Cylinders of Seoul for cake eaters, roof spotters and tree huggers
Thursday was a day of cylinders.
Tea cakes shaped like old tiles
with a gutter in front
but more tender and more tasty.
Roll cakes in a specialty tea shop in Seoul
Real tiles in Bukchon Hanok Village
are heavy enough to anchor a home
tight to the earth in storm.
The word “typhoon”
is a cylinder.
Solid as! Traditional tiled roof on an old-style Korean house in Bukchon Hanok Village.
Sunrise reddens the red trunks
of pines outside my door.
So wavy and so wayward
hard to believe they are rigid.
In sunlight the red trunks of Korean pines match the orange roof of a building in Seoul Art Space Yeonhui
Photos and travel notes from Seoul Art Space Yeonhui by Rachel McAlpine. Sharing is good.
This brought back some fond memories of my recent visit to Seoul.
Glad to hear that.
thank you for sharing such beautiful photos. looks like a beautiful country.
Thank you Wendi! Seoul is full of lovely surprises.
sounds wonderful.
I love the tea cake, roof tiles analogy… rather beautiful!
You see it too, I’m sure! After all, you showed me 🙂
Beautiful pictures and your post. Thanks for taking us to Seoul.
I never intended to blog while I was here, but in the end I couldn’t resist popping up little notes and pics.
The best thing about your short posts is that I read them instantly.
Somehow the trees look more edible than the cakes!
Im really enjoying these delightful cameos – or pameos? (Cameos in the form of poetry).
Thanks for bringing us along with you!
I am sitting here trying to figure out how those bakers did that. Awesome food as art.
Looks delightful!