... |
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| see the deer approaching the brook from the left hand side? |
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| path strewn with fallen red leaves....it's like walking on the red carpet; reminded me of Agamemnon walking down the red carpet on his triumphant return to Greece, triggering the curse of the House of Atreus in the process.... |
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| I almost suffered a cardiac arrest when I laid eyes on this breath-taking scene.... |
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| for some reason, this is a very beautiful yet sad scene...very poignant....it looks as if the tree had just bled.....and the ground below is awash with its blood..... |
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| I've an urge to meditate on that rock in the middle of the pond, surrounded by the lush autumn foliage |
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| another blazing red tree.... |
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| this has all the ingredients for a postcard pretty pic -- a river, autumn foliage, house perched on cliff.... |
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| this is actually a cemetery, but oh, so beautiful that it causes the heart to ache! |
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| wah...these are like one of those inspirational photos u see in bible shops or calendars...the rays of the sun penetrating through the midst of the colourful foliage |
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| a luxuriant outburst, looks like Mother Nature has just emerged from a hair salon with a newly permed and dyed hair... for some reason, sitting beneath it on the bench is like taking shelter under an umbrella |
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| WOW, these (above three pics) look like paintings....note the kinkaku-ji (Golden Temple) at the bottom.... |
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| very striking yellow trees....it's almost golden when the sun shines on it. |
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| trees sprouting out from behind the walls of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. You need to register in advance for a permit before u can tour the palace grounds within. |
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| even the trees seem to be bowing down to u and saying 'arigato gozaimasu'! |
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the autumn scenery that I never got to see -- cos it's in Fukushima!!!
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| the bamboo grove in Arashimaya, a suburbs in Kyoto, one of the places in my bucket list! I know I have to come here when I see its pic in the Lonely Planet. According to my travel bible, strolling through the grove gives one a sense of having been transported into the world of anime. This would have been true if not for the hordes of tourists hogging the place..... |
