10 Jun, 2019 | arts and crafts
9th June 2019 You know how some people are neat and tidy and artistic and somehow their baking always comes out perfectly risen all over; they can actually paint watercolours whose subjects are recognisable; their flower arrangements always look arranged and not just...
9 Jun, 2019 | Events, Hong Kong, Places
9th June 2019 Months of preparation have gone into today’s Dragon Boat Regattta. I suppose it can be called that. Employees of Hong Kong International Resorts have been busy all week erecting flags and gazebos around the promenade and on the beach. Friday’s Dragon...
8 Jun, 2019 | Photo of the Day
We generally face the wrong way for sunsets here. The best place to see a good one would in theory be the ironically-named Sunny Bay. But I couldn’t resist taking a photo of this evening’s sky. Actually I despatched John to take the photo, as I was busy with my...
7 Jun, 2019 | Hong Kong, Photo of the Day, Photographs
Today is Dragon Boat Day, another Bank Holiday. This was a promising sign of the excitement to come as I walked to the gym this morning. We’ve waited all day but there’s still no sign of any Dragon Boat racing here (though I understand that it was on all day over in...
5 Jun, 2019 | Photo of the Day, Photographs