The garden circuit is complete!
Photo courtesy of Shinya Kamimura
Email Quote of Note
An exasperated traveler of our acquaintance complained, "I paid $30
for this flight and I'm wondering if I got my money's worth."
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We're back from Shanghai! We went to China to celebrate the completion
of the Fluency book. And what we learned is: Shanghai's very hot! It's a flashy
international city with many tall buildings and bright lights. It is also
steamy in the summertime! Here we are in Shanghai's Fuxing Park trying to cool off.
The range of temperatures most days was 30°-35°C (86°-95°F), but once the thermometer read 44°C (111°F)! This is pretty terrible for people who live in Seattle. The day we returned, Seattle's temperature range was 9°-19°C (49°-66°F). We visited Shanghai, Suzhou and Nanjing. All three cities were very interesting and we have hundreds of pictures, which we hope to make into a web page soon.
News and Notes
In addition to our trip to China:
- The date for the Blue Ridge "Peeking in Our Neighbor's Beds" Garden Tour fast approaches, and the Snyder garden is on the tour. The pressure is on to finish all of the pruning.
- The Snyder boys are fine ... Dave is editing a book to be published by the Fiber Arts department of The School at the Art Institute of Chicago. Dan just returned from Nova Scotia where he attended the annual paleontology meeting, and discovered a good fossil on the beach, when he should have been listening to scholarly talks.
- We plan to travel to Chicago for a wedding and to see a play by Brendan, one our favorite playwrights.
Directory of Pages
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