Painted Peonies

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Beautiful Garden wall lining one of the local Peony Gardens

The Tiny Buddha!

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A teeny-tiny buddha carved into the door frame of a cave at the Longmen Grottoes. 

Stone Faced Buddha

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Longmen Grottoes ~ Built from 400 AD to 15th century, there are thousands and thousands of sculptures of Buddha and his disciples carved into the mountain face. 

Year of the Goat :)

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I love this because the ribbon is actually hanging straight down in the water; the water is just so clear you can still see it. It’s like the river is graduating to an even better future. Maybe it will be fuller now?