Typhoon Neoguri (okay, Tropical Storm Neoguri) rolled through southern China over the weekend. I like a good storm as much as the next guy, but Neoguri wrecked my travel plans. I was supposed to spend two nights in Hong Kong, and had a full dance card of famous sites to shoot. I sometimes think Mother Nature is conspiring against me. Maybe next weekend.

The above was captured Sunday morning, April 20, after most of the storm had moved along, intent on harassing those further north.

Recycling is big business in China. It sometimes seems everyone is collecting the detritus of society. Older women, the venerable ai yis, root through my trash, in the hall waiting to be carried downstairs, stealing away with the empty cans and bottles.

Some entrepreneurs, above, visit businesses, like this one in Shekou, Shenzhen, and collect empty cardboard boxes. The boxes would be taken to a local, street-level recycling depot for cash.

Captured: April 6, 2008.

A shop window at night, Shenzhen, PRC. October 17, 2007. In Shenzhen you can shop late into the night.

An earth-bound butterfly in the afternoon sun.

Chinese school shows feature amazing costumes. The organizers go all out. Teaching English in China can be a visual adventure as well as a cultural one.

Graffiti, Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong SAR.