The water cycle

A few days ago they turned on the heat full time.
Yeah, we like to be warm. In Shenyang, they waited until 3 snows before the cranked the furnace and then it was never very warm even. One of the reasons we moved to Harbin was that even though it is super cold, they believe in cranking the heat so you are really warm inside. When we were at the consulate in Shenyang, we talked to one of the workers (they do outreach stuff to Americans living in Harbin) and she said that in Shenyang it might be like-16C and Harbin it might be -19C, but really when its that cold does 3 degrees matter because you don't want to go outside anyway. Good point, so we chose to be in Harbin where at least we are warm inside. My experience last winter was -16C your camera works, -18C it doesn't. Anyway...

Sprayers

Just before they cranked the furnace, (right outside my apartment window

) they sprayed something on the coal. I didn't remember this last year, but maybe I wasn't paying attention. I said to my husband, ew, what ever they are spraying we are going to be breathing it out the chimney. Sure enough when they cranked the furnace, our blue sky went smog orange.
So finally it has rained, knocking that stuff out of the sky.

Puddle downtown Harbin, far from our apartment

Lets just say things are bubbly.

Whatever fell from the sky, landed on those veggies. Can you wash dried veggies?

Everywhere!!!

bubble puddle

Teenager by courtyard

The leaves have turned and the campus is

Campus path

pretty.

Harbin, China