Spring rain and autumn leaves

It had been raining intermittently, alternating between a drizzle and downpour, and I was fretting. A few more hours to go before I catch the rail from Taichung to Taipei and here I was, at the last site I wanted to cover of Central Taiwan, struggling to beat time, weather and to protect my camera. Sadly and inconveniently, it had been like this for almost every day I was in Nantou, with few hours of sunshine. Flowers are often associated with spring, so is rain.

 At Chung Tai Chan Monastery

It was April back then. Alas, how time passes. (Oops, my last post has been some time ago.) It should be late autumn in Taiwan now? But no, I've not gone back to shoot this since my previous trip. It was on that rainy spring afternoon that I encountered these red leaves. A very pleasant surprise! I've imagined my first encounter with autumn leaves to be in a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on a dry November day. But nature has presented itself in a most unexpected way.

Once again, I feel for the lost time. Its almost the end of the year and seems like I've not achieved much!