Back to track with creation 回到生活軌跡

 

"Sounds a good day!   Looks as if a colorful day to start with........" 

 

After some days rest post my Canada trip I'm back to routine. Mogi is back to track - so attached to me !  Always my model for the pose.

 

  Have skipped two months hiking with the team.  Of course I should do my fav.  sports to keep healthy as well.  I miss my team so this Friday I went hiking with them on Lantau Island.

 

We walked up in the mid ....... down view is the Shek Pik Reservoir and the sea.

 
It's a sunny day with blue skies.  Can't imagine two weeks ago there're severe typhoon damaged a lot the trees over the mountain. Just on the ground some pines and cones. I picked a few home.

 

Up to our destination was the Wisdom Path 

 

The path lined with 38 wooden monuments inscribed with the Heart Sutra prayer.

 

Life should be slow...... as the roaming cow on my return way...... he's not alone. There're quite some in the mountain but he just enjoys being alone, like me.

 

With the windfalls home in that hiking day........ nice picks for my next excperiment.

 

In that hiking evening I was already in a briefing session with tertiary students in the HK PolyU 

 

I showed them the works of my eco-printings from simple basic to shades.There will be sessions for the interaction with students soon.

 

Back home on Sat morning I immediately done a piece of experiments with the leaves got on walk with the inspiration from Irit Dulman's blog post.

Irit is my mentor in the area of eco printing.  Her works are amazing and no doubt she's the pioneer in the field and ever my respected artist.

 

My heartfelt thanks for the prints with pines (or casaurina) and the assorted mordants applied in different ways for various outcome learnt or inspired from my Israel teacher/mentor Irit Dulman.

Outing inspired creation 寓郊遊於創意

 

Bounty from nature !

"What day is today? What can I expect today?"

"Everyday is a special day. Each day is a happy day !"

Yup, that's the Q&A of me and Mogi.

After a consecutive torrential rainy days, we've the clear, blue and sunny days.  That said I'm out for a sporty as well a creative day.

我愛香港大自然的美，不獨是山巒景致，山頭的花花草草或散落地上的花兒也是我的寶物。日前騎行單車及與澳洲來訪學生遠足撿拾的花兒，印上了時令的黃槿木及大葉紫薇。

Our stunning nature, the greenery or the water are never boring.

My visitor student Violeta after the tutorial in my home studio, we managed to have hiking with our regular team on Friday.  We started the trail from Shek Pik to Shui Hau Village on Lantau.

 

Walking up and down the steps in a sunny day. 

It's a moderate hiking trail all along the island in the bush.

 

Sunny, hot and sometimes with sea breeze was not that hard  

 In two hours we arrived a camp site for a break and view ......

Are the cows tired?  We're not...... heading to......

  

 the sandbay of Shui Hau Village.

  

A view in the bay then forward to Tai O

Tai O is a fishing village, the waterways of creek and river merges with lots of stilt houses over it, so called Oriental Venice.

One of the attractions is to watch the Chinese white dolphins.  We took the 20-min boat ride and was lucky to have seen a few dolphins jumping up. The motions were so fast that I was not able to take a shot.  All in our memory !

We called it a day and returned by MTR.  Violeta and I were not heading home instead going to Shamshuipo for materials shopping.  Violeta's so impressed with our transport networks, the many varieties of materials and accessories of good prices and the stunning scenery of Hong Kong.
Yes, we've a well developed transport network to every corner of the region.
Wish Violeta and Paul enjoy more before returning home.

 

My overseas friends can't imagine we have the vast splendid greenery, undulating mountains and beautiful coasts. Just the day before, I went cycling in the east of New Territories. I just love the sandbays and the mangroves.

 

Particularly the tide out gorgeous views are gorgeous.

 

 There're lots of mangroves.  Now the blooming season of Hibiscus tiliaceus with lots on the ground. How can I resist to print with them ?  That's why every time when I do hiking or biking I'd have good hunts.

 

Home with a  few of the Hibiscvus tiliaceus and Lagerstroemia speciosa, I made the prints.

 

Next I will have more photos of the making and prints.  Stay tuned.

Thank you for stopping by.