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Lammaguana

Jan 31 - This cutie has become a real YSW celebrity, appearing in many photos by locals and tourists alike!

Tai Peng Sprinkling Man

Jan 22 - Don't resist the urge to press the Big Button when walking by!

Do You Like Going in Circles?

Jan 18 - Stop by at PS Beach this or next Sunday; you might actually love it!

Porcine Vandals @ Tai Peng Garden

Jan 15 - "All able-bodied Tai Peng residents are to report for wall-building duties tomorrow."

Beware of Online Deception

Jan 10 - Warning leaflets distributed by the Lamma Police.

Jan 31:  Lammaguana

This cutie has become a real YSW celebrity, appearing in many photos by locals and tourists alike! His elderly Chinese owner loves to show him off along Main Street, riding on his shoulder or even atop his wide-brimmed hat:

(Picture by our hiking/seafood friend Astrid Der Weduwe -Laeven)

This mild-mannered Iguana doesn't seem to mind all the attention and no bites have been reported so far.

These are my favourite Lammaguana pictures so far. A lively discussion and more snapshots ensued right away.

P.S. Like all too often, I couldn't resist a few creative experiments with this photo:

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Jan 22:  Tai Peng Sprinkling Man

Lamma's local celebrity Tai Peng Man, created by Chris, in the Tai Peng Community Garden has been out of order for quite some time. Now he's sprinkling again, watering the lily pond on demand. Don't resist the urge to press the Big Button when walking by!

I also couldn't resist a few "creative experiments" with the photo by senior TPGC member Geoff Smith:

(click to enlarge)

Geoff Smith writes:
"Rose the Flower Seller has repositioned herself strategically to keep an eye on Tai Peng Man and make sure he does not get too flirty with those attractive young tourists."

P.S. Plus a few more, I couldn't resist my creative urges:

(click to enlarge)

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Jan 18:  Do You Like Going in Circles?

Do you like going around in circles?

How about doing it on the ocean off Power Station Beach?
In a real dragonboat?
With old and new Lamma friends? With drinks, plus BBQ (next Sun, Jan 27) afterwards?

Stop by at PS Beach this or next Sunday and have a try; you might love it!

Claudia writes: "Training #1, last weekend:
8.02 km - moving time 55 mins, max. speed 13.4km/hr (men boat)
Great turnout and great rack!"

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Jan 15:  Porcine Vandals @ Tai Peng Garden

Geoff Smith ("Visual Storyteller" in the Closed (apply to join!) Lamma Gardeners FB group) writes:

"Porcine vandals are a real headache in the Tai Peng Community Garden, so I'm building a big beautiful wall on the southern border. Call it a fence or bamboo slats if you wish, the important point is that the pigs are going to pay for it."

Group members replied:

"Don't worry all democratically minded TaiPengers support you!! Make TPCG GREAT again!!"

"They're bringing oinks, they're bringing grunts and some of them, some of them are probably good pigs."

(Tai Shan pigs, photo by Guy Miller)

Geoff replies:

"Don't be too complacent - there are about 4,000 of these crossing into the garden every week."

"Yet more ungulate mayhem, so I have declared a State of Emergency. All able-bodied Tai Peng residents are to report for wall-building duties at 6am tomorrow."

This topic erupted all over Lamma Facebook groups. Here's one after this story in HK Free Press was published:

Introduce hunters or natural predators to curb Hong Kong's wild pig population, says lawmaker

Comments in the Closed Lamma Island Uncensored group (apply to join if you live here).


P.S. All the boars around have inspired several Lamma artists! My favorite so far, this Boar Bin Party by Sha Ponian Angelo:

I love that the flashlight is revealing all the colours of this nightly, exuberant free-buffet party, while the dog walker and everything else is nightly B/W.

We'll find out soon more about this Lamma Artist who's observing Lamma's nature and then lets his imagination run wild, kind of like Lamma's wild boars running free.

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Jan 10:  Beware of Online Deception

Warning leaflets distributed by the Lamma Police, see above.

It's become such a growing problem all over HK with increasing financial losses, the police has even set up an Anti-Deception Coordination Centre.

This Centre is a great resource with fun illustrations, check it out!

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Jan 4:  Generative Adversial Networks

Art Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media Art

Recognise anybody? Ex-Lammaite Ellen Pearlman presenting her Artificially Intelligent Brain Opera!

I've been dabbling in computer graphics and animation for 38 years, exhibiting in quite a few art galleries overseas, Hong Kong and Lamma Island.

Recently, I've become addicted, er, fascinated by generating loads of Deep Dreams, using Deep Learning AI neural networks. A few of my recent creative experiments:

https://deepdreamgenerator.com/u/lammagung

So when I heard about this int'l, academic Art Machines symposium in CityU's School of Creative Arts, I couldn't resist to attend. I had to catch the very first morning ferry, returning on the last ferry tonight, a first for semi-retired me, but not for the fellow Lammaites I met.

Very inspirational it was and I learnt a lot about applying Artificial Intelligence methods in various art forms. Meeting one current and one former Lammaite at the symposium was a big surprise as well. We're a very creative lot here, but computer art is still a rare, unappreciated novelty on Lamma and in HK in general.

Expect some new directions in the weird stuff I like to create, learning about the most recent AI research in GANs (Generative Adversial Networks).

P.S. Here's some of my old stuff: http://Lamma.com.hk/L-G

 

 

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