Strawberries in Puli
strawerry farm, puli
Thursday we went to Puli for strawberry picking. A Day before that Selina’s sister had come back to Changhua with her children and Thursday her husband joined the family. Kids were tired of running around the house and needed some more entertainment so off we went.
On the way to Puli we passed by numerous flower farms;seas of yellow, pink, purple with magenta edges but mostly yellow flowers. It was tempting to get out there and take pictures but others were not much exited about it so we carried on towards Puli. After much deliberation we decided to stop by a farm surgically manufactured between two huge properties, way much smaller than the one we went to in Miaoli in the winter of 2007.
Kids quickly went about their business and started hunting delicious looking strawberries like a seasoned hunter. Surprisingly luscious, dark red strawberries were aplenty, given that many of the surrounding farms were overflowing with people. I guess this particular farm went unnoticed being the smallest around. The boxes filled up in no time and we were left with more time to kill in the afternoon.
My father-in-law works for SWCB so he took us to one of the SWCB maintained farms somewhere in Caotun hills, a very huge property spreading over several hills. Handful of dwellings look over expanse full of varied plant life. As we settled in I enjoyed couple of berries and watched kids ride bicycles around the farm.
A very loud karaoke played in one of the small houses hampered the otherwise peaceful serenity of the surroundings. After some time I walked around to familiarize myself with the farm. Couple of huge domesticated dogs barked from their hutch as I walked by them. Meanwhile in-laws helped themselves to pick fresh vegetables from the huge backyard hidden behind tall betelnut tree lines.
tree tops against blue sky
As the Sun neared hilltops, betelnut trees imbued sun rays creating a magnificent orange sky above the farmland.
Later in the evening we went to yet another restaurant near Jhongsing village circle. At this rate I guess we will soon run out of all new restaurants there and will have to start over.
my father-in-law took this photo
Please check more photos from the day in a chronological order from my flickr set.
I really enjoyed this post, Ashish. Well, I enjoy all your posts, but this one especially. Your photos are fantastic and it sounds like a great trip.
Can’t thank you enough for your encouraging words Carrie. Honestly it takes lot of efforts for me to compose these posts. The last post was more like my journal entry [which i don't write in as much as I would like to] but I soon realized I better stick with photo essays. Thanks a lot for your support once again :)
Nice Pics!
and the great photos continue. awesome stuff ashish!
Thanks a lot Andres :)
the Tumbler is back! glad to see another cool photo essay.
Thank you so much MJ and Joseph :)
mm i’d love to go pick strawberries, i love them, fresh and firm only that is.
Thanks for your comment Dennis. Last time we went strawberry piking in Miaoli in late February and we had to spend couple of hours and cover lot of distance to just fill up one box. I hope you go early or if not then pick the right farm :) Good luck.
Fantastic photos Ashish. The kid on the bike is a brilliant shot.
Thank you so much Craig. SIL’s kids are really great fun to photograph.
So I stumbled across your blog and… this is an awkward comment to leave, but I know the three sisters in your last photo! We met teaching English together at a summer camp in Nantou! What a strange coincidence.
Beautiful pictures!
Stephanie >> Yeah what a strange coincidence :) They are my wife’s cousins. Thanks for stopping by.
Loved the first picture. Fields with those hills in the background looks beautiful.
Thanks Arun :)