One of the sugar art displays on Princess Cruise. Our ship left the port of Fort Lauderdale at 5PM, will cruise for 7 days, and stop at ports of Princess Cays, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
 
I remember there were street artists would make this type of sugar arts when I was little (in Shanghai, China), often they were characters from ancient Chinese novels... Monkey King, Pig King, Sandy Monk, Skeleton Demon..
 
I remember I liked the Skeleton Demon the most, she was a charming, alluring, colorful woman with a devilish smile.

                    
Our Christmas tree for this year. Alan and I spent a whole day to set it up and decorate it. I love Christmas, Christmas trees, Christmas food, Christmas songs, pine scented candles ... colors and atmosphere.. warm and homey, the feel is very close to the Chinese New Years I had celebrated with my family when I was growing up.

My Canon EOS 7D with 28-135mm zoom lens It works as a great pair. But I travel quite often, the wide angel part I missed was inconvenience to me. So I bought a Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM IF Lens for Canon and put these two lenses side by side to make a comparison.

 
     
As you can see, these two lenses are similar in length, though Canons 28-135mm is much more handsome. I also used both lenses took test shots on a tripod, the results are almost identical, I couldn't tell which one is better or worse.
 
To the end, I sold this 28-135mm online for a good price, and kept Sigma. So far, I am very satisfied with it's performance.