Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Rain Water

Today, February 19th, is the first day of the Rain Water (in Mandarin, yǔshuǐ) solar term.

雨水
It is an intriguing name. I guess is suggests the change from snow to rain as we move towards spring.
 
 
On a related note, I saw the first Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) flowers of the year. It was a sunny day, a bit on the cold side by our standards, but nothing compared to Chicago, where the temperature is -9 C, or Beijing, where it is -3 C.

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