Morning walk

I took this picture out our living room window this morning, about half an hour after dawn. A mother-daughter team out for a walk, with sun hats.

Mystery bird: Greater Coucal?

I saw this impressive guy on the NTU grounds this morning.  It flew by me, so big I thought it was one of the local red roosters on the loose.  I didn’t quite get a picture of its head, but take a look and see if my photos look like the bird from the diagnostic […]

Lizard photo

At least the YOG fence gives the lizards a place to hang out.  I like its long toes.

Sculpture: City Square Shiny Blobs on a Stick

This is outside the Farrer Road MRT station and new City Square Mall.

The rain in the drain keeps Singapore a plain…

rather than a swamp, which is what it used to be.  There are concrete drainage ditches all over the place, and usually they’re not conspicuous for their beauty.  But this morning after some rain, they became gurgling fountains and waterfalls.  Two examples: and I don’t know if you can see their charm; perhaps you need […]

Our neighbors: Parcur snails!

I was walking between downpours this morning, and saw a lot of snails climbing the YOG fence. Here are the approaches of 3 of them: Who says you need opposable thumbs to grasp objects?

Sculpture: wooden whatsit

A leaf? An upside-down teardrop? A free-standing vulva on a pedestal? another artistic contribution to Fort Canning Hill.

Dry Dragon Well

This is at the base of Fort Canning Hill, next to Park Mall.  I think water should spew from the dragons’ mouths into the shallow basin below, but it wasn’t turned on the day we were there.

Orange blob tree

This is in the Yunnan Garden.  Can you identify it?  I can’t.

Big Fungus