Trying again!

Sorry, the computer in VT is not cooperating, I am trying again to post pictures.

I am trying to post pictures but nothing is happening, so will have to provide verbal only descriptions. The peacock at the left was one of about 5 in the garden at the back of the campus. He only spoke Chinese, so there was no communication, only that "stare" as you can see.

Next, as I lie recovering from a busy hot day in Zhaoqing in my apartment, the drums started calling all to view the dragon dances up in front of the stadium on campus. A dragon is an imaginary god of power in China, and also the symbol for the emperor. The phoenix bird is the symbol for the emperess. They were quite impressive as they practiced throwing each other into the air to give life to the dragons.