DAILY PHOTO: Garden Statues & Greenery, Kowloon Walled City Park

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Photograph of whimsical statues (chipmunks disguised as pandas) surrounded by greenery in the Kowloon Walled City Park of Hong Kong.

PROMPT: Cultural Tradition

Daily writing prompt
What’s a cultural tradition from another country that you wish existed in yours?

The Langar Hall (found in Punjab, Haryana, and wherever else Sikhs are found) is an excellent tradition. They are places that serve free communal meals every day. It’s not like a soup kitchen that attracts only poor, nor is it like the many institutions that make meals (implicitly or explicitly) only for one particular ingroup (e.g. members of a particular religion.)

Duck out of Water [Epigram]

Photograph taken in the Halasuru neighborhood of Bangalore of ducks in water.
The "duck out of water"
might just take to flight.

Shadowland [Haiku]

Photograph of pastureland north of Gwalior near Mawai in Madhya Pradesh.
big, gray cloud 
looms overhead: shadow
inescapable

Dog Day [Haiku]

Photograph of late afternoon from Gudibande Fort near Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India.
orange-tinged sky
as a dog day afternoon
draws to a close.

DAILY PHOTO: Over the River, Tbilisi

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Photograph taken from the Tbilisi Cable Car directly over the Kura River, looking towards the Metekhi Church of the Nativity.

PROMPT: Biggest Mistakes

Daily writing prompt
What are the biggest mistakes people make when visiting your country?

Too much time in the big city and missing the beauty entirely.

Two Worlds / One Valley [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Stepantsminda down the Terek River valley towards Russia.
sunny mountains;
down the valley farmers
socked in by clouds.

Breeze [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Gölkənarı Gəzinti Parkı, facing toward the Heydar Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan.
reeds bend and rebound
to breezes unnoticed
in the city.

Nature DGAF [Haiku]

Photograph of bitterweed around a grave in a cemetery in Baku, Azerbaijan.
wildflowers grow
around an unattended grave;
pooped on by birds.