Today (23rd of January 2012) is Chinese New Year, so happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese friends and students. Today, over 1 billion Chinese will be celebrating the start of the year of the Dragon (龍). From what I heard yesterday on the radio, many Chinese couples await to have children in the [...]
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Happy Chinese New Year (农历新年)
Posted in Astronomy, History, Nature, World affairs, tagged Calendar, Chinese New Year, Lunisolar, Moon, New Moon, New Year, Sun on 23/01/2012 | 2 Comments »
A moveable feast
Posted in Astronomy, History, Nature, tagged Calendar, Christians, Festivals, Lunar, Muslims, Pope Gregory, the Moon on 16/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, the 9th of November 2011, marked the end of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival to commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his only son Isaac to God. Eid al-Adha started on Sunday the 6th of November (or Monday the 7th, depending on where you are) and ended on the 9th (or 10th) of November [...]
The leaves that are green…..
Posted in Music, Nature, Photography, tagged autumn, fall, growing old, Leaves, Music, Paul Simon, Photography, Simon & Garfunkel on 06/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday my daughter Esyllt and I were in Bute Park in Cardiff taking photographs of some of the beautiful autumn colours of the leaves. Here are a few of our results: I find this time of year very beautiful, particularly in the New England part of the United States, where the colours of the trees [...]
