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2025 - The Year of the Snake The year of the snake is a reptilian year, Where the slithering snake brings good cheer, My chi is Yin, and I act so cool, But people never mistake me for a fool.   er-ling-er-wu nian, sheh nian Shé nián shì páxíng dòngwù nián, huáxíng de shé dài lái huānlè, wǒ de qì shì yīn, wǒ biǎoxiàn dé hěn kù, dàn rénmen yǒngyuǎn bù huì wù yǐwéi wǒ shì shǎguā. Back to Blogs

Hello 2025 Back to Blogs I would like to wish everyone a very Happy and Prosperous New Year! Unfortunately, my first 10 days of 2025 were spent mostly in bed recovering from the latest viral infections doing the rounds in China that I must have contracted on my Qingdao trip. But at least it is now out of the way, and hopefully I will be OK to celebrate the Chinese New Year Spring Festival in one of China's ancient capitals. 2025 in China is the year of the Snake, so I plan to take some photographs of said reptiles as a themed project, watch this space for more details. This shot...