I went for a hike to a nearby mountain, behind Songgwang temple, ten minutes from the house.
The lotus ponds are all in bloom so I took a few frames. The images of temples and lotus flowers are ubiquitous in Korea, so I don't try and invest too much effort in taking the picture that's been captured umpteen million times.

The hike was lovely, no one around on a well worn trail. I picked the first reishi ( gano) mushroom of the year- a couple weeks early from the heavy rain and warm temps- and have since found some nice ones, so I will see if I can get them to market if the price is right. The amount of time I spend in the hills off regular trails, I should be harvesting pine mushrooms and wild ginseng, but still haven't learned to identify those. A single ginseng root can be worth hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars.

The trail choice was foolish though. No streams to cross, just a vertical ridge trail which means I have to carry water for the pups. I can easily go 2-3 hours without hydration, but in this heat , Blue lasts 2-3 minutes. This means I carry 2-3 liters for the girls. Sari doesn't need that much and prefers to burrow herself into moist humus to cool off whereas Blue gulps a liter at a time.

The picture below was taken from the mountain which the house faces northwards. So here, looking south and west to Jeonju's edge the highest peak is Moak mountain on the south side of town. At three 9 o'clock in the frame is our house and village, to the left of the church spire that is just above the ridge in the foreground. Beyond our village and below the power line towers you can see the new freeway and tunnel entrance. The power lines and tunnel would be 90' hike from my door.
And finally, last Sunday was the wettest of the year. Inches and inches fell and flooding was widespread< but not severe. The manhole at the corner of the house can only take so much, so it flowed over the lawn. A lot of that is from our roof and gutters but most from granny's plot on the slope above us. A fair amount of silt comes with it.