Typhoon Teatime

Some of you may have heard of Typhoon Champi, currently bearing down on Taiwan and then expected to head north. 

The good news is that we are on the opposite side of the island from landfall, with a nice barrier of mountains between us and the typhoon. Also noteworthy is that Taiwan is not expected to get the hit by the eye, so we at least are spared the worst (but of course, keep your fingers crossed for those in Taipei, Japan, and everyone else likely to get a harsher hit).

Though our area isn't likely to get slammed, we still have an at-home learning day for Teacup. The work was completed fairly quickly, so we had some free time.

So what to do with the rest of the rainy, windy, stay-home typhoon day? 

Our brand new tradition, typhoon teatime!

('Imposter,' grumbles Clover)

Spooky style, because Halloween is approaching. 

Followed by LEGOs to the tune of Unicorn Academy audio books (Teacup's current audiobook series of choice) all afternoon, for a LEGO haunted house. 

I don't expect anything exciting this weekend, as we'll be waiting out the storm. 

I did explore more over the week, so here's a handful of interesting pictures from around the city:

A very green building. Why so stuffed with greenery? Is it that no one lives there? Or is it that there's a balcony plant quota? Maybe it's an office building? 

These trees are blooming all over right now. A closeup of the flowers shows they're little lanterns in shape.

Cool building and statue, a hotel/mall mix and a another random statue. 

More street art

Pretty tree-lined path 

Dragon fruit! 

Water wheel and birds of paradise

Brown tussock moth caterpillar (I think....)

Bonus:

No, you may not work!

Snowy plums, cheesy chive bread, stir fry of  kabocha pumpkin, bok choy, and chicken in ginger with nutmeg, garlic, ginger, and soy sauce

Verdict: quite tasty!