Tuesday, November 18, 2008

downstairs balcony garden


I made it a point when I first came back to China to buy a bunch of plants in anticipation of Winter. Beijing is a surprisingly green city, there are many public parks and tree lined streets. However, this looming Winter will quickly wipe out nearly all the green in the coming weeks. There are plants pretty much all over the house, but most are in the living room balcony.

above and below: the plant balcony with all kinds of tropical plants, cacti, and spice plants.



just inside: a newly flowering jasmine just like one from a house I grew up in in Miami. It makes the whole apartment smell good and strangely like my early teenage years. The smaller plant is something called a money tree. It's some Feng Shui (风水) thing that's supposed to bring money. Hope it works!

2 comments:

harumi said...

very nice and large apartment! lovely!
so there is two bedroom in upstairs and the dining common room?

How is the housing market in Beijing? Would it be expensive to buy a apt like yours?

Anonymous said...

i guess i didn't miss much of the blog... nice apartment!! and good idea with the panoramic pic. enjoy your garden...here we had our first snow today (the first is always nice)