Passing through the Plant

what plant? it's a sewage management facility plant  near Hangang River.

Well, it was taken after we had Freya's first on-stage performance with her classmates in one of the auditorium within this facility complex.

So, you're still chewing your lollipop, Freya?

The Seemingly Remaining + Intact + Untouched Autumn (part 3)

naaaa....there's no such thing as an untouched autumn right here in Seoul.

People spoiled it...and we did, too. 

I am exaggerating the fact that what we saw is actually a small portion of the park where these trees happened to be so meticulously planted in a such a way that they look like something like this.  

The blue sky? Well, yes..it's blue...

the orange color of the trees? well, camera did the trick.  

 

This is what it really looked like in a broad daylight.

cars parked next to it. The pale yellow color of the trees started to turn more pale than ever...which in turn ...fall into the ground....in the coming winter.

Coming winter? it IS winter already.

so...if it IS winter, then these trees are the living proof that they are at least 'remaining' and somewhat 'intact' although not necessarily 'untouched':-)

Autumn Knitting

 Mama has been busy since the start of Autumn this year. She learns something at the multicultural community center: knitting!!

then..she made one warm-looking scarf for me already. DONE.

Then..she's now making a new one for Eyra. But, this time, it's kinda different.

She's also teaching Eyra how to make one of her own. 

So, there began the journey of knitting.

Mom and daughter. 

I thought that she would say it'd be hard for her. As it turned out, Eyra found it challenging and fun at the same time--which kinda hooked me in. 

She's now --for a week now--been drowning herself in the 'autumn knitting world' with her Mom. 

Well, ..at least you could find something different other than gaming:-)

Olympic Park in Autumn 2013 (part 1)

We've never been to Olympic Park before. 

It's the venue of Seoul Summer Olympic back in 1988. Wow..that was like 25 years ago. 

Since it's Autumn and we did not want to go out of town, yet.

We might as well check this place out. 

Good thing..the line up of trees had turned into colorful red, yellow, orange, and partly green. 

Surely the girls loved to be there.

Especially with relatively warm weather compared to the previous day... 

We got tons of things to check out. And the first thing that I noticed was...this. 

I learned that back in 1988 during Seoul Olympic, the organizers deliberately invited international artists, sculptors..to make something that would stay against the test of time to testify about the Olympic in Seou.

This one was called 'Impersonation Station' --Gee..I didn't know what that means, though. 

Okay..let us take another stroll into other parts of the park....and wow..the trees!!! 

One fine great day to spend an afternoon, eh, girls?

....

Then, we're approaching the main plaza where another artistic stature/statue/work of art was visible from afar. 

 

Didn't know what that was...though.

But it surely meant something. (sigh: didn't have time to check it out)

I must admit that it must've been immensely impressive back in the 1988.

Captured From The Garden of Morning Calm (part 10)

Well, as I have expressed in my other entries, flowers are (usually) not my kind of thing. 

So, having said that, any flower-related pictures are mostly taken by my wife. 

She's so frantically and easily distracted by any flowers--well, that attracted her, for sure. 

well, then..what about this? 

Eyra and Freya were so attracted to these inedible fruits. 

They asked me to pluck them out, though. 

If I'm not mistaken, they're called the ilex sparkleberry.

Colorful Garden of Morning Calm (part 9)

Freya in action. 

An ocean of colors. 

A path to colors. 

Awed by colorfully natural beauty.

Got immersed in the realm of colors. 

An almost bird's eye view of the sunken garden. 

On the porch, overlooking the sunken garden. 

A mini-looking garden burst in colors. 

The two of us: Thanks, Eyra for taking Dad's and Mom's picture.

Sunken Garden??? @ Garden of Morning Calm (part 8)

Millennium Tree. 

Should've read the information board to find out what it was.  

now..this is what I mean by 'sunken garden' 

and...before entering the garden, weird-looking trimmed plantations were visible.

Surely, they're attractive, right. 

An entrance towards the Sunken Garden. 

With a map in hands, we're ready to explore this what-the-heck-was-this garden. 

And how did it go? 

well, let's see...I let the kids finish their ice cream, first.

yes, it's getting warmer.

Okay, at first, we might get lost if we do not tag along the information board.

Morning calm walk, Korean garden, Best course, Perennial garden. 

A colorful garden below: that's why they call it 'sunken garden'? 

All in all, we found it worth-going-down visiting. 

Once again, to give a sense of imbued colorful autumn sensation, the management deliberately made the garden in such a way that visitors might get enticed by sheer colors of the garden.

well, nice touch, though.

Garden of Morning Calm ( part 4)

we're going up and up...to reach ... 

the glass house that housed some plants..we didn't know what.

Freya, dancing, being the first to reach the top stair. 

While their Mom was still trying to figure out how she would continue climbing up.

we found an artificial water spring where the water would fall down 

forming a waterfall.  

A typical twisted-and-swirled branched tree of any Korean garden. 

Inside the glass house. 

it's warm. 

it turned out that we didn't find a thing inside. well, of course, there were. Mostly they're rocks or granite or any other rock with desert plants.

well, I am not sure either. 

we're back again... 

and walked across (another) artificial stream that seemed to be running out of water due to autumn...or was it adjusted so as not to waste the water from over-spilling or over-flowing? 

Another twist of trail, we ended up meeting another walk-up stairs that would lead us to...