On a hot summer afternoon from Pacific Ave in Brandon

Virden Railway Station in Verden Manitoba

A house in the bloom of summer , Virden Manitoba

Before a summer storm from the 9th hole of Clear Lake Golf Course in Riding Mountain Natioanl Park in Manitoba Canada

A water fountain behind the visitors' center building of Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba , Canada

A busy summer day starting at Clear Lake in the morning

From Cambridge University !

Fotheringghay's church of St. Mary and All Saints

A distant view of Fotheringhay's church of St.Mary and All Saints from the bridge over the River Nene.
Thanks to Inge Horváth Skliros , my dream of painting in English country finally came true at that moment!

From River Thames in London by Westminster Bridge

Ivy Bank B&B in Windermere where we stayed

From Bowness-on- Windermere on our last full day stay in lake District

From the town of Ambeside in England's Lake District

From Wordsworth's Daffodile Garden in Grasmere in England's lake District

What could be more thrilling to paint on this spot only a few steps away from Wordsworth's tomb and right beside a slate stone  engraved with the last stanza from his famous poem about daffodils
 " For oft, when on my couch I lie
          In vacant or in pensive mood,
          They flash upon that inward eye
          Which is the bliss of solitude;
          And then my heart with pleasure fills,
          And dances with the daffodils"

From Windermere, Lake District in England!

My first ever plein air painting painted just a few steps away from Ivy Bank B & B where we stayed  during our three day trip to England's Lake District. A quintessential English street in Windermere early in the morning with cloudy sky

This is Winnipeg Calling

Brandon, Assiniboine River , its skyline

It is my way perhaps to come to this quiet spot on Assiniboine River in Dinsdale Park early this morning with my French easel , and brush and paint to silently mark the quick approach of my 24th anniversary of moving to Brandon from China. I will always remember how I was enchanted by the view unfolding in front of me when I first stepped into this park a few days after I arrived in Brandon almost 24 years ago. It was so quiet in the park that the only other sound that I could hear was the lapping of the water against the shore. All of a sudden, it came back to me the same surge of emotions that touched my heart deeply 24 years ago.
Talking about my earliest memory of Brandon, I do not know why it is always Chopin's piano concerto no.1 , especially its second movement and Camille Saint-Saëns violin concerto no3 especially its second moment that always bring back what I emotionally went through from my earliest years here in Brandon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emHfytb_i8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gSkJnEjD54

Fengping's garden coming back to life

In the last light of the day --- looking across the street on Balmoral Bay

Blossoming apple trees in late afternoon sunshine

Stepping out onto our patio in the afternoon

Brandon Court House

Brandon YWCA Meredith Place on 11th Street

Brandon Old Railway Station

A house to remember on 14th Street early in the morning

Playing merrily on the front lawn

Walking her little dog passing below a blooming crab apple tree

A glimpse into our backyard

Our patio and our backyard in late afternoon sun

Crab apple tree blooming over the fence on Balmoral Bay

Fenping's flowerbed in the backyard early in the afternoon