I really missed my garden while we were in Hong Kong. It was exciting to see what had grown while were were away. Dalton, our young neighbor, had taken great care of the garden while we were gone and had
Month: July 2010
The many flavours of Hong Kong
When Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels I wonder had he traveled directly from California – the land of giants (Brobdingnag) to Hong Kong – the land of miniatures (Lilliput). In Hong Kong everything is scaled down in size except for
Lost for words
When I do the Hong Kong thing I don’t really go for the Hong Kong Island experience or visit all the touristy spots and see the anglicized version of life in that part of the world. Oh no, I go
Humming and Ha-ing
This week, I finally got around to changing the hummingbird feeder, shamed into it, in part by reading that it should be cleaned every week and in part by the humming birds themselves, who would zip down to it then
Tears in the Garden
Another beautiful flower has blossomed for eternity in the Garden of Heaven. My husband’s mother passed away at the beginning of this week. She lived in Hong Kong, and my heart broke watching my husband’s anguish over not being able
