Shanghai Laundry
Shadows means there's sun.
Today was a good day. We had breakfast at the apartment while sun was streaming through the windows. Then Nik left for work, I got myself together, and I went out and conquered my fear of taking photos in our neighborhood! The sun was out for the first time in two weeks so everyone decided that it was laundry day. Granted, in Shanghai, there is always laundry hanging from bamboo poles cantilevered over the sidewalks, but today was different. Today EVERY bamboo pole was filled with trousers and socks and shirts and jackets and blankets and sheets and shoes. The garments covered the entire rainbow so the opportunity for color was amazing…and I took advantage of it. I didn’t take much time on each shot because I’m still a little self concious about taking photos of people’s houses while their neighbors are walking past me, but I think I captured what was going on. I hope it doesn’t bore you to see lots of laundry, but we never see this in America, so I find it fascinating.
Laundry 1
Laundry 2
Kids playing with laundry behind
Laundry 4
High Rise Laundry
Low Rise Laundry
Bedspreads on the Sidewalk
Bedspreads on the Basketball Court
Pink Pajamas
Yellow Pajamas
Blue Shirt
Shirts in Trees
Laundry over Bike Parking
Panties on a Pole
People walking under Laundry
Walking Shoes on Window Sill
Sheets over Concrete Poles
I also saw some other random interesting stuff…
Toilet
Steel Screen
Neighborhood Thermometer/Clock
Yellow Building
This is the city of apartments we live in.
Something about these clovers was great. So green.
Here's a pretty cool new building on the Fuxan Medical Campus.
And this little Ford Focus was posing in front of it.
This afternoon I was going to use the curling iron…but I guess the voltage here is a little different than at home! The black gewy stuff is plastic and the white strings are the heating wires. I simply picked up the handle and the curling part fell off.
**Don't do this at home**
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