The Noodle - Tengchong - Yunnan, China

The Noodle - Tengchong - Yunnan, China, originally uploaded by meckleychina.

Making soup one noodle at a time.

Usually handmade noodles are either stretched or shaved. This guy is shaving noodles right into a pot of boiling water. Marvelous!

For noodle soup I prefer the stretched; for stir fry, shaved. Yum, yum, yummy. ;-)

Goats - Carl Sandburg Home - Flat Rock, NC

Goats - Carl Sandburg Home - Flat Rock, NC, originally uploaded by meckleychina.

Last month we visited the Carl Sandburg Home at Flat Rock, NC. His wife Lilian raised and bred dairy goats whose descendants still live on the farm.

Heshun Village, Yunnan Province, China

Two weeks ago, the online version of The New York Times had a slide show on Heshun, a small town in China's Yunnan Province. We were in Heshun last December, so I made my own slide show on flickr. Hope you enjoy both slide shows!

Fire Hydrant - French Concession - Shanghai, China

Fire Hydrant - French Concession - Shanghai, China, originally uploaded by meckleychina.

A very stylish historic fire hydrant in the old French Concession of Shanghai. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

MacKerricher State Park

MacKerricher State Park, originally uploaded by meckleychina.

The two of us at MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, CA.