人算不如天算。
2011 年2月19日，我们飞抵云南昆明，一路风尘仆仆直奔罗平。每年二月至三月是罗平的油菜花季。去年由于大旱，2 月中旬大部分的油菜花已凋落。今年正好相反- 气候太冷，仅有一成的油菜花开，螺丝田更是一片单调的绿， 而且到处都是厚厚的雾， 拍起照来模糊一片。唯一一点安慰的是沿途一些非景点种植区的油菜花反而开得漫山遍野，小小圆了我渴望看到油菜花的梦想。被油菜花染成金黄的罗平，也只能继续留在想象中了。

On 19 Feb 2011, we arrived at Kunming of Yunnan, and headed to Luoping straight away. It should be the season for the rapeseed flowers to bloom in Feb-Mar every year. It has long been my dream to see the whole place covered in a golden blanket.
However, luck was not on our side.
Last year there was a serious drought in Yunnan and by the mid of Feb, all flowers had already wilted. It was the opposite for this year – the weather was still so cold that only about 10% of the flowers bloomed when we arrived. LuoSiTian was the worst – just a monotonous green field wrapped in thick fog. The only saving grace was that a few of the rapeseed flower plantations by the roadside already had a full bloom. This partly fulfilled my dream – a consolation prize for me I guess :P