Summertime Sunset

A gorgeous summertime sunset on Hexing Road.

End of Summer

Zhongyang Avenue - Harbin's pedestrian street - is a big draw in both the summer and the winter. I'm still enjoying the leafy greenness of the trees, the beer gardens, and the blue skies, but even though September's barely begun a chill is already beginning to descend!

Summertime on the Riverfront

After a rather wet start we're finally enjoying the gorgeous blue skies of a Manchurian summer.

It's always so nice to see people out flying kites in the squares along the Songhua Riverfront.

Alas, accidents do happen on occasion! (But how is quite the question, I wouldn't have thought you could drive down to this part of the riverfront!)

Seattle Summer

My first two summers here were gorgeous, with blue skies and [mostly] clean air. This summer we're still enjoying relatively clean air, but there's been so much rain I feel like I'm living in the Pacific Northwest again!

Sidewalk Clutter

I love all the vendors and food carts that turn out here in the summer (pictured above are the vendors on Hexing 3rd Street along the south side of Qingbin Park), but when they take over the sidewalk and barely leave the width of a person for foot traffic to get through I start being less of a fan...

Summertime Scene

Shirtless old guys and chuar / 串 (street barbecue), this pretty much sums up Harbin in the summertime!