On the Third Day of Chinese New Year

It's finally sunny out, so I decided to take my camera out with me on my morning walk.

This is a neighbor's dog.
She's a Japanese breed called "shibainu" (柴犬). Naturally, she's wearing a kimono in celebration of the Chinese New Year.






The entire town is deserted during the CNY holidays.
This is one of the major streets in the downtown core.







This is the entrance of Da-an Forest Park in the heart of Taipei City. An ox is guarding the entrance... with its tongue out.

Happy Year of the Ox.







Inside Da-an Forest Park













Glittering flowers





































Happy birdie playing in water









Happy kitties under the sun.

When I first saw them, the one with a white belly jumped up trying to catch a butterfly. Unfortunately, my stupid camera was too slow to capture it.











Bare naked trees and a bare naked cow





At first, I thought it was "Super Cow".
However, one may wonder why "Super Cow" would be flying on a broom.
The answer was about 10 steps backward.
It ain't "Super Cow". It's a Witch Cow!



















I first noticed the kid because of a warning sign on the left side of the slides.
The wooden part of the structure was waiting to be repaired, and the park had put out a warning sign asking parents not to let their kids go up there.
When I got there, the kid was already up there by himself and his parents were nowhere to be found.
"Come on down," I said to the kid. He didn't answer. His parents probably taught him not to talk to strangers.
"It's dangerous. You should come down here." I tried again. The kid was still silent.
"How old is he? He can obviously walk very well, but can he talk?"
The sun was burning my neck. I contemplated going up to get him, but I didn't want to be mistaken as a kidnapper.
"Be a good boy and come down here," I pleaded. He just stared at me from up high.
A big dude came around me with his eyes on the kid. "Come to daddy," he said, never acknowledged my existence. "Come over here," he raised his voice. "Get down here or the police are coming to get you," he threatened.
I can't stand it when Taiwanese parents use threats to get kids to behave, so I walked away.
The kid never said a word, and I never found out if (and how) he eventually came back down.