Eucalyptus Pods

Eucalyptus Pods

These are the seedpods Blossom and I collected. Drawing them gave life to the warm memory of my day in the park with my daughter. Did you read the post December’s Blossom? It’s my favourite Bamboo Sketch.
To Market, To Market

To Market, To Market

The photo above is meat curing – just down the street from our home. “What should we eat?” I squeezed into a chair at the hole-in-the-wall restaurant and suggestions came from the group of friends. “Garlic cucumbers.” “Egg and tomato.” “Glass noodles.” Our table was...
The Days Of Chinese New Year

The Days Of Chinese New Year

Kids, ready to be released for the biggest holiday of the year, chanted a poem that told of the series of days that would carry them to Chinese New Year. The first special day, when they ate Eight Treasure Porridge, had already passed. Now they anticipated the...
Eight Treasures

Eight Treasures

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” Melody Beattie Winter in China is like a popcorn string of holidays. The cool of October brings Canadian Thanksgiving and in November, along with American friends, we give thanks again ushering in a season filled with...