The yellow station

Many of the train stops of the Hong Kong subway system are color coded. One of my favorites is Wanchai Station, because the wall paint and mosaic tiles are an eyepopping lime green. In the past couple of days I've also come to know Sai Wan Ho Station, as I visited the district to do research for a commissioned article.



After a bleary half-hour on the train, the yellows, tangerines and mustards of Sai Wan Ho Station are guaranteed to stun you awake...

Easter boy

Photo taken Easter Sunday in the World Trade Center mall in Hong Kong which had the egg exhibit and a children's play area where the little tykes could draw their own designs on the eggs.

Happy Easter!

Spring has come. Color is returning to the landscape. The trees are shaking off the stupor of a startlingly short winter and starting to bud. The ground is carpeted with coral blooms. Spindly brown branches are thickly clustered with furled petals. Outside my window the birds are making a racket; they seem to be drunk on song. On the streets, few woollen coats and jackets to be seen; cotton is back, and pale colors and maybe a hint of linen, although no one is wearing white trousers just yet. Inside me, I feel myself thawing too. Time to leave winter's fug behind. I love this resurgence of the year.

Happy Easter everyone! Shall we agree to make it a year of marvels?