Happy Sunday! This week, with Tina as the host, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #383 is all about looking back at Challenge #174 – Shapes and Designs.

Looking at my previous attempt at this topic, I hope I’ll feature something a little different in this attempt.

After stepping off the plane after a long flight from Seattle to Taipei followed by an-hour bus ride to drop off the luggage at the hotel, the first spot my mom brought me to was Liberty Square. How did we get there? None other than walk.

I didn’t do any research prior to this trip, so I was just following wherever my mom was going and I don’t know why but even after 12-hours of almost no sleep, I was wide awake as we walked block after block toward the must-visit spot. It must had been jet-lag. We got there relatively early, so crowds hadn’t formed yet. Just about the first thing I saw upon stepping past the arches was the ground. I mean, how can anyone not notice that? It must had been difficult to lay those bricks, don’t you think?

Next, I saw the traditional roofs. Compared to those I’ve seen in China, these look almost brand new. Looking around the square as I waited for my mom for finish recording her video, I felt the space was rather sparse. Was it me or everything felt far apart?

I followed my mom toward Chiang Kai-Shek’s memorial hall – which looked like an imitation of the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC but looked a little grander. I don’t know where I got the idea but when I visit building now, I tend to look up. Isn’t that a fascinating looking dome?

My second gallery is all about shapes in nature. Looking at the photos taken in 2025, I discover these three interesting photos I didn’t know I have. Do you notice they all have a shape in common? Mother Nature is a great designer, isn’t she?

I feel like there are a lot of circular things in nature as well as straight lines but not many things with edges, unless you count rocks with jagged edges as a shape. Most flowers are just one circle inside another as you can see it in the orange calendula and the magenta aster. I had to google to see what shape that is of the dill, it turned out, that’s called an umbrella shape. I would still call that circles without a circle, what do you think?