[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27657476 w=515&h=290] Click here to view this video on YouTube This is going into the twelve week of rice planting. The rice paddy sits near a busy road and the sound of cars passing by was real loud that I had to mute the video clips this time. I was on my way to work… Continue reading Rice Paddy August 12, 2011
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27366766 w=515&h=290] Click here to view this video on YouTube This is going into the eleventh week of rice planting, and the aroma of the rice crops are so nice. When I drove by earlier this week, I saw that they started harvesting the mature rice crops already. It has been so hot and humid,… Continue reading Rice Paddy August 5, 2011
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27079947 w=515&h=290] Click here to view this video on YouTube This is going into the tenth week of rice planting. The hot and humid weather made some of the rice pods mature faster. I can tell the types of rice by looking at the rice pods now and this is white rice. The ones that… Continue reading Rice Paddy July 29, 2011
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/26798685 w=515&h=290] Click here to view this video on YouTube The last time I visited the rice paddy was June 17th, and the plants were still very young then. My goal for this year rice planting was to update it weekly but with vacationing and having to work long hours I finally had a chance… Continue reading Rice Paddy July 22, 2011
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/25268278 w=515&h=290] I uploaded my video in HD format, if you have a slow internet connection please watch in Youtube. This is going into the fourth week of rice planting. The air humidity is thick, and the aroma of the young rice plants smell so nice. It was an overcast day and I decided to… Continue reading Rice Paddy June 17, 2011
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/24953453 w=515&h=290] I uploaded my video in HD format, if you have a slow internet connection please watch in youtube. This is going into the third week of rice planting and the aroma of the young rice plants smell so nice. These are the little tadpoles that I saw last week, I came prepared this… Continue reading Rice Paddy June 10, 2011
I was surprised to see how lush and green Grandma's garden is at this time of the year. She has rows and rows of soybeans. And her Thai eggplants are so beautiful. The okra has such a pretty flower. She gave me a pot of the sawtooth or Pak Cee Farang, also known in Lao… Continue reading Grandma’s Garden August 8, 2010
This is going into the tenth week of rice planting and see how fast these rice pods mature in the hot and humid weather of North Carolina. I do have to say that I take the heat well for being out there, these were taken mid day and some of the storm clouds started to… Continue reading Rice Paddy August 6, 2010
This is going into the ninth week of rice planting and a huge transformation from last week. Again, I visited the rice paddy after work. It was very hot today but not humid like last week and what a beautiful sight! The aroma of the rice plants and the sounds of the rice paddy are… Continue reading Rice Paddy July 30, 2010
I stopped by the rice paddy after work, it was extremely hot and my camera lens kept fogging up in the first 5 to 10 minutes that I got there. The temperature was around 95 degree Fahrenheit (35 degree Celsius) but it felt more like 100 degree. I've been using the auto setting on my… Continue reading Rice Paddy July 23, 2010
I didn't think I would get to take a picture of the rice paddy today because it started to drizzle around 4:30pm, a bit disappointed I went back to work. The sky clear-up by the time I left work, but it looked like the sky would open up at any moment. I'm glad that it… Continue reading Rice Paddy July 16, 2010
I went by the rice paddy today after work and my co-worker and her cousin were there looking at the paddy. This is going into the fourth week of rice planting and they have been filling the water daily. As soon as I got out from my car, the aroma of the young rice plants… Continue reading Rice Paddy June 25, 2010
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